PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Katsuro Kazuhiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Afterworld kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kevin Love enters the cage!

Kazuhiro
vs
Love

180 cm
27
180 lbs
14 - 8 - 2

180 cm
28
182 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Katsuro Kazuhiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Love!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuhiro throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kazuhiro avoids a kick to the body.
Love chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kazuhiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Love attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kazuhiro slips under a jab.
Kazuhiro checks a leg kick nicely.
Kazuhiro throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Love tries a head kick but it misses.
Love throws a body kick that misses.
Kevin Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kazuhiro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Love's head backwards.
Kazuhiro misses with a wild body shot.
Kazuhiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Love.
Kazuhiro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Love is out of range.
Love pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kazuhiro thinks about countering with a head kick.
Love connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kazuhiro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Love is able to avoid easily.
Love is looking to chop away at Kazuhiro's legs.
Love scores with a jab. Kazuhiro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a straight right.
Love doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kazuhiro throws a solid leg kick but Love takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kazuhiro.
Love thinks about the counter body kick.
Kazuhiro avoids the head kick by Love.
And Kazuhiro counters with a quick kick to the body but Love blocks it.
Kazuhiro moves out of range of the leg kick from Love.
Kazuhiro went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Love sizes up Kazuhiro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kazuhiro lands a jab to the head.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Kazuhiro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM in the buildup to the fight.
Love connects with a nice looking jab.
Love lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kazuhiro moves away from the strike by Love.
Love fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kazuhiro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Love is looking to score with low kicks.
Love tries to clinch there but Kazuhiro circles away.
And Kazuhiro counters with a quick kick to the body but Love blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kazuhiro scores with a nice head shot.
Kazuhiro misses with a looping left.
Love pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kazuhiro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Kazuhiro.
Donk. Kazuhiro catches Love right on the button with a cross.
Love connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kazuhiro. Kazuhiro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kazuhiro throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
Decent striking displayed by Kazuhiro there.
A clash of legs there as Love blocks the low kick.
Nice defenses there by Kazuhiro.
Love blocks a low kick nicely.
Love stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Love lands a head kick!

Kazuhiro is rocked!

It looks like Katsuro Kazuhiro has been cut.
Love avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kazuhiro misses with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Kazuhiro. Beautiful body shot.
Kazuhiro wants to slow Love down by chopping away at his legs.

Love clinches up with Kazuhiro and pushes him back against the cage.
Kazuhiro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Love connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to land knees to the body.
Kazuhiro tries a knee to the head but Love blocks it.
Love misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro misses with some punches.
Kazuhiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Kazuhiro wants to break free but Love has control.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Love wants to stall.
Kazuhiro effectively controlling the action here.
Love is working Kazuhiro over against the cage.
Kazuhiro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Love slows down the pace here.
Love leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro tries to land a knee to the head but Love blocks with his arms.
Love misses with a knee strike.
Kazuhiro managing to block the knees to the body from Love.
Kazuhiro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Love.
Kazuhiro leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kazuhiro tries to break free but Love pushes him back against the cage.

Kazuhiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab to the head.
Kazuhiro thuds his right hand into Love's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kevin Love will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Katsuro Kazuhiro's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kazuhiro swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.
A bone on bone clash there as Kazuhiro blocks the leg kick.
Kazuhiro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Love lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kazuhiro cracks a nice hook into Love's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love thuds his right hand into Kazuhiro's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kazuhiro connects with the punch.
Love throws a front kick that sends Kazuhiro stumbling back into the cage.
Love fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kazuhiro is out of range.
Katsuro Kazuhiro is winning the standup battle so far.
Kazuhiro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Love moves in looking to clinch but Kazuhiro pushes him off.
Kazuhiro throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Kazuhiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Love replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kazuhiro blocks it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Love with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kazuhiro throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love keeps Kazuhiro at a distance using the push kick.
Kazuhiro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Love misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kazuhiro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kazuhiro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Love moves out of range of the leg kick from Kazuhiro.
Love wants to counter with a clinch but Kazuhiro pushes him away.
Love cracks Kazuhiro with a good jab.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
Love tries to land a front kick but Kazuhiro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice uppercut lands for Love. That snapped Kazuhiro's head back.
Kazuhiro throws a leg kick which misses Love's front leg but catches the back leg as Love tries to avoid it.
Kazuhiro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Love.
A punch combination from Kazuhiro misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Love. Kazuhiro shrugs it off though.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Love ducks right into an uppercut from Kazuhiro.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love misses with a left hand
and Kazuhiro counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Kazuhiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
Love lands a front kick.
Love pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Kazuhiro misses the target.
Love lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kazuhiro misses with a body shot.
Kazuhiro throws a head kick that misses.
Love moves out of range of the body kick from Kazuhiro.
Love ducks right into an uppercut from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Kazuhiro misses with a looping right.
Love checks a low kick from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro scores with a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Love.
Kazuhiro will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kazuhiro swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throws the kick towards the body but Kazuhiro avoids it.
Love tries to clinch but Kazuhiro moves out of range.
A jab from Love does it's job there.
Kazuhiro scores with a kick to the body.
Kazuhiro scores with a leg kick.
Love throws a leg kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kazuhiro checks a leg kick.
Kazuhiro throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kazuhiro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kazuhiro there as he acknowledges the shot.
Love takes one to the chin there.
Kazuhiro lands a slapping body shot.
Kazuhiro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kazuhiro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Love checks a leg kick.
Kazuhiro moves out of range of the body kick from Love.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love tries to land a front kick but Kazuhiro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Love checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Kazuhiro misses.
Love feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kazuhiro's calf.
Kazuhiro looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
Love fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Love. Kazuhiro shrugs it off though.
Kazuhiro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kazuhiro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Love's head backwards.
A cross from Love lands.
Love is looking to clinch.
Kazuhiro throws a low kick but Love moves out of range easily.

Love lands a big head kick that sends Kazuhiro tumbling to the mat! Love takes a step backwards and waves Kazuhiro back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Kazuhiro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Love gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Kazuhiro.
Love using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kazuhiro wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love has Kazuhiro pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Kazuhiro is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Love - that's hurt Kazuhiro badly! Oh, another knee lands and Kazuhiro is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Kazuhiro doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Kevin Love!
A victorious Kevin Love thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.