PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felix Basilan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuro Kazuhiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Felix Basilan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Basilan
vs
Kazuhiro

182 cm
35
181 lbs
37 - 17 - 1

180 cm
28
180 lbs
17 - 10 - 2

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Basilan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Katsuro Kazuhiro!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuhiro ducks under a wild hook from Basilan.
Donk. Basilan catches Kazuhiro right on the button with a cross.
Basilan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab to the body.
Basilan misses with a lunging right hand
and Kazuhiro counters with a nice uppercut.
Basilan tries to clinch there but Kazuhiro circles away.
Basilan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kazuhiro finds it's way round the side to connect with Basilan's head.
Kazuhiro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kazuhiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Basilan.
Kazuhiro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kazuhiro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Basilan connects with a nice looking jab.
Basilan misses with an uppercut. Kazuhiro saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kazuhiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Kazuhiro lands a right hook to the body.
Basilan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Basilan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Kazuhiro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kazuhiro connects with a leg kick. Basilan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Basilan misses with a hook
and Kazuhiro counters with a slapping leg kick.
Basilan misses with a looping right.
Kazuhiro scores with a jab.

It looks like Felix Basilan has been cut.
Basilan walks into a stiff left hand from Kazuhiro.
Basilan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An inside leg kick lands from Kazuhiro.
Basilan throws a looping overhand right but Kazuhiro ducks down to avoid it.
Kazuhiro is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Basilan with a body shot.
Basilan misses with a hook. Kazuhiro ducked under it nicely.
Basilan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That kick from Kazuhiro tenderised Basilan's leg. Basilan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kazuhiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Basilan is just out of range.
Nice body kick there by Kazuhiro.
Good standup being displayed there by Basilan as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Basilan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kazuhiro swats away the attempt to clinch by Basilan.
Basilan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Basilan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Basilan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Basilan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Basilan throws a head kick but Kazuhiro moves out of range.
Basilan throws a leg kick but Kazuhiro moved away.
Kazuhiro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Basilan throws out the jab.
Basilan walks into a stiff left hand from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro throws a body kick that misses.
Basilan is looking to counter punch.
Kazuhiro misses with a wild body shot.
Basilan connects with a looping right hand.
Kazuhiro thumps Basilan with a low kick.
Kazuhiro misses with a body shot.
Basilan blocks a leg kick.
Basilan tries to close the distance and clinch but Kazuhiro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Basilan misses with a low kick.
Kazuhiro moves away from the strike by Basilan.
A slow jab from Kazuhiro misses its intended target.
Kazuhiro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Basilan misses with an uppercut
and Kazuhiro counters with a stiff right hand.
Basilan throws a hook to the side of Kazuhiro's head but Kazuhiro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Basilan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kazuhiros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Basilan swings widly with a right hand
and Kazuhiro counters with a straight right hand.
Kazuhiro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Basilan lands a really nice looking cross but Kazuhiro seems unphased.
Kazuhiro lunges at Basilan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Basilan's hand.
Basilan throws a hook but Kazuhiro blocks it.
Basilan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kazuhiro's sensitive parts.
Basilan misses with an uppercut. Kazuhiro saw that one coming.
A big left from Basilan misses.
Basilan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kazuhiro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Basilan. That did some damage!
Kazuhiro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Basilan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Basilan throws a looping overhand right but Kazuhiro ducks down to avoid it.
Kazuhiro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kazuhiro connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro looks to land a right hand but Basilan moved out of range.
Basilan throws a head kick that misses.
Kazuhiro blocks a jab.
Kazuhiro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kazuhiro throws a leg kick that misses.
Kazuhiro sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kazuhiro fakes the leg kick and cracks Basilan in the body.
Kazuhiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Basilan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Basilan throws a hook to the side of Kazuhiro's head but Kazuhiro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Basilan misses with a straight right.
Basilan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kazuhiro. Kazuhiro obviously looking to wear him down.
Kazuhiro jabs at Basilan's body.
Jab from Kazuhiro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsuro Kazuhiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felix Basilan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Basilan misses with a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Kazuhiro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kazuhiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Basilan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kazuhiro is out of range and Basilan settles back down.
Basilan misses with a straight right.
Basilan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Basilan there as he acknowledges the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Basilan. Kazuhiro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Basilan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Decent striking displayed by Kazuhiro there.
Basilan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Basilan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good leg kick by Basilan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kazuhiro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Basilan. That one must have hurt.
Kazuhiro catches Basilan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Basilan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Basilan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice defenses there by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Basilan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kazuhiro throws a counter combo.
Katsuro Kazuhiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazuhiro lands a really nice looking cross but Basilan seems unphased.
Basilan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kazuhiro counters with a nice uppercut.
Kazuhiro connects with a leg kick. Basilan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Basilan lands a nice shot that snaps Kazuhiro's head back.

It looks like Katsuro Kazuhiro has been cut.
A big right from Kazuhiro misses.
Kazuhiro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kazuhiro scores with a hook.
Basilan scores with a leg kick.
Basilan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Basilan misses with a kick to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Kazuhiro there.
A big right from Basilan misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Basilan misses with a body kick.
Basilan throws a push kick but Kazuhiro slaps the foot to one side.
Basilan backing away here, and Kazuhiro unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kazuhiro throws a leg kick which misses Basilan's front leg but catches the back leg as Basilan tries to avoid it.
Kazuhiro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro works over Basilan's head and body with a nice combination.
Kazuhiro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Basilan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kazuhiro.
Basilan misses with a looping right.
Kazuhiro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Basilan's calf.
Kazuhiro throws an off balance right hand

and Basilan counters with a crisp one two that drops Kazuhiro! Basilan thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Kazuhiro to his feet! Kazuhiro is in big trouble!

Kazuhiro is rocked!
Kazuhiro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kazuhiro is still on wobbly legs! Can Basilan finish him?
Basilan cracks Kazuhiro with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Kazuhiro falls to his knees and Basilan doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Basilan!
Felix Basilan is the new welterweight champion!