PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenuichio Harada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Sanzio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harada
vs
Sanzio

199 cm
20
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
275 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenuichio Harada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Raphael Sanzio!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harada throws a nice outside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanzio.
Harada lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Raphael Sanzio has been cut.
Sanzio misses with a right hand

and Harada counters with a head kick that drops Sanzio to the mat! Sanzio scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sanzio has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Harada.
Sanzio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harada.
Harada throws a leg kick which misses Sanzio's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanzio tries to avoid it.
Harada connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanzio misses with a hook.
Harada appears to be looking for a big counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanzio misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Harada on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Harada lands with a slapping head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harada, right into the meat.
Harada lands with a kick to the temple. Sanzio shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Harada buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanzio misses with a hook.
Sanzio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Sanzio does no damage.
Harada connects with a looping right hand.
Sanzio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harada counters with a body kick that stops Sanzio in his tracks momentarily.
Harada showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanzio.
Harada connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Harada as he checks the leg kick.
Harada is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sanzio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanzio takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sanzio crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Harada - the referee stops the clock and Sanzio gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Harada. Sanzio manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Raphael Sanzio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanzio takes a swing at Harada's ribcage but misses.
Harada is looking to counter with a body kick.
Harada staying out of range there.
Harada lands a head kick!
It's a brutal combination of punches from Harada! Sanzio is backing up but he can't get away as Harada lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Sanzio and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kenuichio Harada!
Kenuichio Harada was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.