PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mizo Samxona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Kojima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Samxona
vs
Kojima

192 cm
28
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
26
200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Sun-Tzu
V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mizo Samxona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Kojima!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samxona stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Samxona clinches.
Samxona tries a body shot but Kojima blocks it.
Kojima should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Samxona breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kojima tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Samxona counters with a right hand to the body.

Samxona fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kojima to the ground. Samxona is now in Kojima's guard.
Kojima has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Samxona has passed into side control.
Kojima struggling a bit here.
Samxona lands a few punches from side control.
Kojima felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
You can see the frustration on Kojima's face as Samxona controls the position.
Samxona working the ground and pound from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
You can see the frustration on Kojima's face as Samxona controls the position.
Samxona in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samxona controls the position from side control.
Samxona scoring with punches and elbows.
Samxona working the head with strikes.
Kojima takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Kojima is rocked!
Samxona working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kojima is still in real trouble! Can Samxona finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samxona controlling from side mount.
Kojima seems to have recovered his senses.
Check out the look on Samxona's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samxona landing a few strikes.
Samxona is chipping away with strikes.
Kojima takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Samxona lands a strong strike to the head of Kojima. That's dazed him! Samxona looking to finish here. Kojima is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Samxona lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mizo Samxona!
An out of breath Mizo Samxona thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.