PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kioshi Kemauchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zaza Murano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kioshi Kemauchi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kemauchi
vs
Murano

170 cm
23
138 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

186 cm
28
143 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Sun-Tzu
MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kioshi Kemauchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zaza Murano!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murano just misses with a punch to the body.

Murano moves into the clinch.
Murano misses with the head strike.
Kemauchi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murano avoids it.
Murano looking to stall.
Kemauchi stalling in the clinch but Murano improves position.
Kemauchi looking to slow down the pace here.
Murano throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murano as Kemauchi tries to tie him up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kemauchi backwards.
Kemauchi is struggling to control the position.
Kemauchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Murano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murano misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murano is stalling here.
Kemauchi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Murano up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kemauchi.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kemauchi trying to control the position but instead, Murano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kemauchi into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kioshi Kemauchi.
Kemauchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kemauchi lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab lands there for Murano.
Murano takes a swing at Kemauchi's ribcage but misses.
Zaza Murano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kemauchi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Murano misses with a right hand
letting Kemauchi counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kemauchi throws a jab when Murano was well out of range.
Murano throws out a counter right but Kemauchi avoids it with no problem.
Nice body kick there by Kemauchi.
Murano is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kemauchi throws a big shot that misses.
Murano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kemauchi.
The fighters circling - Murano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murano takes a swing at Kemauchi's ribcage but misses.
Kemauchi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kemauchi moves away.
Kemauchi throws a hook but Murano avoids it easily.
Murano throws a jab when Kemauchi was well out of range.
Murano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kemauchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murano was well out of range. Poor timing from Kemauchi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murano misses with an uppercut. Kemauchi saw that one coming.
A jab from Murano misses.
Kemauchi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kemauchi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kemauchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kemauchi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Murano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murano scores with a nice head shot.
A swing and a miss from Kemauchi.

Murano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kemauchi has a couple of punches blocked by Murano.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murano.
Kemauchi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murano is defending well for now.
Murano gets through Kemauchi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murano digs a right hand underneath Kemauchi's ribcage. Kemauchi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kemauchi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Murano up against the cage.
Kemauchi misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murano working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Murano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kemauchi prevents a body shot from Murano.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murano.
Murano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kemauchi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murano dodges an elbow strike from Kemauchi.
Kemauchi stalling against the cage.
Kemauchi trying to stall but Murano improves his position.
Murano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murano is pushing Kemauchi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kemauchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zaza Murano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Murano moves away from the strike by Kemauchi.
Murano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kemauchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Murano.
A shot to the liver by Murano. Beautiful body shot.
Kioshi Kemauchi is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut there from Murano.
Murano misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Kemauchi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murano.
Murano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kemauchi.
Kemauchi throws a body punch but Murano moves out of range.
Murano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murano throws a shot from downtown. Kemauchi moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kemauchi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murano doesn't seem bothered though.
Murano misses the body punch
and Kemauchi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kemauchi lands an overhand right.
Kemauchi misses with a right hand
and Murano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kemauchi loads up on a big right hand but Murano slips the punch.
Murano looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemauchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murano throws the left hand but Kemauchi avoids the punch easily.
Murano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kemauchi misses with a hook.
Murano keeps the fight on the outside.
Murano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kemauchi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murano.
It looked like Kemauchi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kemauchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Murano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Kemauchi takes the fight into the clinch.
Kemauchi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murano is keeping busy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A head punch on the inside from Murano fails to land.
Kemauchi lands a damaging elbow.
Murano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kemauchi backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murano dodges an elbow strike from Kemauchi.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murano swings wildly with an uppercut but Kemauchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murano misses with a punch on the inside.
Zaza Murano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemauchi blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kemauchi.
Murano avoids the elbow strike from Kemauchi, against the cage.
Murano misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kemauchi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Murano throws a punch but it's blocked by Kemauchi.
Kemauchi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murano avoids it.
Kemauchi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murano can't find room to land a body shot as Kemauchi controls the action.
Murano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Kemauchi.
Murano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murano stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kemauchi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kemauchi backwards.
Murano tries to throw a body punch but Kemauchi avoids it by throwing Murano back against the cage.
Kemauchi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kemauchi looking to slow down the pace here.
Murano slowing the pace effectively.
Murano avoiding damage as Kemauchi throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murano as Kemauchi tries to tie him up.
Murano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kemauchi blocks an uppercut.
Murano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kemauchi's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kemauchi is trying to stall.
Kemauchi is working Murano over against the cage.
Murano just leaning against Kemauchi, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Zaza Murano will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kemauchi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kemauchi throws a looping overhand right but Murano ducks down to avoid it.
Murano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kemauchi.
Kemauchi thuds a left hand into Murano's body.
Murano digs a good body shot into Kemauchi's ribs.
Kemauchi scores with a jab.
Murano lands a nice shot that snaps Kemauchi's head back.
A head kick misses from Kemauchi.
Murano takes a swing at Kemauchi's ribcage but misses.
Kemauchi is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice body punch from Kemauchi.
Kemauchi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kemauchi misses with an uppercut. Murano saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murano throws a looping overhand right but Kemauchi ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kemauchi. Murano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murano lands a right hook to the body.
Murano cracks Kemauchi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kemauchi misses with a body shot.
Kemauchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murano moves away.
It seemed like Murano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murano misses with a hook.

Kemauchi drives through and clinches with Murano against the cage.
Kemauchi prevents a body shot from Murano.
A short uppercut from Kemauchi.
Murano misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Murano on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murano misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murano.
Murano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kemauchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kemauchi has a couple of punches blocked by Murano.
Murano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kemauchi can't find room to land a body shot as Murano controls the action.
Nice body punch from Murano.
Murano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kemauchi blocking some punches.
Kemauchi presses Murano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kemauchi lands an elbow inside that Murano shrugs off.
Kemauchi stalling.
Kemauchi trying to control the position but instead, Murano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kemauchi into the cage.
Murano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemauchi blocking some punches.
Murano lands a shoulder strike.
Murano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kemauchi backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Murano fails to land.
Kemauchi controlling the action here for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Kemauchi.
Murano avoiding damage as Kemauchi throws knees to the body.
Kemauchi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murano swings wildly with an uppercut but Kemauchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kemauchi letting Murano take a breather here.
Kemauchi wants to stall.
Kemauchi is trying to maintain a safe position but Murano gets an underhook and turns Kemauchi into the cage.
Zaza Murano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kemauchi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kemauchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kemauchi is trying to stall.
Murano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kemauchi.
Kemauchi looking to slow down the pace here.
Murano throws a head punch that misses.
Kemauchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kemauchi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kemauchi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kioshi Kemauchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murano misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kioshi Kemauchi.
I think Murano has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:30

The fight is ruled a draw!