PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Tihiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tihiro has chosen Jyo as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Legionarius
vs
Tihiro

185 cm
41
208 lbs
32 - 23 - 0

188 cm
31
210 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 32 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Tihiro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legionarius ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slow jab from Legionarius misses its intended target.
Legionarius stuffs the takedown attempt from Tihiro. Tihiro gets slowly back to his feet.
Tihiro doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Legionarius counters with a stiff right hand.
No luck for Tihiro with that takedown attempt.
Alessio Legionarius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuki Tihiro.
Tihiro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice takedown defense from Legionarius. No joy for Tihiro on that attempt.
Tihiro shoots in but Legionarius avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tihiro shoots for a double leg takedown but Legionarius sprawls well. He's pushed Tihiro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tihiro closes this distance looking for a takedown but Legionarius circles away.
Tihiro shoots for a double leg takedown but Legionarius sprawls well. He's pushed Tihiro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tihiro looks winded!
Legionarius with a jab.
Legionarius lands a leg kick that knocks Tihiro off balance momentarily.
Legionarius lands a nice shot to the body.

Legionarius clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Legionarius breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tihiro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Legionarius is fending him off so far but Tihiro persists. Nope, Legionarius circles away and we're back to standing.
Tihiro shoots in for a takedown but Legionarius shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tihiro shoots and misses
and Legionarius counters with a three punch combo that has Tihiro backing up. Tihiro nods at Legionarius to acknowledge the strikes.
Legionarius cracks a nice hook into Tihiro's ribs.

Legionarius moves into the clinch.
Legionarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tihiro wants a takedown but no success here.
Tihiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Legionarius breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Legionarius lands a high kick to the side of Tihiro's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Legionarius dives into guard, looking to finish.

Tihiro is rocked!

It looks like Yuki Tihiro has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Legionarius is pushing down on Tihiro's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tihiro is fighting to maintain full guard but Legionarius has managed to sneak the leg through.
Tihiro is still in real trouble! Can Legionarius finish him?
Legionarius unloads with some huge strikes here! Tihiro is out! Legionarius wins by brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alessio Legionarius!
After winning the bout, Alessio Legionarius thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.