PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark Corrigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fujiwara Tsuyoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corrigan comes to the cage accompanied by Teardrop. Tsuyoshi has chosen WHISPERED - HOLD THE SWORD as his entrance music. Fujiwara Tsuyoshi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Corrigan
vs
Tsuyoshi

180 cm
29
144 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

172 cm
22
145 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear

Urban Fighter
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Corrigan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fujiwara Tsuyoshi!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corrigan throws a shot from downtown. Tsuyoshi moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi misses with a series of wild punches.
Corrigan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tsuyoshi.
Corrigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Corrigan misses the jab.
Tsuyoshi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Tsuyoshi slips under a jab.
Tsuyoshi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tsuyoshi slips a jab from Corrigan.
Corrigan misses with a looping left.
Corrigan throws a looping overhand right but Tsuyoshi ducks down to avoid it.
Corrigan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tsuyoshi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tsuyoshi connects with a jab.
Tsuyoshi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tsuyoshi moves out of range as Corrigan strikes.
Tsuyoshi tries to counter with a clinch but Corrigan shakes him off and moves away.
Tsuyoshi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corrigan.
Corrigan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsuyoshi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tsuyoshi's coach down at The Iron Palace was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tsuyoshi's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corrigan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big right from Corrigan misses.
Tsuyoshi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corrigan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Corrigan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Corrigan misses.
A swing and a miss from Corrigan.
Corrigan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Corrigan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tsuyoshi wants to counter with a clinch but Corrigan pushes him away.
Corrigan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Mark Corrigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsuyoshi wants to clinch.
Tsuyoshi lands a front kick.
Tsuyoshi connects with a crisp jab.
Tsuyoshi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Corrigan has time to react.
Tsuyoshi defending well as Corrigan loads up on a big left hand.
Corrigan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tsuyoshi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Corrigan's calf.
Tsuyoshi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Good exchange - Tsuyoshi coming out on top.
Corrigan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsuyoshi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tsuyoshi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrigan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tsuyoshi.
Corrigan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tsuyoshi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Corrigan misses with a hook.
Tsuyoshi feints a counter leg kick.

Tsuyoshi moves into the clinch successfully.
Tsuyoshi lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Mark Corrigan has been cut.
Tsuyoshi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tsuyoshi avoiding damage as Corrigan throws knees to the body.
Tsuyoshi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tsuyoshi lands an elbow just above Corrigan 's eye.
Corrigan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsuyoshi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tsuyoshi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Corrigan throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tsuyoshi lands a knee to the body.
Corrigan has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi lands a damaging elbow.
Corrigan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tsuyoshi lands an elbow that stopped Corrigan in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuyoshi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corrigan's defenses.

Corrigan is rocked!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tsuyoshi.
Oh Corrigan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Corrigan blocks an elbow strike.
Corrigan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tsuyoshi is defending well for now.
Corrigan blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Tsuyoshi.

Mark Corrigan's cut is getting worse.
Tsuyoshi blocks a body shot from Corrigan.
Tsuyoshi lands a big knee to the head and Corrigan goes down! Tsuyoshi pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fujiwara Tsuyoshi! Fujiwara Tsuyoshi retains his bantamweight title!
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.