PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willy Stoppers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shunsui Kyoraku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stoppers
vs
Kyoraku

187 cm
45
201 lbs
53 - 28 - 0

190 cm
37
186 lbs
27 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 53 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willy Stoppers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunsui Kyoraku!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyoraku lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kyoraku throws a head kick that misses.
Kyoraku tries to bum rush Stoppers with a series of wild strikes but Stoppers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice jab there from Stoppers.
Kyoraku takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stoppers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kyoraku moves away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kyoraku checks a leg kick.
Stoppers tries a head kick but it misses.
Kyoraku misses the shot to the body.
Shunsui Kyoraku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stoppers punishes Kyoraku's body with a nice straight punch.

Stoppers lands a big head kick that sends Kyoraku tumbling to the mat! Stoppers takes a step backwards and waves Kyoraku back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Shunsui Kyoraku has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kyoraku chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kyoraku turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Kyoraku clinches up against the cage.
Kyoraku misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stoppers blocking some punches.
Stoppers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kyoraku trying to control the position but instead, Stoppers has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kyoraku into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stoppers breaks the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stoppers, right into the meat.
Stoppers swats away the attempt to clinch by Kyoraku.
Kyoraku cracks the inside of Stoppers's front leg.
Kyoraku throws an overhand right that lands on Stoppers's shoulder, as Stoppers tries to avoid the shot.
Stoppers throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Kyoraku to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Stoppers misses.
Kyoraku slips under a jab from Stoppers.
Kyoraku connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kyoraku lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stoppers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kyoraku throws a push kick but Stoppers slaps the foot to one side.
Kyoraku throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donk. Stoppers catches Kyoraku right on the button with a cross.
Jab by Stoppers.
Kyoraku attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kyoraku throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stoppers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kyoraku's head.
Kyoraku tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stoppers is able to avoid easily.
Stoppers lands a body shot.
Kyoraku moves out of range of the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Stoppers there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stoppers. Kyoraku does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stoppers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kyoraku just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromStoppers.

Stoppers sends Kyoraku crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Stoppers is motioning to the referee to let Kyoraku up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Kyoraku is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoppers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kyoraku is still on wobbly legs! Can Stoppers finish him?
Kyoraku scores with a hook to the body. Stoppers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kyoraku tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kyoraku seems to have recovered his senses.
Good work by Stoppers as he checks the leg kick.
Stoppers throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Kyoraku stumbling backwards into the cage! Kyoraku bounces back off the cage towards Stoppers, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Stoppers lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Stoppers celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Willy Stoppers!
Willy Stoppers tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.