PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ilari Hurma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Kazama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hurma's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Yello - Oh Yeah. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hurma
vs
Kazama

188 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

JOKER FIGHTGEAR
Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ilari Hurma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Akira Kazama!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazama shoots in but no luck this time.
Hurma misses with a body shot.

Kazama scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kazama wants to pass the guard but Hurma is defending well.
Hurma keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hurma keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kazama has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hurma is looking to escape.
Kazama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kazama moves into full mount! Hurma won't be happy about that!
Hurma on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hurma tries to get out of the position.
Kazama lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurma is trying desperately to improve position.
Kazama in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kazama thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kazama lands a heavy elbow.
Kazama cracks Hurma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kazama throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kazama thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kazama cracks Hurma with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Poor strikes thrown by Kazama there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kazama throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hurma because Kazama loaded up on that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazama throws some wild stikes that Hurma manages to avoid easily.
Kazama looking to finish with strikes here!
Kazama misses with some ground and pound and Hurma recovers position to half guard.
Hurma knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kazama on the ground.
Kazama tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hurma knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ground and pound from Kazama.
Kazama winds up and cracks Hurma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kazama is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hurma!
Hurma squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazama pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hurma wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kazama.
Kazama punching from mount but Hurma doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kazama misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hurma can't escape the position.
Kazama throws some wild stikes that Hurma manages to avoid easily.
Kazama throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kazama thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hurma wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kazama working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kazama prevents Hurma from getting the reversal.
Kazama thowing shots but they're missing.
Hurma holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kazama tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hurma is looking to improve his position but Kazama isn't that keen on the idea.
Kazama unloads with some shots from mount but Hurma bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hurma's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akira Kazama dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hurma.
Hurma doesn't manage to clinch there - Kazama circles away.
Hurma misses with a series of wild punches.
Hurma lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Kazama sprawling to the canvas. Hurma follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Kazama hang on?

Kazama is rocked!

It looks like Akira Kazama has been cut.
Hurma tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Kazama misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hurma wants to control but Kazama is keeping him busy.
Kazama makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kazama.
Kazama looking for a sweep. Not yet Kazama, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurma has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kazama manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kazama is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kazama throwing strikes here but Hurma is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kazama throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kazama misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hurma wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Kazama looking to finish Hurma with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hurma!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurma is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kazama throwing strikes here but Hurma is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kazama working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kazama scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hurma?
Hurma avoids a strike by Kazama and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Kazama's guard! Fantastic escape!
Kazama tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Kazama looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hurma passes into half guard.
Kazama is breathing heavily.
Hurma prevents Kazama from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurma is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kazama!
Kazama really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kazama is squirming around, avoiding Hurma's attempts to control the action.
Hurma controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kazama really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kazama is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kazama tries to lock up and control but Hurma gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hurma content just to control the position here.
Kazama is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ilari Hurma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Akira Kazama's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hurma throws a series of punches but Kazama avoids them all with ease.
Hurma wants to clinch up but Kazama keeps it at a distance.
Hurma throws a body punch but Kazama moves out of range.
Hurma waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kazama.
Hurma lands with an overhand left.
Hurma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hurma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hurma darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fighters circling - Hurma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kazama takes one to the chin there.
Kazama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hurma cracks Kazama with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Kazama falls to his knees and Hurma doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilari Hurma!