PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryuuken Hoshikawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sancho Zola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zola comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Crow On A Tombstone by Satyricon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Hoshikawa
vs
Zola

185 cm
22
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuuken Hoshikawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sancho Zola!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoshikawa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hoshikawa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hoshikawa dodges the punch combination from Zola.
Hoshikawa throws a head kick that Zola semi-blocks.

It looks like Sancho Zola has been cut.
Zola jabs Hoshikawa right on the nose. Hoshikawa blinks but takes it well.
Hoshikawa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hoshikawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hoshikawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hoshikawa tries to land a leg kick but Zola saw it coming and moves away.
Hoshikawa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hoshikawa. That's going to slow Zola down.
Zola avoids the head kick by Hoshikawa.
Zola darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zola rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoshikawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zola throws a series of punches but Hoshikawa avoids them all with ease.
Hoshikawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoshikawa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zola can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zola shoots for a takedown but Hoshikawa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zola lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hoshikawa at a distance.
Hoshikawa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zola thuds a left hand into Hoshikawa's body.
Hoshikawa is looking to clinch but Zola is avoiding it.
Hoshikawa walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoshikawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zola takes a swing at Hoshikawa's ribcage but misses.
Zola uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hoshikawa.
A right-left combo lands from Zola.
Zola misses the jab.
Zola fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hoshikawa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hoshikawa is breathing heavily.
Zola ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hoshikawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zola.
Zola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Hoshikawa.
Hoshikawa slips a jab and a cross from Zola.
Zola throws a series of punches but Hoshikawa moves out of range.
Zola lands a slapping body shot.
Hoshikawa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoshikawa throws a leg kick but Zola moved away.
Zola lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hoshikawa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zola stalks Hoshikawa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hoshikawa's face. Hoshikawa staggers backwards, shaken.
A left and a right from Zola both land. Nice combination.

Hoshikawa is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zola rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoshikawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zola.
Oh Hoshikawa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zola punishes Hoshikawa's body with a nice straight punch.
Zola drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Hoshikawa right on the button. Hoshikawa goes down! Zola follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Zola gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sancho Zola!