PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taichi Kitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Strom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kitano comes to the cage accompanied by Angel of Doom - Shiro Sagisu. Taichi Kitano could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Julius Strom's chin.

Kitano
vs
Strom

180 cm
27
177 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
177 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hellbent
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

King of Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taichi Kitano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julius Strom!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kitano clinches with his opponent.
Strom throws a punch but it's blocked by Kitano.
Strom lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
A short uppercut from Strom.
A right handed body shot lands from Kitano.
Kitano works on Strom's body with a couple of short punches.
Kitano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom misses with some punches.
Strom gets through Kitano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Strom throws a head punch that misses.
Kitano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Strom backwards.
A body shot lands from Kitano.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Kitano.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kitano misses with a punch on the inside.
Strom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kitano scores with a shoulder strike.
Kitano scores with a shot to the side of Strom's head.
Kitano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Strom backwards.
Strom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Strom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Strom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Strom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kitano is trying to stall.
Kitano lands with a short shot to the head.
Kitano swings wildly with an uppercut but Strom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Strom.
Strom throws a head punch that misses.
Kitano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kitano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Strom is rocked!
Kitano lands a left hand.
Strom is still on wobbly legs! Can Kitano finish him?
Kitano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Strom scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kitano blocks an uppercut.
Kitano lands a big right hand that drops Strom! The killer instinct kicks in and Kitano finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Kitano!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taichi Kitano!
Taichi Kitano retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Taichi Kitano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.