PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Minobu Kurita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kurita
vs
Cage

170 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
27
180 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Minobu Kurita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Cage!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurita swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kurita tries to clinch but Cage moves away

and Cage counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Cage takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kurita avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cage working Kurita over with strikes.
Cage wants to control but Kurita is keeping him busy.
Kurita tries to get to full guard but Cage has control of the leg.
Cage scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kurita is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cage scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kurita on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kurita tries to get out of the position.
Kurita has hold of Cage's hands but Cage slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kurita has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cage is working away from the top position though.
Kurita wants to improve his position but Cage is controlling well.
Ground and pound from Cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurita wants to get back to full guard.
Cage looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kurita with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cage lands a nice short elbow.

Kurita is rocked!
Cage is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Kurita is hurt! He's hurt bad - Cage fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Kurita from any more punishment! Congratulations to Cage! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Cage!
In his post fight interview, Tom Cage gave a big smile as he said 'jannick is a strong opponent and I would like to thank my fans and coaches, great work guys love u all!!!'!'''.