PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matsuda Taro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamiya Cho Nishi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cho Nishi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DMX - Intro - It's dark and hell is hot kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Taro
vs
Cho Nishi

164 cm
25
145 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
146 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matsuda Taro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kamiya Cho Nishi!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taro avoids the body shot from Cho Nishi.
Cho Nishi swings widly with a right hand
and Taro counters with a straight right hand.

Cho Nishi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taro, pushing him back against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cho Nishi misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Taro.
Taro scores with a shot to the side of Cho Nishi's head.
Cho Nishi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cho Nishi takes a shot to the head.
Cho Nishi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Taro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cho Nishis head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A short right from Taro on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cho Nishi struggles to land a body shot inside as Taro controls his hands.
Taro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
I was talking to Taro's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Taro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Taro.
Taro lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taro scores with a shot to the side of Cho Nishi's head.
Taro lands a hook that snaps the head of Cho Nishi backwards.
A short uppercut from Cho Nishi.
A short body shot lands from Taro as the two fighters clinch.
Taro lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taro.
Taro is leaning against Cho Nishi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cho Nishi looks winded!
Taro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cho Nishi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Taro.
Taro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taro lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Taro.
Taro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cho Nishi.
Nice body punch from Taro - that landed with a thud.
Taro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Taro.
Taro works on Cho Nishi's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taro gets through Cho Nishi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Taro.
Taro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cho Nishi misses with the head strike.
Taro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taro lands a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Taro.
Taro is struggling to control the position.
Taro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taro works on Cho Nishi's body with a couple of short punches.
Taro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cho Nishi backwards.
Cho Nishi tries to work over Taro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taro lands a shoulder strike.
Taro pushes Cho Nishi back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Taro.
Taro avoiding damage.
Cho Nishi lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho Nishi misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Taro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Taro.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Taro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Taro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cho Nishi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cho Nishi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cho Nishi struggles to land a body shot inside as Taro controls his hands.
Taro presses Cho Nishi against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cho Nishi backwards.
Taro pushes Cho Nishi back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taro.
Taro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taro is working Cho Nishi over against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taro is working Cho Nishi over against the ropes.
Taro lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Taro.
A bit of stalling here from Taro.
A hook to the body from Taro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taro lands a left hand.
Taro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Taro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Taro gets through Cho Nishi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Taro stalling against the ropes.
Taro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taro lands a left hand.
Taro's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Taro.

Cho Nishi is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Taro.
Cho Nishi is still on wobbly legs! Can Taro finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cho Nishi or not.
Taro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taro presses Cho Nishi against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taro digs a right hand into Cho Nishi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cho Nishi's gas tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matsuda Taro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Taro connects with a stiff jab that staggers Cho Nishi - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Matsuda Taro!
Matsuda Taro decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Kamiya Cho Nishi stepped up to the mic, saying 'That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.'.