PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luis Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terunari Kagiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Gonzales
vs
Kagiyama

169 cm
21
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Amped Performance

RAGS of a RONIN

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luis Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Terunari Kagiyama!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales throws a right hand that misses
and Kagiyama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kagiyama manages to avoid it.
Gonzales throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kagiyama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzales takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kagiyama cracks a nice hook into Gonzales's ribs.

Gonzales closes the distance and clinches.
Gonzales looking to slow down the pace here.
Gonzales blocks an uppercut.
Gonzales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonzales misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kagiyama tries to throw a body punch but Gonzales avoids it by throwing Kagiyama back against the ropes.
Gonzales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonzales landing knees to the body.
Gonzales misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales with a knee to the head.
Gonzales misses with a knee to the head.
Gonzales gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kagiyama.
Kagiyama tries to throw a body punch but Gonzales avoids it by throwing Kagiyama back against the ropes.
I was talking to Gonzales's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kagiyama lands with a light punch inside.
Kagiyama has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gonzales seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kagiyama can turn it around.
Kagiyama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kagiyama.
Kagiyama managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzales.
Kagiyama taking a breather.
Gonzales misses with a knee to the head.
Kagiyama tries for a takedown but Gonzales manages to get underhooks.
Gonzales lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gonzales.
Gonzales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kagiyama blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kagiyama is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gonzales pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Luis Gonzales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terunari Kagiyama.
Kagiyama has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gonzales is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kagiyama tries to circle away but Gonzales has him pinned against the ropes.
Gonzales misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a knee strike.
Kagiyama on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzales working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gonzales prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gonzales tries to work over Kagiyama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kagiyama changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gonzales fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kagiyama throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gonzales moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzales wants to land a leg kick but Kagiyama is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales lands with an overhand left.
Gonzales throws a poor cross that misses
and Kagiyama counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gonzales scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kagiyama throws a lazy uppercut
and Gonzales counters with a huge left! Kagiyama is in big trouble! He's backing up but Gonzales isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Kagiyama from any more damage. A dominating finish by Gonzales!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Gonzales!
In his post fight interview, Luis Gonzales started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.