PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenuichio Harada (ranked 5265 p4p, 531 weight class) and Farrokh Bulsara (ranked 1895 p4p, 223 weight class). Bulsara comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bohemian Rhapsody kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harada
vs
Bulsara

199 cm
30
250 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

196 cm
33
283 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenuichio Harada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Farrokh Bulsara!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bulsara moves out of range as Harada strikes.
Bulsara throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've been informed that Bulsara has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bulsara is looking to land body kicks.
Harada connects with a looping right hand.
Bulsara scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice shot by Bulsara.
Harada cracks Bulsara with a good jab.

Harada clinches up with Bulsara and pushes him back against the ropes.
Harada struggles to land a body shot inside as Bulsara controls his hands.
Bulsara blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bulsara.
Harada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bulsara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bulsara lands a damaging elbow.
Harada can't find room to land a body shot as Bulsara controls the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bulsara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bulsara fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bulsara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bulsara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harada.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulsara bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Harada avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harada seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nice straight punches there by Bulsara. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bulsara.
Harada throws a looping overhand right but Bulsara ducks down to avoid it.
Harada swats away the attempt to clinch by Bulsara.
Harada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harada tries to clinch up.
Harada throws the left hand but Bulsara avoids the punch easily.
Harada darts in trying to clinch
and Bulsara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harada fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harada walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harada scores with a push kick.
Harada tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Bulsara on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harada takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harada misses with a hook. Bulsara ducked under it nicely.
Harada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harada throws a right hand that Bulsara ducks under and follows up with a left that Bulsara also avoids with ease.
Bulsara throws out a loose jab but Harada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bulsara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harada checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harada swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harada tries to clinch there but Bulsara circles away.
Bulsara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harada manages to avoid it.
Harada tries to clinch there but Bulsara circles away.
Harada takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Bulsara misses.
Harada wants to clinch up but Bulsara keeps it at a distance.
Farrokh Bulsara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harada takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harada throws a chopping leg kick but Bulsara manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A jab lands there for Harada.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Farrokh Bulsara dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Harada looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A head kick misses from Bulsara.
Harada with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bulsara to score with a decent uppercut.
Harada moves forwards but Bulsara connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bulsara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harada misses with a low kick.
Bulsara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harada finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bulsara looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harada feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Harada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bulsara.

Harada gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bulsara.

It looks like Kenuichio Harada has been cut.
Harada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bulsara working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harada misses with some punches.
Harada scores with a shot to the side of Bulsara's head.
Bulsara connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harada lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harada has a couple of punches blocked by Bulsara.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bulsara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bulsara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Harada is rocked!
Harada misses with a punch on the inside.
Oh Harada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bulsara prevents a body shot from Harada.
Bulsara creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Harada crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Harada face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Bulsara takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Farrokh Bulsara!
After winning the bout, Farrokh Bulsara thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.