PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshi Kawanabe (ranked 3250 p4p, 278 weight class) and Abel Trujilo (ranked 2448 p4p, 284 weight class). Abel Trujilo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kawanabe
vs
Trujilo

172 cm
26
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
164 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hiroshi Kawanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abel Trujilo!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawanabe bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Trujilo's head backwards.
Trujilo moves forwards but Kawanabe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kawanabe connects with a body shot that sends Trujilo's belly button to the back.
Trujilo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kawanabe.
Kawanabe jabs Trujilo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kawanabe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kawanabe looks to land a left hand but Trujilo moved out of range nicely.
Kawanabe jabs at Trujilo's body.
A jab from Kawanabe does it's job there.
Kawanabe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trujilo tries a head kick but it misses.
Kawanabe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trujilo at a distance.
Trujilo misses with a body kick.

Kawanabe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Trujilo, pushing him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Kawanabe scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Kawanabe.
Trujilo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kawanabe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kawanabe scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawanabe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trujilo backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Kawanabe.
Trujilo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kawanabe's elbow.
Trujilo misses with some punches.
Trujilo tries to work over Kawanabe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kawanabe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trujilo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trujilo tries a body shot but Kawanabe blocks it.
Trujilo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kawanabe is keeping busy.
Kawanabe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trujilo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kawanabe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kawanabe misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Trujilo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trujilo throws a head kick that misses.
Trujilo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawanabe lands with a nice body punch.
Trujilo misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Trujilo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Kawanabe makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kawanabe jabs at Trujilo's body.
Kawanabe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trujilo manages to avoid it.
Trujilo misses with a double jab
and Kawanabe counters with a left to the body.
Trujilo looks winded!
Kawanabe moves out of range of the strikes.
Trujilo ducks right into an uppercut from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe misses with a body shot.
Trujilo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Kawanabe lands with a straight right. Trujilo didn't see that one coming.
Kawanabe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Trujilo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trujilo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kawanabe gets a clinch.
Good body shot from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe cracks Trujilo with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kawanabe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kawanabe pushes Trujilo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Kawanabe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kawanabe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kawanabe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Kawanabe scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawanabe scores with a hook to the body.
A short left from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kawanabe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Trujilo is rocked!
Kawanabe lands an uppercut.
Trujilo is still on wobbly legs! Can Kawanabe finish him?
Kawanabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawanabe lands a nice shot to the body.
Trujilo seems to have recovered his senses.
A right hook to the body lands for Kawanabe.
Kawanabe pushes Trujilo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe pushes Trujilo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kawanabe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trujilos head.
Kawanabe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Trujilo up against the cage.
Kawanabe lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kawanabe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe lands with a short shot to the head.
Kawanabe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kawanabe lands a shot to the body.
Kawanabe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroshi Kawanabe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kawanabe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kawanabe just misses with a punch to the body.
Hiroshi Kawanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kawanabe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trujilo misses the shot to the body.
Kawanabe sizes up Trujilo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kawanabe digs a good hook to Trujilo's body.
Trujilo looks to land a left hand but Kawanabe moved out of range nicely.
Trujilo fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Trujilo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kawanabe digs a good hook to Trujilo's body.
Trujilo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Trujilo clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawanabe blocking some punches.
Hiroshi Kawanabe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kawanabe blocks an elbow strike.
Trujilo is breathing heavily.
Kawanabe dodges an elbow strike from Trujilo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kawanabe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawanabe scores with a shoulder strike.
Kawanabe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kawanabe gets through Trujilo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kawanabe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kawanabe lands with a right to the head.
Kawanabe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trujilo backwards.
Kawanabe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kawanabe has Trujilo pressed against the cage, preventing Trujilo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trujilo can't find room to land a body shot as Kawanabe controls the action.
Trujilo takes a shot to the head.
Kawanabe lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Kawanabe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawanabe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kawanabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Trujilo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kawanabe lands an uppercut.
Kawanabe lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawanabe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kawanabe lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Kawanabe.
Kawanabe gets through Trujilo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kawanabe as Trujilo tries to tie him up.
Kawanabe pushes Trujilo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kawanabe lands a big right hand that drops Trujilo! The killer instinct kicks in and Kawanabe finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Kawanabe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hiroshi Kawanabe!