PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sendou Kitano (ranked 544 p4p, 56 weight class) and Scott John (ranked 197 p4p, 21 weight class). Kitano comes into the arena with Taeko Ohnuki - 4:00 AM blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kitano
vs
John

196 cm
29
230 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

203 cm
28
259 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Sendou Kitano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott John!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitano lands with an uppercut that bounces John off the cage and back into range.
John throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kitano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

John clinches with his opponent.
Kitano scores with a hook to the body.
Kitano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with John's elbow.
Kitano tries a knee to the head but John blocks it.
Kitano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kitano lands a shoulder strike.
Kitano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
John blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kitano.
Kitano lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
John fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kitano tries to work over John's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kitano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
John misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kitano working John over with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kitano.
Kitano misses with the head strike.
Kitano trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Kitano on the inside.
John's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
John goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano misses with a body punch.
John pushes off an throws an elbow but Kitano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kitano lands with a left to the head.
John landing knees to the body.
Kitano lands a right hand that snaps the head of John backwards.
Kitano tries to work over John's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kitano tries a knee to the head but John blocks it.
Kitano managing to block the knees to the body from John.
John lands with a light punch inside.
Kitano avoids a wild elbow strike from John.
John misses with some punches.
Kitano takes a shot to the head.
John lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Sendou Kitano has been cut.
Our sources have told us that Kitano has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
John lands on the inside with an uppercut.
John tries to land knees in the clinch but Kitano avoids the damage to the body.
John has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kitano seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if John can turn it around.
John's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
John struggles to land a body shot inside as Kitano controls his hands.
Kitano misses with a short punch on the inside.
John blocking some punches.
Kitano blocking some punches.
Kitano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
John gets through Kitano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kitano blocks it with crossed arms.
John tries to work over Kitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kitano prevents a body shot from John.
Kitano is leaning against John and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
John misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kitano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kitano lands a left hand.
John swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kitano tries a body shot but John blocks it.
Kitano lands a hook that snaps the head of John backwards.
John on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kitano pushes John back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
John looks winded!
Kitano lands with a right to the head.
Kitano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
John swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kitano working the clinch nicely. John is working for position but Kitano cracks him with a big knee to the head! John crumples up against the cage and Kitano lands two more shots before the ref can save John! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Sendou Kitano!
Sendou Kitano 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.