PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kubo Sujitsu (ranked 3484 p4p, 361 weight class) and Ronald Garnier (ranked 4446 p4p, 430 weight class). Kubo Sujitsu has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sujitsu
vs
Garnier

166 cm
25
163 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kubo Sujitsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ronald Garnier!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sujitsu misses with an uppercut. Garnier saw that one coming.
A big left from Garnier misses.
Garnier slips a jab from Sujitsu.

Garnier closes the distance and clinches.
Garnier lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sujitsu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sujitsu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garnier lands a body shot.
Garnier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garnier scores with a shoulder strike.
Garnier works on Sujitsu's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garnier lands a nice shot to the body.
Garnier blocks an uppercut.
Garnier presses Sujitsu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garnier misses with some punches.
Garnier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garnier scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnier presses Sujitsu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garnier lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garnier is leaning against Sujitsu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sujitsu is breathing heavily.
Garnier lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garnier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Garnier.
A shot in the inside from Garnier.
A left hand lands to the body for Garnier.
Nice body punch from Garnier.
Garnier lands a right hand.
Garnier gets through Sujitsu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garnier lands a right hand.

Sujitsu is rocked!
Garnier scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Sujitsu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garnier lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garnier scores with a shot to the side of Sujitsu's head.
A hook to the body from Garnier.
Garnier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sujitsu backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnier lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sujitsu fails to land.
We've been informed that Garnier 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.
A short right from Garnier on the inside.
Sujitsu throws a punch but it's blocked by Garnier.
Sujitsu working aggressively here.
Garnier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sujitsu throws a punch but it's blocked by Garnier.
Sujitsu tries to pull guard but Garnier won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garnier.

Garnier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Garnier moves into the clinch.
Garnier lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sujitsu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Garnier just stands there and leans against the cage.
Garnier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sujitsu backwards.
A hook to the body from Garnier.
Sujitsu throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garnier.
A short uppercut from Garnier.
A right handed body shot lands from Garnier.
Garnier lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Garnier.
Garnier creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Sujitsu with a big uppercut! Sujitsu tries to clinch up but Garnier pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Sujitsu to the mat! Sujitsu covers up and Garnier unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ronald Garnier!
Ronald Garnier decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.