PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Sharty (ranked 3692 p4p, 5763 weight class) and Kenta Kusunoki (ranked 440 p4p, 561 weight class). Kusunoki has chosen Wicked Side of Me as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sharty
vs
Kusunoki

190 cm
25
220
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Sharty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenta Kusunoki!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kusunoki lands with a nice combination. Sharty backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Greg Sharty has been cut.
Kusunoki closes the distance and clinches up with Sharty, looking for a takedown. Kusunoki pushes Sharty against the cage but Sharty circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Kusunoki gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sharty to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sharty controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sharty has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharty's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharty scoring with some ground and pound.
Sharty's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sharty passes Kusunoki's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sharty is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sharty lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharty is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sharty trying to control the pace.
Sharty has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sharty looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kusunoki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sharty controlling the action here.
Sharty prevents Kusunoki from improving his position.
Sharty trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharty passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kusunoki!
Sharty controlling his opponent.
Sharty lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Sharty jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kusunoki manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sharty is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Kusunoki's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sharty working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharty is staying tight to Kusunoki's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kusunoki gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Sharty sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
This is a sustained period of stalling by Sharty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Sharty dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Greg Sharty's cut.
That's time! Sharty's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kusunoki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sharty is fending him off so far but Kusunoki persists. Nope, Sharty circles away and we're back to standing.

Kusunoki gets caught napping as Sharty dives in and scores a takedown. Kusunoki manages to retain guard.
Sharty controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sharty pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kusunoki is keeping the position for now.
Sharty is stalling in the full guard.
Sharty seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kusunoki for as long as he can get away with.
Sharty is pushing down on Kusunoki's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kusunoki is fighting to maintain full guard but Sharty has managed to sneak the leg through.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sharty in particular looking to stall.
Sharty continues to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Further stalling from Sharty.
Sharty is thwarting Kusunoki's attempts to control the position.
Sharty scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sharty slips a nice elbow through Kusunoki's hands, connecting with Kusunoki's forehead.
Sharty is taking a breather. Kusunoki says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sharty scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sharty slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharty working Kusunoki over with strikes.
Kusunoki taking some punishment here, with Sharty in his half guard.
Sharty is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kusunoki can do to turn this around?
Sharty passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kusunoki!
Kusunoki is breathing heavily.
Sharty content just to control the position here.
Sharty scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sharty unloading with bombs!

Kusunoki is rocked!
Sharty postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Kusunoki in real trouble here! The ref calls for Kusunoki to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Sharty!