PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Broadbent (ranked 2494 p4p, 2349 weight class) and Kenichi Misahawa (ranked 335 p4p, 321 weight class). Steve Broadbent could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kenichi Misahawa's chin.

Broadbent
vs
Misahawa

190 cm
27
220
5 - 5 - 0

183 cm
26
210
5 - 6 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Broadbent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Kenichi Misahawa!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Misahawa. Beautiful body shot.
Misahawa throws a combination. Broadbent tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Misahawa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Broadbent manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Broadbent throwing a counter right hand but Misahawa manages to avoid it.
Misahawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Broadbent definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Broadbent scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Misahawa stuffs the takedown.
Misahawa avoids the body shot from Broadbent.
Misahawa lands with a hook. Broadbent tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Misahawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Misahawa lands with a shot to the body.

Misahawa moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Broadbent has Misahawa pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Misahawa manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Broadbent looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Broadbent. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Misahawa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Broadbent doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misahawa is struggling to control the position.
Broadbent is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Misahawa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Broadbent tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Broadbent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Misahawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Misahawa lands a body shot.
Broadbent drops down looking for an ankle pick but Misahawa pulls his leg out and moves away.
Broadbent misses with a hook to the body
and Misahawa counters with a nice uppercut.
Broadbent throws a lazy right hand but Misahawa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Broadbent finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Misahawa's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Broadbent falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenichi Misahawa!
Kenichi Misahawa 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.