PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryusuke Kitano (ranked 2612 p4p, 2352 weight class) and Harold Kerzner (ranked 388 p4p, 351 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kitano
vs
Kerzner

182 cm
23
180
4 - 3 - 0

187 cm
23
203
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryusuke Kitano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harold Kerzner!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kerzner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've been informed that Kerzner 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.
Ryusuke Kitano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kerzner connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Ryusuke Kitano has been cut.
Kerzner slips under a jab.
Kerzner throws out a counter right but Kitano avoids it with no problem.
Kerzner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kerzner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kitano takes a swing at Kerzner's ribcage but misses.
Kitano looks to land a right hand but Kerzner moved out of range.
Kerzner moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Kitano throws a shot from downtown. Kerzner moves away and avoids it.
Kerzner looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kitano throws a looping overhand right but Kerzner ducks down to avoid it.
Kerzner feints a jab promting Kitano to slip. Kerzner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kitano slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kitano misses with a right hand
and Kerzner counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano misses with a double jab
and Kerzner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Kitano misses.
Kerzner lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Kitano falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Harold Kerzner!