PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pupuki Namasuzuki (ranked 546 p4p, 1168 weight class) and Thierry Paulin (ranked 73 p4p, 150 weight class). Namasuzuki comes to the cage accompanied by Stand By Me- Ben King. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Namasuzuki
vs
Paulin

175 cm
27
266
10 - 5 - 0

195 cm
34
240
27 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
Conviction

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pupuki Namasuzuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thierry Paulin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Namasuzuki takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Pupuki Namasuzuki has been cut.
Paulin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Namasuzuki jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Namasuzuki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Paulin scores with a jab. Namasuzuki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Namasuzuki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Paulin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Namasuzuki's head.
Namasuzuki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Paulin connects with a body shot that sends Namasuzuki's belly button to the back.
Namasuzuki throws an off balance right hand
and Paulin counters with a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulin avoids the body shot from Namasuzuki.
As Namasuzuki backs off Paulin throws a huge counter combo but Namasuzuki manages to avoid it all.

Paulin cracks Namasuzuki with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Namasuzuki looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Paulin finish him?

Namasuzuki is rocked!
Paulin throws a sloppy head kick and Namasuzuki moves out of range easily.
Namasuzuki was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Both fighters circling a little - Paulin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Namasuzuki is breathing heavily.
Paulin lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulin works Namasuzuki's body with a nice hook.
Namasuzuki gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Paulin points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Namasuzuki wakes up just in time to hear Paulin thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

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