PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Alexander (ranked 901 p4p, 772 weight class) and Kazuma Kiryu (ranked 131 p4p, 108 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alexander
vs
Kiryu

185 cm
25
186
7 - 3 - 1

184 cm
25
194
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Conquer
Conviction

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 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marcus Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kazuma Kiryu!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kiryu.
Kiryu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Alexander swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kiryu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kiryu misses with a looping left.
Kiryu connects with a nice looking jab.
Alexander lands with a hook. Kiryu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kiryu slips a straight right by Alexander.
Alexander scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Kiryu does it's job there.
Alexander is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alexander 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.
Kiryu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alexander fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kiryu is out of range.
Alexander scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiryu moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kiryu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alexander looks to throw the jab but Kiryu is out of range.
Alexander throws a lazy right hand but Kiryu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick by Kiryu misses
and Alexander counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alexander connects with a solid leg kick.
Alexander looks to land a right hand but Kiryu moved out of range.
Alexander throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alexander fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kiryu is out of range.
Kiryu looks to score with a jab to the body but Alexander is just out of range.
Kiryu missing with a left hand there. Alexander was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiryu takes a swing at Alexander's ribcage but misses.
Kiryu checks the leg kick.
Alexander throws a lazy right hand but Kiryu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kazuma Kiryu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Kiryu.
Kiryu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alexander.
Alexander lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Alexander throws a jab but it's blocked by Kiryu.
Alexander is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alexander wants to slow Kiryu down by chopping away at his legs.
Kiryu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kiryu misses with a lunging right hand
and Alexander counters with an inside leg kick.
Kiryu throws a lazy right hand but Alexander sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kiryu throws a lazy uppercut
and Alexander counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kiryu throws a hook but Alexander avoids it easily.
Kiryu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiryu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alexander checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu lands with a right hand.
Alexander throws a leg kick but Kiryu moved away.
Kiryu lands with an uppercut that bounces Alexander off the cage and back into range.
Alexander throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Alexander does it's job there.
Alexander misses with an uppercut.
Kiryu looks to land a left hand but Alexander moved out of range nicely.
Kiryu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab, jab by Kiryu - just one landing.
Alexander throws an overhand right that lands on Kiryu's shoulder, as Kiryu tries to avoid the shot.
Alexander defending well as Kiryu loads up on a big left hand.
Kiryu ducks under a wild hook from Alexander.
Kiryu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alexander uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiryu.
An attempted straight right counter from Alexander misses the target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kiryu checks a leg kick.
Kiryu moves out of range of the leg kick from Alexander.
Alexander will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donk. Alexander catches Kiryu right on the button with a cross.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alexander.
Kiryu scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu scores with a push kick.
Alexander misses the jab.
Kiryu scores with a hook.
Kiryu slips a straight right by Alexander.
Alexander with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kiryu to score with a decent uppercut.
Alexander jabs at Kiryu's body.
Kiryu misses with a hook.
Kiryu throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Alexander connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kiryu misses with a body kick.
Alexander is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kiryu.
Kiryu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That kick from Kiryu tenderised Alexander's leg. Alexander is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kiryu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alexander connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiryu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kiryu misses with an uppercut.
Good work by Kiryu as he checks the leg kick.
Kiryu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kiryu throws a poor cross that misses
and Alexander makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kiryu looks to land a body kick but Alexander moved away.
A jab from Kiryu misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexander takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kiryu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alexander is looking to score with low kicks.
Alexander takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alexander throws a hook but Kiryu blocks it.
Kiryu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kiryu slips under a jab from Alexander.
Kiryu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alexander uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kiryu.
Alexander fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kiryu just manages to avoid it.
Alexander connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kiryu's hands.
Kiryu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kiryu throws a hook to the side of Alexander's head but Alexander sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alexander throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kiryu.
Kiryu misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alexander ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alexander throwing a counter right hand but Kiryu manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alexander.
Alexander uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiryu.
A telegraphed right hand from Kiryu misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Alexander.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marcus Alexander will probably get the nod.
That's time! Alexander's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Alexander with a jab.
Alexander turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kiryu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Marcus Alexander is winning the standup battle so far.
Kiryu moves out of range of the strikes.
Alexander on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kiryu. Kiryu obviously looking to wear him down.
Alexander defending well as Kiryu loads up on a big left hand.
Kiryu lands with an uppercut that bounces Alexander off the cage and back into range.
Kiryu blocks a low kick nicely.
Kiryu misses with a low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Alexander as he connects with a hook.
Alexander with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kiryu to score with a decent uppercut.
Kiryu throws a hook to the side of Alexander's head but Alexander sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kiryu tries to work over Alexander's front leg with a kick but Alexander checks it.
Kiryu looks to throw the jab but Alexander is out of range.
A leg kick checked by Alexander.
It looked like Alexander wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kiryu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alexander is able to avoid easily.
Kiryu lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alexander. That's going to slow Kiryu down.
A slow jab from Alexander misses its intended target.
Alexander avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiryu lands a leg kick that knocks Alexander off balance momentarily.
Alexander moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kiryu scores with a punch to the head.
Kiryu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kiryu throws a chopping leg kick but Alexander manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Alexander misses with a low kick.
Alexander moves out of range of the strikes.
Kiryu looks to throw the jab but Alexander is out of range.
Alexander attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alexander just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiryu misses with a straight right.
Alexander tried to counter with a leg kick but Kiryu avoided it.
Kiryu looks to throw the jab but Alexander is out of range.
Kiryu throws a wild body kick that Alexander sees coming a mile off.
Kiryu is looking to score with low kicks.
Kiryu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kiryu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kiryu throws an off balance right hand
and Alexander counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiryu ducks under a wild hook from Alexander.
Kiryu throws a big shot that misses.
Alexander throws a low kick but Kiryu avoids it.
Alexander on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kiryu looks to land a right hand but Alexander moved out of range.
Kiryu looks to throw a body kick
and Alexander makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kiryu looks to throw the jab but Alexander is out of range.
Alexander thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kiryu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kiryu.
Crunch! Kiryu slams his shin into Alexander's torso.
Alexander fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kiryu checks it well.
Alexander looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kiryu throws a shot from downtown. Alexander moves away and avoids it.
Kiryu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiryu looks to land a right hand but Alexander moved out of range.
Kiryu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alexander scores with a nice head shot.
Kiryu scores with a spinning back kick!
Alexander lands a leg kick that knocks Kiryu off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexander gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kiryu.
Kiryu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alexander swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kiryu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alexander scores with a kick to the body.
Kiryu missing with a left hand there. Alexander was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiryu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Alexander scores with a hook.
Kiryu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alexander's head.
Kiryu moves away from the strike by Alexander.
Kiryu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alexander scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kiryu in his tracks.
Kiryu just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiryu misses the jab.
Kiryu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alexanders jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kiryu throws a lazy head kick
enabling Alexander to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Kiryu misses.
Kiryu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kiryu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alexander.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kiryu checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Kiryu.
Alexander scores with a leg kick.
Kiryu misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Alexander on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kiryu takes a swing at Alexander's ribcage but misses.
Kiryu delivers a nice body kick.
Alexander ducks under a wild hook from Kiryu.
An inside leg kick from Alexander misses.
Alexander throws a jab when Kiryu was well out of range.
Alexander avoids a kick to the body.
Kiryu misses the jab.
Alexander throws a hook but Kiryu avoids it easily.
Kiryu misses with a hook.
Kiryu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alexander lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kiryu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kiryu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alexander was well out of range. Poor timing from Kiryu.
Alexander wants to slow Kiryu down by chopping away at his legs.
Kiryu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kiryu misses with a hook. Alexander ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kazuma Kiryu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Alexander bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kiryu tries to land a front kick but Alexander steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good standup being displayed there by Kiryu as he connects with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Kiryu.
Alexander dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kiryu. That did some damage!
A clash of legs there as Kiryu blocks the low kick.
Kiryu with the inside leg kick.
Kiryu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alexander.
Kiryu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kiryu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kiryu blocks a low kick nicely.
Kiryu scores with a decent looking hook.
Kiryu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kiryu connects with a solid leg kick.
Alexander cracks Kiryu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiryu ducks under a wild hook from Alexander.
Kiryu lands a nice hook to Alexander's body. Alexander takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice jab there from Alexander.
Kiryu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alexander manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiryu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alexander is able to avoid easily.
Alexander misses with a straight left.
Kiryu lands with a straight right. Alexander didn't see that one coming.
Alexander lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alexander cracks Kiryu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Both fighters circling a little - Kiryu finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kiryu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Alexander looks to throw the jab but Kiryu is out of range.
Kiryu misses with an uppercut
and Alexander counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kiryu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Alexander lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kiryu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kiryu checks a leg kick nicely.
Jab by Alexander.
Kiryu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alexander throws out the jab.
Alexander will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Alexander slips under a jab.
Alexander attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alexander throws a looping overhand right but Kiryu ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Alexander misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiryu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kiryu checks a leg kick nicely.
Kiryu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kiryu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kiryu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alexander.
Kiryu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alexander is able to avoid easily.
Alexander looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Alexander lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab, jab by Kiryu - just one landing.
Kiryu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kiryu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice uppercut there from Kiryu.
Alexander throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A lazy body kick from Kiryu
letting Alexander counter with a right hand.
Kiryu throws a lazy right hand but Alexander sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alexander appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kiryu slips a straight right by Alexander.
Kiryu misses the body punch
and Alexander counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Kiryu misses
and Alexander counters with an outside leg kick.
Kiryu misses with a low kick.
Alexander was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexander dodges the punch combination from Kiryu.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alexander. That's going to slow Kiryu down.
Alexander displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kiryu throws out the jab.
Kiryu tries to land a body kick
and Alexander counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alexander slips a jab from Kiryu.
Kiryu throws a solid leg kick but Alexander takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kiryu.
Kiryu misses with a kick to the body.
Alexander looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kiryu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alexander throws a shot from downtown. Kiryu moves away and avoids it.
Kiryu looks to land a body kick but Alexander moved away.
Kiryu throws an off balance right hand
and Alexander counters with a leg kick.
Alexander fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiryu manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Kiryu.
Kiryu swings widly with a right hand
and Alexander counters with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Kiryu misses.
Alexander misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Alexander tenderised Kiryu's leg. Kiryu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Alexander lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kiryu lands a nice looking body kick.
Kiryu misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some bone on bone action there as Alexander checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Alexander jabs Kiryu right on the nose. Kiryu blinks but takes it well.
Alexander fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kiryu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alexander tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kiryu throws out a counter right but Alexander avoids it with no problem.
A cross from Kiryu lands.
Alexander has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kiryu.
A punch combination from Kiryu misses.
Alexander walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alexander slips a jab from Kiryu.
Kiryu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alexander appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alexander takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alexander takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kiryu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kiryu swings widly with a right hand
letting Alexander counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kazuma Kiryu.
Well Kiryu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marcus Alexander!
An out of breath Marcus Alexander thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.