PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stan Man (ranked 1674 p4p, 2742 weight class) and Toshiro Hitsugaya (ranked 104 p4p, 156 weight class). Stan Man has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Man
vs
Hitsugaya

165 cm
25
143
6 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
146
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Phoenix Island
Primal

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stan Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Toshiro Hitsugaya!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitsugaya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A lazy left from Hitsugaya finds it's target.
Man gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya jabs Man to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hitsugaya scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hitsugaya lands a jab to Man's midsection.
Hitsugaya lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hitsugaya throws a one two combo.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Man.
Hitsugaya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Man momentarily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hitsugaya!
Man takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Man shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitsugaya is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hitsugaya swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Man.
Hitsugaya uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Man shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Man takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A shot to the liver by Hitsugaya. Beautiful body shot.
Man takes one to the chin there.
Hitsugaya cracks Man with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hitsugaya is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Man is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hitsugaya with a hook.
Oh Man is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Man has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Toshiro Hitsugaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from Hitsugaya lands.
Hitsugaya lands a slapping body shot.
Man seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hitsugaya finds it's way round the side to connect with Man's head.
Hitsugaya lands with a good body shot.
Man takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hitsugaya stuns Man with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Man with a poor takedown
and Hitsugaya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Man closes the distance and clinches up with Hitsugaya, looking for a takedown. Man pushes Hitsugaya against the cage but Hitsugaya circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stan Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Man takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hitsugaya.
Man tries for a takedown but Hitsugaya circles away easily
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Man is breathing heavily.
Man with a poor takedown
and Hitsugaya counters with a straight right hand.
Man looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Man on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Hitsugaya drops Man with a beautiful combination! Man stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hitsugaya is looking for the KO!
Hitsugaya is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitsugaya connects with a body shot.
Man with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hitsugaya to score with a decent uppercut.
Hitsugaya lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hitsugaya is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Man had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hitsugaya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Man. Man circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Hitsugaya cracks Man with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Hitsugaya has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Man to stand back up!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hitsugaya drops Man with a big left hand! Man is injured, injured bad! Hitsugaya jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toshiro Hitsugaya!
After winning the bout, Toshiro Hitsugaya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.