PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miyoshi Kazuhide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ton Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuhide comes to the cage accompanied by 'Samurai' by Shurik'n. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kazuhide
vs
Lim

178 cm
28
180 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

176 cm
25
180 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miyoshi Kazuhide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ton Lim!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuhide clobbers Lim with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lim is looking to score with low kicks.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kazuhide.
Lim tries to improve position but can't.
Kazuhide throws an elbow but Lim slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kazuhide has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A control attempt from Lim but he's now mounted!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kazuhide cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kazuhide with good strikes from the mount here!
Lim is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lim holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kazuhide tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lim holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kazuhide tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazuhide throwing strikes here but Lim is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kazuhide looking to finish with strikes here!
Lim is in a horrible position here. Kazuhide smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lim sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kazuhide thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lim's head.
Kazuhide thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lim's head.
Lim controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kazuhide thows a huge punch but Lim dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lim keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lim taking some punishment here, with Kazuhide in his half guard.
Kazuhide looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lim with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lim tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Kazuhide has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Lim tries to hold on but Kazuhide pushes him away.
Kazuhide misses with a head shot.
Kazuhide looking to ground and pound but Lim is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhide unloads with some shots from mount but Lim bucks and avoids them well.
Kazuhide throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kazuhide working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kazuhide with shots to the head and body - Lim looks very uncomfortable down there.

Lim is rocked!
Kazuhide connects with a bit shot that sees Lim covering up! More strikes from Kazuhide and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kazuhide is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miyoshi Kazuhide!