PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mizuro Goenji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuu Tatsuya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Goenji
vs
Tatsuya

183 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
176 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mizuro Goenji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Tatsuya!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goenji checks a leg kick.
Goenji on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tatsuya. Tatsuya obviously looking to wear him down.
Goenji takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tatsuya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Goenji avoids the head kick by Tatsuya.
Tatsuya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tatsuya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Goenji.
Goenji takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Goenji misses with a double jab.

Goenji pushes Tatsuya up against the cage in a clinch.
Tatsuya connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mizuro Goenji has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsuya lands a nice knee to the body.
Tatsuya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Goenji lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tatsuya missing with knees to the body.
Tatsuya tries to land knees in the clinch but Goenji avoids the damage to the body.
Goenji changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tatsuya fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tatsuya throws a nice inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tatsuya.
Goenji is breathing heavily.
Tatsuya connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tatsuya listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tatsuya.
Goenji shoots in but Tatsuya avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Goenji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tatsuya was well out of range. Poor timing from Goenji.

Tatsuya instigates a clinch.
Tatsuya effectively controlling the action here.
Tatsuya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Come on Tatsuya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goenji takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tatsuya avoiding damage.
Tatsuya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tatsuya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Goenji lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tatsuya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Goenji in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tatsuya will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Goenji up against the cage.
Tatsuya lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tatsuya with a knee to the head.
Tatsuya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Goenji in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tatsuya has Goenji pressed against the cage.
Tatsuya landing knees to the body.
Tatsuya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatsuya lands a nice knee to the body.
Tatsuya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Goenji in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tatsuya is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryuu Tatsuya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mizuro Goenji's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tatsuya feints and then cracks Goenji's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Goenji down.
Tatsuya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Goenji has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A shot to the liver by Tatsuya. Beautiful body shot.
Tatsuya tests Goenji's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tatsuya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tatsuya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Goenji is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsuya clobbers Goenji with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ryuu Tatsuya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tatsuya. That's going to slow Goenji down.
Tatsuya lands a jab to the nose.
Tatsuya tries a head kick but it misses.

Tatsuya has closed the distance and engaged Goenji in a clinch.
Tatsuya connects with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tatsuya takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tatsuya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya effectively controlling the action here.
Goenji takes a knee right on the jaw!

Goenji is rocked!
Tatsuya lands a good knee to the midsection. Goenji won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatsuya landing knees to the body.
Tatsuya landing knees to the body.
Tatsuya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Goenji in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Goenji takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh Goenji is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tatsuya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Goenji in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tatsuya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Goenji seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya is pushing Goenji up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Tatsuya drops Goenji with a big knee straight up the middle! Goenji is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Tatsuya pounces like a tiger and cracks Goenji with a vicious hook! Goenji is down but not out! Tatsuya follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ryuu Tatsuya!