PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ip Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosawa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, War drums. Man comes into a darkened arena with his song building. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kurosawa
vs
Man

173 cm
28
183 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

178 cm
28
178 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Akira Kurosawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ip Man!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kurosawa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man can pounce on him.
Man closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kurosawa circles away.
A jab from Kurosawa misses.
Kurosawa walks into a jab.
Man avoids the head kick by Kurosawa.

Man bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kurosawa is looking for a sweep.
Man remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurosawa is trying to get back to half guard.
Kurosawa is not content to let Man control the position.
Kurosawa is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kurosawa to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Man stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Man misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Man forces Kurosawa back against the cage and clinches.
Man prevents a body shot from Kurosawa.
Man stalling against the cage.
Man changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kurosawa fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Akira Kurosawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ip Man.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kurosawa.
Kurosawa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Man.
Nice jab there from Man.
A punch combination from Kurosawa misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa throws a head kick but Man moves out of range.
Man fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Kurosawa blocks a leg kick.
Kurosawa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man clobbers Kurosawa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kurosawa clobbers Man with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Man rushes Kurosawa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kurosawa tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kurosawa blocks a body shot from Man.

Kurosawa gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Man is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Man keeping moving, preventing Kurosawa from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ip Man.
Man feints and then cracks Kurosawa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kurosawa down.
Kurosawa throws a leg kick but Man checks it.
Man looks to land a right hand but Kurosawa moved out of range.
Kurosawa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kurosawa swinging wildly here.
Man fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kurosawa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Kurosawa.
Man lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kurosawa scoring well with a low kick there.
Kurosawa throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Kurosawa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kurosawa circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man fails to land the takedown.
Man thows a body kick. Kurosawa tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kurosawa is breathing heavily.
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!
Man lands a leg kick that knocks Kurosawa off balance momentarily.
Man takes a swing at Kurosawa's ribcage but misses.
Man is looking to land body kicks.
Kurosawa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man. That's going to slow Kurosawa down.
Man works Kurosawa's body with a nice hook.
Man misses with a straight right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man throws a series of punches but Kurosawa avoids them all with ease.
Man throws a solid leg kick but Kurosawa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Man.
Man throws the left hand but Kurosawa avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ip Man dominated that round.
That's time! Kurosawa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Man wants to clinch.
Man connects with a solid leg kick.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kurosawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Kurosawa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kurosawa.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Man.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Man has Kurosawa up against the cage in a clinch.
Man lands a right hand.
Man blocks an uppercut.
Kurosawa jumps guard but Man turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Man lands a left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kurosawa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Man pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kurosawa scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Man gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kurosawa is fighting to break Man's control of his arms but Man is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ip Man hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Man dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kurosawa. That did some damage!
Kurosawa checks a leg kick nicely.
Kurosawa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Man takes the fight into the clinch.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a body shot.
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!
Kurosawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Kurosawa misses with the head strike.

Man manages to pull guard.
Man is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kurosawa is controlling him.
Man trying to control the position.
Man pulls Kurosawa in close to his closed guard and prevents Kurosawa from doing any damage or advancing position.
Man is trying to control the position but Kurosawa postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ip Man was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Kurosawa lands with an overhand left.
Akira Kurosawa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kurosawa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Man tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Kurosawa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Kurosawa throws a hook but Man blocks it.
Man tries to clinch there but Kurosawa circles away.
Man throws a low kick but Kurosawa avoids it.
Man misses with a straight left.
Man thows a body kick. Kurosawa tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kurosawa keeps the fight on the outside.
Kurosawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kurosawa ducks under a wild hook from Man.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kurosawa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ip Man seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Man forces Kurosawa back against the cage and clinches.
Kurosawa is trying to stall.
Man trying to control the position but instead, Kurosawa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Man into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Man to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akira Kurosawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kurosawa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mans head.
Kurosawa is leaning against Man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Man works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Kurosawa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kurosawa working a defensive guard here.
Man stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kurosawa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man lands a couple of digs.

Kurosawa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Man defends it easily.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ip Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Man comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Man is looking to clinch.
Kurosawa jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Man has Kurosawa up against the cage in a clinch.
Kurosawa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Man has Kurosawa pressed against the cage.
Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Man is trying to trip Kurosawa. He has hold of a leg but Kurosawa is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Man persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Man is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kurosawa is looking for a triangle but Man pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man trying to control but Kurosawa is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kurosawa managing to control the position.

Kurosawa is looking for a triangle but Man pushes his legs off easily.

Kurosawa throws his legs up looking for a submission but Man uses it to pass to side control.
Kurosawa is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Man is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Kurosawa tries to reverse the position but Man maintains control.
Man takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man scoring with strikes but Kurosawa is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Man.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man trying to control but Kurosawa is having none of it.
Kurosawa wants to hold on but Man pushes him away.
Man landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kurosawa is squirming around, avoiding Man's attempts to control the action.
Kurosawa is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Man connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kurosawa is squirming around, avoiding Man's attempts to control the action.
Man working the ground and pound effectively.
Man lands a big shot there that rocks Kurosawa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kurosawa can't escape the position.
Man sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Man wants to control the pace but Kurosawa is squirming around nicely.
Man fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Akira Kurosawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa is squirming around, avoiding Man's attempts to control the action.
Kurosawa is in a horrible position here. Man smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ip Man is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ip Man has got the better of the ground game so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man punishing his opponent with strikes.
Man breaks from Kurosawa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Man in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Kurosawa is rocked!
Man looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh Kurosawa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Man pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Man pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Man has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Man controlling his opponent.
Man connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man content just to control the position here.
A big strike lands for Man! That's really hurt Kurosawa and he's turned his back - Man keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Man jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ip Man!
During a confident post fight interview, Ip Man thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.