PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kunimitsu Tezuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Sloan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Tezuka
vs
Sloan

210 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kunimitsu Tezuka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leroy Sloan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloan wants to clinch

and Tezuka counters by moving into the clinch.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks with his arms.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.
Tezuka tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sloan just stands there and leans against the cage.

Tezuka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tezuka tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sloan swivels and escapes.
Sloan looks to clinch

and Tezuka counters by moving into the clinch.
Tezuka lands a knee to the body.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks it.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Tezuka looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kunimitsu Tezuka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tezuka stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short left from Tezuka.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tezuka.

Tezuka manages to break the clinch.
Tezuka shoots in looking for a takedown. Sloan tries to sprawl out of it but Tezuka keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sloan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sloan wants to clinch

and Tezuka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tezuka tries to pull guard but Sloan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Tezuka is blocking nicely.
Tezuka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sloan up against the cage.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tezuka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tezuka is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sloan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tezuka.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Tezuka is blocking nicely.
Tezuka scores with a shot to the side of Sloan's head.

Tezuka manages to break the clinch.
Sloan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sloan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Tezuka counters by clinching up.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks it.
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!
Tezuka changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sloan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tezuka swats away the attempt to clinch by Sloan.
Sloan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tezuka tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sloan tries to clinch up
and Tezuka counters with a nice body shot.
Sloan moves to clinch but Tezuka breaks away

and Tezuka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.
Sloan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tezuka jumps guard but Sloan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Tezuka manages to break the clinch.
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch but Tezuka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Tezuka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks with his arms.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tezuka tries to pull guard but Sloan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Tezuka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tezuka fails to land the takedown.
Tezuka is breathing heavily.

Tezuka clinches.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tezuka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Tezuka is blocking nicely.
Tezuka tries for a takedown. No joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tezuka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sloan.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tezuka lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Tezuka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kunimitsu Tezuka will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sloan wants to clinch

and Tezuka moves into the clinch.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tezuka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tezuka tries to pull guard but Sloan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tezuka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tezuka fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sloan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tezuka's face.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.
Sloan prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kunimitsu Tezuka. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tezuka manages to pull guard.

Sloan stands and steps away. Tezuka gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Tezuka moves into the clinch.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Tezuka is blocking nicely.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sloan looking to throw knees to the head but Tezuka is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan misses with a knee strike.
Tezuka fails to pull guard.
Tezuka tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tezuka pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.

Tezuka jumps guard.
Sloan wants to stand but Tezuka is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tezuka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tezuka is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sloan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sloan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tezuka is proving hard to escape from.
Sloan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tezuka's guard.
Sloan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sloan wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Tezuka uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Sloan is looking to stand up but Tezuka won't let him.
Tezuka will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Sloan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloan tries to clinch but Tezuka moves out of range.
Sloan tries to clinch up but Tezuka circles away and keeps his distance.
Tezuka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sloan stuffs the takedown attempt from Tezuka. Tezuka gets slowly back to his feet.
Sloan shoots for a takedown but Tezuka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sloan wants to clinch.
Kunimitsu Tezuka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tezuka lands with a nice combination. Sloan backs away looking to recover.
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch but Tezuka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloan tries to clinch but Tezuka moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tezuka swats away the attempt to clinch by Sloan.
Sloan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tezuka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Tezuka circles away.
Sloan moves in looking to clinch but Tezuka pushes him off.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Tezuka circles away.
Sloan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tezuka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Sloan as Tezuka shoots in.
Sloan fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tezuka swats away the attempt to clinch by Sloan.
Sloan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leroy Sloan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tezuka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sloan's waist but Sloan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tezuka off to one side.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Tezuka circles away.
Sloan doesn't manage to clinch there - Tezuka circles away.
Sloan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tezuka changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sloan tries to avoid it but Tezuka manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sloan to the ground. Sloan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sloan tries to clinch up
and Tezuka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sloan looks to clinch

and Tezuka moves into the clinch.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tezuka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sloan gets tackled into the cage by Tezuka. Tezuka maintains the clinch.
Sloan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tezuka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tezuka is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sloan to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kunimitsu Tezuka. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks it.

Tezuka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloan wants to clinch

and Tezuka moves into the clinch.

Tezuka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloan wants to clinch
and Tezuka counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tezuka is defended easily by Sloan.

Sloan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks it.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks with his arms.

Tezuka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tezuka.
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tezuka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tezuka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tezuka leaves Sloan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch but Tezuka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tezuka circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sloan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloan tries to clinch

and Tezuka counters by moving into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tezuka blocks it with crossed arms.
Sloan with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tezuka tries to break free but Sloan pushes him back against the cage.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks it.

Tezuka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tezuka circles away from the clinch attempt

and Tezuka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tezuka is looking for a takedown.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but Tezuka blocks it.
Tezuka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sloan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tezuka is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sloan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Leroy Sloan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.
Sloan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tezuka.
Sloan misses with a knee to the head.

Tezuka pulls guard successfully.
Sloan wants to stand but Tezuka has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tezuka looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sloan is one step ahead there.
Tezuka is adopting a defensive guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sloan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leroy Sloan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sloan 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leroy Sloan!
Leroy Sloan managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition, into his post fight interview.