PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mr Translucent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Kusimuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kusimuki has chosen National Anthem Of Japan as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Translucent
vs
Kusimuki

185 cm
27
185 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

180 cm
29
190 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Translucent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takeshi Kusimuki!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kusimuki. Translucent does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kusimuki. Translucent does a little dance to reset his feet.
Translucent tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kusimuki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kusimuki lands a jab to the nose.
Translucent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Translucent takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Translucent jabs Kusimuki right on the nose. Kusimuki blinks but takes it well.
A big right from Kusimuki misses.
Kusimuki misses with a looping right.
Translucent throws a hook but Kusimuki blocks it.
The fighters circling - Kusimuki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Translucent misses.
Kusimuki jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Translucent chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kusimuki can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kusimuki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kusimuki misses with a looping right.
Translucent throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kusimuki throws the left hand but Translucent avoids the punch easily.
Takeshi Kusimuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Translucent fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kusimuki.
Translucent uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Translucent looks to land a body kick but Kusimuki moved away.
Kusimuki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Translucent moves away.
Kusimuki misses the shot to the body.
Translucent scores with a head kick.
Kusimuki ducks under a wild hook from Translucent.
Translucent throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Translucent scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kusimuki. Translucent does a little dance to reset his feet.
Translucent slips under a jab.
Translucent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kusimuki.
Translucent ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kusimuki clobbers Translucent with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kusimuki looks to land a right hand but Translucent moved out of range.
Kusimuki looks to land a combination but Translucent avoids it well.
Translucent throws a sloppy head kick and Kusimuki moves out of range easily.
Kusimuki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Translucent counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Translucent checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kusimuki throws a poor cross that misses
and Translucent counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Translucent.
Kusimuki misses with an uppercut
and Translucent counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A big left from Translucent misses.
Translucent throws a hook but Kusimuki avoids it easily.
Kusimuki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Translucent on the side of the head.
Kusimuki misses with a body shot.
Kusimuki misses with an uppercut. Translucent saw that one coming.
Translucent throws a shot from downtown. Kusimuki moves away and avoids it.
Translucent lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Translucent moves into range and clinches up with Kusimuki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Translucent swings wildly with an uppercut but Kusimuki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kusimuki blocking some punches.
Kusimuki misses with a body punch.
Translucent throws a punch but it's blocked by Kusimuki.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kusimuki.
Translucent makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Translucent lands an uppercut.
Kusimuki misses with the head strike.
Kusimuki with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Translucent.
A right hand to the body from Kusimuki.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Translucent struggles to land a body shot inside as Kusimuki controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Kusimuki.
Kusimuki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Translucent tries a body shot but Kusimuki blocks it.
Translucent tries to land a knee to the head but Kusimuki blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kusimuki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Translucent.
Translucent shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kusimuki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Translucent connects with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kusimuki, right into the meat.
Translucent looks to land a left hand but Kusimuki moved out of range nicely.
Kusimuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Translucent.
Kusimuki misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kusimuki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Translucent under the eye.
Translucent misses the jab.
Kusimuki throws a series of punches but Translucent moves out of range.
Translucent looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slow jab from Kusimuki misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kusimuki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Translucent.
Translucent avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Translucent throws a sloppy head kick and Kusimuki moves out of range easily.
Kusimuki blocks a head kick by Translucent.
Kusimuki throws a jab but it's blocked by Translucent.
Translucent's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kusimuki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Translucent scrambles back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Translucent.
Translucent misses with a head kick.
Kusimuki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Translucent on the side of the head.
Kusimuki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Translucent.
Kusimuki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki throws out a powerful jab.
Nice shot lands for Translucent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Translucent throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kusimuki checks a low kick from Translucent.
Kusimuki defending well as Translucent loads up on a big left hand.
Kusimuki looks to land a combination but Translucent avoids it well.
Translucent throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kusimuki moves out of range as Translucent throws a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki misses with an uppercut. Translucent saw that one coming.
Translucent is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kusimuki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Translucent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Translucent has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Translucent throws a hook but Kusimuki avoids it easily.
A jab from Translucent misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kusimuki.
Kusimuki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Translucent.
Kusimuki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kusimuki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kusimuki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Translucent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Translucent misses the jab.
Translucent plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kusimuki avoids the head kick by Translucent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Translucent stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Translucent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kusimuki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kusimuki throws a lazy uppercut
and Translucent counters with a good, hard body kick but Kusimuki shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Translucent walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Translucent throws a jab when Kusimuki was well out of range.
Translucent throws a low kick, looking for Kusimuki's leg but Kusimuki calmly moves out of range.
Translucent moves out of range of the body kick from Kusimuki.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Translucent connects with a jab.
Kusimuki misses with a straight right.
Translucent throws a hook to the side of Kusimuki's head but Kusimuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Translucent dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Kusimuki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Translucent.
Translucent uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Translucent fails with the takedown.
Kusimuki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kusimuki scores with a hook.
Translucent slips under a jab.
Translucent moves away from the strike by Kusimuki.
Kusimuki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Translucent on the side of the head.
Kusimuki connects with a solid leg kick.
Kusimuki misses with a hook
and Translucent cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Translucent scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kusimuki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That kick from Translucent tenderised Kusimuki's leg. Kusimuki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kusimuki looks to score with a jab to the body but Translucent is just out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Translucent, as that shot connected.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kusimuki.
Kusimuki lands with an uppercut that bounces Translucent off the cage and back into range.
Kusimuki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mr Translucent is winning the standup battle so far.
Kusimuki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kusimuki takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kusimuki lands a leg kick that knocks Translucent off balance momentarily.
Takeshi Kusimuki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki avoids the head kick by Translucent.
Kusimuki checks a leg kick.
Kusimuki lands a really nice looking cross but Translucent seems unphased.
Translucent is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kusimuki.
Takeshi Kusimuki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kusimuki jabs Translucent to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Translucent misses with a low kick.
Kusimuki fails to land with a series of punches.
Translucent is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A big left from Kusimuki misses.
Translucent throws a low kick but Kusimuki moves out of range easily.
Translucent moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kusimuki misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab from Translucent.
Translucent throws a wild body kick that Kusimuki sees coming a mile off.
Translucent throws a looping overhand right but Kusimuki ducks down to avoid it.
Kusimuki throws a shot from downtown. Translucent moves away and avoids it.
Translucent throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Translucent scores with a hook.
Kusimuki looks to score with a jab to the body but Translucent is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Kusimuki.
A big left from Kusimuki misses.
Kusimuki drops Translucent with a big left hand! Translucent is injured, injured bad! Kusimuki jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takeshi Kusimuki!