PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Taugosz Khosann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Khosann
vs
Kurosawa

180 cm
25
148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taugosz Khosann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Kurosawa!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khosann moves into the clinch.
Kurosawa looking for a takedown.
Kurosawa taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kurosawa.
Khosann lands an elbow just above Kurosawa 's eye.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Kurosawa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khosann lands a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Khosann.
Khosann lands an elbow just above Kurosawa 's eye.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
Kurosawa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khosann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kurosawa's defenses.

It looks like Matthew Kurosawa has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khosann.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Kurosawa jumps guard but Khosann stands there with Kurosawa around his waist. Kurosawa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kurosawa looks gassed!
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khosann is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Khosann lands an elbow just above Kurosawa 's eye.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khosann stalls.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khosann lands an elbow just above Kurosawa 's eye.
Kurosawa trying to stall but Khosann improves his position.
Khosann holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa is trying to pull guard but Khosann has him pressed against the cage.
Taugosz Khosann has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Kurosawa.
Khosann slows down the pace here.
Khosann lands an elbow that stopped Kurosawa in his tracks for a moment.
Khosann stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Taugosz Khosann.

Khosann has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khosann connects with a knee to the head.
Kurosawa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Khosann pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khosann taking a breather.
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Khosann lands an elbow just above Kurosawa 's eye.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Khosann lands an elbow that stopped Kurosawa in his tracks for a moment.
Khosann displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kurosawa up against the cage.
Khosann putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kurosawa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khosann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kurosawa's defenses.
Khosann lands an elbow inside.
Khosann scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
The referee is keeping an eye on Khosann - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khosann taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taugosz Khosann dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Kurosawa's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Khosann tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kurosawa was well out of range. Poor timing from Khosann.
Kurosawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Khosann darts in and clinches Kurosawa up against the cage.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kurosawa being controlled against the cage.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taugosz Khosann has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khosann slowing the pace effectively.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khosann as Kurosawa tries to tie him up.
Kurosawa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kurosawa letting Khosann take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosawa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khosann just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kurosawa is breathing heavily.
Khosann lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Kurosawa tries to break free but Khosann pushes him back against the cage.
Kurosawa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Taugosz Khosann has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Kurosawa.
Khosann lands a damaging elbow.
Khosann unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khosann unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khosann scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khosann lands a damaging elbow.
Khosann just leaning against Kurosawa, taking a breather.
Khosann working Kurosawa over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khosann scores a nice knee to the body.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khosann manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khosann is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kurosawa can do to turn this around?
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Kurosawa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khosann is struggling to control the position.
Khosann connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kurosawa's face.
Khosann lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khosann leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kurosawa is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Khosann gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kurosawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Khosann.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khosann.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
Khosann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kurosawa's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khosann.
Kurosawa tries to score a body lock takedown but Khosann shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khosann unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Khosann stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Khosann has Kurosawa pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kurosawa has clasped his hands together around Khosann's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taugosz Khosann dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Kurosawa's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Khosann closes the distance and clinches.
Khosann lands an elbow just above Kurosawa 's eye.
Khosann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kurosawa's defenses.
Kurosawa blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Khosann lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khosann slowing the pace effectively.
Kurosawa stalling in the clinch but Khosann improves position.
Kurosawa wants a takedown but no success here.
Kurosawa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khosann lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Khosann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kurosawa's defenses.
Khosann utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Khosann lands an elbow inside.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kurosawa tries to break free but Khosann pushes him back against the cage.
Khosann lands an elbow that stopped Kurosawa in his tracks for a moment.
Khosann lands an elbow inside.
Khosann lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khosann is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khosann lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
Kurosawa working hard to break the clinch.
The referee calls for Khosann to work.
Khosann lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khosann leaning his opponent against the cage.
Khosann gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Khosann comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khosann.
Kurosawa can't get the takedown.
Khosann stalling.
Nice elbow from Khosann.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Khosann - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Taugosz Khosann.

Khosann clinches with his opponent.
Kurosawa being controlled against the cage.
Khosann lands a damaging elbow.
Khosann lands a damaging elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Khosann.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khosann lands an elbow inside that Kurosawa shrugs off.
Khosann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
Kurosawa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Khosann lands a nice elbow.
Kurosawa taking a breather.
Khosann stalling the fight.
Khosann is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Taugosz Khosann has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Kurosawa.
Khosann creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kurosawa's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khosann.
Khosann stalling.
Kurosawa is trying to maintain a safe position but Khosann gets an underhook and turns Kurosawa into the cage.
Matthew Kurosawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kurosawa misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taugosz Khosann showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khosann, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taugosz Khosann!