PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kojiro Tatsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatsumoto comes to the cage accompanied by A.RA.SHI. Jordan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vamos Rafa kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tatsumoto
vs
Jordan

190 cm
21
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
204 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

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Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kojiro Tatsumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamal Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jordan tries to clinch but Tatsumoto is having none of it.
Jordan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Kojiro Tatsumoto has been cut.
Tatsumoto plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jordan blocks a head kick by Tatsumoto.
Tatsumoto tries to clinch but Jordan moves out of range.

Tatsumoto instigates a clinch.
Jordan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tatsumoto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jordan backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Tatsumoto.
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!
Tatsumoto keeps control of Jordan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Tatsumoto.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tatsumoto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jordan's brow.
Tatsumoto has Jordan pressed against the cage, preventing Jordan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tatsumoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jordan's elbow.
Tatsumoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Jordan won't want to take too many of those.

Jordan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tatsumoto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jordans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tatsumoto just misses with a punch to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Tatsumoto scores with a four punch combination!

Jordan is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tatsumoto.
Jordan is still on wobbly legs! Can Tatsumoto finish him?
Tatsumoto catches Jordan napping and cracks him with a perfect head kick! Jordan goes down! He's bigtime hurt! He's not going to make it back to his feet - the referee has called it off! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Kojiro Tatsumoto!
Kojiro Tatsumoto was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.