PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akihiro Tatsui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Kanapka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Tatsui
vs
Kanapka

173 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
23
154 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Elite Canadian Threads
Backyard Fighting

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Akihiro Tatsui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adam Kanapka!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanapka scores with a sloppy right hand. Tatsui should have avoided that one.
Kanapka misses with a hook. Tatsui ducked under it nicely.
Tatsui takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tatsui ducks right into an uppercut from Kanapka.
Kanapka scores with a shot to the body.
Kanapka lands a nice shot that snaps Tatsui's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kanapka connects with a crisp jab.
Kanapka works Tatsui's body with a nice hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tatsui is trying to pull guard but Kanapka turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kanapka lands a nice uppercut.
Kanapka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tatsui jumps guard but Kanapka turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kanapka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kanapka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kanapka works the jab nicely.

Tatsui is rocked!
Kanapka cracks Tatsui with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Tatsui tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Kanapka pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Tatsui is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Kanapka!
Adam Kanapka seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.