PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazuya Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Il Sung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuya Mishima has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mishima
vs
Il Sung

175 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazuya Mishima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kim Il Sung!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Il Sung takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mishima lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Il Sung backs up against the cage.
Il Sung throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kazuya Mishima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mishima stuns Il Sung with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab by Mishima.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Il Sung misses with a series of wild punches.
Mishima connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mishima jabs Il Sung to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Il Sung on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Il Sung misses the target.
Mishima lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Il Sung misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Il Sung's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mishima connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Il Sung scrambles back to his feet.

Il Sung is rocked!
Il Sung takes one to the chin there.
Il Sung is still on wobbly legs! Can Mishima finish him?
Il Sung misses with a wild combination.
Mishima moves out of range of the strikes.
Il Sung seems to have recovered his senses.
Il Sung misses with a jab, cross combination.
Il Sung throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mishima counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mishima.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Il Sung controlling the position.
Mishima trying to control the position from guard on top but Il Sung is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Il Sung 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Kazuya Mishima wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Mishima lands a slapping body shot.
Il Sung looks to throw the jab but Mishima is out of range.
Il Sung misses with a body shot.
Mishima connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Il Sung swings for the body but Mishima moves out of range.
A big left from Il Sung misses.
Mishima throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Il Sung on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mishima counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mishima.
Mishima tries to stand but Il Sung is controlling from the bottom.
Il Sung looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mishima is one step ahead there.
Mishima has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mishima is fighting to break Il Sung's control of his arms but Il Sung is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mishima is looking to stand up but Il Sung won't let him.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Il Sung wants to sweep but no luck.

Kazuya Mishima has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Il Sung on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mishima dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Il Sung misses.
Il Sung falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mishima counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mishima trying to control the position from guard on top but Il Sung is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazuya Mishima dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Il Sung looks to land a combination but Mishima avoids it well.
Mishima digs a good body shot into Il Sung's ribs.
Il Sung tries to work over Mishima's front leg with a kick but Mishima checks it.
Mishima lands a nice shot to the body.
Mishima fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Il Sung looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Il Sung misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mishima.
Mishima lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Il Sung throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mishima counters with a shoot takedown. Il Sung fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mishima looking to sit in guard and control but Il Sung gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mishima is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mishima knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Il Sung on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Il Sung fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mishima lands a jab to the nose.
Mishima throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mishima lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Il Sung falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mishima counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mishima.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Il Sung looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Il Sung is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mishima is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mishima is trying to control the position but Il Sung postures up.
Il Sung controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Il Sung lands a couple of digs.
Kazuya Mishima overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Il Sung stands and throws Mishima's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Il Sung controlling from side mount.
Il Sung tries to advance to mount but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazuya Mishima dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Mishima showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Il Sung.
Mishima lands with a good body shot.
Il Sung misses with a double jab

so Mishima counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Il Sung bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mishima's guard.
Il Sung sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Il Sung slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima tries to roll over but Il Sung keeps him under control.
Il Sung controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Let's hope that Il Sung has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Il Sung throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kim Il Sung was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mishima ducks under a wild hook from Il Sung.
Il Sung throws a series of punches but Mishima avoids them all with ease.
Mishima scores with a shot to the body.
Il Sung misses with a left hand

and Mishima counters with a takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
Kazuya Mishima is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Il Sung is trying to get back to half guard.
Who's going to make the next move?
Il Sung prevents Mishima from improving position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mishima wants to stand but Il Sung has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Mishima being controlled here momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kazuya Mishima.
Well Mishima has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kazuya Mishima!