PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazaki Fujita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Brizuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fujita comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica-Enter Sandman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fujita
vs
Brizuela

195 cm
39
286 lbs
33 - 16 - 0

199 cm
33
290 lbs
19 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kazaki Fujita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Francis Brizuela!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Fujita.
Brizuela on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fujita moves in looking to clinch but Brizuela pushes him off.
Fujita tries to clinch there but Brizuela circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brizuela struggles to land a body shot inside as Fujita controls his hands.
Fujita is looking to break free of the clinch but Brizuela has double underhooks.

Brizuela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fujita closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brizuela fails with a takedown attempt.
Fujita circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fujita with a poor takedown
and Brizuela counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujita moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fujita closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Brizuela quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Fujita is working for a submission of some sort.
Fujita is keen to just control but Brizuela is a slippery customer.
Brizuela regains full guard. Nicely done.
Brizuela wants to sweep here but Fujita controlling him for the moment.

Brizuela escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fujita gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fujita wants to pass the guard but Brizuela is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brizuela wants to sweep here but Fujita controlling him for the moment.
Brizuela looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fujita wants to control from the top but Brizuela keeps moving.
Fujita scoring with some ground and pound.
Brizuela can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fujita controls the pace.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujita preventing the sweep.
Fujita chips away with some ground and pound.
Fujita lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fujita with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brizuela keeping full guard, as Fujita tries to pass.
Brizuela preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brizuela keeping moving, preventing Fujita from controlling successfully.
Brizuela is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brizuela is looking to sweep but instead, Fujita has passed into half guard.
Fujita wants to take a breather but Brizuela is having none of it.
Brizuela is trying to get back to full guard.
Brizuela manages to get to full guard.
Brizuela avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fujita lands a couple of digs.
Brizuela 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.
Fujita content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brizuela is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fujita throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brizuela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fujita trying to control the position from guard on top but Brizuela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Brizuela has his foot on Fujita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fujita works his way back into a safe position though.
Fujita trying to control but Brizuela is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brizuela being controlled here, momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kazaki Fujita has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Brizuela fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Brizuela with a lazy takedown attempt

and Fujita counters by clinching up.

Fujita successfully pulls guard.
Brizuela preventing the sweep.

Fujita wriggles free and stands up.
Fujita fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brizuela dives in and grabs Fujita's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fujita pushes down on Brizuela's head and hops out.

Fujita moves into the clinch.
Fujita is working for takedown but Brizuela is calmly controlling the position for now.

Brizuela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A leg kick checked by Fujita.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujita dives in and grabs Brizuela's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brizuela pushes down on Fujita's head and hops out.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brizuela!

It looks like Kazaki Fujita has been cut.
Francis Brizuela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fujita misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fujita connects with a body shot.
Fujita throws a hook but Brizuela avoids it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Fujita.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fujita lands with a cross.
Fujita throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fujita keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kazaki Fujita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Francis Brizuela.
Fujita has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brizuela.
Brizuela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fujita throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Brizuela tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Fujita is in Brizuela's guard.
Brizuela wants to sweep here but Fujita controlling him for the moment.
Fujita chips away with some ground and pound.

Brizuela has his foot on Fujita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fujita works his way back into a safe position though.
Brizuela is breathing heavily.
Fujita seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fujita wants to control from the top but Brizuela keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fujita distracts Brizuela with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Brizuela trying to keep a closed guard but Fujita is proving a slippery customer.
Fujita stops Brizuela from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fujita scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brizuela keeping moving, preventing Fujita from controlling successfully.
Fujita controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Fujita passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Fujita has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fujita cracks Brizuela with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fujita is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Kazaki Fujita overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fujita cracks Brizuela with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brizuela tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brizuela parries the strikes from Fujita easily there. Fujita is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Brizuela to escape.
Brizuela regains half guard.
Fujita seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Brizuela does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Brizuela won't allow Fujita to pass to mount.
Fujita not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fujita throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fujita drops an elbow to the side of Brizuela's head.
Fujita scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Brizuela misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Brizuela moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazaki Fujita dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kazaki Fujita's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Horrible takedown by Fujita or perhaps it was just good defense by Brizuela which made him look bad.
Fujita tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Brizuela defends well and Fujita ends up having to push Brizuela into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Brizuela throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Brizuela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kazaki Fujita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fujita tries to clinch up.
Fujita fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fujita is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brizuela bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fujita blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brizuela darts in and clinches Fujita up against the cage.

Brizuela breaks from the clinch.
Brizuela fails with a takedown attempt.
Brizuela walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fujita tries to clinch up.

Brizuela fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fujita, pushing him back against the cage.
Brizuela can't break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Brizuela.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Brizuela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brizuela moves in looking to clinch but Fujita pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fujita looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fujita fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brizuela gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Brizuela breaks the clinch.
Brizuela fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fujita lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brizuela avoids the head kick by Fujita.
Brizuela is looking to clinch but Fujita is avoiding it.
Fujita wants to clinch.
Brizuela's corner calls for a 1-2. Brizuela obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Brizuela enables Fujita to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Brizuela manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fujita connects with a couple of short punches.

Brizuela has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fujita can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fujita trying to control but Brizuela is working from the bottom.
Fujita working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Brizuela wants to sweep here but Fujita controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujita wants to control from the top but Brizuela keeps moving.
Brizuela manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fujita bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fujita trying to control but Brizuela is working from the bottom.
Francis Brizuela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kazaki Fujita is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francis Brizuela comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fujita has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kazaki Fujita!
Kazaki Fujita seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.