PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between High Sodium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiji Hashimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hashimoto has chosen Holding Out For A Hero (Japanese Version) as his entrance music. Keiji Hashimoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sodium
vs
Hashimoto

166 cm
27
142 lbs
16 - 4 - 1

172 cm
40
151 lbs
40 - 18 - 4

Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, High Sodium!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 18 - 4, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keiji Hashimoto!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sodium doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hashimoto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hashimoto there as he acknowledges the shot.

Sodium clinches up against the cage.
Hashimoto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hashimoto fails to land.
Sodium misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sodium prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Hashimoto fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Sodium fails to land.
Sodium doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hashimoto misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Sodium.
Hashimoto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sodium misses with the head strike.
Sodium softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Hashimoto has a couple of punches blocked by Sodium.
Hashimoto has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sodium is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sodium blocking some punches.
Sodium blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sodium misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sodium blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hashimoto struggles to land a body shot inside as Sodium controls his hands.
Sodium controlling the action here for a moment.
Sodium misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Sodium.
Nice body punch from Hashimoto - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Hashimoto fails to land.
Sodium misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hashimoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sodium's elbow.
Sodium takes a shot to the head.
Sodium fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hashimoto is looking for a takedown.
High Sodium has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keiji Hashimoto.
Sodium misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Sodium's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Hashimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hashimoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sodium tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hashimoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sodium's defenses.
A short right from Sodium.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from Hashimoto.

Sodium breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by Hashimoto.
Keiji Hashimoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hashimoto lands a nice looking body shot.
Sodium uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hashimoto.
Sodium throws a leg kick but Hashimoto checks it.
Sodium gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Sodium is rocked!
Sodium on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hashimoto cracks the inside of Sodium's front leg.
Hashimoto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sodium takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Hashimoto.
Oh Sodium is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sodium is holding his hands too far apart here. Hashimoto throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Sodium is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Keiji Hashimoto!
Keiji Hashimoto is the new featherweight champion!
Keiji Hashimoto thanked the fans post fight for their support.