PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Loxa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bolt Pistorius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bolt Pistorius struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Loxa
vs
Pistorius

169 cm
24
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

155 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Big Loxa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bolt Pistorius!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loxa throws a nice looking combination but Pistorius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pistorius has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Loxa is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Loxa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pistorius lands a two punch combo.
Pistorius fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Loxa avoids it really well and circles away.
Pistorius will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pistorius fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pistorius shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Loxa as he avoids it easily.
Big Loxa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bolt Pistorius.
Loxa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loxa connects with a nice looking jab.
A left lands for Loxa.

It looks like Bolt Pistorius has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loxa avoids the body shot from Pistorius.

Loxa rushes Pistorius and presses him up against the cage.
Loxa lands a nice uppercut.
Pistorius tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loxa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pistorius looks winded!
Pistorius misses with some punches.
A short left from Loxa.
Pistorius has a couple of punches blocked by Loxa.
Loxa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stalling in the clinch from Loxa.
Loxa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Loxa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Loxa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Loxa lands a big left hand right to the temple and Pistorius goes down!

Pistorius is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loxa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pistorius is still in real trouble! Can Loxa finish him?
Pistorius avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Loxa.
Pistorius trying to control from the bottom.
Pistorius seems to have recovered his senses.
Loxa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Loxa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Loxa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pistorius is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pistorius keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Loxa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pistorius tries to get to full guard but Loxa has control of the leg.
Loxa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pistorius avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Loxa.
Loxa looks to land a strike but Pistorius avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Pistorius looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Loxa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pistorius wants to sweep but no luck.
Loxa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Loxa throwing strikes from guard but Pistorius blocks nicely.
Loxa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Loxa throwing strikes from guard but Pistorius blocks nicely.
Loxa throws an elbow that misses. Pistorius uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Loxa's guard. Nice move by Pistorius!
Pistorius trying to control but Loxa is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pistorius working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Loxa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Loxa tries to get out of the position.
Pistorius trying to control but Loxa is working from the bottom.

Pistorius stands up from Loxa's guard - Pistorius perhaps looking for a knockout.
Pistorius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loxa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pistorius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Loxa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pistorius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Loxa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pistorius throws a punch but it's blocked by Loxa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Loxa.
Nice body punch from Loxa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loxa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Loxa lands with a short shot to the head.
Pistorius's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Loxa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pistorius backwards.
Nice body punch from Loxa.
Loxa effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loxa lands a nice uppercut.
Loxa lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Loxa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bolt Pistorius's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Loxa plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Pistorius to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Pistorius just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Big Loxa!
Big Loxa 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.