PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cornell Harrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hashirama Senju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Harrell
vs
Senju

225 cm
24
151 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cornell Harrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hashirama Senju!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Senju.
Harrell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Senju manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Senju connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Senju closes the distance and clinches.
Harrell tries to break free but Senju pushes him back against the cage.
Senju tries to circle away but Harrell has him pinned against the cage.
Senju avoiding damage.
Harrell being controlled against the cage.
Harrell displaying some good clinch control by pressing Senju up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Senju breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrell wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Senju.

Senju gets a clinch.

Harrell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Senju fails to land with a series of punches.

Senju moves into the clinch.
Harrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Senju's elbow.
Senju doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harrell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Senju is defending well for now.
Senju on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harrell taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Senju misses with a punch to the body.
Senju keeps control of Harrell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Senju.

Senju breaks from the clinch.
Senju lands a nice looking body kick.
Harrell moves in looking to clinch but Senju pushes him off.
Senju scoring well with a low kick there.
Senju ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrell takes one to the side of the head.

Harrell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Senju keeps control of Harrell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harrell has had enough of the clinch but Senju keeps him there for the moment.
Senju leaning his opponent against the cage.
Harrell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Senju lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Senju.
A short right from Senju.
Harrell is looking to control Senju's arms but Senju gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harrell has his back to the cage.

Senju breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Harrell is rocked!

Senju clinches with his opponent.
Oh Harrell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Senju is struggling to control the position.
Harrell has had enough of the clinch but Senju keeps him there for the moment.
Senju lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harrell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Senju is keeping busy.
Senju softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Senju breaks from the clinch.
Senju grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Harrell takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Senju cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hashirama Senju!
Hashirama Senju decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.