PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taichi Kitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Messie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kitano's entrance music is Angel of Doom - Shiro Sagisu. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kitano
vs
Messie

180 cm
27
177 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

187 cm
27
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hellbent
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taichi Kitano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stanley Messie!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitano slips under a jab.
Stanley Messie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Messie jabs Kitano right on the nose. Kitano blinks but takes it well.
Messie throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kitano counters with a stiff right hand.
Kitano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Messie was well out of range. Poor timing from Kitano.
Messie tries to clinch but Kitano is having none of it.
Danga de danga de dang - Kitano scores with a four punch combination!
Kitano scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Messie doesn't seem bothered though.
Kitano blocks a jab.
Messie lands with a good body shot.
Messie misses with a lunging right hand
and Kitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kitano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Messie throws out the jab.
Messie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Messie's coach down at The Factory was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Messie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Messie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kitano throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Kitano.
Messie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kitano.
Messie swings widly with a right hand
enabling Kitano to counter with a crisp jab.
A cross from Kitano lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messie swings widly with a right hand
and Kitano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Messie misses with a shot to the body
and Kitano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kitano swings for the body but Messie moves out of range.
Messie cracks Kitano with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kitano misses with a hook
and Messie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Messie misses with a looping right.
It looked like Kitano was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Messie.
Messie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Messie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Messie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Messie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kitano.
Kitano blocks a jab.

Messie moves into the clinch.
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!
Kitano tries to work over Messie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kitano misses with some punches.
Messie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kitano backwards.
Messie tries to work over Kitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano lands a body punch.
Kitano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Messie or not.
Messie swings wildly with an uppercut but Kitano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Messie struggles to land a body shot inside as Kitano controls his hands.
Messie throws a punch but it's blocked by Kitano.
Messie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kitano lands with a short shot to the head.
Kitano throws a head punch that misses.
Kitano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Messie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kitano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Messie swings for the body but Kitano moves out of range.
Kitano slips under a jab from Messie.
Kitano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kitano cracks Messie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kitano throws a hook to the side of Messie's head but Messie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Messie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kitano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Messie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kitano sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messie moves out of range as Kitano strikes.
Messie throws a poor cross that misses
and Kitano counters with a right hand to the body.
Kitano looks to land a left hand but Messie moved out of range nicely.
Messie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kitano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kitano looks to land a combination. Messie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kitano looks to throw the jab but Messie is out of range.
Kitano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Messie blocks a jab.
A nice side step and Messie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kitano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Messie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Messie misses.
Messie misses with a wild body shot.
Kitano lands a jab.
Messie swings for the body but Kitano moves out of range.
Messie slips under a jab from Kitano.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Messie swings for the body but Kitano moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messie throws a body punch but Kitano moves out of range.
As Messie looks to move away, Kitano throws a big counter combo but Messie just gets out of the way.
Messie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kitano scores with a jab.

It looks like Stanley Messie has been cut.
Kitano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Messie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kitano connects with a body shot that sends Messie's belly button to the back.
Kitano throws an overhand right that lands on Messie's shoulder, as Messie tries to avoid the shot.
Kitano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Messie.
Messie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kitano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Messie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kitano with a body shot.
Kitano misses with a lunging right hand
and Messie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kitano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Messie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kitano thinking.
Kitano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Messie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Messie misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taichi Kitano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stanley Messie's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kitano misses with a body shot.
Messie misses the jab.
Kitano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Messie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Messie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kitano throws a body punch but Messie moves out of range.
Kitano staying out of range there.
Messie slips a straight right by Kitano.
Kitano tries to bum rush Messie with a series of wild strikes but Messie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Messie moves into range and clinches up with Kitano.
Kitano lands a nice shot to the body.
Kitano misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kitano blocks a body shot from Messie.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kitano.
Messie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kitano tries a body shot but Messie blocks it.
Kitano prevents a body shot from Messie.
Kitano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano blocks a body shot from Messie.
Messie blocking some punches.
Kitano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Messie can do to turn this around?
Kitano misses with a punch to the body.
Messie has a couple of punches blocked by Kitano.
Messie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Messie misses with a punch to the body.

Messie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kitano throws a big shot that misses.
Messie misses with a jab to the body
enabling Kitano to counter with a crisp jab.
Kitano scores with a shot to the body.
Kitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Kitano throws an overhand right that lands on Messie's shoulder, as Messie tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Messie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kitano misses with a straight right.
Messie takes one to the chin there.
Messie ducks under a wild hook from Kitano.
Messie works the jab nicely.
Kitano ducks under a wild hook from Messie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Messie moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Messie misses with an uppercut
and Kitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Messie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kitano.
Kitano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Messie.
Messie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kitano throws a body shot but no joy.
Kitano throws a shot to the body.
Messie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kitano momentarily.
Kitano throws an off balance right hand
enabling Messie to counter with a crisp jab.
Kitano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kitano staying out of range there.
Kitano throwing a counter right hand but Messie manages to avoid it.
Messie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Messie throws a sloppy body shot
and Kitano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Messie thinking.
A jab lands there for Kitano.
A shot to the body from Messie misses
enabling Kitano to counter with a crisp jab.
Taichi Kitano is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Messie scores with a decent looking hook.
Messie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Messie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Messie is rocked!
Kitano fakes the body blow, causing Messie to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Messie goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Taichi Kitano!
Taichi Kitano retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Taichi Kitano thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.