PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Knockout (ranked 7377 p4p, 634 weight class) and Ryu Boshi (ranked 4687 p4p, 485 weight class). Boshi has chosen Ryu's Theme Song as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Knockout
vs
Boshi

183 cm
30
195 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

176 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonny Knockout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Boshi!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boshi takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knockout.
Boshi tries a knee to the head but Knockout blocks it.
Boshi tries to land a knee to the head but Knockout blocks with his arms.
Boshi prevents Knockout from breaking the clinch.
Boshi misses with a punch to the body.
Boshi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boshi taking a breather.
Knockout wants to break free but Boshi has control.
Boshi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Knockout's defenses.
Knockout dodges an elbow strike from Boshi.
Boshi is looking to control Knockout's arms but Knockout gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boshi has his back to the ropes.
Boshi gets underhooks to prevent Knockout's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boshi landing knees to the body.
Boshi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knockout in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boshi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boshi's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Boshi's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Knockout blocks a body shot from Boshi.
Boshi misses with a punch to the body.
Boshi scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boshi landing knees to the head.
Boshi dodges an elbow strike from Knockout.
Knockout wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knockout lands an elbow that stopped Boshi in his tracks for a moment.
Knockout working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knockout tries to break the clinch but Boshi is controlling the position.
Boshi lands a nice shot to the body.
Boshi misses with a knee to the head.
Boshi misses with a body punch.
Boshi crunches a lovely knee into Knockout's ribcage.
Boshi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Knockout on the inside.
Boshi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boshi lands a nice knee to the body.
Knockout is breathing heavily.
Boshi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boshi scores with a shot to the side of Knockout's head.
A body shot lands from Knockout.
Knockout looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knockout misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boshi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knockout blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boshi crunches a lovely knee into Knockout's ribcage.
Boshi taking a breather.
Boshi misses with the head strike.
Boshi misses with a knee to the head.
Boshi has a couple of punches blocked by Knockout.
A body shot lands from Boshi.
Knockout tries to work over Boshi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knockout has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Boshi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Boshi has Knockout pushed against the ropes.
Boshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Boshi.
Boshi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knockout lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boshi prevents Knockout from breaking the clinch.
Boshi is leaning against Knockout and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boshi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knockout lands with a left to the head.
Boshi has Knockout pressed against the ropes, preventing Knockout from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knockout has a couple of punches blocked by Boshi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boshi.
Boshi stalling in the clinch but Knockout improves position.
Knockout throws an elbow that misses.
Knockout tries for a takedown but Boshi manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Knockout. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short uppercut from Boshi.
Knockout misses with a punch to the body.

Knockout pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Boshi moves into the clinch.
Boshi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knockout in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Boshi.
Boshi digs a right hand underneath Knockout's ribcage. Knockout let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knockout goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boshi misses with a knee strike.
Boshi misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knockout wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Boshi.
Boshi tries to work over Knockout's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knockout avoids a wild elbow strike from Boshi.
Boshi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boshi trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Boshi.
Boshi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knockout backwards.
Boshi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knockout.
Boshi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boshi keeps control of Knockout as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knockout working aggressively here.
Boshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knockout working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Boshi.
Knockout works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boshi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Boshi tries to clinch but Knockout moves out of range.
Jonny Knockout is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Boshi forces Knockout back against the ropes and clinches.
Knockout content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The referee calls for Boshi to work.
Boshi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ryu Boshi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Boshi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knockout wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boshi taking a breather.
Knockout prevents a body shot from Boshi.
Boshi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knockout is trying to break the clinch but Boshi is controlling him.
Boshi landing knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Boshi throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boshi lands an elbow just above Knockout 's eye.
Knockout tries to throw a body punch but Boshi avoids it by throwing Knockout back against the ropes.
Boshi has a couple of punches blocked by Knockout.
Boshi lands a nice uppercut.

Knockout is rocked!
Knockout takes an elbow to the temple.
Oh Knockout is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boshi creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Knockout! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Boshi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryu Boshi!
A victorious Ryu Boshi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.