PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Irrozios (ranked 3217 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tall Man (ranked 23522 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Irrozios might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to L'Algérino - Hasni. Frank Irrozios could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tall Man's chin.

Irrozios
vs
Man

152 cm
29
137 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

225 cm
20
130 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Irrozios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tall Man!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irrozios throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Man sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Frank Irrozios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Irrozios checks a leg kick.
Irrozios was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Man lands with an overhand left.
A slow jab from Irrozios misses its intended target.
Irrozios takes one on the button.
Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Irrozios.
Man blocks a jab.
Irrozios misses with a right hand
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man connects with a body shot.
Irrozios lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Irrozios swinging wildly here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Irrozios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Irrozios misses with a lunging right hand
letting Man counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irrozios throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Irrozios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Irrozios misses with a left hand
and Man connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Man takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Man is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irrozios jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man is still on wobbly legs! Can Irrozios finish him?
Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Irrozios throws out the jab.
Man throws out a loose jab but Irrozios uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Irrozios misses with a looping right.
Man dodges the punch combination from Irrozios.
Man seems to have recovered his senses.
Man has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A swing and a miss from Irrozios.
Irrozios throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Irrozios looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Irrozios throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Man.
Man looks to land a left hand but Irrozios moved out of range nicely.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Irrozios throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Irrozios cracks Man with a big right hand and Man goes down!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irrozios postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irrozios preventing the sweep.
Irrozios has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Irrozios throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Man works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Irrozios.
Irrozios throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Man works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Irrozios working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Irrozios decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Man, up you get!
Irrozios misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Irrozios.
Irrozios misses with an uppercut.
Man blocks a jab.
Man staying out of range there.
Irrozios is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Man's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Irrozios throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Irrozios lands a lovely overhand right.
A telegraphed right hand from Irrozios misses the target.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Irrozios misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a hook but Irrozios avoids it easily.
Man glances at the clock... BAM! Irrozios nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Man crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Man is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frank Irrozios!