PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Genjo Kurosawa (ranked 2943 p4p, 330 weight class) and Jon Cormier (ranked 3821 p4p, 387 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kurosawa
vs
Cormier

189 cm
19
211 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Kore Fight Nutrition

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 London, Genjo Kurosawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Cormier!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosawa checks a leg kick.
Cormier throws a leg kick that misses.
Cormier blocks a head kick by Kurosawa.
Cormier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kurosawa quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Cormier wants to slow Kurosawa down by chopping away at his legs.
Kurosawa misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cormier! But no joy.
Cormier scores with a push kick.
Kurosawa is looking to land body kicks.

Cormier gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cormier holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cormier gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cormier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kurosawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cormier is working Kurosawa over against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cormier.
Cormier pushes off an throws an elbow but Kurosawa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kurosawa prevents a body shot from Cormier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosawa misses with an elbow strike.
Kurosawa prevents a body shot from Cormier.
Kurosawa blocks an elbow strike from Cormier.
Kurosawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Cormier avoids the damage to the body.
Kurosawa is trying to force a seperation but Cormier has the dominant position.
Cormier scores with a shot to the side of Kurosawa's head.
Kurosawa dodges an elbow strike from Cormier.
Cormier misses with an elbow strike.
Kurosawa is looking to break free of the clinch but Cormier has double underhooks.
Kurosawa has Cormier pressed against the cage.
Cormier works on Kurosawa's body with a couple of short punches.
Kurosawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cormier throws an elbow but misses.
Cormier throws an elbow but it misses.
Cormier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cormier lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cormier avoiding damage as Kurosawa throws knees to the body.
Kurosawa is trying to break the clinch but Cormier is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa tries to circle away but Cormier has him pinned against the cage.
Kurosawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Cormier leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cormier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kurosawa tries to land a knee to the head but Cormier blocks with his arms.
Cormier lands with a light punch inside.
Cormier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cormier working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cormier prevents Kurosawa from breaking the clinch.
Kurosawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Cormier managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosawa.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cormier throws an elbow but misses.
Kurosawa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cormier is defending well.
Cormier throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurosawa blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cormier.
Cormier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cormier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kurosawa working hard to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Cormier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cormier pushes off an throws an elbow but Kurosawa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cormier creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cormier.
Kurosawa has been working on his balance at FIERCE - 15 Elite Coaches, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Cormier.
Cormier throws a head punch that misses.
Cormier works on Kurosawa's body with a couple of short punches.
Cormier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cormier lands a damaging elbow.
Cormier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cormier lands a right hand.
Cormier prevents Kurosawa from breaking the clinch.
Kurosawa wants to get back to striking at distance but Cormier won't allow it.
Cormier working aggressively here.
Cormier has Kurosawa pressed against the cage, preventing Kurosawa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cormier avoids the elbow strike from Kurosawa, against the cage.
Kurosawa avoids the elbow strike from Cormier, against the cage.
Kurosawa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kurosawa avoids a wild elbow strike from Cormier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cormier.
Kurosawa is trying to break the clinch but Cormier has him pressed against the cage.
Kurosawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cormier avoids it.
Cormier struggles to land a body shot inside as Kurosawa controls his hands.
Cormier lands a glancing elbow in 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!
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Cormier throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kurosawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cormier.
Cormier struggles to land a body shot inside as Kurosawa controls his hands.
Cormier lands a nice shot to the body.
Cormier lands an uppercut.
Cormier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kurosawa or not.
Kurosawa avoids the elbow strike from Cormier, against the cage.
Kurosawa dodges an elbow strike from Cormier.
Cormier throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cormier just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kurosawa's brow.
Cormier gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Cormier dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kurosawa moves out of range as Cormier strikes.
Kurosawa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cormier slaps away a takedown attempt from Kurosawa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cormier ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kurosawa moves away.
Cormier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Kurosawa tries to keep at a distance but Cormier has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cormier throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cormier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cormier lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Cormier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cormier throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kurosawa prevents a body shot from Cormier.
Kurosawa dodges an elbow strike from Cormier.
Jon Cormier seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cormier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cormier tries a body shot but Kurosawa blocks it.
Kurosawa blocks the elbow strike.
Cormier lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cormier comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cormier throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kurosawa is looking to control Cormier's arms but Cormier gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kurosawa has his back to the cage.
Kurosawa is looking to break free of the clinch but Cormier has double underhooks.
Cormier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kurosawa or not.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Kurosawa wants to break free but Cormier has control.
A frustrated look appears on Kurosawa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kurosawa avoids the elbow strike from Cormier, against the cage.
Cormier lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cormier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kurosawa is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kurosawa misses with a knee to the head.
Kurosawa missing with knees to the body.
Kurosawa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cormier works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cormier tries to work over Kurosawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cormier.
A nice left hand lands by Cormier.
Still in the clinch, Cormier scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cormier stalling the fight.
Cormier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurosawa blocks a body shot from Cormier.
Kurosawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Kurosawa tries to score a body lock takedown but Cormier shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Genjo Kurosawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kurosawa missing with knees to the body.
Kurosawa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Cormier.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cormier throws an elbow but misses.
Cormier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kurosawa trying to land knees to the body.
Kurosawa is trying to stall.
Cormier misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier has Kurosawa pressed against the cage.
Cormier throws an elbow that misses.

Kurosawa has picked Cormier up - he's going for a ride! Kurosawa dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Cormier wants to get back to his feet.

Cormier makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Cormier closes the distance and clinches.
Cormier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cormier looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Cormier fails to land.
Cormier lands an elbow inside.
Cormier lands a body shot.
Cormier lands a hook that snaps the head of Kurosawa backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cormier misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosawa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kurosawa avoids the elbow strike from Cormier, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cormier gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kurosawa.
Cormier stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nice elbow from Cormier.
Cormier tries a body shot but Kurosawa blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cormier tries to work over Kurosawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cormier lands with a light punch inside.
Cormier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kurosawa's efforts to push away.
Cormier pushes Kurosawa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kurosawa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cormier has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Cormier.
Kurosawa is trying to break free.
Cormier misses with an elbow strike.
Cormier misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Cormier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cormier clinches.
Cormier misses with a body punch.
Cormier looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cormier blocks the elbow strike.
Cormier managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosawa.
Good body shot from Cormier.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cormier just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kurosawa's brow.
Cormier misses with a body punch.
Cormier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kurosawa's elbow.
Cormier looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cormier misses with an elbow strike.
Kurosawa wants to break free but Cormier has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cormier just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kurosawa's brow.
Cormier struggles to land a body shot inside as Kurosawa controls his hands.
Kurosawa tries to circle away but Cormier has him pinned against the cage.
Cormier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cormier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cormier lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cormier.
Cormier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cormier working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kurosawa is looking to control Cormier's arms but Cormier gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kurosawa has his back to the cage.
Cormier lands with a right to the head.
Cormier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kurosawa tries to break free but Cormier pushes him back against the cage.
Cormier lands an elbow that stopped Kurosawa in his tracks for a moment.
Cormier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cormier gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cormier.
Kurosawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cormier avoids it.
Cormier lands a nice elbow.
Kurosawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cormier.
Kurosawa stalling in the clinch but Cormier improves position.
Cormier throws an elbow but it misses.
Cormier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cormier has Kurosawa pressed against the cage, preventing Kurosawa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa tries a knee to the head but Cormier blocks it.
Cormier struggles to land a body shot inside as Kurosawa controls his hands.
Cormier digs a right hand underneath Kurosawa's ribcage. Kurosawa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kurosawa throws an elbow but it misses.
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!
Cormier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cormier lands a nice elbow.
Cormier has Kurosawa pressed against the cage, preventing Kurosawa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cormier struggles to land a body shot inside as Kurosawa controls his hands.
Cormier has Kurosawa pressed against the cage, preventing Kurosawa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cormier avoiding damage as Kurosawa throws knees to the body.
Cormier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cormier creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kurosawa's defenses.
Cormier gets through Kurosawa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Cormier.
Kurosawa stalling in the clinch.
Kurosawa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Cormier.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cormier throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier throws an elbow but it misses.
Cormier digs a right hand into Kurosawa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kurosawa's gas tank.
Kurosawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cormier throws an elbow that misses.
Cormier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kurosawa's elbow.
Cormier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cormier throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cormier can't find room to land a body shot as Kurosawa controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Cormier scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kurosawa avoids the elbow strike from Cormier, against the cage.
Cormier prevents the takedown attempt.
Kurosawa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cormier walks away with a smile on his face. Kurosawa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nice sprawl there from Cormier as Kurosawa shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Genjo Kurosawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cormier fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kurosawa, pushing him back against the cage.
Cormier slowing the pace effectively.
Cormier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cormier pushes Kurosawa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Cormier.
Cormier lands with a right to the head.
Cormier is working Kurosawa over against the cage.
Cormier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kurosawa or not.
Kurosawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cormier misses with an elbow over the top.
Cormier misses with a punch to the body.
Kurosawa blocks an elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Cormier.
Jon Cormier is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice elbow from Cormier.
Cormier lands a nice shot to the body.
Cormier stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cormier lands with a left to the head.
Kurosawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cormier managing to block the knees to the body from Kurosawa.
Cormier is stalling here.
Genjo Kurosawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cormier lands a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Cormier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cormier has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Cormier!
An out of breath Jon Cormier thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.