PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ichigo Todayashi (ranked 3402 p4p, 24460 weight class) and Blinko Felly (ranked 154 p4p, 310 weight class). Ichigo Todayashi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Todayashi
vs
Felly

173 cm
26
138
3 - 4 - 0

174 cm
20
144
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ichigo Todayashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blinko Felly!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felly jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Felly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Todayashi manages to avoid it.
Felly lands a nice looking body shot.
Felly scores with a sloppy right hand. Todayashi should have avoided that one.
Felly missing with a left hand there. Todayashi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Todayashi jabs Felly right on the nose. Felly blinks but takes it well.
Todayashi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Felly misses with a body shot.
Todayashi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A solid leg kick lands there for Todayashi.
Felly tests Todayashi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Felly works Todayashi's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot by Felly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Todayashi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Felly lands a really nice looking cross but Todayashi seems unphased.
Todayashi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Felly.
Felly connects with a nice looking jab.
Felly throws out a loose jab but Todayashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Felly looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Good exchange - Felly coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todayashi drops his hands momentarily and Felly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Felly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Felly lands a jab to the nose.
Felly connects with the punch.
Todayashi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Felly.
Todayashi swinging wildly here.
Felly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Todayashi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Felly misses with a hook. Todayashi ducked under it nicely.
Todayashi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Todayashi misses with a takedown attempt - Felly sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've been told by Todayashi's head coaches at Advanced Fitness Inc. that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Felly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Felly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Todayashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Felly tests Todayashi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blinko Felly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todayashi tries to move into range but Felly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Felly moves out of range as Todayashi throws a body kick.
Felly feints the counter takedown.
Felly lands a right hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Todayashi.
Todayashi cracks Felly with an open hand slap.
Felly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Felly lands a body shot.
Todayashi just misses with a punch to the body.
Blinko Felly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felly lands with a nice body punch.
Felly cracks Todayashi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Todayashi misses with a head kick.
Todayashi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Felly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Todayashi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Felly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Todayashi was well out of range. Poor timing from Felly.
Felly cracks Todayashi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felly connects with a crisp jab.
Felly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jab from Felly.
Todayashi scores with a hook.
Todayashi throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Blinko Felly has been cut.

Todayashi closes the distance and pushes Felly back into the cage.
A short right from Todayashi.
Felly takes an elbow to the forehead.
Todayashi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Felly takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Todayashi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Todayashi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Todayashi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Todayashi misses with a wild combination.
Felly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Todayashi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Felly - just one landing.
Felly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Felly misses with a lunging right hand

and Todayashi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Todayashi.

Todayashi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Felly. That snapped Todayashi's head back.
Todayashi lands a body shot.
Felly thuds his right hand into Todayashi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Todayashi takes one on the button.
Felly ducks right into an uppercut from Todayashi.
Jab from Felly.
Todayashi throws a body shot but no joy.
Todayashi connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick lands for Todayashi.
Todayashi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fellys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Felly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Todayashi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Todayashi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Blinko Felly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Blinko Felly's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Todayashi scores with a nice body kick.
Todayashi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Felly sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Felly is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Felly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Todayashi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Felly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Todayashi shoots in for a takedown but Felly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Felly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice body punch from Felly.
Todayashi throws a leg kick but Felly moved away.
Felly tests Todayashi's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Todayashi forces Felly back against the cage and clinches.
Todayashi lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Todayashi - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Felly tries to pull guard but Todayashi won't allow it.
Felly tries to pull guard but Todayashi holds him up against the cage and eventually Felly drops back down to his feet.

Todayashi tightens his grip and picks Felly up, before dumping him to the ground. Felly manages to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Felly pushes a forearm under Todayashi's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Todayashi is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Blinko Felly!