PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daisuke Toshimichi (ranked 1875 p4p, 1898 weight class) and Ashton Ladd (ranked 231 p4p, 235 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Toshimichi
vs
Ladd

176 cm
28
165
7 - 5 - 0

177 cm
28
155
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Daisuke Toshimichi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ashton Ladd!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ladd throws a poor cross that misses
and Toshimichi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ladd throws a big shot that misses.
Toshimichi throwing a counter right hand but Ladd manages to avoid it.
Ladd takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ashton Ladd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toshimichi scores with a shot to the body.
Toshimichi looks to throw the jab but Ladd is out of range.
Toshimichi lands with a cross.
Ladd misses the shot to the body.
Toshimichi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big right from Ladd misses.
A little feinted left hand from Toshimichi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Toshimichi misses with a hook. Ladd ducked under it nicely.
Ladd looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ladd's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Toshimichi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ladd scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ladd throws a looping overhand right but Toshimichi ducks down to avoid it.
Toshimichi cracks Ladd with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ladd slips a jab from Toshimichi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Toshimichi misses.
Ladd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toshimichi manages to avoid it.
Toshimichi throws a jab when Ladd was well out of range.
Ladd on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Toshimichi lands a really nice looking cross but Ladd seems unphased.
Toshimichi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ladd misses with a looping left.
Ladd scores with a nice head shot.
Toshimichi throws a lazy right hand but Ladd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Toshimichi. Beautiful body shot.
Ladd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toshimichi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ladd.
Toshimichi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ladd misses the shot to the body.
Toshimichi looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Toshimichi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ashton Ladd has been cut.
Toshimichi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toshimichi just misses with a punch to the body.
Ladd tries to counter by closing the distance.
Toshimichi keeps the fight on the outside.
Ladd ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Toshimichi misses with an uppercut.
Toshimichi throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice jab there from Toshimichi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Toshimichi. Ladd does a little dance to reset his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Toshimichi.
Ladd loads up on a big right hand but Toshimichi slips the punch.
Toshimichi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ladd.
Toshimichi misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toshimichi.
Ladd ducks under a wild hook from Toshimichi.
Ladd is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ladd throws a hook but Toshimichi avoids it easily.
It looked like Toshimichi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Toshimichi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Toshimichi slips under a jab from Ladd.
Toshimichi lands a jab to the head.
Good shot there by Toshimichi.
Toshimichi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Toshimichi lands with a right hand.
Ladd misses the shot to the body.
Ladd misses with a wild body shot.
Toshimichi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ladd.
Toshimichi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Toshimichi lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Toshimichi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ladd scores with a nice head shot.
The fighters circling - Ladd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toshimichi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ladd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toshimichi.
Ladd looks to score with a jab to the body but Toshimichi is just out of range.
Toshimichi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ladd scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Toshimichi misses with a hook.
Ladd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toshimichi was well out of range. Poor timing from Ladd.
Ladd fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ladd misses with a few strikes there.
Toshimichi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daisuke Toshimichi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ashton Ladd's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Toshimichi slips under a jab from Ladd.
Toshimichi misses with an uppercut. Ladd saw that one coming.
Toshimichi sets himself, and Ladd steps forward looking for the clinch! Toshimichi avoids it this time.
A punch lands to the side of Ladd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ladd throws a predictable looking body shot
and Toshimichi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ladd connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Toshimichi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ladd can do to turn this around?
Nice defenses there by Ladd.
Daisuke Toshimichi is winning the standup battle so far.
Ladd looks to score with a jab to the body but Toshimichi is just out of range.
Toshimichi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ladd darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ladd looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ladd looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toshimichi misses with a hook.
Ladd tries to counter by closing the distance.
Toshimichi throws a hook but Ladd avoids it easily.
Ladd misses with a body shot
and Toshimichi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ladd fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toshimichi moves away from the strike by Ladd.
Ladd misses with a straight right.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ladd might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Toshimichi has got the better of the exchanges.

Ladd closes the distance and pushes Toshimichi back into the cage.
Ladd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ladd throws a punch but it's blocked by Toshimichi.
Toshimichi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ladd jumps guard but Toshimichi stands there with Ladd around his waist. Ladd gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Toshimichi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ladd.
Toshimichi tries a body shot but Ladd blocks it.
Ladd struggles to land a body shot inside as Toshimichi controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Ladd.
A shot in the inside from Toshimichi.
Ladd misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Toshimichi.
Ladd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toshimichi misses with a punch on the inside.

Toshimichi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toshimichi throws a body shot but no joy.
Ladd throws the left hand but Toshimichi avoids the punch easily.
Toshimichi tries to move into range but Ladd moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ladd gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut there from Toshimichi.
Toshimichi misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladd rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Toshimichi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Ladd misses the target.
Good shot there by Toshimichi.
Ladd tries to clinch but Toshimichi is having none of it.
Ladd swings widly with a right hand
and Toshimichi counters with a stiff right hand.
Toshimichi scores with a body shot.
Toshimichi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Toshimichi lands a right hook to the body.
Toshimichi with a nice cross.
Toshimichi slips a jab from Ladd.
Ladd misses with an uppercut. Toshimichi saw that one coming.
Toshimichi throws the left hand but Ladd avoids the punch easily.
Toshimichi cracks a nice hook into Ladd's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toshimichi throws a jab when Ladd was well out of range.
Ladd tries to counter by closing the distance.
Toshimichi scores with a hook to the body. Ladd takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ladd has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ladd misses with a jab to the body
and Toshimichi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ladd ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Toshimichi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Toshimichi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ladd misses the body punch
and Toshimichi counters with a straight right hand.
Toshimichi connects with the punch.
Toshimichi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ladd's hands.
Toshimichi throws out a powerful jab.
Ladd lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Toshimichi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Ladd clinches up with Toshimichi and pushes him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daisuke Toshimichi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ashton Ladd's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Toshimichi lands a nice shot that snaps Ladd's head back.
Ladd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toshimichi.
Ladd wants to counter with a clinch but Toshimichi pushes him away.
Toshimichi throws a big shot that misses.
Ladd is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Toshimichi.
A big right from Toshimichi misses.
Ladd throws a lazy right hand but Toshimichi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toshimichi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ladd.

Ladd has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ladd fails to pull the fight into his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ladd blocking some punches.
Toshimichi lands a body shot.
Ladd tries to pull guard but Toshimichi forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ladd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Toshimichi is leaning against Ladd and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toshimichi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ladd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toshimichi's elbow.
Toshimichi misses with a punch on the inside.
Ladd is struggling to control the position.
Ladd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Toshimichi breaks the clinch.
Toshimichi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ladd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toshimichi scores with a jab to the body.
Toshimichi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Toshimichi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ladd stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Toshimichi connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toshimichi throws out a loose jab but Ladd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toshimichi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ladd.
Toshimichi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ladd moves away.
Toshimichi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Toshimichi missing with a left hand there. Ladd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from Ladd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ladd throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Toshimichi to counter with a crisp jab.
Toshimichi connects with a body shot that sends Ladd's belly button to the back.
Ladd takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ladd misses with a body shot.
It looked like Toshimichi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice defenses there by Toshimichi.
It looked like Toshimichi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ladd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Toshimichi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ashton Ladd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toshimichi throws a body shot but no joy.
Toshimichi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ladd manages to avoid it.
Toshimichi avoids the body shot from Ladd.
Nice body punch from Toshimichi.
Ladd throws a jab but it's blocked by Toshimichi.
A telegraphed right hand from Ladd misses the target.
Ladd throws out a loose jab but Toshimichi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ladd throws a right hand that misses
and Toshimichi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ladd throws a right hand that misses
and Toshimichi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ladd swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Toshimichi.
Ladd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladd takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Toshimichi lands a slapping body shot.
Toshimichi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toshimichi avoids the body shot from Ladd.
Ladd ducks under a wild hook from Toshimichi.
Ladd throws a big shot that misses.
Daisuke Toshimichi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ladd ducks right into an uppercut from Toshimichi.
Ladd misses with an uppercut. Toshimichi saw that one coming.
Toshimichi lands a head shot.
Ladd takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ladd is looking to clinch but Toshimichi is avoiding it.
Ladd ducks right into an uppercut from Toshimichi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daisuke Toshimichi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Toshimichi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daisuke Toshimichi!
A relieved looking Daisuke Toshimichi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.