PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Naoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Celestino Caballero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Naoki
vs
Caballero

167 cm
20
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
22
148 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Naoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Celestino Caballero!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caballero fails with a takedown attempt.
Caballero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Naoki pushes Caballero up against the cage in a clinch.
Caballero blocks an elbow strike.
Naoki has Caballero pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Caballero manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Caballero gets underhooks to prevent Naoki's takedown attempt.
Naoki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Naoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caballero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Naoki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Naoki has Caballero pressed against the cage, preventing Caballero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Naoki will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Caballero up against the cage.
Good body shot from Naoki.
Naoki is leaning against Caballero and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Caballero takes a knee right on the jaw!
Naoki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Naoki lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naoki stalling in the clinch.
Naoki gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Naoki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Naoki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Naoki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Caballero tries to circle away but Naoki has him pinned against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Naoki.
Caballero fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Naoki gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Caballero regains guard.
Naoki throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naoki trying to control but Caballero is working from the bottom.
Caballero can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Naoki controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Caballero keeping moving, preventing Naoki from controlling successfully.
Naoki throws a big right hand that misses.
Naoki's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Naoki stops Caballero from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naoki passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Naoki tries to move to full mount but Caballero actually manages to regain half guard.
Naoki controlling the action here.
Naoki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Caballero keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Naoki is looking for a kimura but Caballero is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Naoki to get the leverage.
Naoki is looking to take a break and control but Caballero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Takeshi Naoki just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Naoki looks to land a left hand but Caballero moved out of range nicely.
Naoki staying out of range there.
Caballero stuns Naoki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Naoki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Naoki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Naoki misses with a low kick.

Naoki clinches.
Naoki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Caballero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Naoki.
Naoki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Caballero's efforts to push away.
Naoki lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Naoki dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Caballero walks into a left hand.
Naoki just misses with a punch to the body.
Caballero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caballero looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Naoki is fending him off so far but Caballero persists. Nope, Naoki circles away and we're back to standing.
Caballero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Naoki manages to avoid it.
Caballero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Caballero looks to throw the jab but Naoki is out of range.
Caballero fails to land with a series of punches.
Caballero tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Naoki was well out of range. Poor timing from Caballero.
Naoki loads up on a big right hand but Caballero slips the punch.
Takeshi Naoki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Naoki has closed the distance and engaged Caballero in a clinch.
Naoki scores with a hook to the body.
Naoki goes for a takedown attempt but Caballero pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Caballero doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Naoki misses with the combination.
Naoki slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naoki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Naoki works Caballero's body with a nice hook.
Caballero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Naoki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caballero.
A shot to de liver by Caballero. Beautiful body shot.
Caballero throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Naoki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Naoki throws a right hand that Caballero ducks under and follows up with a left that Caballero also avoids with ease.
Naoki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Caballero.
Caballero digs a good body shot into Naoki's ribs.
Caballero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Naoki.
Caballero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Caballero darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab lands there for Caballero.
Caballero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero thows a body shot but no joy.
Caballero is breathing heavily.
Naoki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Caballero misses the body punch
and Naoki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Celestino Caballero has been cut.
Naoki staying out of range there.

Naoki drives through and clinches with Caballero against the cage.
Naoki lands an uppercut.
Naoki can't get the takedown.
Naoki lands a body punch.
Naoki cracks Caballero with a nice body shot.
Caballero jumps guard but Naoki stands there with Caballero around his waist. Caballero gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Naoki has Caballero pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Naoki pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Caballero tumbling to the mat - Naoki dives into Caballero's guard.
Naoki passes Caballero's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Naoki working Caballero over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naoki throwing shots but Caballero is blocking nicely.
Naoki trying to pass the guard but Caballero defending well.
Naoki is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Caballero!
Naoki controlling the pace for now.
Naoki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Caballero can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naoki wants to control the pace but Caballero is squirming around nicely.
Caballero really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Naoki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Naoki putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Caballero avoids a series of strikes thrown by Naoki.
Naoki throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Naoki throwing strikes here but Caballero is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caballero is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Naoki looking to control but Caballero is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Naoki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Celestino Caballero'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Naoki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caballero moves away.
Naoki wants to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Caballero!
Caballero throws a right and a left that Naoki avoids nicely.
Caballero is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Naoki rather than just go for the knockout.
Naoki misses with a double jab.

Naoki feints and as Caballero raises his hands in defense, Naoki changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Naoki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Naoki controls from within his opponent's guard.
Caballero is trying to control the position but Naoki postures up.
Naoki passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naoki is trying to control the action in half guard but Caballero is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Naoki works his way into full mount!
Naoki tries to control but Caballero wriggling away.
Caballero really wants to buck Naoki off and get back to his feet.
Naoki cracks Caballero with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Naoki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Caballero?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naoki landing punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Caballero can do anything to dispel that myth.
Naoki won't let Caballero get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Naoki landing strikes from the mount.
Naoki 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.
Naoki landing shots from mount.
Caballero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Naoki with good strikes from the mount here!

Caballero is rocked!
Caballero tries to hold on but Naoki pushes him away.
Caballero is trying to stand.
Caballero in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Naoki dominating with strikes here.
Caballero is still in real trouble! Can Naoki finish him?
Naoki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Caballero can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caballero in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caballero taking shots to the head.
Naoki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Caballero is looking to escape.
Caballero is trying to escape the mount.
Caballero seems to have recovered his senses.
Naoki landing strikes from the mount and Caballero is in trouble!
Naoki wants to control the pace but Caballero is squirming around nicely.
Naoki dominating with strikes here.
Naoki landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naoki controlling from the full mount.
Naoki working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Naoki controlling his opponent.
Caballero taking shots to the head.
Celestino Caballero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Naoki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Takeshi Naoki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Naoki lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Takeshi Naoki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Naoki has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeshi Naoki!