PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andres Aguinaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Daisuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Aguinaldo
vs
Daisuke

190 cm
21
272 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

198 cm
21
280 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andres Aguinaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Daisuke!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguinaldo shoots for a takedown but Daisuke saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Aguinaldo is defended easily by Daisuke.
Daisuke stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Daisuke wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andres Aguinaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aguinaldo closes the distance and clinches up with Daisuke, looking for a takedown. Aguinaldo pushes Daisuke against the ropes but Daisuke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Aguinaldo shoots in for a double leg but Daisuke sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aguinaldo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Daisuke pinned against the cage. Daisuke gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Aguinaldo circles away from the clinch attempt.

Daisuke looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Daisuke looking to pass the guard.
Aguinaldo wants to sweep here but Daisuke controlling him for the moment.
Daisuke wants to pass the guard but Aguinaldo is keeping the position.

Daisuke drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Aguinaldo dives on top into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Daisuke is looking for a triangle here but Aguinaldo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Aguinaldo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Aguinaldo is looking to take a break and control but Daisuke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Daisuke gets back to half guard.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep. Aguinaldo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aguinaldo is trying to control. Daisuke wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Aguinaldo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aguinaldo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daisuke's head.
Daisuke is looking to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Aguinaldo has his takedown stuffed
and Daisuke counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aguinaldo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Daisuke manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aguinaldo manages to get himself to full guard.

Daisuke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Daisuke looking to sit in guard and control but Aguinaldo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Aguinaldo wants to pass the guard but Daisuke is keeping the position.
Aguinaldo wants to control from the top but Daisuke keeps moving.
Daisuke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Daisuke controls Aguinaldo momentarily but Aguinaldo frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Daisuke preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aguinaldo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Aguinaldo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Daisuke is on top in guard.
Aguinaldo controls Daisuke momentarily but Daisuke frees himself.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Daisuke preventing the sweep.
Daisuke forces his way into half guard.
Aguinaldo wants to control but Daisuke is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Daisuke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Aguinaldo 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke is thwarting Aguinaldo's attempts to control the position.

Daisuke is working for a kimura but Aguinaldo is defending it quite comfortably.
Daisuke looks gassed!
Aguinaldo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Aguinaldo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Daisuke gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Daisuke looking to pass the guard.

Aguinaldo is looking for a triangle but Daisuke pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Akio Daisuke will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Daisuke misses with a takedown

and Aguinaldo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Daisuke won't be happy with that.
Aguinaldo cracks Daisuke with a big right hand but Daisuke just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Aguinaldo is working Daisuke over with some ground and pound from side control.
Daisuke is trying to get back to half guard.
Aguinaldo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Aguinaldo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Daisuke has escaped the position, nice work there.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep.
Daisuke taking a bit of punishment here - Aguinaldo scoring with strikes.
Daisuke on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daisuke is being controlled here.
Andres Aguinaldo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Aguinaldo is looking to take a break and control but Daisuke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aguinaldo tries for a kimura but Daisuke is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Aguinaldo wants to control but Daisuke is keeping him busy.
Aguinaldo lands an elbow.
Aguinaldo trying to control the action but Daisuke is working from the bottom.

Aguinaldo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Daisuke, who protects the arm well.
Daisuke sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke wants to get back to full guard.
Daisuke is looking to control Aguinaldo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daisuke avoid being mounted?
Daisuke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Aguinaldo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Aguinaldo tries to pass to full mount but Daisuke defends it.
Daisuke is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Aguinaldo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Aguinaldo's back!
Daisuke doesn't have the hooks in and Aguinaldo manages to turn into his guard.
Aguinaldo wants to pass the guard but Daisuke is keeping the position.
Daisuke has momentary wrist control but Aguinaldo slips an elbow through the middle.

Daisuke has his foot on Aguinaldo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aguinaldo works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguinaldo scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke keeping moving, preventing Aguinaldo from controlling successfully.
Aguinaldo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Daisuke is keeping the position for now.

Daisuke has his foot on Aguinaldo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aguinaldo works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguinaldo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Aguinaldo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Daisuke preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Daisuke wants to sweep here but Aguinaldo controlling him for the moment.

Daisuke escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aguinaldo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Aguinaldo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Daisuke taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo working the ground and pound from side control.
Daisuke is looking for a sweep.
Daisuke taking punishment in the form of punches.
Aguinaldo wants to control but Daisuke is keeping him busy.
Aguinaldo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Aguinaldo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Daisuke to see if he's OK.
Aguinaldo is looking to take a break and control but Daisuke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Daisuke tries to bench press Aguinaldo off him but Aguinaldo keeps the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daisuke takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Daisuke tries to improve position but can't.
Aguinaldo lands a decent elbow from side control.
Daisuke sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Aguinaldo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Aguinaldo shoots in and drives through. Daisuke sprawls well.
Aguinaldo shoots for a double leg takedown but Daisuke sprawls well. He's pushed Aguinaldo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Daisuke moves in looking to clinch but Aguinaldo pushes him off.
Daisuke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daisuke misses with a shot to the body

and Aguinaldo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Aguinaldo pushes down on Daisuke's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Aguinaldo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daisuke keeps working.
Aguinaldo with the ground and pound but Daisuke uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Aguinaldo scoring with some ground and pound.
Aguinaldo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Daisuke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Aguinaldo is aware though and is defending well.
Aguinaldo being controlled here momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguinaldo wants to control from the top but Daisuke keeps moving.
Aguinaldo throws a big right hand that misses.
Aguinaldo postures up and lands a big shot to Daisuke's brow.
Aguinaldo is working Daisuke over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Daisuke has his foot on Aguinaldo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aguinaldo works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguinaldo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aguinaldo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aguinaldo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Daisuke working for submissions but it's allowed Aguinaldo to get to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Aguinaldo connects with a nice short shot to Daisuke's temple.
Akio Daisuke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke has hold of Aguinaldo's hands but Aguinaldo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daisuke has hold of Aguinaldo's hands but Aguinaldo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daisuke trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Aguinaldo with a couple of short strikes.
Aguinaldo lands a big shot there that rocks Daisuke but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Andres Aguinaldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aguinaldo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke is working to get back to half guard.
Daisuke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Aguinaldo controlling from mount.
Aguinaldo seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Daisuke for as long as he can get away with.
Daisuke is squirming around, avoiding Aguinaldo's attempts to control the action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Andres Aguinaldo just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Daisuke throws a leg kick that is checked

so Aguinaldo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daisuke is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Daisuke being controlled here, momentarily.
Aguinaldo trying to control but Daisuke is working from the bottom.
Aguinaldo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Daisuke had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aguinaldo defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andres Aguinaldo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aguinaldo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Andres Aguinaldo!

Andres Aguinaldo wins by unanimous decision!