PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aku Tokugawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronny Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tokugawa
vs
Torres

185 cm
24
240 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

215 cm
23
275 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aku Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronny Torres!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres shoots in looking for a takedown. Tokugawa tries to sprawl out of it but Torres keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tokugawa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Torres circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tokugawa sprawls well. Tokugawa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Torres gets slowly back to his feet.
Tokugawa fails in his attempt to clinch.

Torres shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tokugawa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Torres is looking to take a break and control but Tokugawa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Torres wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tokugawa, who protects the arm well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres wants to control but Tokugawa is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tokugawa is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Torres has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Torres is trying to get an arm triangle but Tokugawa is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tokugawa prevents Torres from improving position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronny Torres dominated that round.
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.

Tokugawa forces Torres back against the cage and clinches.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tokugawa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Tokugawa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tokugawa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tokugawa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tokugawa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tokugawa scores a nice knee to the body.
Tokugawa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tokugawa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torres avoids it.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Tokugawa lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tokugawa lands a nice knee to the body.
Tokugawa landing knees to the body.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Torres managing to block the knees to the body from Tokugawa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Torres avoiding damage as Tokugawa throws knees to the body.
Tokugawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Torres avoids the damage to the body.
Tokugawa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tokugawa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torres can do to turn this around?
Tokugawa lands a knee to the head.
Tokugawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Torres avoids the damage to the body.
Tokugawa landing knees to the body.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Tokugawa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Torres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Tokugawa.
Torres tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tokugawa smiles and moves away.
Tokugawa tries to clinch up.
Tokugawa is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Tokugawa takes the fight into the clinch.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Torres managing to block the knees to the body from Tokugawa.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torres fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Torres decides to pull guard.
Tokugawa is looking to stand up but Torres won't let him.

Tokugawa decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Torres, up you get!
Tokugawa wants to clinch up but Torres keeps it at a distance.
Torres shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tokugawa defends it nicely.
Aku Tokugawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronny Torres.
Tokugawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Torres circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tokugawa wants to clinch.
Tokugawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tokugawa leaves Torres with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Tokugawa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Torres, pushing him back against the cage.
Torres avoiding damage as Tokugawa throws knees to the body.
Torres managing to block the knees to the body from Tokugawa.
Torres takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tokugawa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Torres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Torres jumps guard but Tokugawa stands there with Torres around his waist. Torres gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tokugawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
Tokugawa scores with a knee to the head.
Tokugawa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Torres jumps guard but Tokugawa stands there with Torres around his waist. Torres gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torres avoids it.
Torres tries to pull guard but Tokugawa holds him up against the cage and eventually Torres drops back down to his feet.
Tokugawa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tokugawa working Torres over with knees to the body.
Tokugawa landing knees to the head.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aku Tokugawa dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Tokugawa tries to clinch there but Torres circles away.
Torres fails with the takedown.
Tokugawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torres shoots in but no luck this time.
Tokugawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tokugawa moves in looking to clinch but Torres pushes him off.
Tokugawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tokugawa moves into range and clinches up with Torres.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aku Tokugawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronny Torres.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Tokugawa scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tokugawa.
Tokugawa working Torres over with knees to the body.
Tokugawa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Tokugawa lands a nice knee to the body.
Tokugawa lands an elbow just above Torres 's eye.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tokugawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Torres managing to block the knees to the body from Tokugawa.
Torres avoiding damage as Tokugawa throws knees to the body.
Tokugawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
Torres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tokugawa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Torres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tokugawa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Torres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tokugawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Torres avoids the damage to the body.
Torres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tokugawa.
Tokugawa lands an elbow inside.
Aku Tokugawa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Tokugawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Tokugawa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tokugawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
Tokugawa lands a good knee to the midsection. Torres won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Torres managing to block the knees to the body from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torres avoids it.
Torres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torres misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tokugawa trying to land knees to the body.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torres blocks it with crossed arms.
Tokugawa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tokugawa missing with knees to the body.
Tokugawa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torres.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tokugawa is defending well for now.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torres takes a knee to the side of the body.
Torres tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torres avoids it.

Torres manages to pull guard.
Tokugawa wants to stand and escape but instead Torres has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Tokugawa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aku Tokugawa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tokugawa 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aku Tokugawa!