PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dinga Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maeda
vs
Ling

179 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Satoshi Maeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dinga Ling!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maeda wants to clinch up but Ling keeps it at a distance.

Maeda shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Maeda looking to control but Ling is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ling is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Ling can't escape the position.
Maeda can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ling is looking to escape.
Maeda avoids the attempt from Ling to control.
Ling blocking the ground and pound.
Ling is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Maeda trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poor strikes thrown by Maeda there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ling really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda controlling from mount.
Ling wants to hold on but Maeda pushes him away.
Maeda throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Maeda is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ling is surviving well by controlling Maeda's body position as best he can.
Ling is looking to get to half guard.
Ling wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Ling bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ling wants to control from the top but Maeda keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maeda controls Ling momentarily but Ling frees himself.
Maeda wants to stand and escape but Ling is having none of it.
Ling is looking to stand up but Maeda won't let him.
Ling looks gassed!
Ling looking to pass the guard.
Ling is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Maeda controls Ling momentarily but Ling frees himself.
Ling working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ling wants to clinch

and Maeda counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Maeda trying to control but Ling is working from the bottom.

Maeda decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ling clinches up against the cage.
Ling lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maeda is looking to break free of the clinch but Ling has double underhooks.

Maeda manages to pull guard.
Maeda is trying to control the position but Ling postures up.
Ling throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Maeda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ling wants to get up but he can't break Maeda's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ling trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Maeda wants to sweep here but Ling controlling him for the moment.
Ling wants to control from the top but Maeda keeps moving.
Maeda is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ling tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maeda wants to clinch up but Ling keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ling is looking to clinch but Maeda is avoiding it.
Ling moves in looking to clinch but Maeda pushes him off.
Dinga Ling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ling has managed to clinch.
Ling prevents the takedown attempt.
Maeda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ling lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maeda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ling just stands there and leans against the cage.
Maeda tries to pull guard but Ling won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Satoshi Maeda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ling tries for a takedown but Maeda manages to get underhooks.

Maeda breaks from the clinch.

Ling has closed the distance and engaged Maeda in a clinch.
Ling with a knee to the head.

Ling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maeda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ling instigates a clinch.
Ling trying to stall but Maeda improves his position.
Ling goes for a takedown attempt but Maeda pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Maeda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maeda showed some decent athleticism there.
Ling moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Maeda is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satoshi Maeda dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Maeda tries to clinch there but Ling circles away.

Maeda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maeda showed some decent athleticism there.

Maeda is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ling doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Maeda.
Ling is trying to control but can't.
Ling slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Maeda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ling is keeping the position for now.
Maeda postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ling wants to clinch.
Ling moves out of range of the body kick from Maeda.
Ling fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ling darts in trying to clinch

and Maeda counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ling is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Maeda is controlling him.

Maeda stands up and waves to Ling to follow him.

Maeda scores a takedown into full mount!

Maeda is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ling can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling wants to hold on but Maeda pushes him away.
Maeda trying to control but Ling is having none of it.
Maeda looking to ground and pound but Ling is blocking nicely.
Maeda trying to control but Ling is having none of it.
Ling tries to hold on but Maeda pushes him away.
Satoshi Maeda overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ling regains half guard.
Ling is controlling Maeda's trapped leg to prevent Maeda from advancing to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling is staying active underneath Maeda, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Maeda is thwarting Ling's attempts to control the position.
Ling wants to get back to his feet.

Ling looking for submissions off his back.
Maeda is looking to take a break and control but Ling is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ling slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ling is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Maeda looking to pass the guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Maeda shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Maeda was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda working Ling over with strikes here.
Maeda trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Maeda prevents Ling from getting the reversal.

Maeda working for a guillotine from mount but Ling is in no mood to give up.
Ling tries to lock up and control but Maeda gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Maeda controlling the position easily from mount.
Ling is squirming around, avoiding Maeda's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satoshi Maeda dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Maeda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ling.

Maeda shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maeda showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Maeda is looking for a kimura but Ling is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Maeda to get the leverage.
Ling tries to kick Maeda off but Maeda keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Maeda wants to pass to mount but Ling is defending the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ling is not content to let Maeda control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maeda tries to pass to full mount but Ling defends it.
Maeda is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Maeda closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Maeda lands in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling is trying to keep Maeda in close.
Maeda looking to pass the guard.
Maeda wants to control from the top but Ling keeps moving.
Maeda postures up.
Maeda wants to pass the guard but Ling is keeping the position.
Ling wants to stand up but Maeda is controlling him.

Ling is working an open guard so Maeda takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ling wants to clinch up but Maeda keeps it at a distance.

Maeda feints and as Ling raises his hands in defense, Maeda changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maeda stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A good leg kick by Maeda.
Maeda tries to clinch but Ling moves out of range.
Ling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maeda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ling paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maeda throws a sloppy head kick and Ling moves out of range easily.

Maeda scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Maeda seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ling does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Maeda is looking for a kimura here.
Ling is trying to stand back up but Maeda is controlling him
Ling wants to control but Maeda is keeping busy.
Maeda seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ling does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ling is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ling trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda is looking to take a break and control but Ling is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ling misses the jab.
Maeda is looking to clinch but Ling is avoiding it.
Ling shoots and misses

and Maeda decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ling's guard.
Maeda trying to control but Ling is working from the bottom.
Ling not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Maeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Ling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ling is on top in guard.

Ling decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Maeda, up you get!
Maeda throws a sloppy head kick and Ling moves out of range easily.
Ling throws a push kick but Maeda slaps the foot to one side.

Maeda gets the takedown into side control.
Ling tries to buck Maeda off but Maeda is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling gets back to half guard.
Ling looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dinga Ling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maeda looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ling manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Maeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Ling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ling is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maeda connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maeda won't allow Ling to get back to his feet.

Ling is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ling manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

And that's the end of the fight!
Satoshi Maeda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maeda, 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Satoshi Maeda!