PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Poor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shuya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Poor
vs
Aoki

181 cm
26
160 lbs
5 - 11 - 1

180 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 5 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Poor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shuya Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poor misses with a double jab.
Poor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poor is looking to clinch.
Aoki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Poor. Poor obviously looking to wear him down.
Poor shoots and misses
and Aoki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fernando Poor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Aoki feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Aoki passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Aoki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Poor, who protects the arm well.
Aoki tries to advance to mount but can't.
Poor struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor prevents Aoki from improving position.
Poor is looking for a sweep.
Poor wants to get back to his feet but Aoki drags him back down.
Poor is looking to reverse the position.

Aoki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Poor has escaped the position, nice work there.
Aoki content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki working the head and body with strikes.

Aoki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aoki is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poor is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Poor is looking to reverse the position.
A lull in the action here as Aoki stalls from top position.
Poor is trying to control Aoki's posture but Aoki avoids it.
Aoki working the head and body with strikes.
Poor is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Aoki advances nicely into full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Aoki working the ground and pound effectively.

Aoki looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Aoki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Aoki tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Aoki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shuya Aoki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Aoki fails to land with a series of punches.
Poor moves out of range of the strikes.
Poor tries for a takedown but Aoki circles away easily

and Aoki counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Aoki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Poor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Aoki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Aoki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aoki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Poor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aoki sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Poor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Aoki passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Poor!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Aoki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Aoki tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Aoki blocks Poor's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki dominating with strikes here.
Aoki controlling the position easily from mount.

Aoki has hold of Poor's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Poor manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Aoki controlling the position easily from mount.
Aoki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Poor?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aoki looking to secure an arm triangle but Poor defends it well.
Aoki controlling the pace for now.
Aoki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Aoki working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Poor defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Aoki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aoki controlling his opponent.

Aoki wants to finish this one by submission but Poor is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Aoki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aoki working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shuya Aoki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Aoki misses the shot to the body.
Poor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poor wants to clinch

and Aoki counters with a shoot takedown. Poor fights it but they end up in guard.
Aoki passes Poor's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Shuya Aoki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Aoki not doing much here.

Poor actively working from the bottom here.
Aoki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aoki is trying to work for a kimura but Poor is defending well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Aoki in particular looking to stall.
Aoki passes to side control.

Aoki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor wants to control but Aoki postures up.
Aoki has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Aoki controlling from the full mount.

Aoki working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki controlling his opponent.

Aoki is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Poor to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Poor shrugs it off.
Aoki sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Aoki has control of Poor's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Poor regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Aoki prevents Poor from getting the reversal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aoki controlling from the full mount.
Aoki scoring with strikes but Poor is staying in there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shuya Aoki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Aoki winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 25:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 25:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shuya Aoki!