PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hatsu Hioki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Avila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hioki comes into the arena with Heart of Asia blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hioki
vs
Avila

170 cm
25
157 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

177 cm
27
156 lbs
13 - 4 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hatsu Hioki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Avila!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hioki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Avila is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hioki.
Hioki wants to slow Avila down by chopping away at his legs.
Avila misses with a leg kick.
Hioki has a takedown stuffed.
Avila walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hioki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A nice leg kick lands there from Avila.
Avila throws a leg kick but Hioki checks it.
Avila misses the jab.
Avila looks to land a body kick but Hioki moved away.
Hioki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hioki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A leg kick checked by Avila.
Hioki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Avila is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice takedown defense from Avila. No joy for Hioki on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hatsu Hioki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hioki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Avila looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila throws a push kick but Hioki slaps the foot to one side.
Avila pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hioki is out of range and Avila settles back down.
Avila fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hioki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hioki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hioki has his takedown stuffed
and Avila makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hioki misses with a takedown attempt
and Avila counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Avila throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tommy Avila is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hioki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Avila defends it nicely.
Hioki fails with the takedown
and Avila counters with an outside leg kick.
Avila lands a leg kick that knocks Hioki off balance momentarily.
Avila throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hioki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hioki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Avila looks to land a body kick but Hioki moved away.
Hioki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Avila pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hioki looks for a takedown but Avila sprawls well.
Hioki shoots in looking for a takedown. Avila tries to sprawl out of it but Hioki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Avila manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hioki is breathing heavily.
Avila wants to land a leg kick but Hioki is out of range.
Avila throws a quick inside leg kick.

Hioki fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Avila sprawls well initially but Hioki persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Avila holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Avila manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Avila not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hioki trying to control but Avila is working from the bottom.
Avila wants to hit a switch here but Hioki passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Avila there!
Avila keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

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.
Avila tries to hold on but Hioki postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hioki controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Avila dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Avila turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hioki fails with a takedown attempt.
Hioki has a takedown stuffed.
Avila finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Avila delivers a nice body kick.
Avila tries to land a leg kick but Hioki saw it coming and moves away.
Hioki checks a low kick from Avila.
Avila lands a lovely overhand right.
Hioki throws a body punch but Avila moves out of range.
Avila misses with a low kick.
Hioki fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hatsu Hioki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Avila stuffs the takedown attempt from Hioki. Hioki gets slowly back to his feet.
Hioki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hioki shoots for a takedown but Avila saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Avila stuffs the takedown attempt from Hioki. Hioki gets slowly back to his feet.
Avila throws out a leg kick but Hioki moves out of range and Avila only half commits.
Hioki checks the leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Avila.
Hioki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Avila as he jumps to the side.
Hioki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Avila.
Hioki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Avila counters with a low kick, right behind Hioki 's knee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hioki misses the jab.
Hioki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Avila defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hioki.
Hioki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Avila throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avila wants to slow Hioki down by chopping away at his legs.
Avila leaves Hioki with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hioki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hioki checks a low kick from Avila.
Avila connects with a leg kick. Hioki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hioki shoots in for a takedown but Avila shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Avila throws a nice outside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Hioki blocks the leg kick.
Avila misses with a body kick.
Hioki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Avila.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Avila lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hioki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hioki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Avila fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hioki.
Hioki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Avila there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Avila chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila motions for Hioki to come forward. Avila throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Avila keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hioki shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Avila sprawls well. Avila wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hioki gets slowly back to his feet.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Avila - that will leave a mark!
Avila tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Avila misses with a low kick.
Hioki fails with the takedown
and Avila counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hioki's knee momentarily.
Avila lands with a kick to the temple. Hioki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A slapping leg kick lands for Avila.
A clash of legs there as Hioki blocks the low kick.
Avila ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hioki moves away.
Avila keeps Hioki at a distance using the push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hioki is out of range and Avila settles back down.
Avila wants to slow Hioki down by chopping away at his legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Avila throws out a leg kick but Hioki moves out of range and Avila only half commits.
Hioki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Avila sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Avila lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Avila misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick from Avila lands but Hioki takes it in his stride.
Hioki has his takedown stuffed
and Avila counters with a thumping low kick.
Avila dips to his left and cracks Hioki with an uppercut!
Avila throws out a loose jab but Hioki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Avila misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avila pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hioki is out of range and Avila settles back down.
Hioki fails with the takedown
and Avila makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Avila feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hioki's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Avila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hioki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Avila misses with a kick to the body

and Hioki counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hioki.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Avila is on top in guard.
Hioki is looking to sweep but instead, Avila has passed into half guard.
Hioki wants to get back to full guard.
Avila frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hioki can't escape the position.
Hioki tries to hold on but Avila pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hioki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Avila.

Hioki is rocked!
Avila connects with a bit shot that sees Hioki covering up! More strikes from Avila and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Avila is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Avila!