PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tokugawa Hattori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Villar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villar has chosen Kamao as his entrance music. Angelo Villar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hattori
vs
Villar

183 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

170 cm
30
197 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tokugawa Hattori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Villar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hattori takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hattori will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hattori lands with a kick to the temple. Villar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Villar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Villar moves out of range of the strikes.
Hattori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Villar is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Villar is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hattori's half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Villar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hattori manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hattori will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hattori working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Villar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Villar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Villar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Hattori is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Villar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hattori working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Villar.

Hattori throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Villar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hattori's head.

Villar gets to his feet. Hattori looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Tokugawa Hattori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Villar gets the takedown into side control.
Hattori is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Villar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hattori trying to control from the bottom.
Hattori gets full guard.
Villar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Villar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hattori wants to stand and escape but Villar is having none of it.
Villar wants to get up but he can't break Hattori's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Hattori looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villar scoring with some ground and pound.
Villar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Villar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hattori. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Villar throwing strikes from guard but Hattori blocks nicely.
Villar is looking to work some ground and pound but Hattori has wrist control.
Villar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Villar decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hattori throws a body punch but Villar moves out of range.

Villar drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hattori is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Villar has one foot on Hattori's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Hattori does no damage.
Villar gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hattori counters with a series of strikes. Villar will be more careful next time no doubt.
Villar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hattori motions for Villar to come forward. Hattori throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Villar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
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.
Villar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Villar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hattori defending well though.
Hattori is trying to control but can't.
Villar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Villar lands with a punch from half guard.
Hattori taking some punishment here, with Villar in his half guard.
Villar tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hattori wants to get back to his feet.
Hattori trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hattori is pressing down on Villar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hattori utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Villar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hattori bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Villar's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hattori accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hattori trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Villar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hattori loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hattori trying to control the position from guard on top but Villar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hattori postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Angelo Villar will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hattori misses the shot to the body.
Hattori misses the jab.
Hattori misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hattori throws a combination that misses

and Villar counters with a shoot takedown. Hattori fights it but they end up in guard.
Villar is in close to Hattori's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Villar lands a couple of elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hattori is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Villar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Villar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Villar postures up and lands a big shot to Hattori's brow.

Hattori is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Villar defends well.

Hattori looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villar wants to get up but he can't break Hattori's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Angelo Villar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Villar postures up and lands a big shot to Hattori's brow.
Villar lands a couple of digs.
Villar won't allow Hattori to sweep him here.
Villar landing with the ground and pound.
Villar working some strikes from top position.

Hattori is rocked!
Villar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Villar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hattori's head.
Oh Hattori is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Villar postures up and lands a big shot to Hattori's brow.
Villar gets to his feet and stands over Hattori, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Hattori felt that one! Villar unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Hattori from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelo Villar!
Angelo Villar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.