PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Toshiro Kishimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jessie Lordd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kishimoto comes into the arena with Fighting dreamers blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lordd's choice of entrance music: Bow Down. This should be a great matchup!

Kishimoto
vs
Lordd

160 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

167 cm
22
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toshiro Kishimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jessie Lordd!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lordd clinches.
Lordd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lordd scores a nice knee to the body.
Kishimoto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lordd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kishimoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kishimoto is breathing heavily.

Lordd tightens his grip and picks Kishimoto up, before dumping him to the ground. Kishimoto manages to land in guard.
Lordd pushes down on Kishimoto's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lordd looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lordd takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lordd moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kishimoto is not content to let Lordd control the position.
Check out the look on Lordd's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lordd working the body and head with strikes.
Kishimoto tries to buck Lordd off but Lordd is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lordd working the ground and pound from side control.
Kishimoto could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lordd trying to control the position but Kishimoto is working away.
Lordd cracks Kishimoto with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kishimoto is trying to get back to half guard.
Kishimoto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kishimoto tries to get out of the position.
Kishimoto takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kishimoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kishimoto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Kishimoto takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Lordd tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lordd has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lordd has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lordd in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lordd lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kishimoto down.
Kishimoto trying to control but Lordd flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Lordd lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Lordd lands shots from the back.
Kishimoto is trapped and Lordd is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Kishimoto covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Lordd scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Kishimoto is looking for a way out.
Lordd throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kishimoto could be in trouble here!
Lordd throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Kishimoto!
Lordd throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kishimoto could be in trouble here!
Lordd avoiding Kishimoto 's attempts to control his hands.
Kishimoto is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Lordd lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Kishimoto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lordd scores with punches to the body.
Lordd loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Kishimoto hold on?
Lordd is looking to control Kishimoto but Kishimoto is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Lordd landing with strikes.
Kishimoto breaks Lordd's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Lordd looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kishimoto wants to stand but Lordd has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kishimoto wants to control from the top but Lordd keeps moving.
Lordd striking from his own 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lordd is on top in guard.
Kishimoto doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lordd stands and throws Kishimoto's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Check out the look on Lordd's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kishimoto is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Kishimoto tries to improve position but can't.
Lordd working the body and head with strikes.
Kishimoto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lordd on the ground.
Lordd scoring with punches from side control.
Kishimoto can't do much from the bottom here.
Kishimoto is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lordd connects with a decent elbow.
Lordd is trying to move to mount but Kishimoto reverses beautifully and ends up in Lordd's guard.
Kishimoto advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jessie Lordd 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.

Kishimoto misses with a double jab.
Kishimoto shoots for a takedown but Lordd saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Lordd gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lordd with a knee to the head.
Lordd misses with a knee strike.
Lordd tries to land knees in the clinch but Kishimoto avoids the damage to the body.
Lordd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kishimoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Lordd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lordd shoots and misses

and Kishimoto counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lordd works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lordd lands a decent shot there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kishimoto wants to get up but he can't break Lordd's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Kishimoto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lordd manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kishimoto manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kishimoto has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Lordd has passed into side control.
Kishimoto is looking to reverse the position.
Lordd working the ground and pound.
Lordd working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kishimoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lordd working the ground and pound from side control.
Kishimoto can't do much from the bottom here.
Lordd is working Kishimoto over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kishimoto is trying to get back to his feet.
Lordd trying to control the position but Kishimoto is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kishimoto wants to get back to his feet but Lordd drags him back down.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Lordd drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lordd lands a couple of digs.
Lordd passes Kishimoto's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jessie Lordd has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kishimoto is looking to improve his position.
Kishimoto tries to kick Lordd off but Lordd keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lordd lands with a punch from half guard.
Kishimoto punching from the bottom.
Lordd slips a nice elbow through Kishimoto's hands, connecting with Kishimoto's forehead.
Lordd not doing much here.
Lordd landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lordd throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lordd throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kishimoto's waist but Kishimoto gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lordd off to one side.
Nice body kick there by Kishimoto.
Lordd doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kishimoto counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lordd is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Toshiro Kishimoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jessie Lordd.

Lordd shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lordd trying to control the pace.
Kishimoto taking some punishment here, with Lordd in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kishimoto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kishimoto punching from the bottom.
Kishimoto taking some punishment here, with Lordd in his half guard.
Lordd lands strikes from half guard.
Lordd lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lordd is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lordd working over Kishimoto with some ground and pound. Kishimoto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lordd wants to control but Kishimoto is keeping him busy.
Nice strikes from Lordd there.
Kishimoto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lordd scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lordd lands a nice short elbow.
Kishimoto taking some punishment here, with Lordd in his half guard.
Lordd is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Kishimoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jessie Lordd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lordd shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lordd was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee warns Kishimoto that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kishimoto is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kishimoto swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Kishimoto is looking to get to half guard.
Kishimoto wants to control but Lordd is having none of it.
Kishimoto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lordd has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kishimoto's face.
Kishimoto is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lordd lands a big shot there that rocks Kishimoto but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lordd looking to finish Kishimoto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kishimoto!
Kishimoto is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Lordd.

Kishimoto is rocked!
Lordd breaks from Kishimoto's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oh Kishimoto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lordd landing strikes from the mount and Kishimoto is in trouble!
Kishimoto throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lordd. What's that going to do exactly?
Lordd putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lordd postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Kishimoto badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Lordd around the waist but Lordd pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Lordd is the winner by TKO! Lordd jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jessie Lordd!