PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tataki Mizuto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naya Shinoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mizuto comes to the ring accompanied by The Beginning- One Ok Rock. Shinoki has chosen wadiako as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mizuto
vs
Shinoki

188 cm
27
165 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
169 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tataki Mizuto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naya Shinoki !
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinoki with a lazy takedown attempt

so Mizuto counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Shinoki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mizuto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mizuto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shinoki wants to sweep here but Mizuto controlling him for the moment.
Mizuto stands up over Shinoki , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Shinoki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shinoki controls Mizuto momentarily but Mizuto frees himself.
Mizuto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Shinoki 's head.
Shinoki pulls Mizuto in close to prevent any damage.
Mizuto with a nice head shot there.
Shinoki looking for a sweep. Not yet Shinoki , not yet.
Shinoki keeping moving, preventing Mizuto from controlling successfully.
Mizuto looking to sit in guard and control but Shinoki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinoki wants to pass the guard but Mizuto is keeping the position.
Shinoki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shinoki is fighting to break Mizuto's control of his arms but Mizuto is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mizuto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shinoki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mizuto is keeping the position for now.
Mizuto really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizuto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shinoki .
Shinoki is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mizuto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mizuto is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Shinoki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mizuto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mizuto keeping moving, preventing Shinoki from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Shinoki moves into range and clinches up with Mizuto.

Mizuto is fighting off a takedown attempt but Shinoki is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Mizuto to the mat. Mizuto regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Shinoki slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Shinoki tries to free his leg and advance position but Mizuto is retaining full guard.
Mizuto has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Shinoki has passed into side control.

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

Shinoki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mizuto has escaped the position, nice work there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shinoki misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Naya Shinoki dominated that round.
That's time! Mizuto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shinoki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mizuto as he avoids it easily.
Shinoki tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mizuto defends well and Shinoki ends up having to push Mizuto into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Shinoki drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mizuto looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Tataki Mizuto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Naya Shinoki .

Shinoki has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mizuto uses from the top position.

Shinoki working for a triangle but Mizuto defends it easily.
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.
Shinoki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mizuto!
Mizuto is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizuto is working hard here to advance position.
Shinoki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mizuto wants to hold on but Shinoki pushes him away.

Shinoki looking for a guillotine from mount but Mizuto is having none of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mizuto is desperately trying to improve his position but Shinoki has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinoki lands a big shot there that rocks Mizuto but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mizuto really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Shinoki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mizuto is looking to escape.
Shinoki controlling from the full mount.
Shinoki lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mizuto hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Shinoki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Shinoki landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mizuto takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shinoki landing strikes from the mount and Mizuto is in trouble!

Shinoki looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Mizuto is looking to improve his position but Shinoki isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizuto is trying to stand up.
Shinoki throwing strikes here but Mizuto is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Shinoki misses with a head shot.
Shinoki thowing shots but they're missing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mizuto is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shinoki thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Shinoki controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Naya Shinoki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mizuto wants a takedown but no success here.

Shinoki turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Shinoki has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Mizuto!
Shinoki looking to control but Mizuto is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shinoki scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinoki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mizuto is looking to escape.
Naya Shinoki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shinoki throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shinoki working the ground and pound effectively.
Shinoki looking to finish with strikes here!
Shinoki looking to finish with strikes here!
Shinoki looking to control but Mizuto is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizuto throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Shinoki wants to finish this one by submission but Mizuto is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Shinoki .
Shinoki throwing strikes here but Mizuto is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Shinoki punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shinoki trying to control but Mizuto is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinoki working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Shinoki trying to control but Mizuto is having none of it.
Shinoki avoids the attempt from Mizuto to control.
Tataki Mizuto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shinoki punching from mount but Mizuto doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Shinoki content just to control the position here.
Naya Shinoki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizuto is bucking up trying to escape but Shinoki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Mizuto is rocked!

Shinoki working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Mizuto looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Shinoki ! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Naya Shinoki !
Jumping up and down and very excited, Naya Shinoki waved his t-shirt featuring Kemists ↑ 5x160Q's logo in front of the cameras.