PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tanishi Toshiyuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Perben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toshiyuki comes into the arena with Fuck you blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Tanishi Toshiyuki has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Toshiyuki
vs
Perben

170 cm
29
157 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Excellent grappler
Good kicks
Fast

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tanishi Toshiyuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Perben!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toshiyuki throws a sloppy head kick and Perben moves out of range easily.
Toshiyuki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perben lands a high kick!

It looks like Tanishi Toshiyuki has been cut.
Perben closes the distance and clinches up with Toshiyuki, looking for a takedown. Perben pushes Toshiyuki against the cage but Toshiyuki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Perben instigates a clinch.

Perben pulls Toshiyuki into guard.
Perben is controlling Toshiyuki's posture.
Toshiyuki throwing strikes but missing.
Perben is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toshiyuki throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perben pulls Toshiyuki in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Perben has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Toshiyuki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Perben had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Toshiyuki defends it easily.
Toshiyuki tries to stand but Perben is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perben controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toshiyuki throws a strike but Perben rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perben controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Toshiyuki looking for a sweep. Not yet Toshiyuki, not yet.
Perben content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Perben landing with the ground and pound.
Perben is stalling in the full guard.
Perben postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Perben postures up.
Perben throwing strikes from guard but Toshiyuki blocks nicely.
Perben slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Toshiyuki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Perben on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perben working some strikes from top position.
Perben scoring with some ground and pound.
Toshiyuki being controlled here, momentarily.
Perben postures up and lands a big shot to Toshiyuki's brow.
Perben distracts Toshiyuki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Toshiyuki is looking to sweep but instead, Perben has passed into half guard.
Perben looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Toshiyuki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Perben with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Perben is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Toshiyuki doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Perben.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perben not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Perben lands strikes from half guard.
Toshiyuki on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Toshiyuki is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Perben scores with a couple of nice shots.
Perben passes to full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perben lands with some strikes.

Toshiyuki is rocked!
Perben postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Toshiyuki looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Toshiyuki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perben landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Perben dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tanishi Toshiyuki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Perben avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perben has a takedown stuffed.
As Perben backs away, Toshiyuki returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Toshiyuki seems to have got his legs back now.
Perben throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perben throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Toshiyuki's head.
Perben misses with a low kick as Toshiyuki jumps back.
Perben lands a nice shot to the body.

Toshiyuki shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Perben's guard.
Perben has momentary wrist control but Toshiyuki slips an elbow through the middle.
Toshiyuki takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Toshiyuki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Toshiyuki looking to sit in guard and control but Perben gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Pierre Perben has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perben pushing down on Toshiyuki's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Perben has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perben slips a nice elbow through Toshiyuki's hands, connecting with Toshiyuki's forehead.
Perben thows a huge punch but Toshiyuki dodges it nicely.
Toshiyuki taking some punishment here, with Perben in his half guard.
Perben scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Toshiyuki wants to improve his position but Perben is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Perben there.
Perben is trying to control. Toshiyuki wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Perben prevents Toshiyuki from improving his position.
Perben is taking a breather. Toshiyuki says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perben is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Perben looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Perben working the head and body with strikes.
Perben working Toshiyuki over with strikes.
Perben working Toshiyuki over with strikes.
Toshiyuki is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Body Pain_14elite_700$+VM, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Perben lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Toshiyuki! More strikes land and this one is all over! Perben jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Perben!
After winning the bout, Pierre Perben thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Tanishi Toshiyuki spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck u!'.