PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toki Yo (ranked 6232 p4p, 585 weight class) and Michiko Kawai (ranked 6536 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Yo
vs
Kawai

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Pit Bull Development

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toki Yo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michiko Kawai!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Yo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kawai wants to counter the offense by Yo and move into the clinch position.
A punch combination from Yo misses.

Kawai gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yo lands a knee to the head.
Kawai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yo dodges an elbow strike from Kawai.
Kawai managing to block the knees to the body from Yo.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kawai throws an elbow but misses.
Yo blocks an elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.
Kawai throws an elbow but it misses.
Yo throws a punch but it's blocked by Kawai.
Yo trying to land knees to the body.
Yo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yo's brow.
Yo stalling against the cage.
Kawai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.
Kawai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kawai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kawai.
Kawai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kawai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kawai taking a breather.
Yo looking to throw knees to the head but Kawai is blocking nicely.
Yo is stalling here.
Kawai content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kawai pushes off an throws an elbow but Yo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kawai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kawai throws an elbow but it misses.
Yo slowing the pace effectively.
Kawai managing to block the knees to the body from Yo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yo stalling in the clinch.
Kawai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yo as Kawai tries to tie him up.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Kawai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yo's brow.
Yo misses with a knee to the head.
Kawai throws an elbow but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Yo has Kawai pushed against the cage.
Yo lands a knee to the body.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Kawai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kawai throws an elbow but it misses.
Yo slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yo tries a knee to the head but Kawai blocks it.
Yo dodges an elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo missing with knees to the body.
Kawai misses with an elbow over the top.
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo avoids the elbow strike from Kawai, against the cage.
Yo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yo stalling the fight.
Yo avoids the elbow strike from Kawai, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yo.
Yo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kawai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yo stalling in the clinch.
Kawai stalling in the clinch but Yo improves position.
Come on Yo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kawai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kawai is defending well for now.
Kawai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yo throws a punch but it's blocked by Kawai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yo's brow.
Kawai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Come on Yo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kawai avoids the damage to the body.
Kawai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yo blocks an elbow strike.
Yo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kawai throws an elbow but it misses.
Kawai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yo dodges an elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo avoiding damage.
Yo misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michiko Kawai will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Yo tries to close the distance and clinch but Kawai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kawai drives through and clinches with Yo against the cage.
Yo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kawai throws an elbow but it misses.
Yo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kawai up against the cage.
Kawai misses with an elbow over the top.
Yo avoids the elbow strike from Kawai, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yo's brow.
Kawai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kawai avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yo misses with a knee to the head.
Yo tries a body shot but Kawai blocks it.
Yo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kawai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kawai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kawai taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kawai blocks it with crossed arms.
Yo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kawai blocks it with crossed arms.
Yo blocks the elbow strike.
Yo scores with a shot to the side of Kawai's head.
Kawai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yo misses with a knee strike.
Kawai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kawai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kawai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yo stalling in the clinch.
Kawai lands an elbow just above Yo 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yo's brow.
Yo throws a head punch that misses.
Yo missing with knees to the body.
Kawai lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kawai avoiding damage as Yo throws knees to the body.
Kawai managing to block the knees to the body from Yo.
Kawai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yo lands a nice knee to the body.
Kawai stalling in the clinch but Yo improves position.
Kawai looking to stall.
Yo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawai.
Michiko Kawai seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yo looking to throw knees to the head but Kawai is blocking nicely.
Yo throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kawai throws an elbow but misses.
Kawai lands an elbow inside that Yo shrugs off.
Yo misses with a knee to the head.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Yo working aggressively here.
Kawai misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kawai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kawai lands a damaging elbow.
Yo tries to land a knee to the head but Kawai blocks with his arms.
Yo throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Yo.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yo.
Yo blocks an elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo blocks an elbow strike from Kawai.
Kawai lands an elbow just above Yo 's eye.
Yo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kawai blocks it with crossed arms.
Kawai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kawai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kawai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kawai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yo's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kawai throws an elbow but misses.
Yo trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kawai is trying to maintain a safe position but Yo gets an underhook and turns Kawai into the cage.
Kawai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Yo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kawai blocks it with crossed arms.
Kawai letting Yo take a breather here.
Yo taking a breather.
Yo controlling the action here for a moment.
Yo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yo tries to land a knee to the head but Kawai blocks with his arms.
Yo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yo looking to throw knees to the head but Kawai is blocking nicely.
Yo blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Michiko Kawai will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Yo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Kawai misses with a looping right.

Yo tries to keep at a distance but Kawai has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.

Yo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kawai forces Yo back against the cage and clinches.
Yo tries a knee to the head but Kawai blocks it.
Kawai lands an elbow inside that Yo shrugs off.
Yo avoids the elbow strike from Kawai, against the cage.
Yo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yo blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yo has Kawai pushed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kawai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yo dodges an elbow strike from Kawai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yo's brow.
Yo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kawai's elbow.
Yo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kawai misses with an elbow over the top.
Yo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.
Kawai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yo blocks an elbow strike from Kawai.
Kawai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yo's defenses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Yo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Kawai throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Kawai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kawai avoiding damage as Yo throws knees to the body.
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.
Yo scores with a knee to the head.
Yo tries to land knees in the clinch but Kawai avoids the damage to the body.
Kawai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kawai misses with an elbow strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yo effectively controlling the action here.
Stalling in the clinch from Yo.
Yo avoids the elbow strike from Kawai, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kawai throws an elbow but misses.
Yo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kawai.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Yo misses with an elbow over the top.
Kawai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kawai is keeping busy.
Yo blocks the elbow strike.
Yo avoids the elbow strike from Kawai, against the cage.
Yo is trying to stall.
Yo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kawai avoids it.
Yo tries to throw a body punch but Kawai avoids it by throwing Yo back against the cage.
Kawai lands an elbow just above Yo 's eye.
Kawai's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nice elbow from Kawai.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kawai up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kawai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yo's brow.
Kawai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yo blocks the elbow strike.
Yo trying to land knees to the body.
Yo blocks an elbow strike from Kawai.
Kawai throws an elbow that misses.
Yo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kawai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kawai is looking to control Yo's arms but Yo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kawai has his back to the cage.
Kawai lands a damaging elbow.
Yo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toki Yo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kawai avoiding damage as Yo throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kawai lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michiko Kawai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kawai winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Michiko Kawai!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Michiko Kawai!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Michiko Kawai!

Michiko Kawai wins by unanimous decision!