PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hiroki Tomori (ranked 1231 p4p, 913 weight class) and Marcos Budinha (ranked 62 p4p, 47 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Tomori
vs
Budinha

171 cm
31
142
17 - 10 - 1

150 cm
25
130
14 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Marcos Budinha!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Budinha closes the distance and clinches.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomori.
Budinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tomori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Budinha is defending well for now.
Tomori has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tomori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Tomori.
Tomori trying to land knees to the body.

Tomori manages to break the clinch.

Tomori fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Budinha, pushing him back against the cage.
Tomori is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Budinha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Tomori.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
Tomori trying to land knees to the body.
Budinha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tomori is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tomori misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Budinha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tomori throws an elbow but it misses.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tomori lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori managing to block the knees to the body from Budinha.
Come on Budinha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tomori tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Budinha's elbow.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tomori throws a head punch that misses.
Tomori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Budinha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tomori in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Budinha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tomori managing to block the knees to the body from Budinha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomori takes an elbow to the forehead.
Budinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tomori lands with a left to the head.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomori.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomori managing to block the knees to the body from Budinha.
Budinha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tomori pushes Budinha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Tomori avoids the damage to the body.
Tomori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Budinha throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tomori manages to break the clinch.
Tomori tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Budinha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Budinha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Tomori closes the distance and clinches.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori stalling the fight.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but Tomori blocks it.
Tomori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
Tomori avoiding damage.
Budinha lands an elbow that stopped Tomori in his tracks for a moment.
Budinha on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Tomori blocks with his arms.
Tomori missing with knees to the body.
Budinha lands an elbow inside that Tomori shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tomori throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Budinha.
Budinha crunches a lovely knee into Tomori's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Budinha trying to land knees to the body.
Budinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Budinha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Budinha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Budinha connects with a knee to the head.
Budinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tomori is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Budinha.

Tomori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tomori has closed the distance and engaged Budinha in a clinch.
Budinha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tomori's face.

Tomori is rocked!
Budinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oh Tomori is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tomori takes a knee right on the jaw!
Budinha dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Budinha scores a nice knee to the body.
Budinha displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tomori up against the cage.
Budinha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Budinha dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tomori fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Budinha, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tomori throws an elbow but misses.
Budinha misses with a knee to the head.
Budinha stalling in the clinch.
Budinha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tomori is keeping busy.
Budinha landing knees to the head.
Budinha creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Tomori! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Budinha.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcos Budinha!
An out of breath Marcos Budinha thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.