PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoshinobu Tokugawa (ranked 2566 p4p, 6354 weight class) and Bjarki Hlynsson (ranked 272 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Tokugawa
vs
Hlynsson

175 cm
24
158
3 - 4 - 0

183 cm
26
149
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshinobu Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bjarki Hlynsson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokugawa scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from Hlynsson.
An attempted straight right counter from Tokugawa misses the target.
Crunch! Tokugawa slams his shin into Hlynsson's torso.
Tokugawa throws a jab but it's blocked by Hlynsson.
A jab from Tokugawa misses.
Hlynsson misses with a straight left.
Hlynsson scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Tokugawa misses.
A punch lands to the side of Hlynsson 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Hlynsson is rocked!
Hlynsson throws out a loose jab but Tokugawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hlynsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Tokugawa finish him?

Tokugawa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hlynsson is looking to control Tokugawa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hlynsson avoid being mounted?
Tokugawa working over Hlynsson with some ground and pound. Hlynsson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hlynsson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tokugawa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hlynsson wants to improve his position but Tokugawa is controlling well.
Tokugawa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hlynsson is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tokugawa seems to be working for a kimura but Hlynsson defends the submission attempt.
Hlynsson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hlynsson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tokugawa scores with a couple of nice shots.

Tokugawa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hlynsson defends it well.
Hlynsson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tokugawa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tokugawa is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Hlynsson is hurt! He's hurt bad - Tokugawa fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Hlynsson from any more punishment! Congratulations to Tokugawa! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshinobu Tokugawa!
An out of breath Yoshinobu Tokugawa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.