PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shinji Tomoguchi (ranked 5373 p4p, 6758 weight class) and Slash Shredder (ranked 520 p4p, 624 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tomoguchi
vs
Shredder

180 cm
18
155
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
160
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shinji Tomoguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Slash Shredder!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tomoguchi moves into the clinch.
A short right from Shredder on the inside.
Tomoguchi misses with the head strike.
Shredder throws a head punch that misses.
Shredder tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tomoguchi's elbow.
Shredder blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shredder tries to stall but Tomoguchi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Tomoguchi on the inside.
Tomoguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Shredder lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shredder has a couple of punches blocked by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shredder tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tomoguchi's elbow.
A short uppercut from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Shredder.
Shredder looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shredder tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Tomoguchi.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomoguchi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomoguchi lands a left hand.
Shredder misses with a punch to the body.
Shredder misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shredder throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shredder or not.
Shredder misses with the head strike.
Tomoguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Shredder.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shredder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tomoguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomoguchi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tomoguchi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tomoguchi misses with a body punch.
Shredder can't find room to land a body shot as Tomoguchi controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shredder tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shredder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shredder blocks a body shot from Tomoguchi.
Shredder is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Tomoguchi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomoguchi blocks an uppercut.
Tomoguchi scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shredder.
Shredder blocking some punches.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Shredder.
Tomoguchi tries to throw a body punch but Shredder avoids it by throwing Tomoguchi back against the cage.
Tomoguchi lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Tomoguchi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A shot in the inside from Tomoguchi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shredder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shredder has a couple of punches blocked by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi prevents Shredder from breaking the clinch.
Shredder misses with a body punch.
Shredder is looking to break free of the clinch but Tomoguchi has double underhooks.
Shredder tries to throw a body punch but Tomoguchi avoids it by throwing Shredder back against the cage.
Shredder'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.
Tomoguchi blocks a body shot from Shredder.
Tomoguchi misses with a body punch.
Shredder scores with a hook to the body.
Shredder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Shredder.
Tomoguchi misses with some punches.
Shredder tries a body shot but Tomoguchi blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Shredder fails to land.
Shredder tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shredder prevents a body shot from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi misses with the head strike.
Tomoguchi takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shredder.
Tomoguchi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shredders head.
Shredder is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shredder scores with a shot to the side of Tomoguchi's head.
Shredder misses with the head strike.
Shredder lands with a left to the head.
Tomoguchi blocks an uppercut.
Tomoguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Tomoguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shredder throws a head punch that misses.
Shredder lands with a left to the head.
Shredder throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tomoguchis head.
Tomoguchi has a couple of punches blocked by Shredder.
Shredder blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Shredder.
A head punch on the inside from Tomoguchi fails to land.
Shredder throws a head punch that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Shredder.
Shredder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Shredder.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi is working Shredder over against the cage.
Shredder misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shredder taking a breather.
Tomoguchi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Tomoguchi blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shredder.
Tomoguchi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shredders head.
Tomoguchi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shredder lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Shredder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomoguchi swings widly with a right hand
and Shredder connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shredder throws a shot from downtown. Tomoguchi moves away and avoids it.
Tomoguchi tests Shredder's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shredder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shinji Tomoguchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shredder swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Shredder counters with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Shinji Tomoguchi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Tomoguchi is looking to clinch.
Shredder let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tomoguchi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tomoguchi wants to clinch up but Shredder keeps it at a distance.

Shredder tries to keep at a distance but Tomoguchi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shredder lands a right hand.
Shredder swings wildly with an uppercut but Tomoguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomoguchi lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomoguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomoguchi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shredder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Tomoguchi.
Shredder is looking to control Tomoguchi's arms but Tomoguchi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shredder has his back to the cage.
Tomoguchi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Shredder working aggressively here.
Tomoguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Shredder.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shredder tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tomoguchi's elbow.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tomoguchi works on Shredder's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomoguchi tries to work over Shredder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Tomoguchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shredder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tomoguchi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomoguchi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
Tomoguchi digs a right hand into Shredder's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shredder's gas tank.
Tomoguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shredder's elbow.
Tomoguchi gets through Shredder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tomoguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shredder misses with a punch to the body.
Shredder lands a hook that snaps the head of Tomoguchi backwards.
Shredder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tomoguchi blocks an uppercut.
Shredder has a couple of punches blocked by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi scores with a shoulder strike.
Tomoguchi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tomoguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shredder has a couple of punches blocked by Tomoguchi.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomoguchi.
Shredder prevents a body shot from Tomoguchi.
Shinji Tomoguchi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shredder misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Tomoguchi on the inside.
Shredder misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tomoguchi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
Tomoguchi working aggressively here.
Shredder doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shredder lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tomoguchi backwards.
Shredder throws a punch but it's blocked by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shredder is breathing heavily.
Tomoguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch on the inside.
Shredder can't find room to land a body shot as Tomoguchi controls the action.
Shredder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tomoguchi misses with some punches.
Shredder working aggressively here.
Tomoguchi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shredder can do to turn this around?
Tomoguchi blocks a body shot from Shredder.
Tomoguchi misses with the head strike.
Shredder wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tomoguchi.
Shredder blocks an uppercut.
Shredder throws a head punch that misses.
Shredder misses with a punch to the body.
Shredder swings wildly with an uppercut but Tomoguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tomoguchi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomoguchi lands with a light punch inside.
Shredder lands a shoulder strike.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Shredder struggles to land a body shot inside as Tomoguchi controls his hands.
Tomoguchi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tomoguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shredder looking to stall.
Tomoguchi pushes Shredder back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tomoguchi lands a hook that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tomoguchi fails to land.
Shredder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tomoguchi lands an uppercut.
Tomoguchi lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Tomoguchi as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomoguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shredder blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomoguchi digs a right hand into Shredder's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shredder's gas tank.
Tomoguchi lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Tomoguchi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomoguchi lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Tomoguchi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomoguchi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tomoguchi lands a hook that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
Tomoguchi lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Tomoguchi.
A body shot lands from Tomoguchi.
A right hand to the body from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi scores with a shoulder strike.
Tomoguchi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shredders head.
Tomoguchi lands an uppercut.
Tomoguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomoguchi lands a body shot.
Tomoguchi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tomoguchi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Tomoguchi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tomoguchi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
Tomoguchi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tomoguchi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shredder misses with the head strike.
Tomoguchi scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shinji Tomoguchi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Tomoguchi lands a nice shot to the body.
Tomoguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shredder was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomoguchi.
Shredder looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shredder swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi throws a jab when Shredder was well out of range.
Tomoguchi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shredder looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shredder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tomoguchi lands with an uppercut that bounces Shredder off the cage and back into range.
Shredder takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A swing and a miss from Tomoguchi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tomoguchi takes the fight into the clinch.
Tomoguchi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Tomoguchi.
Shredder blocks a body shot from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shredder takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shredder misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomoguchi gets through Shredder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tomoguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tomoguchi throws a head punch that misses.
Tomoguchi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Shredder misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tomoguchi tries to throw a body punch but Shredder avoids it by throwing Tomoguchi back against the cage.
Tomoguchi tries to throw a body punch but Shredder avoids it by throwing Tomoguchi back against the cage.
Shredder swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Tomoguchi.
Shredder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tomoguchi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Shredder breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shredder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shredder on the side of the head.
Shinji Tomoguchi is winning the standup battle so far.
Tomoguchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Shredder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Shredder gets tackled into the cage by Tomoguchi. Tomoguchi maintains the clinch.
Tomoguchi blocking some punches.
Shredder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tomoguchi.
Slash Shredder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shredder tries a body shot but Tomoguchi blocks it.
Shredder misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomoguchi.
Shredder misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tomoguchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Shredder.
Tomoguchi misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi lands a hook that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
Tomoguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Shredder controls his hands.
Tomoguchi lands with a right to the head.
Tomoguchi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tomoguchi working aggressively here.
Shredder doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomoguchi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
Tomoguchi scores with a hook to the body.
Shredder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi presses Shredder against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Shredder fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Shredder fails to land.
Tomoguchi tries to work over Shredder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shredder tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tomoguchi.
Shredder doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tomoguchi digs a right hand into Shredder's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shredder's gas tank.
Tomoguchi pushes Shredder back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shredder misses with a body punch.
Tomoguchi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shredder or not.
Tomoguchi is working Shredder over against the cage.
Tomoguchi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shredder backwards.
Tomoguchi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomoguchi lands a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomoguchi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tomoguchi lands an uppercut.
Tomoguchi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Tomoguchi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tomoguchi prevents a body shot from Shredder.
Tomoguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shredder's elbow.

Shredder manages to break the clinch.
Shredder throws a jab but it's blocked by Tomoguchi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shredder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shredder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Shredder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tomoguchi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tomoguchi throws a series of punches but Shredder moves out of range.
Shredder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tomoguchi moves away.
Shredder takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tomoguchi catches Shredder with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shredder walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Tomoguchi has Shredder up against the cage in a clinch.
Tomoguchi pushes Shredder back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shredder misses with a body punch.
Shredder lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shredder swings wildly with an uppercut but Tomoguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomoguchi lands with a short punch from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shinji Tomoguchi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tomoguchi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shinji Tomoguchi!
Shinji Tomoguchi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.