PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenjiro Tokugawa (ranked 22818 p4p, 5383 weight class) and Bobby Bilkington (ranked 543 p4p, 510 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tokugawa
vs
Bilkington

178 cm
21
168
3 - 3 - 0

186 cm
27
163
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenjiro Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Bilkington!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tokugawa moves into range and clinches up with Bilkington.
Bilkington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tokugawa smiles and moves away.
Tokugawa misses with a body shot.
Tokugawa throws a head kick but Bilkington moves out of range.
Tokugawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bilkington.
Tokugawa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bilkington shoots in but no luck this time.
Bilkington slips a straight right by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa throws a leg kick that misses.
Tokugawa tests Bilkington's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kenjiro Tokugawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bilkington throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tokugawa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tokugawa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tokugawa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bilkington checks it well.
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!
Bilkington misses with a takedown attempt - Tokugawa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kenjiro Tokugawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Bilkington.
Bilkington shoots in looking for a takedown but Tokugawa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bilkington's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilkington takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tokugawa misses with a head kick.
Tokugawa connects with a leg kick.
Bilkington drops his hands momentarily and Tokugawa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bilkington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bilkington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tokugawa.

Tokugawa darts in and clinches Bilkington up against the cage.

Bilkington manages to pull guard.
Bilkington avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tokugawa throws a big elbow that misses.
Tokugawa stands up over Bilkington, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bilkington controls Tokugawa momentarily but Tokugawa frees himself.
Bilkington thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilkington trying to control the position.
Tokugawa works over Bilkington with some ground and pound from guard.
Tokugawa wants to control from the top but Bilkington keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tokugawa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bilkington has Tokugawa pulled in close to control his posture.
Bilkington wants to sweep here but Tokugawa controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilkington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa is in close to Bilkington's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tokugawa wants to control from the top but Bilkington keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tokugawa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bilkington keeping moving, preventing Tokugawa from controlling successfully.
Tokugawa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bilkington's head.
Tokugawa looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tokugawa is looking to work some ground and pound but Bilkington has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa controlling from the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Tokugawa being controlled here momentarily.
Tokugawa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bilkington's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tokugawa lands a couple of digs.
Tokugawa throwing strikes from guard but Bilkington blocks nicely.
Bilkington wants to sweep here but Tokugawa controlling him for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenjiro Tokugawa dominated that round.
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.

Tokugawa takes the fight into the clinch.
Bilkington trying to control the position but instead, Tokugawa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bilkington into the cage.
Bilkington wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tokugawa pushes Bilkington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tokugawa misses with a knee to the head.
I was talking to Tokugawa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bilkington is trying to drag Tokugawa to the mat but Tokugawa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Tokugawa ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tokugawa no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tokugawa working for a triangle but Bilkington defends it easily.

Tokugawa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bilkington gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bilkington decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tokugawa, up you get!
Tokugawa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tokugawa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bilkington can do to turn this around?
Tokugawa swings for the body but Bilkington moves out of range.
Tokugawa misses with an uppercut.

Bilkington feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bilkington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tokugawa is keeping the position for now.
Tokugawa working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa 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.
Bilkington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tokugawa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bilkington stopping the sweep attempt from Tokugawa.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bilkington throws a big elbow that misses.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa misses with a low kick.
Bilkington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tokugawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tokugawa.
Nice sprawl there from Tokugawa as Bilkington shoots in.
Tokugawa fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bilkington just manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Bilkington.
Nice takedown defense from Tokugawa. No joy for Bilkington on that attempt.
Kenjiro Tokugawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Bilkington.
Bilkington shoots for a takedown but Tokugawa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bilkington tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bobby Bilkington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tokugawa scores with a sloppy right hand. Bilkington should have avoided that one.
Tokugawa throws the left hand but Bilkington avoids the punch easily.
Tokugawa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bilkington with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Tokugawa darts in and clinches Bilkington up against the cage.
Bilkington changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tokugawa fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Tokugawa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bilkington sprawls well initially but Tokugawa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bilkington tries to kick Tokugawa off in order to stand up. Tokugawa Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bilkington tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tokugawa wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Tokugawa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tokugawa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tokugawa staying calm.
Tokugawa's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bilkington regains half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenjiro Tokugawa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tokugawa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bilkington sprawls well initially but Tokugawa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bilkington avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tokugawa.
Bilkington has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tokugawa is working away from the top position though.
Tokugawa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bilkington controlling the position for now.
Bilkington is refusing to be controlled, as Tokugawa sits in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tokugawa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tokugawa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bilkington defending well though.
Tokugawa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tokugawa working over Bilkington with some ground and pound. Bilkington looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tokugawa is thwarting Bilkington's attempts to control the position.
Tokugawa throwing shots but Bilkington is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tokugawa lands a nice short elbow.
Bilkington trying to hold on to Tokugawa's head to control him but Tokugawa postures up.

Tokugawa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bilkington defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa is trying to control. Bilkington wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tokugawa misses with a head shot. Bilkington uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tokugawa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Bilkington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tokugawa is aware though and is defending well.
Bilkington is trying to control the position but Tokugawa postures up.
Tokugawa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bilkington trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Tokugawa throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilkington keeping moving, preventing Tokugawa from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Tokugawa throwing strikes from guard but Bilkington blocks nicely.
Tokugawa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tokugawa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tokugawa throws a low kick but Bilkington moves out of range easily.
Bilkington throws a fast counter high kick but Tokugawa manages to duck under it in time.
Bilkington tries to clinch up but Tokugawa circles away and keeps his distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bilkington. Tokugawa shrugs it off though.

Tokugawa closes the distance and clinches.
Bilkington taking a breather.
Tokugawa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bilkington's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilkington changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tokugawa fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bilkington has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tokugawa.
Bilkington tries to clinch there but Tokugawa circles away.
Bilkington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bilkington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tokugawa tries a low kick but Bilkington avoids it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bilkington dives in and grabs Tokugawa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tokugawa pushes down on Bilkington's head and hops out.

Tokugawa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tokugawa is chipping away with strikes.
Bobby Bilkington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tokugawa wants to control but Bilkington is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenjiro Tokugawa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tokugawa 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenjiro Tokugawa!