PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rapido Nadadora (ranked 2869 p4p, 5707 weight class) and Kenjiro Tokugawa (ranked 350 p4p, 475 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nadadora
vs
Tokugawa

177 cm
34
161
14 - 13 - 0

178 cm
22
168
4 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

AVALON

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 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rapido Nadadora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenjiro Tokugawa!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokugawa scores with a leg kick.
Nadadora blocks the body kick.
Nadadora misses with a two punch combination.
Tokugawa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nadadora throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tokugawa counters with a body kick that stops Nadadora in his tracks momentarily.
Tokugawa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nadadora throws a series of punches but Tokugawa moves out of range.
Nadadora misses with the combination.
Tokugawa lands a jab-cross combination.
Tokugawa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice leg kick from Tokugawa, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Left hook, right uppercut from Nadadora.

It looks like Kenjiro Tokugawa has been cut.
Tokugawa connects with a solid leg kick.

Tokugawa clinches up against the cage.
Nadadora tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tokugawa's elbow.
Tokugawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Nadadora controls his hands.
Nadadora looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Tokugawa gets control of Nadadora's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tokugawa will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tokugawa seems keen to control Nadadora's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadadora knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tokugawa on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tokugawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tokugawa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tokugawa is looking to slow Nadadora down with leg kicks.
Nadadora misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Nadadora.

Tokugawa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tokugawa connects with a nice short shot to Nadadora's temple.
Nadadora avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tokugawa.
Nadadora on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tokugawa in particular looking to stall.
Tokugawa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tokugawa not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa is taking a breather. Nadadora says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tokugawa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nadadora defending well though.
Tokugawa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nadadora avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tokugawa slows the pace down in half guard.
Tokugawa throwing shots but Nadadora is blocking nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenjiro Tokugawa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenjiro Tokugawa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tokugawa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nadadora throws a series of punches but Tokugawa moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nadadora!
Nadadora tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nadadora moves out of range of the strikes.
Tokugawa swinging wildly here.
Jab from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa scores with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Nadadora misses.
Nadadora misses with a two punch combination.
Nadadora is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nadadora misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tokugawa scores with a leg kick.
Tokugawa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Nadadora tries to keep at a distance but Tokugawa has taken the fight into the clinch.

Tokugawa decides to pull guard.
Nadadora has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Tokugawa is looking to cinch up a triangle. Nadadora throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Tokugawa's body to avoid the submission. Tokugawa has instead reached around Nadadora's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Tokugawa arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kenjiro Tokugawa!