PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 1509 p4p, 2107 weight class) and Kenjiro Tokugawa (ranked 203 p4p, 281 weight class). Better Dead has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dead
vs
Tokugawa

190 cm
33
162
17 - 18 - 1

178 cm
23
168
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Fantasy Threads

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 17 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenjiro Tokugawa!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokugawa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Tokugawa gets the takedown into side control.
Tokugawa working away.
Dead tries to buck Tokugawa off but Tokugawa is having none of it.
Tokugawa lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tokugawa throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tokugawa working the ground and pound but Dead is defending the strikes.
Tokugawa in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Tokugawa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dead regains half guard, as Tokugawa was trying to land strikes.
Dead really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tokugawa is just content to waste time from the top position. Dead takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa landing with the ground and pound.
Tokugawa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dead working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tokugawa throws an elbow that misses. Dead uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tokugawa's guard. Nice move by Dead!

Tokugawa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dead is one step ahead there.
Dead will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dead postures up.
Tokugawa pulls Dead in close to his closed guard and prevents Dead from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dead gets to his feet. Tokugawa looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Dead misses with a looping right.
Tokugawa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dead.
A shot to the body from Dead misses
enabling Tokugawa to counter with a crisp jab.
Tokugawa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Better Dead has been cut.
Tokugawa loads up on a big right hand but Dead slips the punch.
Tokugawa tests Dead's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Better Dead is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tokugawa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dead.

It looks like Kenjiro Tokugawa has been cut.
Tokugawa moves out of range as Dead strikes.
A nice side step and Tokugawa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tokugawa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dead misses with a body punch
and Tokugawa counters with a nice kick to the body.
Tokugawa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tokugawa connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dead throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tokugawa counters with an outside leg kick.
Dead rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tokugawa counters with an outside leg kick.
Tokugawa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dead throws a jab when Tokugawa was well out of range.
Tokugawa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dead.
Dead misses with a looping right.
Nice straight punches there by Dead. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dead.
Dead fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tokugawa manages to avoid it.
Tokugawa lands a nice looking body shot.
Dead with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tokugawa to score with a decent uppercut.
Dead misses with a hook.
Despite the aggression on Tokugawa's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Tokugawa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dead, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tokugawa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa looking for a sweep. Not yet Tokugawa, not yet.
Tokugawa trying to control the position.
Dead preventing the sweep.
Dead wants to stand but Tokugawa is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tokugawa wants to sweep but no luck.
Dead would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tokugawa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenjiro Tokugawa dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dead throws a wild body kick that Tokugawa sees coming a mile off.
Tokugawa cracks Dead with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dead misses with a few strikes there.
Tokugawa is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dead rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tokugawa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tokugawa tries for a takedown but Dead sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dead is looking to counter punch.
Dead tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab from Dead finds it's way through Tokugawa's defenses.
A jab from Dead misses.
Dead loads up on a big right hand but Tokugawa slips the punch.
Dead uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa blocks a jab.
Dead takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick from Dead misses.
Dead misses with a body punch
and Tokugawa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dead's knee momentarily.
Tokugawa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dead's head.
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!
Tokugawa misses with a right hand
letting Dead counter with a right hand.
A low kick lands for Tokugawa.
Nice cross by Dead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead looks to land a right hand but Tokugawa moved out of range.
Dead misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Dead.
Tokugawa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tokugawa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kenjiro Tokugawa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dead scores with the left hand. Tokugawa knows he should have avoided that one.
Dead is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tokugawa throws a leg kick which misses Dead's front leg but catches the back leg as Dead tries to avoid it.
Tokugawa jabs Dead right on the nose. Dead blinks but takes it well.
Dead stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tokugawa.
Dead is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tokugawa with a nice calf kick.
Tokugawa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dead takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dead gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dead misses with a body shot
and Tokugawa counters with an outside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but Dead blocks it.
Tokugawa tries to throw a body punch but Dead avoids it by throwing Tokugawa back against the cage.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dead is defending well for now.
Tokugawa scores with a shot to the side of Dead's head.
Tokugawa gets through Dead's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tokugawa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dead is trying to push Tokugawa away but Tokugawa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tokugawa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dead prevents a body shot from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dead's elbow.
Dead looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tokugawa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dead seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tokugawa can turn it around.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dead throws a punch but it's blocked by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
Still in the clinch, Tokugawa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tokugawa has a couple of punches blocked by Dead.
Tokugawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
Tokugawa lands a good knee to the midsection. Dead won't want to take too many of those.

Tokugawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dead is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tokugawa thuds a left hand into Dead's body.
Dead throws a poor cross that misses
and Tokugawa counters with a nice leg kick.
Tokugawa throws a body punch but Dead moves out of range.
Dead throws a right and a left that Tokugawa avoids nicely.
Tokugawa is looking to slow Dead down with leg kicks.
Dead misses with a hook
and Tokugawa counters with a nice leg kick.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dead throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tokugawa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tokugawa defending well as Dead loads up on a big left hand.
Tokugawa scores with a jab to the head.
Tokugawa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dead moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tokugawa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dead.
Tokugawa fails with a takedown attempt.
Better Dead has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenjiro Tokugawa.
Tokugawa slips a straight right by Dead.
Dead misses with a hook. Tokugawa ducked under it nicely.
Dead takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dead fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Tokugawa.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenjiro Tokugawa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dead will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dead misses the jab.
Tokugawa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dead.
Dead scores with a jab to the head.
Tokugawa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good exchange - Tokugawa coming out on top.
Tokugawa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tokugawa lands with a nice body kick.
Dead misses with a hook
and Dead takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tokugawa connects with a body shot that sends Dead's belly button to the back.
Dead walks into a stiff left hand from Tokugawa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tokugawa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab from Dead misses.
Tokugawa lands a leg kick that knocks Dead off balance momentarily.
Dead jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tokugawa raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tokugawa lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa lands a head kick. Dead smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Tokugawa darts in and clinches Dead up against the cage.
Dead misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dead tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tokugawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tokugawa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tokugawa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tokugawa lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tokugawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
Tokugawa gets through Dead's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Tokugawa successfully pulls guard.
Tokugawa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Better Dead has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dead tries to free his leg and advance position but Tokugawa is retaining full guard.
Dead is working hard here to advance position.
Tokugawa keeping moving, preventing Dead from controlling successfully.
Tokugawa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dead is stalling in the full guard.
Kenjiro Tokugawa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dead trying to control but Tokugawa is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dead looks to land a right hand but Tokugawa moved out of range.
Dead misses with a body shot
and Tokugawa counters with a slapping leg kick.

Tokugawa moves into the clinch successfully.
Tokugawa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tokugawa is leaning against Dead and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tokugawa wants a takedown.
Tokugawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dead wants to break free but Tokugawa has control.
Kenjiro Tokugawa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tokugawa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dead backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tokugawa lands a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tokugawa wants to control from the top but Dead keeps moving.
Tokugawa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dead's head.
Dead keeping moving, preventing Tokugawa from controlling successfully.
Dead working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tokugawa.

Dead looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tokugawa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenjiro Tokugawa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tokugawa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

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