PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heihachi Hayashida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freschetta Digornio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Digornio has chosen Bloody Cape as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hayashida
vs
Digornio

177 cm
21
164 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

177 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heihachi Hayashida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Freschetta Digornio!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayashida dodges the punch combination from Digornio.
Freschetta Digornio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Digornio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hayashida looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hayashida lands a nice looking body kick.
Jab, jab by Digornio - just one landing.

Hayashida moves into the clinch.
Hayashida has Digornio pressed against the cage, preventing Digornio from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hayashida jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Digornio walks away with a smile on his face. Hayashida gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Digornio scores with a sloppy right hand. Hayashida should have avoided that one.

It looks like Heihachi Hayashida has been cut.
Hayashida slips a jab from Digornio.

Hayashida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hayashida won't allow Digornio to get back to his feet.
Digornio is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hayashida with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hayashida won't allow Digornio to get back to his feet.
Hayashida has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hayashida trying to control but Digornio is working from the bottom.
Digornio wants to get back to his feet but Hayashida passes into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Digornio is looking to escape.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Hayashida clinches.
Digornio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Digornio is trying to stall.
Digornio is trying to break the clinch but Hayashida has him pressed against the cage.
Hayashida tries to pull guard but Digornio holds him up against the cage and eventually Hayashida drops back down to his feet.

Hayashida ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hayashida no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hayashida trying to control the position here.
Digornio trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hayashida's guard.
Hayashida looking for a sweep. Not yet Hayashida, not yet.
Digornio is looking to stand up but Hayashida won't let him.
Digornio looks gassed!
Hayashida controls Digornio momentarily but Digornio frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Hayashida has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Digornio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hayashida holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jab from Digornio.
Hayashida fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hayashida has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heihachi Hayashida. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hayashida fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Digornio, pushing him back against the cage.
Hayashida tries to pull guard but Digornio won't allow it.

Hayashida manages to pull guard.
Digornio would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Digornio stands and steps away. Hayashida gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hayashida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Digornio.
Digornio misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Digornio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hayashida.
Hayashida cracks the inside of Digornio's front leg.
Hayashida slips under a jab.
Digornio throws a series of punches but Hayashida avoids them all with ease.
Hayashida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Digornio.
Hayashida on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hayashida tries to close the distance and clinch but Digornio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A jab from Digornio misses.
Digornio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hayashida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Digornio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Digornio lands a nice hook to Hayashida's body. Hayashida takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Hayashida closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Digornio to the mat! Digornio manages to get full guard.
Hayashida content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hayashida trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Digornio wants to stand and escape but Hayashida is having none of it.
Hayashida missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hayashida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Digornio wants to stand but Hayashida is controlling the position.
Digornio keeping full guard, as Hayashida tries to pass.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Hayashida moves into the clinch.

Digornio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Digornio.
Digornio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Digornio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hayashida circles away quickly and effectively.
Digornio misses with a double jab.
Hayashida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Digornio throws out a loose jab but Hayashida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Digornio cracks Hayashida with an open hand slap.

Hayashida darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Digornio pushes Hayashida off and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Digornio lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hayashida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Digornio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Heihachi Hayashida will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Heihachi Hayashida's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Digornio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Digornio misses the jab.
Digornio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hayashida.
Digornio throws out a loose jab but Hayashida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayashida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Digornio misses with an uppercut.
Hayashida looks to land a combination. Digornio sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Digornio scores with a punch to the head.
Hayashida feints and then cracks Digornio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Digornio down.
Hayashida tries to clinch but Digornio moves out of range.
Digornio scores with a three punch combo!
Digornio misses with a straight left.
Hayashida is looking to clinch but Digornio is avoiding it.
Hayashida wants to clinch up but Digornio keeps it at a distance.
No luck for Hayashida with that takedown attempt.

Hayashida drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hayashida stops Digornio from standing up.
Digornio is breathing heavily.
Hayashida trying to control but Digornio is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hayashida thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hayashida stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Digornio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Digornio wants to get back to his feet but Hayashida is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Digornio pushes Hayashida off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Digornio works over Hayashida's head and body with a nice combination.
Hayashida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Hayashida closes the distance and pushes Digornio back into the cage.
Hayashida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hayashida fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heihachi Hayashida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Digornio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Digornio wants to get back to striking at distance but Hayashida won't allow it.
Hayashida fails to pull guard.

Digornio breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Digornio jabs at Hayashida's body.
Hayashida fails in his attempt to clinch.
Digornio throws a combination. Hayashida tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hayashida swings for the body but Digornio moves out of range.
Digornio throws a right and a left that Hayashida avoids nicely.
Hayashida is looking to slow Digornio down with leg kicks.
Digornio might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hayashida scores with a nice body kick.
Digornio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Digornio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hayashida.
Digornio circles away from the clinch attempt.
A left and a right from Digornio both land. Nice combination.
A big left from Digornio misses.
Hayashida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Digornio. That did some damage!
Hayashida wants to clinch.
Freschetta Digornio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Hayashida drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayashida with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hayashida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida trying to control but Digornio is working from the bottom.
Hayashida looking to pass the guard.
Digornio wants to stand but Hayashida is controlling the position.
Digornio keeping moving, preventing Hayashida from controlling successfully.

Digornio uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Digornio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hayashida.
Hayashida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Digornio.
Hayashida moves in looking to clinch but Digornio pushes him off.
Hayashida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Digornio.
Digornio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Freschetta Digornio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Digornio tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Digornio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hayashida was well out of range. Poor timing from Digornio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Digornio lunges at Hayashida with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hayashida's hand.
Digornio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hayashida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Digornio scores with a four punch combination!
Digornio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hayashida tries to clinch but Digornio moves out of range.
Hayashida tries to clinch up.
Hayashida shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Digornio but Digornio pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Hayashida moves into range and clinches up with Digornio.
A shot in the inside from Digornio.
Hayashida tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Hayashida pulls guard effortlessly.
Hayashida has a closed guard, preventing Digornio from standing up.
Hayashida is trying to control the position but Digornio postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Digornio avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Digornio preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freschetta Digornio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Heihachi Hayashida's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hayashida tries to clinch but Digornio is having none of it.
Digornio digs a good body shot into Hayashida's ribs.
Hayashida on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hayashida cracks the inside of Digornio's front leg.
Hayashida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Digornio throws a shot to the body.
Digornio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Digornio misses with a combination
and Hayashida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Digornio lands a jab to the nose.
A big right from Digornio misses.
Freschetta Digornio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Digornio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hayashida.
Digornio looks to throw the jab but Hayashida is out of range.
Jab, jab by Digornio - just one landing.
Digornio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hayashida.
Hayashida doesn't manage to clinch there - Digornio circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Digornio swats away the attempt to clinch by Hayashida.
Digornio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Digornio lands a lovely overhand right.
Digornio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Digornio does it's job there.
Digornio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Digornio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hayashida slips a straight right by Digornio.
Digornio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hayashida shoots in and drives through. Digornio sprawls well.
Digornio cracks Hayashida with a right hand to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Digornio misses.
Hayashida throws a big shot that misses.
Digornio connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hayashida momentarily.
Hayashida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Digornio.
Digornio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hayashida getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hayashida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Digornio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hayashida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Digornio.
Hayashida gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hayashida tries to clinch there but Digornio circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Digornio leaves Hayashida with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Digornio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hayashida fails in his attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Digornio.
Digornio swats away the attempt to clinch by Hayashida.
Hayashida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hayashida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Digornio.
Digornio looks to land a combination but Hayashida avoids it well.
Digornio slaps away a takedown attempt from Hayashida, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heihachi Hayashida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Digornio lands with a nice body punch.
Digornio scores with a nice right hand.
Digornio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hayashida moves in looking to clinch but Digornio pushes him off.
Digornio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida doesn't manage to clinch there - Digornio circles away.
Digornio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hayashida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hayashida throws a solid leg kick but Digornio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hayashida.
Hayashida shoots in looking for a takedown. Digornio tries to sprawl out of it but Hayashida keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Digornio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hayashida is looking to clinch.
Hayashida has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Digornio finds it's way round the side to connect with Hayashida's head.
Digornio keeps the fight on the outside.
Hayashida is looking to clinch.
Digornio throws a right hand that Hayashida ducks under and follows up with a left that Hayashida also avoids with ease.
A big left from Digornio misses.
Digornio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Digornio misses with a hook. Hayashida ducked under it nicely.
Digornio throws a hook to the side of Hayashida's head but Hayashida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Digornio throws a jab when Hayashida was well out of range.

Hayashida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Digornio wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hayashida working for a submission but Digornio is keeping him at bay.
Hayashida throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Digornio is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hayashida looking to finish with strikes here!
Hayashida looking to control but Digornio is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Digornio somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Digornio slaps away a takedown attempt from Hayashida, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Digornio lands with a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freschetta Digornio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Digornio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freschetta Digornio!