PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Ace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aku Tokugawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Ace
vs
Tokugawa

198 cm
21
235 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
240 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Ace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aku Tokugawa!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokugawa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ace counters with a body kick.
Ace scores with a head kick. Tokugawa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tokugawa closes the distance looking to clinch

and Ace counters by clinching up.
Tokugawa dodges an elbow strike from Ace.
Ace misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ace effectively controlling the action here.
Tokugawa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ace slows down the pace here.
Ace lands a good knee to the midsection. Tokugawa won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ace trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ace looking to throw knees to the head but Tokugawa is blocking nicely.
Ace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tokugawa blocks an elbow strike from Ace.
Ace throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ace tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tokugawa.
Ace taking a breather.
Ace using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ace taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa lands a nice shot to the body.
Tokugawa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ace is defending well for now.
Tokugawa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Johnny Ace has been cut.
Ace holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ace lands an elbow that stopped Tokugawa in his tracks for a moment.
Ace missing with knees to the body.
Ace misses with a knee strike.
Ace taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but Ace blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ace.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Ace moves away

and Ace counters by moving into the clinch.
Tokugawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ace's defenses.
Ace is struggling to control the position.
Ace is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ace is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ace lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tokugawa blocks an elbow strike.
Ace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Tokugawa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tokugawa closes the distance but Ace moves to the side

and Ace moves into the clinch.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but Ace blocks it.
Ace slows down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Ace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ace stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ace for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Ace throws an elbow that misses.
Tokugawa looking to throw knees to the head but Ace is blocking nicely.
Ace gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Ace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ace.
Tokugawa wants to clinch but Ace slips to the side

and Ace holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but Ace blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tokugawa's brow.
Ace leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ace tries to land knees in the clinch but Tokugawa avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ace dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Ace's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tokugawa wants to clinch

and Ace counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ace misses with a punch to the body.
Tokugawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ace blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ace.
Ace tries to land knees in the clinch but Tokugawa avoids the damage to the body.
Tokugawa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tokugawa blocks a body shot from Ace.
Tokugawa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tokugawa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tokugawa blocks it with crossed arms.
Ace landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ace misses with an elbow over the top.
Tokugawa blocks an elbow strike from Ace.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tokugawa's brow.
Ace with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tokugawa misses with a knee strike.
Ace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tokugawa is defending well for now.
Tokugawa misses with a knee to the head.
Ace misses with a knee to the head.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but Ace blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Ace.
Ace lands an elbow that stopped Tokugawa in his tracks for a moment.
Ace missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Ace scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tokugawa blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tokugawa as Ace tries to tie him up.

Tokugawa manages to break the clinch.
Tokugawa swats away the attempt to clinch by Ace.
Tokugawa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ace is looking to clinch but Tokugawa is avoiding it.
A combination from Tokugawa does no damage.

Tokugawa moves into range and clinches up with Ace.
Ace trying to land knees to the body.
Ace lands an elbow that stopped Tokugawa in his tracks for a moment.
Ace dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa dodges an elbow strike from Ace.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tokugawa blocks an elbow strike.
Tokugawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ace controlling the action here for a moment.
Johnny Ace has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tokugawa dodges an elbow strike from Ace.
Ace misses with an elbow over the top.
Ace will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tokugawa up against the cage.
Ace pushes off an throws an elbow but Tokugawa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four 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.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tokugawa.
Ace controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ace.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Ace moves away

and Ace counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ace leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but Ace blocks it.
Ace looking to throw knees to the head but Tokugawa is blocking nicely.
Ace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tokugawa is trying to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ace has Tokugawa pushed against the cage.
Tokugawa avoiding damage as Ace throws knees to the body.
Ace is looking to control Tokugawa's arms but Tokugawa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ace has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ace dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Ace's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Ace wants to clinch

and Tokugawa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tokugawa tries to work over Ace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tokugawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ace looking to slow down the pace here.
Ace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tokugawa avoids it.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ace throws an elbow but misses.
Ace lands a knee to the head.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but Ace blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tokugawa managing to block the knees to the body from Ace.
Tokugawa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tokugawa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ace has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokugawa managing to block the knees to the body from Ace.
Ace avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tokugawa is defending well for now.
Ace pushes Tokugawa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ace - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ace stalling in the clinch but Tokugawa improves position.
Tokugawa misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ace throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tokugawas head.
Tokugawa blocks an elbow strike from Ace.
Tokugawa looking to throw knees to the head but Ace is blocking nicely.
Ace content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ace with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ace throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ace is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tokugawa is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ace.
Tokugawa wants to clinch

and Ace counters by clinching up.
Tokugawa misses with a body punch.

Tokugawa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tokugawa tries to clinch but Ace moves away

and Ace counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ace lands a nice elbow.
Tokugawa avoids the elbow strike from Ace, against the cage.
Ace throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Tokugawa.
Ace slowing the pace effectively.
Ace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tokugawa blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tokugawa blocks an elbow strike from Ace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Ace to work.
Ace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ace tries to land a knee to the head but Tokugawa blocks with his arms.
Tokugawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ace avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tokugawa's brow.
Tokugawa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ace taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tokugawa avoiding damage as Ace throws knees to the body.
Ace throws an elbow but it misses.
Ace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ace misses with an elbow over the top.
Ace is trying to maintain a safe position but Tokugawa gets an underhook and turns Ace into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ace lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ace.
Aku Tokugawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ace blocks an elbow strike from Tokugawa.
Ace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokugawa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ace avoiding damage as Tokugawa throws knees to the body.
Ace has Tokugawa pressed against the cage.
Tokugawa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Ace fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa avoids a wild elbow strike from Ace.
Ace avoiding damage as Tokugawa throws knees to the body.
Ace is trying to stall.
Tokugawa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johnny Ace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Johnny Ace's cut is getting worse.
Tokugawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Ace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tokugawa with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johnny Ace.
Well Ace 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Ace!