PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Inoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gojirra Onoda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Inoki
vs
Onoda

215 cm
22
193 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

175 cm
22
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Inoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gojirra Onoda!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoki has a takedown stuffed.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Onoda!
Inoki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Onoda scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Inoki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Inoki looks for a takedown but Onoda sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Inoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Onoda tries to bum rush Inoki with a series of wild strikes but Inoki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Onoda works the jab nicely.
Onoda lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Onoda throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A left and a right from Onoda both land. Nice combination.
Inoki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Inoki really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Onoda misses with a wild combination.
Onoda misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Onoda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Inoki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Onoda lands a jab-cross combination.
Onoda swinging wilding here.
Onoda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Onoda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Onoda does no damage.
Inoki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Onoda paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Inoki shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Onoda is looking for a sweep. Inoki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Inoki is keen to just control but Onoda is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Onoda looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Onoda wants to improve his position but Inoki is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Onoda is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Inoki pulls his head out easily.
Onoda is looking for a sweep. Inoki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Onoda gets back to full guard.
Onoda looks gassed!
Onoda looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Inoki puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Onoda is looking to improve his position.
Onoda taking some punishment here, with Inoki in his half guard.
Onoda is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Onoda is looking to improve his position.
Onoda manages to get to full guard.

Onoda has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Inoki is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Onoda.

Inoki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Onoda manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Inoki is not content to let Onoda control the position.

Onoda is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Onoda looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Onoda is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Onoda passes to full mount!

Onoda goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Inoki is on top in guard.

Onoda working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Inoki has passed into half guard!
Inoki will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Inoki trying to control from half guard but Onoda is working away.
Onoda is looking for a sweep. Inoki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gojirra Onoda will probably get the nod.
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.

A punch combination from Onoda misses.
Onoda getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Inoki has a takedown stuffed.
Inoki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Onoda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Onoda misses with a two punch combination.
Inoki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A punch combination from Onoda misses.
Inoki slips a jab and a cross from Onoda.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inoki dodges the punch combination from Onoda.
Inoki tries for a takedown but Onoda sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Onoda!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Onoda stalks Inoki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Inoki's face. Inoki staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Onoda works over Inoki's head and body with a nice combination.
Onoda looks to land a combination. Inoki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Inoki dodges the punch combination from Onoda.
Inoki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Onoda pinned against the cage. Onoda gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Inoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Onoda misses with a double jab.
Gojirra Onoda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Onoda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Inoki fails to land the takedown.
Onoda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Onoda misses with a few strikes there.
Onoda fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Onoda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Inoki fails with a takedown attempt.
Inoki takes a jab right on the kisser.

Inoki scores a takedown into full mount!
Inoki loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Onoda scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Inoki land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Inoki stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Inoki!