PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hiroki Tomori (ranked 1215 p4p, 741 weight class) and Marcos Budinha (ranked 75 p4p, 44 weight class). Hiroki Tomori has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tomori
vs
Budinha

171 cm
34
142
24 - 15 - 1

150 cm
28
130
18 - 12 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Budinha!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tomori closes the distance and pushes Budinha back into the cage.

Tomori breaks the clinch.
Budinha tries to clinch up but Tomori circles away and keeps his distance.
Tomori looks to land a combination but Budinha avoids it well.
Budinha tries to counter with a clinch but Tomori shakes him off and moves away.

Tomori clinches up with Budinha and pushes him back against the cage.
Budinha lands a damaging elbow.
Tomori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tomori.
Budinha misses with an elbow over the top.
Tomori throws a punch but it's blocked by Budinha.
Tomori is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tomori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Budinha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tomori has a couple of punches blocked by Budinha.
Tomori throws a head punch that misses.
Budinha has Tomori pressed against the cage, preventing Tomori from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Tomori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Budinha circles away from the clinch attempt.

Tomori gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori working hard to break the clinch.
Tomori lands a shot to the body.
Budinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomori lands a hook to the side of the head.
Budinha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tomori takes an elbow to the forehead.
Budinha tries to stall but Tomori uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Budinha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tomori avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Budinha is trying to stall.
Tomori scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tomori has been working on his balance at Catch Wrestling L.A., so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Budinha.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Tomori blocks with his arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tomori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Tomori.
Tomori lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomori lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tomori blocks an elbow strike.
Tomori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori gets through Budinha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tomori's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Budinha has Tomori pressed against the cage.
Tomori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tomori is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tomori has a couple of punches blocked by Budinha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomori lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori lands an uppercut.

Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Budinha clinches up against the cage.
Tomori stalling against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Budinha.
Budinha lands a knee to the body.
Budinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tomori.
Budinha taking a breather.
Budinha misses with a knee strike.
Tomori throws an elbow but it misses.
Tomori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Budinha stalling against the cage.
Tomori digs a right hand into Budinha's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Budinha's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budinha working Tomori over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Budinha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Budinha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Budinha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Budinha blocks a body shot from Tomori.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tomori lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Tomori scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomori lands a body shot in the clinch.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tomori has Budinha pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Budinha manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tomori looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
Tomori tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Budinha smiles and moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroki Tomori dominated that round.
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.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tomori forces Budinha back against the cage and clinches.
Tomori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hiroki Tomori has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Tomori - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tomori misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Budinha.
Budinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Budinha trying to control the position but instead, Tomori has worked for underhooks and has pushed Budinha into the cage.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Tomori manages to break the clinch.

Budinha gets a clinch.
Budinha with a knee to the head.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Tomori.
Tomori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Budinha or not.
Budinha misses with an elbow strike.
Budinha is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tomori - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tomori lands a right hand.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Tomori.

Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tomori has taken the fight to the clinch.
Budinha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tomori on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tomori takes an elbow to the forehead.
Budinha trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Budinha looking to throw knees to the head but Tomori is blocking nicely.
Tomori swings wildly with an uppercut but Budinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomori working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Budinha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Budinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tomori blocks it with crossed arms.

Tomori breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Budinha clinches with his opponent.
Budinha trying to land knees to the body.
Tomori tries a body shot but Budinha blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomori.
Tomori lands with a short shot to the head.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori misses with the head strike.
Budinha prevents a body shot from Tomori.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budinha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomori's defenses.
Budinha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Budinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tomori is defending well for now.
Tomori is pushing Budinha up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tomori presses Budinha against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tomori lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomori.
Budinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tomori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but Tomori blocks it.
Budinha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tomori is keeping busy.
Tomori working aggressively here.
Budinha wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
Tomori content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tomori.
Budinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Tomori blocks with his arms.

Tomori manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tomori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Tomori gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomori lands a nice uppercut.
Tomori pushes Budinha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Tomori breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Budinha tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tomori tries to clinch but Budinha moves out of range.

Tomori clinches with his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroki Tomori dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Budinha throws a low kick, looking for Tomori's leg but Tomori calmly moves out of range.
Budinha is looking to chop away at Tomori's legs.
Budinha swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomori.
Budinha wants to counter with a clinch but Tomori pushes him away.
Tomori tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tomori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Budinha has taken the fight to the clinch.

Tomori breaks from the clinch.
Budinha throws a head kick that misses.
Tomori doesn't manage to clinch there - Budinha circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tomori tries to clinch up.
Tomori shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Budinha but Budinha pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tomori wants to clinch up but Budinha keeps it at a distance.
Budinha is looking to clinch.

Tomori gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tomori avoids it.
Budinha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Budinha blocks an uppercut.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tomori avoids it.
Tomori misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomori.
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Tomori avoids the damage to the body.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Tomori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tomori scores with a hook to the body.
Budinha looking to slow down the pace here.
Budinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tomori tries to work over Budinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomori avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Tomori managing to block the knees to the body from Budinha.
Budinha landing knees to the head.
Tomori tries to work over Budinha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Tomori breaks from the clinch.
Tomori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hiroki Tomori is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good work by Tomori as he checks the leg kick.
Tomori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Budinha gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Tomori avoids the damage to the body.
Budinha looking to stall.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budinha stalling in the clinch but Tomori improves position.
Budinha looking to slow down the pace here.
Budinha is looking to control Tomori's arms but Tomori gets an underhook and turns him. Now Budinha has his back to the cage.
Budinha displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tomori up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcos Budinha.
Tomori misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Budinha.
Budinha moves in looking to clinch but Tomori pushes him off.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tomori.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiroki Tomori. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Budinha tries to keep at a distance but Tomori has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tomori throws a knee to the head but misses.
Budinha lands a good knee to the midsection. Tomori won't want to take too many of those.
Tomori throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tomori tries to throw a body punch but Budinha avoids it by throwing Tomori back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budinha's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Tomori blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Budinha.
Budinha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tomori is defending well for now.
Hiroki Tomori is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tomori throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tomori avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Tomori misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Budinha.
Tomori misses with the head strike.
Tomori can't find room to land a body shot as Budinha controls the action.
Tomori manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
Marcos Budinha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Budinha lands a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Budinha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tomori has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroki Tomori!