PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Masaki Toyota (ranked 3477 p4p, 5177 weight class) and Junko Toki (ranked 336 p4p, 433 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Toyota
vs
Toki

174 cm
18
151
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
145
1 - 2 - 0

Brawler
KO power

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaki Toyota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junko Toki!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Toki pushes Toyota up against the ropes in a clinch.
Toyota will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Toki up against the ropes.
Toki trying to stall but Toyota improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Toyota scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toyota effectively controlling the action here.
Toki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toyota blocks a body shot from Toki.
Toyota misses with some punches.
Toyota taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Toyota.
Our sources have told us that Toyota has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Toyota looking to stall.
Toyota trying to stall but Toki improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Masaki Toyota.

Toki clinches up with Toyota and pushes him back against the ropes.
Toki lands a damaging elbow.
Toyota is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Toyota wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Toki has him pressed against the ropes.
Toyota tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Toyota wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Toyota tries to circle away but Toki has him pinned against the ropes.

Toki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toyota feints and then cracks Toki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toki down.
Toki fails in his attempt to clinch.

Toyota closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Toyota tries to break free but Toki pushes him back against the ropes.
Toyota keeps control of Toki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toyota throws a head punch that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Toyota stalling against the ropes.
Toki prevents a body shot from Toyota.

Toyota manages to break the clinch.

Toyota gets a clinch.

Toki breaks from the clinch.
Junko Toki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toki tries to clinch but Toyota is having none of it.
Junko Toki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Toyota has closed the distance and engaged Toki in a clinch.
Toyota lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A frustrated look appears on Toyota's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Toki missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Toyota is keeping busy.
Toki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Toki unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Toki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Toyota clinches with his opponent.

Toyota pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Decent striking displayed by Toki there.
Toki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Toki throws a push kick but Toyota slaps the foot to one side.
Toyota seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Toki forces Toyota back against the ropes and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Toyota as Toki tries to tie him up.
Toki prevents Toyota from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Toyota moves into range and clinches up with Toki.
Toki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Toyota.
Toyota misses with a hook to the ribs.

Toyota breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Toki. Those never looked like landing.
Toyota lands a jab to Toki's midsection.

Toyota moves into the clinch.
Toki slows down the pace here.
Toyota wants to break the clinch but can't.

Toyota escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toki is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Masaki Toyota dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Toki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Masaki Toyota is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toyota on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Toki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Toki wants to clinch up but Toyota keeps it at a distance.
Masaki Toyota is winning the standup battle so far.

Toki has closed the distance and engaged Toyota in a clinch.
Toyota can't break the clinch.
A short right from Toyota on the inside.
Nice elbow from Toki.
Toki stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toyota stalling the fight.
Toyota landing knees to the head.

Toyota breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick lands for Toki.
Toki clobbers Toyota with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toki misses with a head kick.

Toyota fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Toki, pushing him back against the ropes.

Toyota escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toyota lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Toyota gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Toyota scores with a nice hook to the head.
Toyota working hard to break the clinch.
Toki taking a breather.
Toyota is trying to force a seperation but Toki has the dominant position.

Toyota pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toki tries to clinch there but Toyota circles away.
Toyota will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Toyota avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toki throws out a head kick that Toyota doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Toyota crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Toyota's eyes and has decided to let it go on!

Toyota is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Toki has Toyota up against the ropes in a clinch.
Oh Toyota is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Toki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crack! A monster head kick from Toki and Toyota falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Toki!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Junko Toki!