PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shinji Tomoguchi (ranked 2145 p4p, 1839 weight class) and Taromaru Momoji (ranked 252 p4p, 227 weight class). Taromaru Momoji is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Tomoguchi
vs
Momoji

180 cm
30
155
15 - 15 - 0

178 cm
29
165
3 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class 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 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Shinji Tomoguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Taromaru Momoji!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomoguchi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tomoguchi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tomoguchi misses with a two punch combination.
Tomoguchi blocks a head kick by Momoji.
Momoji feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tomoguchis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Momoji misses with a looping left.
Tomoguchi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Deathsquad in the buildup to the fight.
Momoji fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tomoguchi manages to avoid it.
Momoji takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tomoguchi throws a looping overhand right but Momoji ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Momoji misses the target.
Tomoguchi cracks Momoji with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Momoji lands a jab to the head.
Tomoguchi cracks Momoji with an open hand slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomoguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Momoji throws a shot to the body.
Momoji looks to throw the jab but Tomoguchi is out of range.
Momoji fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tomoguchi checks it well.
Tomoguchi swinging wildly here.
Tomoguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Tomoguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Momoji slips a jab and a cross from Tomoguchi.
Momoji swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Tomoguchi misses.
Tomoguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Momoji was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Momoji scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Momoji throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little feinted left hand from Tomoguchi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Momoji uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tomoguchi.
Tomoguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Momoji lands the left hand.
Tomoguchi misses the jab.
Shinji Tomoguchi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tomoguchi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Momoji scores with a sloppy right hand. Tomoguchi should have avoided that one.
Momoji cracks Tomoguchi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tomoguchi misses with a body shot.
Tomoguchi moves out of range as Momoji strikes.
Tomoguchi slips a straight right by Momoji.
A right-left combo lands from Tomoguchi.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab from Tomoguchi misses.
Momoji with the counter takedown but Tomoguchi avoids it easily.
A jab from Tomoguchi misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Momoji has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Momoji stuns Tomoguchi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tomoguchi clobbers Momoji with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tomoguchi blocks a jab.
Tomoguchi ducks under a wild hook from Momoji.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Momoji shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tomoguchi pinned against the cage. Tomoguchi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A head kick misses from Momoji.
Tomoguchi connects with a nice looking jab.
A head kick misses from Momoji.
Momoji scores with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Tomoguchi misses the target.
Tomoguchi lands an overhand right.
Momoji connects with a body shot that sends Tomoguchi's belly button to the back.
Tomoguchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Momoji.
Momoji drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tomoguchi defends it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tomoguchi. Momoji does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tomoguchi swings for the body but Momoji moves out of range.
Momoji tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Tomoguchi throws a hook to the side of Momoji's head but Momoji sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Momoji slips under a jab.
Momoji slips a straight right by Tomoguchi.
A big left from Momoji misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Momoji misses the target.
Momoji drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Momoji throws a hook but Tomoguchi blocks it.

Momoji closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Momoji wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tomoguchi keeps working.
Momoji advances to mount.
Momoji controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Momoji lands a heavy elbow.
Momoji working Tomoguchi over with strikes here.
Momoji lands a nice shot to the head.
Tomoguchi has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Momoji's lack of action.

Tomoguchi is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Momoji is tapping! Great win for Tomoguchi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Shinji Tomoguchi!
After the fight, Shinji Tomoguchi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.