PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Antorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimura comes to the ring accompanied by Inner Light by Shocking Lemon. Anton Antorio has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Kimura
vs
Antorio

190 cm
23
197 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
203 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anton Antorio!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura slips under a jab.
Kimura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kimura misses with a looping left.
Kimura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Antorio moves away.
Kimura looks to land a combination but Antorio avoids it well.
Kimura swings for the body but Antorio moves out of range.
A big right from Kimura misses.
Antorio avoids the body shot from Kimura.
A slow jab from Kimura misses its intended target.
Kimura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kimura throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tatsuya Kimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kimura takes a swing at Antorio's ribcage but misses.

Antorio fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kimura sprawls well initially but Antorio persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kimura is pressing down on Antorio's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Antorio throws a strike but Kimura rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kimura working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kimura has gone for a leg lock! Antorio slips out almost immediately though and dives into Kimura's guard.
Kimura not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kimura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kimura working a defensive guard here.
Antorio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Antorio lands a couple of digs.
Kimura utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Antorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Antorio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kimura works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Antorio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Antorio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kimura avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Antorio throws a strike but Kimura rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kimura won't allow Antorio to sweep him here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kimura.
Kimura takes a swing at Antorio's ribcage but misses.

Antorio closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kimura to the mat! Kimura manages to get full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antorio preventing the sweep.
Kimura is trying to keep Antorio in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Antorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kimura manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kimura trying to control but Antorio is having none of it.
Kimura is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Antorio can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kimura can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Antorio is looking to escape.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Poor strikes thrown by Kimura there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Antorio 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.

Antorio fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kimura throws a front kick aimed at Antorio's knee but Antorio avoids it well.
Antorio ducks under a wild hook from Kimura.
Kimura fails to land with a series of punches.
Antorio staying out of range there.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Antorio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kimura just misses with a punch to the body.
Kimura looks to score with a jab to the body but Antorio is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kimura tries to clinch but Antorio is having none of it.
Kimura is looking to clinch but Antorio is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kimura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kimura connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura throws the left hand but Antorio avoids the punch easily.
Kimura moves in looking to clinch but Antorio pushes him off.
Antorio fails with a takedown attempt.
Kimura stuffs the takedown attempt from Antorio. Antorio gets slowly back to his feet.
Tatsuya Kimura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Antorio.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Antorio.
Kimura is looking for a sweep.
The ground and pound from Antorio seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kimura sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kimura is pressing down on Antorio's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kimura working for a triangle but Antorio defends it easily.
Antorio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kimura wants to get back to his feet but Antorio is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Antorio is looking to work some ground and pound but Kimura has wrist control.
Antorio with a nice head shot there.
Antorio throwing strikes but missing.
Antorio throws and elbow that misses. Kimura uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Antorio's guard. Nice move by Kimura!
Kimura trying to control the position from guard on top but Antorio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kimura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Antorio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kimura postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kimura trying to control the position from guard on top but Antorio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kimura getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kimura throws a shot from downtown. Antorio moves away and avoids it.
Kimura fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Antorio.
Kimura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kimura tries to clinch but Antorio moves out of range.
Antorio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Antorio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kimura.
Nice defenses there by Antorio.
Kimura lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kimura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch but Antorio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kimura gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatsuya Kimura dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kimura looks to land a left hand but Antorio moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Antorio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kimura fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Antorio is out of range.
Antorio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kimura lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kimura tries to clinch there but Antorio circles away.
Kimura looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kimura works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kimura displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Antorio.
Kimura lands with a shot to the body.
Kimura throws a body punch but Antorio moves out of range.
Antorio swats away the attempt to clinch by Kimura.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kimura rushes Antorio and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kimura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kimura pushes Antorio back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Antorio avoiding damage as Kimura throws knees to the body.
Kimura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Kimura.
Antorio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kimura tries to throw a body punch but Antorio avoids it by throwing Kimura back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kimura.
A short body shot lands from Kimura as the two fighters clinch.
Kimura is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kimura lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Anton Antorio has been cut.
Nice body punch from Kimura - that landed with a thud.
Kimura scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kimura works on Antorio's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kimura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura digs a right hand into Antorio's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antorio's gas tank.
Kimura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kimura lands a nice elbow.
Kimura lands with a light punch inside.
Kimura lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Good body shot from Kimura.
Nice body punch from Kimura.
Kimura pushes Antorio back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Kimura.
Kimura pushes Antorio back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Kimura working Antorio over with knees to the body.
Kimura lands a right hand.
Kimura lands a good knee to the midsection. Antorio won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Kimura.
Kimura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Kimura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kimura lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Antorio managing to block the knees to the body from Kimura.
Kimura lands a knee to the body.
Kimura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Antorio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kimura lands a right hand.
Kimura scores a nice knee to the body.
Kimura pushes Antorio back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Kimura - that landed with a thud.
Kimura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kimura lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kimura.
Kimura tries a knee to the head but Antorio blocks it.
Kimura works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Antorio managing to block the knees to the body from Kimura.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Antorio's elbow.
Kimura stops a takedown attempt from Antorio.
Antorio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kimura pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tatsuya Kimura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Antorio.
A telegraphed right hand from Kimura misses the target.

Kimura closes the distance and pushes Antorio back into the ropes.
Kimura lands with a left to the head.
Kimura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Antorio is defending well for now.
Anton Antorio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kimura scores with a hook to the body.
Kimura digs a right hand underneath Antorio's ribcage. Antorio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Antorio blocks a body shot from Kimura.
Kimura lands a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tatsuya Kimura showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kimura 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 for Tatsuya Kimura!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!

Tatsuya Kimura wins by unanimous decision!