PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yuuto Kawasati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dandy Bigglesworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bigglesworth comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Car Bomb by Negativland kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kawasati
vs
Bigglesworth

175 cm
26
143 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

155 cm
24
135 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

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 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuuto Kawasati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dandy Bigglesworth!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bigglesworth tries to clinch up
enabling Kawasati to counter with a crisp jab.
Kawasati wants to clinch but Bigglesworth slips to the side
and Bigglesworth counters with a left and a right that stings Kawasati.
Kawasati with a jab.
Kawasati displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bigglesworth throws out the jab.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch up.
Bigglesworth closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kawasati counters with a big head kick but Bigglesworth shrugs it off.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook to the body. Kawasati takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bigglesworth swings for the body but Kawasati moves out of range.
Bigglesworth looks to score with a jab to the body but Kawasati is just out of range.
Kawasati throws a lazy right hand but Bigglesworth sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kawasati steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bigglesworth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawasati lands a nice looking body shot.
Bigglesworth throws the left hand but Kawasati avoids the punch easily.
Bigglesworth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kawasati lands a jab.
Kawasati moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kawasati keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kawasati, right into the meat.
Kawasati misses with a straight right.
Bigglesworth wants to clinch up but Kawasati keeps it at a distance.
Kawasati closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bigglesworth throws a body punch but Kawasati moves out of range.
Bigglesworth throws a sloppy body shot
and Kawasati counters with a series of strikes. Bigglesworth will be more careful next time no doubt.

Kawasati shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kawasati advances to half guard.
Bigglesworth regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kawasati postures up in Bigglesworth's guard and throws a big left but Bigglesworth blocks it.
Kawasati throwing strikes but missing.
Kawasati throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kawasati trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kawasati slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth trying to control here.
Kawasati stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kawasati prevents Bigglesworth from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth controlling the position well.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kawasati is stalling here. Bigglesworth is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kawasati seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Bigglesworth has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kawasati is looking to reverse the position.
Bigglesworth trying to control the action but Kawasati is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kawasati is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bigglesworth's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Bigglesworth takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Kawasati pushes Bigglesworth off and gets back to his feet.
Bigglesworth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kawasati was well out of range. Poor timing from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch up
and Bigglesworth takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bigglesworth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kawasati manages to avoid it.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook to the body. Kawasati takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bigglesworth has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kawasati finds it's way round the side to connect with Bigglesworth's head.
Kawasati uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth misses with a hook to the body
and Kawasati counters with a left and a right that stings Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth throws an overhand right that lands on Kawasati's shoulder, as Kawasati tries to avoid the shot.
Bigglesworth throws a jab but it's blocked by Kawasati.
Nice cross by Bigglesworth.
Kawasati ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bigglesworth lands a right hook to the body.
Bigglesworth misses with a two punch combination.
Bigglesworth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kawasati looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuuto Kawasati dominated that round.
That's time! Kawasati's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bigglesworth swings widly with a right hand
letting Kawasati counter with a right hand.
Bigglesworth throws a poor cross that misses
and Kawasati counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bigglesworth's knee momentarily.
Bigglesworth works the jab nicely.
Kawasati looks to land a right hand but Bigglesworth moved out of range.
Kawasati tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bigglesworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch up.
Kawasati throws a sloppy head kick and Bigglesworth moves out of range easily.
Bigglesworth lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kawasati is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bigglesworth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bigglesworth misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Kawasati, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kawasati. Bigglesworth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bigglesworth falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawasati walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bigglesworth checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bigglesworth misses the shot to the body.
Bigglesworth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bigglesworth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bigglesworth swings for the body but Kawasati moves out of range.
Bigglesworth throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigglesworth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dandy Bigglesworth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bigglesworth misses with a right hand
and Kawasati counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kawasati on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bigglesworth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kawasati lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bigglesworth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bigglesworth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kawasati connects with a solid leg kick.
Bigglesworth throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bigglesworth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Bigglesworth blocks the leg kick.
Kawasati misses with a combination
and Bigglesworth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kawasati counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bigglesworth misses with a looping left.
Kawasati moves away from the strike by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth dodges the punch combination from Kawasati.
Bigglesworth tries to close the distance and clinch but Kawasati swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bigglesworth throws out a powerful jab.
Kawasati misses with a left hand
and Bigglesworth counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bigglesworth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kawasati swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Kawasati moves into the clinch.
Kawasati lands a left hand.
Bigglesworth misses with the head strike.
Bigglesworth's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Kawasati on the inside.
Kawasati unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bigglesworth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kawasati misses with a knee strike.
Bigglesworth throws a punch but it's blocked by Kawasati.
Bigglesworth has a couple of punches blocked by Kawasati.

Kawasati breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bigglesworth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bigglesworth swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kawasati counters with a low kick, right behind Bigglesworth 's knee.
Bigglesworth lands a slapping body shot.
Bigglesworth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kawasati bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kawasati swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bigglesworth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bigglesworth misses with a few strikes there.
Bigglesworth throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kawasati counters with a right hand to the body.
Kawasati circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kawasati takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bigglesworth fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kawasati takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Kawasati tries to keep at a distance but Bigglesworth has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bigglesworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bigglesworth misses with the head strike.
Kawasati lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bigglesworth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kawasati lands a nice knee to the body.
Bigglesworth digs a right hand underneath Kawasati's ribcage. Kawasati let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bigglesworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kawasati connects with a knee to the head.
Kawasati misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kawasati lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kawasati looking to throw knees to the head but Bigglesworth is blocking nicely.
Kawasati looking to throw knees to the head but Bigglesworth is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kawasati blocks an uppercut.
Bigglesworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Bigglesworth fails to land.
Bigglesworth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bigglesworth misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bigglesworth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kawasati using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bigglesworth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bigglesworth blocks an uppercut.
Kawasati struggles to land a body shot inside as Bigglesworth controls his hands.
Bigglesworth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth throws a punch but it's blocked by Kawasati.
Kawasati misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bigglesworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bigglesworth throws a head punch that misses.
Bigglesworth lands a shot to the body.
Bigglesworth lands a body punch.
Bigglesworth lands with a left to the head.
Bigglesworth pushes Kawasati back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bigglesworth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bigglesworth lands an elbow inside that Kawasati shrugs off.
Kawasati looking to throw knees to the head but Bigglesworth is blocking nicely.
Bigglesworth misses with a punch on the inside.
Kawasati throws a head punch that misses.
Bigglesworth lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawasati backwards.
Kawasati lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bigglesworth backwards.
Kawasati struggles to land a body shot inside as Bigglesworth controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kawasati misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kawasati misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kawasati.
Bigglesworth misses with the head strike.
Kawasati keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bigglesworth's efforts to push away.
Bigglesworth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dandy Bigglesworth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kawasati lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kawasati walks into a jab.
Bigglesworth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bigglesworth takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kawasati lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bigglesworth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bigglesworth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bigglesworth scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bigglesworth misses with a straight left.
Bigglesworth lands a nice shot that snaps Kawasati's head back.
Bigglesworth smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A bone on bone clash there as Bigglesworth blocks the leg kick.
Jab, jab by Bigglesworth - just one landing.
Bigglesworth looks to throw the jab but Kawasati is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Bigglesworth there.
Kawasati lands with a shot to the body.

Bigglesworth clinches up against the cage.
Kawasati fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kawasati throws a head punch that misses.
Kawasati lands a nice uppercut.
Bigglesworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bigglesworth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigglesworth digs a right hand into Kawasati's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kawasati's gas tank.
Kawasati has a couple of punches blocked by Bigglesworth.
Kawasati is leaning against Bigglesworth and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bigglesworth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bigglesworth lands a body punch in the clinch.

Bigglesworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kawasati pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bigglesworth stuns Kawasati with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bigglesworth scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kawasati closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bigglesworth lands with an uppercut that bounces Kawasati off the cage and back into rage.
Kawasati misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Bigglesworth.
Kawasati throws a head kick that misses.
Bigglesworth missing with a left hand there. Kawasati was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kawasati scores with a decent looking hook.
Bigglesworth throws a poor cross that misses
and Kawasati counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick from Kawasati misses.
Kawasati lunges at Bigglesworth with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bigglesworth's hand.
A jab from Bigglesworth does it's job there.
Kawasati chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawasati throws a hook but Bigglesworth avoids it easily.
Kawasati shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kawasati misses with a looping right.
Bigglesworth misses with a body shot.
Kawasati tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bigglesworth was well out of range. Poor timing from Kawasati.
Kawasati scores with a sloppy right hand. Bigglesworth should have avoided that one.
Kawasati throws a head kick that misses.
Bigglesworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bigglesworth lands a body shot.
Kawasati throws a right and a left that Bigglesworth avoids nicely.
Bigglesworth on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kawasati tries to clinch up but Bigglesworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Kawasati uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth misses with a double jab.
Nice shot lands for Kawasati.
Decent striking displayed by Bigglesworth there.
Bigglesworth scores with a jab to the body.
Kawasati tries to close the distance and clinch but Bigglesworth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Bigglesworth closes the distance and clinches.
Bigglesworth throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bigglesworth.
Kawasati is looking to control Bigglesworth's arms but Bigglesworth gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kawasati has his back to the cage.
Bigglesworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bigglesworth blocks an uppercut.
Bigglesworth swings wildly with an uppercut but Kawasati uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kawasati has a couple of punches blocked by Bigglesworth.
Kawasati throws a head punch that misses.
Kawasati looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kawasati tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bigglesworth avoids it.
Kawasati tries to land a knee to the head but Bigglesworth blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bigglesworth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Bigglesworth.
A short uppercut from Bigglesworth.
A short body shot lands from Bigglesworth as the two fighters clinch.
Bigglesworth lands with a short shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bigglesworth presses Kawasati against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kawasati misses with some punches.
Bigglesworth scores with a shot to the side of Kawasati's head.
Dandy Bigglesworth seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bigglesworth is leaning against Kawasati and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bigglesworth lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kawasati is rocked!
Bigglesworth throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kawasati doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bigglesworth lands an uppercut.
Kawasati misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bigglesworth lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kawasati backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bigglesworth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Kawasati is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bigglesworth lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawasati backwards.
Bigglesworth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bigglesworth lands with a left to the head.
Bigglesworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kawasati avoids it.
Bigglesworth lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bigglesworth blocks an uppercut.
Bigglesworth gets through Kawasati's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth scores a nice knee to the body.
Bigglesworth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kawasati or not.
Bigglesworth stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bigglesworth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kawasati can't break the clinch.
Bigglesworth misses with some punches.
Kawasati seems to have got his legs back now.
A body shot lands from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kawasati blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bigglesworth.
A body shot lands from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook to the body.

Bigglesworth breaks the clinch.
Bigglesworth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kawasati. Kawasati circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bigglesworth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kawasati walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bigglesworth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kawasati uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bigglesworth.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dandy Bigglesworth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bigglesworth has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dandy Bigglesworth!