PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marvin De Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heihachi Hayashida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

De Leon
vs
Hayashida

182 cm
21
165 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

177 cm
24
164 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marvin De Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heihachi Hayashida!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayashida connects with a solid leg kick.
De Leon misses with an uppercut
and Hayashida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
De Leon connects with a single shot there.
De Leon misses with a shot to the body
and Hayashida counters with an inside leg kick.
Hayashida fails with the takedown.
Hayashida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Leon.
Hayashida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Leon.
Hayashida misses with a hook.
Hayashida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayashida misses with a left hand
and De Leon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Leon misses with an uppercut

and Hayashida counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for De Leon!
De Leon wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hayashida.
De Leon is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
De Leon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hayashida throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hayashida thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hayashida punching from mount but De Leon doing a good job of avoiding damage.
De Leon holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hayashida tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Leon wants to hold on but Hayashida pushes him away.
Hayashida throwing strikes here but De Leon is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
BOOM! Hayashida connects with a massive shot to the dome!
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!
Hayashida throws a sloppy strike and De Leon uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and De Leon has ended up in Hayashida's guard.
De Leon preventing the sweep.
De Leon wants to control from the top but Hayashida keeps moving.
Hayashida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hayashida controls De Leon momentarily but De Leon frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Leon is stalling in the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De Leon moves out of range as Hayashida throws a body kick.
De Leon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hayashida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Leon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Leon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hayashida in his tracks.
De Leon misses with an uppercut
and Hayashida counters with a good, hard body kick but De Leon shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Leon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hayashida pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Leon is out of range and Hayashida settles back down.
De Leon works Hayashida's body with a nice hook.
De Leon misses with a body shot
and Hayashida counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hayashida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Leon.
De Leon scores with a body shot.
Hayashida throws a front kick aimed at De Leon's knee but De Leon avoids it well.
The fighters circling - De Leon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Leon misses with a shot to the body
and Hayashida counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De Leon cracks Hayashida with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Leon catches Hayashida with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts De Leon, as that shot connected.
De Leon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Leon blocks the body kick.
Marvin De Leon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Leon misses with a body shot
and Hayashida counters with a slapping leg kick.
De Leon misses with a lunging right hand

and Hayashida counters by moving into the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

De Leon successfully pulls guard.
Hayashida postures up in De Leon's guard and throws a big left but De Leon blocks it.
Hayashida tries to free his leg and advance position but De Leon is retaining full guard.
Hayashida works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hayashida is trying to control. De Leon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hayashida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Leon trying to control here.
Hayashida thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hayashida working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
De Leon is not content to let Hayashida control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. De Leon manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida is looking to work some ground and pound but De Leon has wrist control.
Hayashida wants to pass the guard but De Leon is keeping the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
De Leon keeping moving, preventing Hayashida from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hayashida accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hayashida looking to sit in guard and control but De Leon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
De Leon thows a big elbow that misses.
De Leon preventing the sweep.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

De Leon got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hayashida has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, De Leon has managed to get both his arms back between Hayashida's legs - danger averted.
De Leon controls from within his opponent's guard.
De Leon scoring with punches to the head and body.

De Leon is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hayashida is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hayashida has escaped and now he's on top!
Hayashida works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Hayashida is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
De Leon regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hayashida.
Hayashida trying to control the position from guard on top but De Leon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hayashida looking to sit in guard and control but De Leon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
De Leon trying to control the position from guard on top but Hayashida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hayashida pulls De Leon in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

De Leon lands with a straight right. Hayashida didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hayashida. De Leon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hayashida pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Leon misses with a hook to the body
and Hayashida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hayashida thuds a left hand into De Leon's body.
De Leon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Leon misses with a body punch
and Hayashida counters with a slapping leg kick.

Hayashida rushes De Leon and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hayashida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Leon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hayashida manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Hayashida.
De Leon looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayashida is just out of range.
Marvin De Leon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Leon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hayashida counters with a good low kick that De Leon was not able to check.
De Leon misses with an uppercut.
Hayashida takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hayashida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Leon.
De Leon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hayashida counters with a leg kick.
De Leon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hayashida swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Leon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hayashida wants to clinch.
De Leon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A low kick from Hayashida is predictable there
and De Leon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De Leon misses with a hook to the body
and Hayashida counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Leon misses with a hook
and Hayashida counters with an inside leg kick.
Hayashida lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Leon takes a step back to recover.
De Leon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hayashida doesn't seem bothered though.
De Leon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hayashida can pounce on him.
De Leon misses with a hook.
Hayashida takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hayashida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Leon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Leon throws a body punch but Hayashida moves out of range.
Hayashida avoids the body shot from De Leon.
Hayashida fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hayashida misses with a series of wild punches.
De Leon misses with a hook to the body
and Hayashida counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Leon thinking.
De Leon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hayashida counters with an outside leg kick.
De Leon throws a right hand that misses

and Hayashida decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in De Leon's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hayashida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida is pushing down on De Leon's leg trying to pass to half guard. De Leon is fighting to maintain full guard but Hayashida has managed to sneak the leg through.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Hayashida is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and De Leon defends it well.

Hayashida is looking for a kimura but De Leon is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hayashida to get the leverage.
De Leon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hayashida.

Hayashida is sneakily working for an arm triangle but De Leon sees it coming and defends easily.
De Leon wants to control but Hayashida is keeping busy.
Hayashida is trying to control the action in half guard but De Leon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hayashida might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control De Leon kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hayashida throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hayashida lands with a punch from half guard.
Hayashida trying to control from half guard but De Leon is working away.

Hayashida is working for a kimura but De Leon is defending it quite comfortably.
Hayashida wants to take a breather but De Leon is having none of it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De Leon controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Hayashida wants to pass the guard but De Leon is defending well.
De Leon tries to get to full guard but Hayashida has control of the leg.
Hayashida wants to take a breather but De Leon is having none of it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hayashida sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Leon defending well though.
Hayashida thows a huge punch but De Leon dodges it nicely.
Hayashida looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
De Leon works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hayashida wants to control from the top but De Leon keeps moving.
Hayashida throws a big right hand that misses.
De Leon looking to control.
Heihachi Hayashida has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
De Leon wants to sweep but no luck.
Hayashida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De Leon controls Hayashida momentarily but Hayashida frees himself.
De Leon keeping moving, preventing Hayashida from controlling successfully.

De Leon looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hayashida wants to control from the top but De Leon keeps moving.
Hayashida engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heihachi Hayashida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

De Leon throws a looping overhand right but Hayashida ducks down to avoid it.
De Leon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Leon checks a low kick from Hayashida.
De Leon throws a poor cross that misses
and Hayashida counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayashida has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Leon finds it's way round the side to connect with Hayashida's head.
A lazy left from De Leon finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayashida misses with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from De Leon.
De Leon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Leon misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
De Leon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hayashida counters with a thumping low kick.
De Leon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hayashidas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Leon misses with a shot to the body

and Hayashida counters with a single leg into guard. De Leon didn't expect that.
De Leon trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hayashida has gone for a leg lock! De Leon slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hayashida's guard.
Hayashida is trying to control the position but De Leon postures up.
De Leon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hayashida looking to control.
Hayashida is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
De Leon controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hayashida is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Leon looking to sit in guard and control but Hayashida gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hayashida with a nice head shot there.
Hayashida is looking to work some ground and pound but De Leon has wrist control.
Hayashida postures up in De Leon's guard and throws a big left but De Leon blocks it.
Hayashida trying to control the position from guard on top but De Leon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Leon has Hayashida pulled in close to control his posture.
Hayashida trying to control the position from guard on top but De Leon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
De Leon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hayashida's guard.
De Leon postures up.

Hayashida is looking for a triangle but De Leon pushes his legs off easily.
Hayashida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hayashida has momentary wrist control but De Leon slips an elbow through the middle.
Hayashida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hayashida not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Leon wants to pass the guard but Hayashida is keeping the position.

Hayashida looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Leon throwing strikes from guard but Hayashida blocks nicely.
Hayashida has momentary wrist control but De Leon slips an elbow through the middle.
De Leon trying to control but Hayashida is working from the bottom.
De Leon looking to pass the guard.
Hayashida working a defensive guard here.
De Leon stays in close to Hayashida's body and controls the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hayashida looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hayashida is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Heihachi Hayashida was stalling too much, according to the referee.
De Leon misses with a left hand
and Hayashida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Leon misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
De Leon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De Leon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marvin De Leon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida ducks right into an uppercut from De Leon.
De Leon looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayashida is just out of range.
De Leon looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayashida is just out of range.
Hayashida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hayashida is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Leon rather than just go for the knockout.
De Leon works Hayashida's body with a nice hook.
De Leon misses with a straight left.
Hayashida moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De Leon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hayashida doesn't seem bothered though.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
De Leon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hayashida finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
De Leon misses with a left hand
and Hayashida counters with a big head kick but De Leon shrugs it off.
Hayashida slips a straight right by De Leon.
De Leon swings widly with a right hand

and Hayashida counters by moving into the clinch.
Hayashida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Leon.
Hayashida tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Hayashida decides to pull guard.
De Leon engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Hayashida has an active guard here but De Leon has managed to pass into half guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hayashida is trying to control the position from the bottom.
De Leon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hayashida works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Leon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Leon is looking to work some ground and pound but Hayashida has wrist control.
Hayashida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Heihachi Hayashida.
Well Hayashida has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Heihachi Hayashida!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Heihachi Hayashida!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Heihachi Hayashida!

Heihachi Hayashida wins by unanimous decision!