PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Charillos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenta Michinoku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Michinoku's choice of entrance music: Yamato Suite Four. Alex Charillos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Charillos
vs
Michinoku

174 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

173 cm
24
152 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Charillos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenta Michinoku!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michinoku throws a jab when Charillos was well out of range.
Michinoku scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Charillos blocks a low kick nicely.
Michinoku pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Charillos scores with a nice right hand.
Charillos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Michinoku ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charillos moves away.
Charillos tries a low kick but Michinoku avoids it.
Michinoku feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Charillos's calf.
Charillos sizes up Michinoku with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Michinoku takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Kenta Michinoku has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charillos missing with a left hand there. Michinoku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michinoku ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Michinoku throws a front kick that sends Charillos stumbling back into the cage.
Charillos keeps the fight on the outside.
Michinoku scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kenta Michinoku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michinoku tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Michinoku with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Michinoku stuffs the takedown attempt from Charillos. Charillos gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michinoku avoids the body shot from Charillos.
Michinoku throws a head kick but Charillos moves out of range.
A jab from Charillos misses.
Michinoku misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Charillos misses with a straight left.
Charillos avoids the head kick by Michinoku.
A swing and a miss from Charillos.
Kenta Michinoku is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charillos connects with the punch.
Charillos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Michinoku. Michinoku obviously looking to wear him down.
Charillos blocks a head kick by Michinoku.
Michinoku slips under a jab.
Charillos blocks a head kick by Michinoku.
Michinoku throws a sloppy head kick and Charillos moves out of range easily.
Michinoku throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Michinoku tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Michinoku!
Michinoku tries a head kick but it misses.
Charillos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charillos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michinoku tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Charillos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michinoku moves out of range of the strikes.
Michinoku jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Charillos dives in and grabs Michinoku's left leg, looking for a takedown. Michinoku pushes down on Charillos's head and hops out.

Michinoku clinches with his opponent.
Charillos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Michinoku avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Charillos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charillos is breathing heavily.
Michinoku lands a left hand.
Michinoku lands an uppercut.
Michinoku gets through Charillos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Michinoku has a couple of punches blocked by Charillos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charillos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Michinoku taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Michinoku lands with a light punch inside.
Charillos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Charillos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Michinoku lands a left hand.
Michinoku lands a body shot in the clinch.
Michinoku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Charillos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michinoku throws a head kick but Charillos moves out of range.
Charillos blocks a low kick nicely.
Charillos stuffs the takedown attempt from Michinoku. Michinoku gets slowly back to his feet.
Charillos throws a body punch but Michinoku moves out of range.
Charillos shoots in looking for a takedown. Michinoku tries to sprawl out of it but Charillos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Michinoku manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Charillos scores with a takedown into Michinoku's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michinoku manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Michinoku controlling from the full mount.
Charillos is looking to improve his position but Michinoku isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenta Michinoku dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenta Michinoku's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Charillos misses with a body shot.
Charillos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Michinoku.

Charillos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Charillos showed some decent athleticism there.

Charillos seems to be looking for submissions.
Michinoku is looking to improve his position.
Michinoku slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charillos wanted to stand there but Michinoku had control of the position.
Michinoku really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Charillos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Michinoku escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Charillos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Charillos trying to control the position from guard on top but Michinoku is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Michinoku is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Michinoku can't keep his opponent in guard - Charillos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku is not content to let Charillos control the position.
Michinoku wants to improve his position but Charillos is controlling well.

Charillos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Michinoku has managed to free his arm - good work.
Charillos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Michinoku does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Charillos moves nicely into side control.
Michinoku wants to control but Charillos postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charillos has control of an arm but Michinoku manages to advance to Charillos's back!
Michinoku is controlling the position but Charillos somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Charillos is trying to control but Michinoku passes into side control!
Charillos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Alex Charillos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Charillos is trying to work for a sweep but Michinoku has mounted him!
Charillos is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Charillos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Charillos tries to control the position but Michinoku now has his back.
Michinoku doesn't have the hooks in and Charillos manages to turn into his guard.
Michinoku lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Charillos!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michinoku thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Charillos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kenta Michinoku's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Michinoku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michinoku thows a body shot but no joy.
Michinoku throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Michinoku misses with a series of wild punches.
Charillos misses with an uppercut. Michinoku saw that one coming.
Michinoku throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charillos blocks a head kick by Michinoku.
Charillos lands a nice shot that snaps Michinoku's head back.
Kenta Michinoku seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Charillos connects with a single shot there.
Michinoku defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Charillos.
Michinoku misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Michinoku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Charillos misses the shot to the body.
Charillos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Michinoku slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charillos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michinoku was well out of range. Poor timing from Charillos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Michinoku. That's going to slow Charillos down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Charillos tries to keep at a distance but Michinoku has taken the fight into the clinch.
Charillos tries to break free but Michinoku pushes him back against the cage.
Michinoku stalling against the cage.
Michinoku misses with some punches.
Charillos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Charillos wants to break free but Michinoku has control.
Michinoku lands a body shot in the clinch.

Charillos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michinoku tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Charillos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Michinoku moves in looking to clinch but Charillos pushes him off.
Michinoku lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michinoku throws a head kick that misses
and Charillos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Michinoku fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Charillos.

Michinoku closes the distance and clinches.
Michinoku swings wildly with an uppercut but Charillos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michinoku working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Charillos can't break the clinch.
Michinoku swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Michinoku taking a breather.

Michinoku manages to break the clinch.
Charillos throws out a loose jab but Michinoku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michinoku shoots in for a takedown but Charillos shows good takedown defense.
Charillos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Michinoku's waist but Michinoku gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Charillos off to one side.
Charillos keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku misses with a straight right.
Michinoku tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Michinoku throws a head kick but Charillos moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Charillos. That snapped Michinoku's head back.
A nice leg kick lands there from Michinoku.
Michinoku stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Charillos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michinoku slips under a jab from Charillos.
Michinoku throws an overhand right that lands on Charillos's shoulder, as Charillos tries to avoid the shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Charillos.
Michinoku throws a leg kick which misses Charillos's front leg but catches the back leg as Charillos tries to avoid it.
Michinoku connects with a solid leg kick.
Michinoku scores with a jab to the jaw.
Charillos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michinoku throws a head kick that half lands.

Charillos is rocked!
Charillos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Michinoku throws a head kick but Charillos moves out of range.
Oh Charillos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Michinoku feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Charillos's calf.
Michinoku throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Charillos seems to have got his legs back now.
Michinoku fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Decent striking displayed by Charillos there.
A lazy left from Michinoku finds it's target.
Michinoku takes a jab right on the kisser.
Michinoku scoring well with a low kick there.
Alex Charillos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michinoku ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charillos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Michinoku as he jumps to the side.
Michinoku tries to clinch there but Charillos circles away.
Michinoku misses with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenta Michinoku comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Michinoku 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Kenta Michinoku!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Kenta Michinoku!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Kenta Michinoku!

Kenta Michinoku wins by unanimous decision!