PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hashimoto Toyotasan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Toyotasan
vs
Wright

167 cm
22
139 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
142 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hashimoto Toyotasan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Wright!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Toyotasan's waist but Toyotasan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wright off to one side.
Wright shoots in but no luck this time.
Wright misses the body punch
and Toyotasan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Toyotasan stuffs the takedown attempt from Wright. Wright gets slowly back to his feet.
Hashimoto Toyotasan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Wright.
Toyotasan lands with a nice body punch.
Toyotasan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wright chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Toyotasan can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Toyotasan, right into the meat.
That kick from Toyotasan tenderised Wright's leg. Wright is trying to keep his angry face on.
Toyotasan scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Toyotasan. That's going to slow Wright down.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt - Toyotasan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wright looks gassed!
Toyotasan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wright has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Anthony Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright thows a body shot but no joy.
Toyotasan lands a front kick.

Toyotasan moves into the clinch successfully.
Toyotasan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wright's face.
Wright blocks a body shot from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan misses with a punch to the body.
Toyotasan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Toyotasan lands with a left to the head.
A body shot lands from Toyotasan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Toyotasan has him pressed against the cage.
Toyotasan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Toyotasan misses with the head strike.
Toyotasan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Toyotasan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Toyotasan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Toyotasan lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toyotasan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Toyotasan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wright is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Toyotasan to keep the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Toyotasan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Toyotasan just leaning against Wright, taking a breather.
Toyotasan scores with a hook to the body.
Toyotasan pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hashimoto Toyotasan.
Toyotasan misses with a body kick.
Wright shoots for a takedown but Toyotasan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wright shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Toyotasan as he avoids it easily.
Wright shoots for a takedown but Toyotasan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hashimoto Toyotasan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horrible takedown by Wright or perhaps it was just good defense by Toyotasan which made him look bad.
Wright tries to score a power double leg takedown but Toyotasan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wright somewhat.
Toyotasan lands a jab to Wright's midsection.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wright shoots and misses
and Toyotasan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Toyotasan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Toyotasan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wright takes a step back to recover.
Toyotasan thumps Wright with a low kick.
Toyotasan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Toyotasan instigates a clinch.
Toyotasan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Toyotasan lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Toyotasan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wright takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wright chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Toyotasan can pounce on him.

Toyotasan clinches.
The referee calls for Toyotasan to work.
Toyotasan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toyotasan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wright blocks a body shot from Toyotasan.
Wright takes a shot to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan lands a right hand.
Toyotasan gets underhooks to prevent Wright's takedown attempt.

Toyotasan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toyotasan throws the kick towards the body but Wright avoids it.
Wright checks the leg kick.
Toyotasan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wright manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Toyotasan enables Wright to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Toyotasan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Toyotasan wants to sweep here but Wright controlling him for the moment.
Toyotasan is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wright is fighting to break Toyotasan's control of his arms but Toyotasan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wright is looking to work some ground and pound but Toyotasan has wrist control.
Wright throws and elbow that misses. Toyotasan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wright's guard. Nice move by Toyotasan!
Toyotasan wants to stand but Wright is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wright tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan is fighting to break Wright's control of his arms but Wright is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Wright is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Toyotasan is aware though and is defending well.
Wright is trying to control the position but Toyotasan postures up.
Toyotasan content to stall in guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Hashimoto Toyotasan just wasn't active enough.
Toyotasan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wright.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wright is defended easily by Toyotasan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hashimoto Toyotasan 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.

Wright gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Toyotasan counters with an outside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Toyotasan.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt - Toyotasan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Toyotasan stuffs the takedown attempt from Wright. Wright gets slowly back to his feet.
Hashimoto Toyotasan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Wright.
Nice body kick there by Toyotasan.

Toyotasan drives through and clinches with Wright against the cage.
Toyotasan tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Toyotasan.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Toyotasan scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Toyotasan.
Wright's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Toyotasan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Toyotasan tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Toyotasan throws a head punch that misses.
Toyotasan is stalling here.
Toyotasan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Toyotasan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The referee calls for Toyotasan to work.
Toyotasan misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan misses with some punches.
Toyotasan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Toyotasan lands a nice uppercut.
Toyotasan tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Wright fails to pull guard.
Toyotasan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wright letting Toyotasan take a breather here.
Toyotasan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Toyotasan lands a right hand.
Hashimoto Toyotasan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Toyotasan scores with a shot to the side of Wright's head.
Toyotasan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Toyotasan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Toyotasan lands with a right to the head.
Toyotasan is working Wright over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Toyotasan is leaning against Wright and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wright being controlled against the cage.
Wright takes a shot to the head.
Come on Toyotasan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A hook to the body from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan lands a shoulder strike.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Toyotasan tries a body shot but Wright blocks it.
Toyotasan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wright can do to turn this around?
Wright blocking some punches.
Toyotasan gets through Wright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wright up against the cage.
Toyotasan lands with a right to the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Toyotasan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wright blocking some punches.
Toyotasan landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Toyotasan.
Toyotasan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Toyotasan swings wildly with an uppercut but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toyotasan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan tries to work over Wright's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wright tries to pull guard but Toyotasan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Toyotasan lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan pushes Wright back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Toyotasan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Toyotasan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Toyotasan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wright.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toyotasan gets through Wright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Toyotasan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wright's face.
Toyotasan tries to work over Wright's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Toyotasan on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Toyotasan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toyotasan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toyotasan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Toyotasan moves into the clinch.
Wright goes for a takedown in the clinch but Toyotasan prevents it.
Wright is looking to take this one to the mat.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Toyotasan lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toyotasan misses with a punch to the body.

Toyotasan manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hashimoto Toyotasan dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wright on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wright sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Toyotasan scores with a leg kick.
Wright shoots for a takedown but Toyotasan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Toyotasan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Toyotasan clinches up with Wright and pushes him back against the cage.
Toyotasan lands with a short shot to the head.
Toyotasan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Toyotasan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Toyotasan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wright.
Toyotasan stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toyotasan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Toyotasan as the two fighters clinch.
Knees to the body from Toyotasan.
Wright drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Toyotasan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hashimoto Toyotasan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Wright.
Toyotasan leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toyotasan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toyotasan is looking to wear down Wright with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wright throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Toyotasan's waist but Toyotasan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wright off to one side.
Wright wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wright shoots in for a takedown but Toyotasan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wright fails with the takedown.
Toyotasan swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Toyotasan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wright has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wright closes the distance and clinches up with Toyotasan, looking for a takedown. Wright pushes Toyotasan against the cage but Toyotasan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Toyotasan jabs Wright to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Toyotasan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wright looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That kick from Toyotasan tenderised Wright's leg. Wright is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wright has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Toyotasan.
Wright takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Toyotasan scores with a kick to the body.
Toyotasan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wright takes a step back to recover.
Toyotasan throws a leg kick which misses Wright's front leg but catches the back leg as Wright tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toyotasan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wrights jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wright takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wright shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Toyotasan counters with a solid body kick.
Toyotasan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Toyotasan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wright shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Toyotasan but Toyotasan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Toyotasan.
Toyotasan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wright on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Toyotasan lands a nice shot to the body.
Wright takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick lands from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Toyotasan lands a leg kick that knocks Wright off balance momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Toyotasan.
Wright avoids a punch combination nicely.

Toyotasan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Toyotasan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wright up against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan throws a punch but it's blocked by Wright.
Toyotasan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wright wants to take the fight to the mat but Toyotasan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wright blocking some punches.
Toyotasan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Toyotasan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wright is looking for a takedown.
Anthony Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan lands with a short shot to the head.
Toyotasan misses with a body punch.
Wright is trying to drag Toyotasan to the mat but Toyotasan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Wright has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Toyotasan.
Toyotasan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Toyotasan lands a shoulder strike.
Wright jumps guard but Toyotasan stands there with Wright around his waist. Wright gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Toyotasan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toyotasan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Toyotasan scores with a spinning back kick!
Toyotasan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Toyotasan scores with a head kick. Wright tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hashimoto Toyotasan is winning the standup battle so far.
Wright lands a slapping body shot.
Wright takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wright shoots in looking for a takedown. Toyotasan tries to sprawl out of it but Wright keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Toyotasan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Toyotasan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wright has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Toyotasan cracks the inside of Wright's front leg.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Toyotasan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Toyotasan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Toyotasan wants it to stay on the feet.
Toyotasan lands a slapping body shot.
Toyotasan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Toyotasan has managed to clinch.
Toyotasan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Toyotasan managing to block the knees to the body from Wright.
A short right from Toyotasan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toyotasan slows down the pace here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hashimoto Toyotasan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Toyotasan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Hashimoto Toyotasan!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Hashimoto Toyotasan!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Hashimoto Toyotasan!

Hashimoto Toyotasan wins by unanimous decision!