PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Killjoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aki Tono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Killjoy
vs
Tono

183 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

186 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

White Gorilla Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Killjoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aki Tono!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tono shoots in looking for a takedown. Killjoy tries to sprawl out of it but Tono keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Killjoy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Killjoy clinches with his opponent.
Tono lands a hook that snaps the head of Killjoy backwards.
Tono fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tono misses with the head strike.
Tono wants to break free but Killjoy has control.
Killjoy misses with some punches.

Killjoy jumps guard.
Killjoy keeping moving, preventing Tono from controlling successfully.

Tono gets to his feet - Killjoy follows without any prompting.
Tono throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Killjoy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tono looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Killjoy moves to clinch but Tono breaks away
and Tono counters with a straight right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tono scores with a nice head shot.
Killjoy wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Killjoy pushes Tono up against the cage in a clinch.
Tono trying to stall but Killjoy improves his position.
Killjoy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Killjoy misses with a punch to the body.
Tono misses with a body punch.
Tono tries to score a body lock takedown but Killjoy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tono is trying to break free.
Killjoy presses Tono against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tono looks gassed!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Killjoy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Killjoy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Killjoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Tono controls his hands.
Killjoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tono misses with a body punch.
Killjoy scores with a shoulder strike.
Tono blocks a body shot from Killjoy.
A right handed body shot lands from Killjoy.
Killjoy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tono backwards.
Killjoy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Killjoy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Killjoy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killjoy tries to clinch there but Tono circles away.
Killjoy misses with a wild combination.

Killjoy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Killjoy lands a left hand.
Tono is looking for a takedown.
Kevin Killjoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aki Tono.
Killjoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Killjoy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tono's elbow.
Killjoy tries for a takedown but Tono manages to get underhooks.
Killjoy misses with a body punch.
Killjoy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tono working hard to break the clinch.
Killjoy lands a nice shot to the body.

Killjoy jumps guard.
Killjoy wants to stand and escape but Tono is having none of it.
Tono looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tono trying to control but Killjoy is working from the bottom.
Killjoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Killjoy is taking a breather. Tono says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tono misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Killjoy tries to stand and escape but Tono is controlling the position.

Tono looking for submissions off his back.

Killjoy stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Tono misses the shot to the body.

Killjoy darts in and clinches Tono up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tono has a couple of punches blocked by Killjoy.
Killjoy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Killjoy prevents a body shot from Tono.
Killjoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Tono controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tono.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Killjoy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Killjoy tries to clinch but Tono moves out of range.
Killjoy slips a straight right by Tono.
Killjoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tono.
Killjoy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Killjoy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tono misses with a series of wild punches.
Horrible takedown by Killjoy or perhaps it was just good defense by Tono which made him look bad.

Killjoy moves into the clinch.
Tono looking for a takedown.
Tono blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Killjoy.
Killjoy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tono is breathing heavily.
Tono lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Killjoy breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killjoy doesn't manage to clinch there - Tono circles away.
Killjoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Tono swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tono ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Killjoy wants to clinch up but Tono keeps it at a distance.
Killjoy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Killjoy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tono avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tono misses with a shot to the body

and Killjoy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Killjoy.
Killjoy lands with a right to the head.
Killjoy misses with a punch to the body.

Killjoy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Killjoy has managed to clinch.
Killjoy has Tono pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tono manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tono is trying to break free.
Tono scores with a shoulder strike.
Tono prevents a body shot from Killjoy.
Killjoy digs a right hand underneath Tono's ribcage. Tono let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Killjoy scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Killjoy jumps guard but Tono turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Killjoy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killjoy misses with a punch to the body.
Tono has had enough of the clinch but Killjoy keeps him there for the moment.
Tono tries to score a body lock takedown but Killjoy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Killjoy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tono lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Killjoy.
Killjoy tries to work over Tono's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Killjoy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Killjoy swats away the attempt to clinch by Tono.
Tono shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Killjoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tono swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice sprawl there from Tono as Killjoy shoots in.

Killjoy darts in and clinches Tono up against the cage.
Killjoy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tono.
Killjoy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tonos head.

Killjoy breaks from the clinch.
Killjoy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tono defends it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tono tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tono swats away the attempt to clinch by Killjoy.
Killjoy tries to clinch there but Tono circles away.
A jab from Tono misses.
Killjoy looks to clinch
and Tono counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Tono gets caught napping as Killjoy dives in and scores a takedown. Tono manages to retain guard.

Tono has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Killjoy is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Tono.
Tono looking for a sweep but Killjoy has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tono is trying desperately to improve position.
Killjoy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Killjoy trying to control but Tono is having none of it.
Killjoy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tono on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tono is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Killjoy dominated that second round.
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!

Tono circles away from the clinch attempt.
Killjoy wants to clinch.

Killjoy fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tono to the ground. Killjoy is now in Tono's guard.

Killjoy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tono has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Killjoy has managed to get both his arms back between Tono's legs - danger averted.
Killjoy trying to control the position from guard on top but Tono is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tono is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Killjoy is aware though and is defending well.

Tono looking for a guillotine here but Killjoy defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tono trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Tono 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.
Tono is trying to control the position but Killjoy postures up.

Tono throws his legs up looking for a submission but Killjoy uses it to pass to side control.
Tono takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tono tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Killjoy presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killjoy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Killjoy controlling the position easily from mount.
Tono is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tono wants to hold on but Killjoy pushes him away.
Aki Tono has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tono manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tono wants to improve his position but Killjoy is controlling well.
Kevin Killjoy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Killjoy blocks the strikes from Tono.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tono wants to get back to full guard.
Tono is trying to control but Killjoy passes into side control!
Tono gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Tono is refusing to be controlled, as Killjoy sits in half guard.

Killjoy moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Tono.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aki Tono comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Killjoy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Killjoy!
Kevin Killjoy took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, White Gorilla Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.