PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenta Kobashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Villa Lobos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kobashi comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Krush - Kemuri. Villa Lobos has chosen Plug In Baby - Muse as his entrance music. Kenta Kobashi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kobashi
vs
Villa Lobos

186 cm
27
198 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

188 cm
26
186 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenta Kobashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Villa Lobos!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villa Lobos fails to land with a series of punches.
Kobashi throws a poor cross that misses

and Villa Lobos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kobashi is pressing down on Villa Lobos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kobashi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Villa Lobos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kobashi wants to sweep but no luck.
Villa Lobos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kobashi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Villa Lobos throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villa Lobos is fighting to break Kobashi's control of his arms but Kobashi is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Villa Lobos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobashi keeping moving, preventing Villa Lobos from controlling successfully.
Kobashi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Kobashi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Villa Lobos is one step ahead there.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Villa Lobos working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Villa Lobos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kobashi lands a front kick.
Villa Lobos checks the leg kick.
Kobashi throws a low kick, looking for Villa Lobos's leg but Villa Lobos calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa Lobos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kobashi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hunter's hideout in the buildup to the fight.
Villa Lobos checks a low kick from Kobashi.
Kobashi moves out of range of the strikes.
Kobashi throws a looping overhand right but Villa Lobos ducks down to avoid it.
That kick from Kobashi tenderised Villa Lobos's leg. Villa Lobos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Villa Lobos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Villa Lobos shoots in but Kobashi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Villa Lobos wants to clinch up but Kobashi keeps it at a distance.
Kobashi scores with a nice body kick.
Kobashi lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villa Lobos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kenta Kobashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa Lobos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kobashi throws out the jab.
A big left from Kobashi misses.
Kobashi throws a leg kick which misses Villa Lobos's front leg but catches the back leg as Villa Lobos tries to avoid it.

Kobashi closes the distance and clinches.
Kobashi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Villa Lobos or not.
Villa Lobos can't break the clinch.
Kobashi has a couple of punches blocked by Villa Lobos.
Kobashi lands a left hand.

Kobashi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Villa Lobos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kobashi.
Villa Lobos blocks a head kick by Kobashi.
Villa Lobos throws a shot from downtown. Kobashi moves away and avoids it.
Villa Lobos looks to land a left hand but Kobashi moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa Lobos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kobashi.
Kobashi throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Carlos Villa Lobos has been cut.
Villa Lobos throws the left hand but Kobashi avoids the punch easily.
Kobashi lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villa Lobos throws a jab but it's blocked by Kobashi.
Kobashi scores with a head kick.

Villa Lobos is rocked!
Kobashi jabs Villa Lobos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Villa Lobos swats away the attempt to clinch by Kobashi.
Kobashi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Villa Lobos takes a step back to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenta Kobashi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Villa Lobos's cut.
That's time! Kobashi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kobashi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Villa Lobos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kobashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Villa Lobos was well out of range. Poor timing from Kobashi.
Kobashi throws a head kick but Villa Lobos moves out of range.
Kobashi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Villa Lobos darts in trying to clinch
and Kobashi counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kobashi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Villa Lobos 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.
Villa Lobos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kobashi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Villa Lobos or perhaps it was just good defense by Kobashi, which made it look bad.
Kobashi ducks right into an uppercut from Villa Lobos.
Kenta Kobashi is winning the standup battle so far.
Kobashi misses with a body kick.
Kobashi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kobashi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Villa Lobos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kobashi manages to avoid it.
Kobashi misses with a head kick.

Villa Lobos drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kobashi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Villa Lobos trying to control the position from guard on top but Kobashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Villa Lobos's guard.

There's a bit of a scramble here and now Villa Lobos is on top in guard.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kobashi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kobashi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Villa Lobos is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa Lobos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Villa Lobos stopping the sweep attempt from Kobashi.

Villa Lobos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kobashi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Villa Lobos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kobashi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi thows a huge punch but Villa Lobos dodges it nicely.

Villa Lobos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kobashi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Villa Lobos keeps working.
Villa Lobos won't allow Kobashi to pass to mount.

Villa Lobos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kobashi pulls his head out easily.
Kobashi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villa Lobos tries to roll over but Kobashi keeps him under control.
Kobashi throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Villa Lobos to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Carlos Villa Lobos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Carlos Villa Lobos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kobashi tries to clinch but Villa Lobos is having none of it.
Kobashi scores with a jab.
Villa Lobos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kobashi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Villa Lobos misses with a body shot.
Kobashi misses with a low kick.
Nice cross by Kobashi.
Kobashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Villa Lobos swings for the body but Kobashi moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villa Lobos has a takedown stuffed.
Villa Lobos walks into a stiff left hand from Kobashi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobashi lands with a right hand.
Kobashi throws a leg kick that misses.
Kobashi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Villa Lobos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kobashi is looking to score with low kicks.
Kobashi throws a leg kick

and Villa Lobos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kobashi won't be happy with that.
Kobashi sneaks back into half guard.
Kobashi manages to get to full guard.
Kobashi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Villa Lobos is one step ahead there.
Kobashi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa Lobos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Villa Lobos drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kobashi dives on top into guard.

Kobashi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Villa Lobos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Villa Lobos keeping moving, preventing Kobashi from controlling successfully.
Kobashi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Villa Lobos can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa Lobos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Villa Lobos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Villa Lobos has his foot on Kobashi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kobashi works his way back into a safe position though.
Kobashi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Villa Lobos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kobashi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Villa Lobos keeping moving, preventing Kobashi from controlling successfully.
Kobashi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kobashi wants to control from the top but Villa Lobos keeps moving.
Kobashi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Villa Lobos has his foot on Kobashi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kobashi works his way back into a safe position though.
Kobashi wants to pass the guard but Villa Lobos is keeping the position.

Villa Lobos looking for subs off his back but Kobashi has passed one foot through into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villa Lobos is staying active underneath Kobashi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenta Kobashi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kobashi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenta Kobashi!
Kenta Kobashi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Carlos Villa Lobos was interviewed post fight and said 'I shouldn't perform like this. It's insane.'.