PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Preston Mason (ranked 1803 p4p, 80 weight class) and Hiroki Tomori (ranked 2290 p4p, 104 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Mason
vs
Tomori

170 cm
22
140 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

171 cm
22
142 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Preston Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Tomori!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomori stuffs the takedown attempt from Mason. Mason gets slowly back to his feet.
Tomori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mason.
Preston Mason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mason throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tomori is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mason jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tomori missing with a left hand there. Mason was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tomori lands a nice looking body shot.
Tomori stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tomori wants it to stay on the feet.
Mason shoots in and drives through. Tomori sprawls well.
Tomori tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Preston Mason. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mason shoots in but Tomori avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Good exchange - Mason coming out on top.
Mason shoots in for a takedown but Tomori shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mason keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mason shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tomori sprawls well. Tomori wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mason gets slowly back to his feet.
Mason shoots in looking for a takedown. Tomori tries to sprawl out of it but Mason keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tomori manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mason looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori misses the shot to the body.
Tomori throws a body punch but Mason moves out of range.
Mason tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tomori fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tomori throws a body punch but Mason moves out of range.
Tomori throws out a loose jab but Mason uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomori misses the jab.
Tomori avoids the body shot from Mason.
Mason throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tomori throws a body shot but no joy.
Tomori misses with an uppercut.
Tomori throws a body shot but no joy.
Tomori misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mason.
Mason fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tomori avoids it really well and circles away.
Mason shoots for a double leg takedown but Tomori sprawls well. He's pushed Mason's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tomori pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mason shoots in looking for a takedown but Tomori manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mason's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tomori wants to counter with a clinch but Mason pushes him away.
Tomori stuffs the takedown attempt from Mason. Mason gets slowly back to his feet.
Tomori displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mason throws out the jab.
Tomori wants to counter with a clinch but Mason pushes him away.
Tomori fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mason manages to avoid it.
Tomori throws a shot from downtown. Mason moves away and avoids it.
Mason shoots in and drives through. Tomori sprawls well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tomori digs a good body shot into Mason's ribs.

Tomori gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomori.
Tomori lands with a left to the head.
Tomori lands a shoulder strike.
Mason wants a takedown.
Tomori tries a body shot but Mason blocks it.
Tomori lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tomori prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mason wants a takedown but no success here.
Mason is breathing heavily.
Tomori scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tomori to keep the fight standing.
Tomori lands a shoulder strike.
Mason jumps guard but Tomori stands there with Mason around his waist. Mason gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tomori is working Mason over against the cage.
A short left from Tomori.
Tomori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mason backwards.
Mason is trying to pull guard but Tomori has him pressed against the cage.
Mason is trying to pull guard but Tomori turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A short right from Tomori.

Mason pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mason misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Tomori rushes Mason and presses him up against the cage.
Mason wants a takedown but no success here.
Mason is working for takedown but Tomori is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tomori lands a nice uppercut.
Mason tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tomori smiles and moves away.
Tomori leaves Mason with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horrible takedown attempt by Mason or perhaps it was just good defense by Tomori, which made it look bad.
Tomori lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mason takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tomori scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mason takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tomori bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mason's head.
Mason moves out of range as Tomori strikes.
Hiroki Tomori is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mason looks for a takedown but Tomori sprawls well.
Mason dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tomori slaps away a takedown attempt from Mason, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mason takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tomori is looking to clinch but Mason is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroki Tomori dominated that round.
That's time! Mason's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mason looks to score with a jab to the body but Tomori is just out of range.
Tomori steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mason.
Tomori is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tomori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mason missing with a left hand there. Tomori was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mason.
Mason working away.
Mason scoring with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Tomori's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tomori is looking to reverse the position.
Mason lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on Tomori's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mason trying to control the action but Tomori is working from the bottom.
Tomori taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mason wants to control but Tomori is keeping him busy.
Tomori taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomori manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Mason has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mason trying to hold on to Tomori's head to control him but Tomori postures up.
Tomori stalling.
Mason is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tomori trying to pass the guard but Mason defending well.
Mason is trying to maintain the position but Tomori is very close to passing his half guard.
Tomori perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason is trying to maintain the position but Tomori is very close to passing his half guard.
Mason moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tomori content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tomori stopping the sweep attempt from Mason.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason keeping moving, preventing Tomori from controlling successfully.
Tomori is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tomori swings for the body but Mason moves out of range.
Tomori lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mason on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mason shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tomori as he avoids it easily.
Tomori is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mason rather than just go for the knockout.
Mason takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mason dives in for a single leg takedown but Tomori sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Mason throws a head kick but Tomori moves out of range.
Mason fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tomori avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Preston Mason. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mason gets tackled into the cage by Tomori. Tomori maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tomori.
Tomori scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tomori lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomori lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tomori is leaning against Mason and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tomori lands an uppercut.
Tomori gets through Mason's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tomori scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tomori throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mason takes a shot to the head.
Tomori lands with a left to the head.
Tomori lands a left hand.

Mason is rocked!
Tomori lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Mason is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tomori lands a body punch.
Tomori lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Tomori scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomori throws a big uppercut that drops Mason! More strikes from Tomori and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Mason lies dazed against the cage as Tomori celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hiroki Tomori!