PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm King (ranked 2047 p4p, 2830 weight class) and Yoshinobu Tokugawa (ranked 261 p4p, 358 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Tokugawa

185 cm
26
171
9 - 6 - 0

175 cm
27
158
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malcolm King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yoshinobu Tokugawa!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King lands with a straight right. Tokugawa didn't see that one coming.
Tokugawa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. King defends it nicely.
Tokugawa shoots in but King avoids the takedown attempt easily.
King bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tokugawa's head.
We've been told by King's head coaches at Heartless Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
King lands with a nice body kick.
Tokugawa throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from King misses.
Tokugawa ducks under a wild hook from King.
Tokugawa moves out of range as King strikes.
Tokugawa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before King can pounce on him.
Tokugawa looks for a takedown but King sprawls well.
Malcolm King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshinobu Tokugawa.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tokugawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.
Tokugawa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Tokugawa's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King throws out a loose jab but Tokugawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tokugawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
King takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
King slips under a jab.
Tokugawa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tokugawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Tokugawa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from King.
Malcolm King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A shot to the liver by Tokugawa. Beautiful body shot.
Tokugawa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Tokugawa gets a double leg takedown into King's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
King controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tokugawa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
King is controlling Tokugawa's posture.
Tokugawa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King wants to sweep here but Tokugawa controlling him for the moment.
King keeping moving, preventing Tokugawa from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King keeping full guard, as Tokugawa tries to pass.
Tokugawa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
King keeping moving, preventing Tokugawa from controlling successfully.
King is pulling down on Tokugawa's head to control his posture.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tokugawa stopping the sweep attempt from King.
Tokugawa is stalling in the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tokugawa throws a sloppy body shot
and King cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tokugawa scores with a nice strike.
King is looking to slow Tokugawa down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Tokugawa's head back.
Nice defenses there by Tokugawa.
King throws a shot from downtown. Tokugawa moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
King throws a leg kick which misses Tokugawa's front leg but catches the back leg as Tokugawa tries to avoid it.
Tokugawa is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down King rather than just go for the knockout.
King explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tokugawa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
King misses with a looping right.
And Tokugawa tries to counter it with a takedown but King pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Tokugawa fails with the takedown.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice body kick from King.
King misses with a looping right.
Tokugawa tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A decent looking cross lands there for King.
King connects with a body shot.
Tokugawa lands with a cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
King ducks under a wild hook from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa misses with a body shot.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yoshinobu Tokugawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King scores with a punch to the head.
Tokugawa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
King is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tokugawa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tokugawa needs to keep his hands up - King had a free shot at his head there.
Tokugawa misses with a straight left.
Tokugawa throws a hook but King blocks it.
Tokugawa moves out of range of the body kick from King.
Tokugawa misses with a hook to the body
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for King.
King scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by King.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokugawa misses with a looping right.
King lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Tokugawa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. King is trying to defend but Tokugawa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tokugawa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks King with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malcolm King 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.

Tokugawa scores with a nice right hand.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tokugawa throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
Tokugawa swings away with a body shot that misses
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
King scores with a jab.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tokugawa.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tokugawa.
Tokugawa takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Tokugawa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malcolm King is winning the standup battle so far.
Tokugawa throws a head kick that misses.
Tokugawa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tokugawa with a poor takedown
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tokugawa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King slips a straight right by Tokugawa.
King throws a nice outside leg kick.
King stuns Tokugawa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tokugawa throws a predictable looking body shot
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tokugawa throws a head kick that misses
and King counters with a nice body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from King misses the target.
King works the jab nicely.
Tokugawa tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tokugawa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tokugawa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tokugawa walks into a jab.
King looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
King scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tokugawa is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Tokugawa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by King.
King moves forwards but Tokugawa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
King with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tokugawa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
King scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tokugawa in his tracks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
Tokugawa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tokugawa works King's body with a nice hook.
Tokugawa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck King on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tokugawa misses with a looping left.

Tokugawa feints and as King raises his hands in defense, Tokugawa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
King is controlling Tokugawa's posture.
Tokugawa trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tokugawa might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control King haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Tokugawa throws a strike but King rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

King is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
King's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tokugawa is proving hard to escape from.
King controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

King stands up from guard. Let's bang!
King ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tokugawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
King scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tokugawa in his tracks.
King throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tokugawa on the side of the head.
Tokugawa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of Tokugawa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
King takes a swing at Tokugawa's ribcage but misses.
Tokugawa moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Tokugawa misses with a hook. King ducked under it nicely.
Tokugawa walks into a stiff left hand from King.
Tokugawa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by King. King obviously looking to wear him down.
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tokugawa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. King sprawls well initially but Tokugawa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King wants to improve his position but Tokugawa is controlling well.
Tokugawa trying to control from half guard but King is working away.
King wants to improve his position but Tokugawa is controlling well.
Tokugawa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tokugawa is thwarting King's attempts to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King is looking to escape.
King slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malcolm King dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tokugawa ducks under a wild hook from King.
Tokugawa misses with a left hand
and Tokugawa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tokugawa wants to clinch but King slips to the side
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tokugawa misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a nice uppercut.
Tokugawa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tokugawa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Tokugawa scores with a takedown into King's guard.
Tokugawa controls from within his opponent's guard.
Tokugawa passes King's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. King manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
King keeping moving, preventing Tokugawa from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King looking for a sweep. Not yet King, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but King manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

King is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
King has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Yoshinobu Tokugawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Further stalling from King.

Tokugawa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and King defends well.
King has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
King's corner is telling him to maintain position.

King got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tokugawa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, King has managed to get both his arms back between Tokugawa's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tokugawa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Tokugawa is working an open guard so King takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
King lands a nice looking body kick.
Tokugawa swings widly with a right hand
and Tokugawa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King jabs Tokugawa right on the nose. Tokugawa blinks but takes it well.
King fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
King throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tokugawa's head.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tokugawa shoots for a double leg takedown but King sprawls well. He's pushed Tokugawa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tokugawa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tokugawa misses with a wild body shot.
Tokugawa drops his hands momentarily and King takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tokugawa slips under a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tokugawa loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
Nice body punch from King.
A nice inside leg kick there by King. That's going to slow Tokugawa down.
King darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tokugawa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It appears King was looking to counter with a kick there.
Tokugawa slips under a jab from King.
Tokugawa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling King to score with a decent uppercut.
Jab by King.
Tokugawa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tokugawa lands a right hook to the body.
Tokugawa looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tokugawa can do to turn this around?
Tokugawa looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Tokugawa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tokugawa. King does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for King, 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malcolm King!
As Malcolm King got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Guess what now!?!?!??!? Malcolm is back! '.