PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Remo Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reiji Okazaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Remo Williams Theme. 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.

Williams
vs
Okazaki

190 cm
20
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

200 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Remo Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reiji Okazaki!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jorge Garcia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okazaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams takes a swing at Okazaki's ribcage but misses.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Okazaki.
A combination from Williams does no damage.

Okazaki rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Williams wants to break free but Okazaki has control.
Okazaki crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Okazaki lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Okazaki lands a nice elbow.
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Okazaki is controlling him.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.

Williams is fighting off a takedown attempt but Okazaki is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Williams to the mat. Williams regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Okazaki looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to stand but Okazaki is controlling the position.
Williams can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Okazaki controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Reiji Okazaki wasn't active enough on the ground.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams throws a body punch but Okazaki moves out of range.
Okazaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Okazaki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Williams momentarily.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Okazaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Okazaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Okazaki ducks down to avoid it.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Williams swings for the body but Okazaki moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Okazaki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Okazaki 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.
Williams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Okazaki moved out of range.
Okazaki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams lands a body shot.
Williams is looking to wear down Okazaki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Okazaki moves away.

Okazaki moves into the clinch.
Williams gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Okazaki.
Okazaki scores with a knee to the head.
Okazaki is stalling here.
Williams tries to circle away but Okazaki has him pinned against the cage.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Okazaki is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okazaki prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams is trying to push Okazaki away but Okazaki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Okazaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Okazaki into the cage.
Okazaki leaning against his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Okazaki lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.

It looks like Remo Williams has been cut.
Okazaki keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Okazaki.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Okazaki has him pressed against the cage.
Okazaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Okazaki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Okazaki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Okazaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Okazaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okazaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Okazaki scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Okazaki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knees to the body from Okazaki.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Okazaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Okazaki crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Williams tries to break free but Okazaki pushes him back against the cage.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Okazaki.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Okazaki won't allow it.
Okazaki lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Okazaki.
Okazaki is pushing Williams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nice elbow from Okazaki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reiji Okazaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Remo Williams's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Okazaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No luck for Okazaki with that takedown attempt.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Okazaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Okazaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okazaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams connects with the punch.
Okazaki throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Okazaki misses with a straight left.
Left hook, right uppercut from Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Williams wants it to stay on the feet.
Okazaki misses the shot to the body.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams takes a swing at Okazaki's ribcage but misses.
Okazaki throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Okazaki wants to clinch.
Remo Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Okazaki.

Okazaki has managed to clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Okazaki has double underhooks.
Okazaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Okazaki working aggressively here.
Okazaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Okazaki keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Come on Okazaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.
Williams lands a body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Okazaki.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams is trying to break free.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okazaki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Okazaki lands a damaging elbow.
Okazaki lands an elbow inside.
Williams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Okazaki lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okazaki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Williams tries to circle away but Okazaki has him pinned against the cage.
Okazaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Okazaki just leaning against Williams, taking a breather.
Okazaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Okazaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Okazaki goes for a takedown attempt but Williams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Remo Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reiji Okazaki.
Williams throws a series of punches but Okazaki avoids them all with ease.
Okazaki scores with a head kick. Williams tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Williams throws a body punch but Okazaki moves out of range.
Williams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Okazaki is breathing heavily.
Williams connects with the punch.
Okazaki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Okazaki misses with a straight right.
Okazaki tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.

Okazaki closes the distance and pushes Williams back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okazaki lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Williams is trying to push Okazaki away but Okazaki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Okazaki lands a damaging elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Okazaki turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Okazaki manages to end up in side control.
Williams is trying to buck Okazaki off.
Williams is not content to let Okazaki control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Reiji Okazaki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Remo Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Okazaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Okazaki. That snapped Williams's head back.
Okazaki slips under a jab from Williams.
Williams lands the left hand.
Okazaki tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Okazaki lands a nice shot to the body.
Okazaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Okazaki takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Okazaki misses.
Williams looks to land a combination but Okazaki avoids it well.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Okazaki moves away and avoids it.
Okazaki fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okazaki tries for a takedown but Williams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Remo Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
Okazaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Okazaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Williams moves forwards but Okazaki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Williams swings widly with a right hand

and Okazaki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Okazaki has Williams pushed against the cage.
Okazaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Okazaki lands an elbow inside.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Okazaki is controlling the position.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Okazaki scores with a knee to the head.
Okazaki lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Okazaki won't allow it.
Okazaki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okazaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Okazaki has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Okazaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Okazaki has the dominant position.
Okazaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okazaki lands a nice elbow.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Okazaki has the dominant position.
Okazaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Okazaki lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Okazaki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Okazaki lands an elbow inside.
Okazaki lands a nice elbow.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Okazaki.
Okazaki lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okazaki lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Okazaki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Okazaki blocks an uppercut.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Okazaki has the dominant position.
Okazaki keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Okazaki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Williams is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Remo Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reiji Okazaki.
Okazaki goes for a takedown in the clinch but Williams prevents it.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Okazaki is controlling the position.
Okazaki throws an elbow but it misses.
Reiji Okazaki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Okazaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okazaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams gets underhooks to prevent Okazaki's takedown attempt.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Okazaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Okazaki lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okazaki's elbow.
Williams wants to break free but Okazaki has control.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Okazaki has the dominant position.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Okazaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Remo Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams tries to break free but Okazaki pushes him back against the cage.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Okazaki keeps him there for the moment.
Good body shot from Williams.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reiji Okazaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Okazaki winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reiji Okazaki!