PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yushin Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Guillote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Okami
vs
Guillote

188 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

186 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yushin Okami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Guillote!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guillote tries to clinch
and Okami counters with a head kick.

Guillote moves into the clinch.

Guillote pulls guard successfully.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Okami accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Okami lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Guillote working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Okami.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Guillote holds on and takes a little breather.
Guillote keeping moving, preventing Okami from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guillote can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Okami controls the pace.
Guillote is controlling Okami's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Guillote shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Okami sprawls well. Okami wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Guillote gets slowly back to his feet.
Guillote tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Okami manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guillote rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Okami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Guillote throws a right hand that Okami ducks under and follows up with a left that Okami also avoids with ease.
Okami throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Guillote's head.
Guillote closes the distance but Okami moves to the side

and Okami counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Okami wants to control but Guillote is keeping him busy.
Okami looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guillote looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami lands with a punch from half guard.
Guillote avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Okami.
Okami misses with a head shot. Guillote uses the momentum to regain guard.
Okami chips away with some ground and pound.
Okami passes Guillote's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okami passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Guillote!
Okami 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.
Guillote is in a horrible position here. Okami smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Guillote is in a horrible position here. Okami smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Okami fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guillote bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Guillote throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Okami works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Guillote looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guillote trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Okami is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Okami pulls Guillote in close to prevent any damage.
Okami wants to get back to his feet but Guillote is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okami utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yushin Okami dominated that 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.

Okami ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Guillote misses with a few strikes there.
Guillote misses with a wild combination.
Okami lands with a kick to the temple. Guillote shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Okami misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Okami blocks a jab.
Guillote with a lazy takedown attempt

and Okami counters with a single leg into guard. Guillote didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guillote trying to keep a closed guard but Okami is proving a slippery customer.
Guillote keeping moving, preventing Okami from controlling successfully.
Guillote is breathing heavily.
Guillote looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Okami puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okami sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Okami is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Guillote has managed to free his arm - good work.
Guillote is not content to let Okami control the position.
Guillote has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Okami is working away from the top position though.
Yushin Okami overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Okami is working for a kimura but Guillote is defending it quite comfortably.
Guillote keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Okami throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Guillote wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Okami throwing shots but Guillote is blocking nicely.
Okami seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Okami is trying to control. Guillote wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Okami seems to be looking for submissions.
Okami seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Okami working over Guillote with some ground and pound. Guillote looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Okami looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Guillote with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guillote has hold of Okami's hands but Okami slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Okami winds up and cracks Guillote with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Guillote keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guillote is staying active underneath Okami, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Okami is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Guillote is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okami tries to pass the half guard into mount. Guillote knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Okami throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yushin Okami 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!

Guillote misses with a takedown attempt - Okami sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Okami clinches up against the cage.
Guillote tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Okami is working for takedown but Guillote is calmly controlling the position for now.
Okami with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Okami tries for a takedown but Guillote manages to get underhooks.

Okami lands a takedown into guard.
Okami trying to control but Guillote is working from the bottom.
Okami content to stall in guard here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Okami in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Okami has gone for a leg lock! Guillote slips out almost immediately though and dives into Okami's guard.
Okami seems keen to control Guillote's posture.
Guillote thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Guillote accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Okami is trying to keep Guillote in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Yushin Okami wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Guillote shoots in looking for a takedown but Okami manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Guillote's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Guillote takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Guillote tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Okami paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Okami throws a good cross that connects.
Guillote is looking to chop away at Okami's legs.
Yushin Okami is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Guillote slips a jab and a cross from Okami.

Okami forces Guillote back against the cage and clinches.
Okami avoids a wild elbow strike from Guillote.
Guillote changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Okami fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Yushin Okami has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Guillote.
A head kick misses from Okami.
Guillote keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Guillote rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Okami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillote cracks Okami with a right hand to the side of the head.
Guillote throws a left and a right that both miss
and Okami counters with a nice body shot.
Guillote stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Guillote wants it to stay on the feet.
Okami shoots in looking for a takedown. Guillote tries to sprawl out of it but Okami keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Guillote manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Guillote fails with an attempt to clinch.
James Guillote has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A thudding body kick lands there by Guillote!
Guillote is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Guillote throws a series of punches but Okami avoids them all with ease.
Okami pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Okami fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Guillote, pushing him back against the cage.
Guillote is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Okami gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Okami has clasped his hands together around Guillote's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Okami thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Guillote looking for a sweep but Okami has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guillote is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okami lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Guillote hang on?

And that's the end of the fight!
Yushin Okami showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Okami 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yushin Okami!