PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yushin Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okami comes to the cage accompanied by EMF - Unbelieveble. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Okami
vs
Johnsson

188 cm
23
195 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

180 cm
24
201 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yushin Okami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Johnsson!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Johnsson.
Johnsson tries to clinch but Okami is having none of it.
Johnsson moves to clinch but Okami breaks away
letting Okami counter with a right hand.
Johnsson wants to clinch
and Okami counters with a nice uppercut.
Okami throws a lazy right hand but Johnsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Okami throws out a loose jab but Johnsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnsson tries to clinch but Okami is having none of it.
Johnsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnsson closes the distance but Okami moves to the side
letting Okami counter with a right hand.
Johnsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnsson tries to clinch up
and Okami counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okami scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnsson should have avoided that one.

Johnsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Johnsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Okami takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnsson darts in trying to clinch
and Okami counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnsson darts in trying to clinch
and Okami counters with a crisp hook 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!
Okami throws a series of punches but Johnsson moves out of range.
John Johnsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Okami.
Okami misses with a left hand
and Johnsson counters with a low kick, right behind Okami 's knee.
Johnsson slips under a jab from Okami.
Okami is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Okami misses with a combination
and Johnsson counters with a big head kick but Okami shrugs it off.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnsson 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.
Johnsson 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.

Johnsson drives through and clinches with Okami against the cage.
Johnsson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnsson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Okami breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnsson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Okami throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Okami wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnsson won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Okami manages to break the clinch.
Johnsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Okami.
Okami misses with an uppercut.
Johnsson walks into a straight right hand from Okami.
Johnsson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Okami counters with a stiff right hand.

Johnsson instigates a clinch.
Okami has had enough of the clinch but Johnsson keeps him there for the moment.

Johnsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Okami.
Okami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnsson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Okami counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okami throws the left hand but Johnsson avoids the punch easily.
Okami throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnsson.
Johnsson tries to clinch but Okami is having none of it.
Johnsson scores with a hook to the body. Okami takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Okami tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Okami.
Okami just misses with a punch to the body.

Johnsson has managed to clinch.
Okami looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnsson lands an elbow inside.
Johnsson pushes Okami back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Okami.
Johnsson lands an elbow inside that Okami shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Johnsson breaks from the clinch.
Okami circles away from the clinch attempt
and Okami counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yushin Okami dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Johnsson moves in looking to clinch but Okami pushes him off.
Johnsson looks to clinch
and Okami counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnsson closes the distance looking to clinch

and Okami counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Johnsson goes down! Will Johnsson beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's up! No problem. Let's get back to the action!

Johnsson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Johnsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Johnsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Okami throws the left hand but Johnsson avoids the punch easily.
Some wild striking there from Okami.
Johnsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Johnsson moves into range and clinches up with Okami.
Okami takes a knee right on the jaw!

Okami manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Okami misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnsson tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Okami to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnsson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Okami counters with a crisp one two that drops Johnsson! Okami thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Johnsson to his feet! Johnsson is in big trouble!
Johnsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Okami finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnsson tries to clinch up
and Okami counters with a huge left! Johnsson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Okami isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Johnsson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Okami!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yushin Okami!
A very excited looking Yushin Okami made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.