PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Badr Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johniel Ocampo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hari
vs
Ocampo

210 cm
23
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

158 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Intelligent

Global Empire MMA Gear
Hopkins Athletics

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Badr Hari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johniel Ocampo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ocampo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hari shoots in for a takedown but Ocampo shows good takedown defense.
Ocampo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hari as he avoids it easily.
Hari misses with a two punch combination.
Hari shoots in but Ocampo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hari lands a slapping body shot.
Hari shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ocampo defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Badr Hari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hari throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ocampo's waist but Ocampo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hari off to one side.
Hari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ocampo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hari defends it nicely.
Hari with a lazy takedown attempt

and Ocampo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ocampo.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ocampo wants to control from the top but Hari keeps moving.
Hari looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ocampo is one step ahead there.
Ocampo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hari is keeping the position for now.

Hari has an active guard here but Ocampo has managed to pass into half guard.
Ocampo is thwarting Hari's attempts to control the position.
Ocampo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hari. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ocampo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hari defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo prevents Hari from improving his position.
Ocampo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hari keeps working.
Ocampo is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ocampo throwing shots but Hari is blocking nicely.
Hari is refusing to be controlled, as Ocampo sits in half guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Johniel Ocampo wasn't active enough on the ground.

Ocampo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hari was covering up waiting for the punch and Ocampo finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo wants to control from the top but Hari keeps moving.
Hari will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hari trying to control the position here.
Ocampo trying to control the position from guard on top but Hari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hari preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ocampo is looking to work some ground and pound but Hari has wrist control.
Hari wants to control but Ocampo passes easily into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ocampo connects with a nice short shot to Hari's temple.
Ocampo trying to control the pace.

Ocampo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ocampo thows a huge punch but Hari dodges it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ocampo is looking to take a break and control but Hari is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hari keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johniel Ocampo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ocampo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hari looks to land a combination. Ocampo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Ocampo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ocampo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ocampo should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A nice elbow there by Ocampo.
Hari is looking to improve his position but Ocampo isn't that keen on the idea.
Ocampo landing strikes from the mount and Hari is in trouble!
Ocampo throws some wild stikes that Hari manages to avoid easily.
Ocampo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hari is looking to escape.
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!
Ocampo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ocampo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ocampo throwing strikes here but Hari is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ocampo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Ocampo has hold of Hari's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hari manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ocampo punching from mount but Hari doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ocampo with the ground and pound from mount.
Hari tries to lock up and control but Ocampo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hari is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ocampo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hari is trying desperately to improve position.
Ocampo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hari is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ocampo working Hari over with strikes here.
Hari avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ocampo.
Ocampo lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hari looks a forlorn figure.
Ocampo lands a nice shot to the head.
Hari is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ocampo looking to finish Hari with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hari!
Johniel Ocampo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ocampo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ocampo with a couple of short strikes.
Ocampo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Ocampo lands a heavy elbow.
Ocampo lands a heavy elbow.

Hari is rocked!
Ocampo cracks Hari with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Hari is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ocampo with shots to the head and body - Hari looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hari really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ocampo cracks Hari with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

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