PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Textmark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoko Wakari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoko Wakari has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Textmark
vs
Wakari

182 cm
20
213 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

186 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Textmark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Yoko Wakari!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wakari shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Textmark has a closed guard, preventing Wakari from standing up.

Wakari decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Textmark, up you get!
Wakari moves out of range of the strikes.
Wakari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Textmark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Textmark has a takedown stuffed.
Textmark gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wakari counters with a nice kick to the body.

Wakari instigates a clinch.
Textmark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Wakari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Textmark throws a hook but Wakari avoids it easily.
Wakari tries to close the distance and clinch but Textmark swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Textmark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wakari manages to avoid it.

Wakari gets a clinch.

Wakari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wakari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Wakari pushes Textmark up against the cage in a clinch.

Wakari breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Textmark misses.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Textmark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Textmark gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Textmark looking to pass the guard.

Textmark drops back looking for a leg! Wakari is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wakari manages to kick Textmark off! Textmark jumps back into Wakari's guard.
Textmark won't allow Wakari to sweep him here.

Wakari has his feet on Textmark's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Wakari looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wakari throws a strike but Textmark avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Textmark working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wakari doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wakari manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Textmark has a closed guard, preventing Wakari from standing up.
Wakari really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Textmark. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Textmark had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Wakari is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Textmark Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Wakari's back instead.
Textmark is breathing heavily.
Wakari trying to control the action but Textmark just sinks the hooks in.
Wakari tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Textmark is working for a guillotine from mount but Wakari frees his head quite easily.
Wakari is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Wakari is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wakari bucks Textmark off and manages to get back to his feet!
Wakari wants to clinch up but Textmark keeps it at a distance.
Wakari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wakari takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Yoko Wakari has been cut.
Wakari scoring well with a low kick there.
Textmark swings for the body but Wakari moves out of range.
Textmark throws a looping overhand right but Wakari ducks down to avoid it.
Textmark with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wakari counters with a good low kick that Textmark was not able to check.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Textmark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Textmark throws a lazy right hand but Wakari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Wakari instigates a clinch.

Wakari manages to break the clinch.

Textmark tries to keep at a distance but Wakari has taken the fight into the clinch.

Wakari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wakari doesn't manage to clinch there - Textmark circles away.
Wakari avoids a punch combination nicely.

Wakari closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Textmark.
Wakari blocking some punches.

Textmark jumps guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Wakari stands up and waves to Textmark to follow him.
Textmark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Wakari gets a clinch.

Wakari manages to break the clinch.

Textmark tries to keep at a distance but Wakari has taken the fight into the clinch.
Textmark is trying to maintain a safe position but Wakari gets an underhook and turns Textmark into the cage.
Textmark is trying to break free.

Wakari breaks from the clinch.
Textmark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wakari moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Textmark misses with a takedown attempt - Wakari sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Wakari has managed to clinch.
Wakari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Textmark.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoko Wakari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoko Wakari's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice takedown defense from Wakari. No joy for Textmark on that attempt.
Textmark misses with a looping right.
Wakari connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Textmark avoids the head kick by Wakari.
Yoko Wakari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wakari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Textmark shoots and misses
and Wakari counters with a nice low kick that buckles Textmark's knee momentarily.
Wakari lands a head kick!
Wakari goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Textmark shoots and misses

and Wakari counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Textmark. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Wakari stands up and beckons Textmark to his feet.
Textmark takes a kick to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wakari.

Wakari clinches up with Textmark and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wakari landing knees to the body.

Wakari breaks from the clinch.
Textmark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wakari moves away.

Wakari clinches up with Textmark and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wakari lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wakari breaks the clinch.
Wakari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Textmark.

Wakari has managed to clinch.

Wakari manages to break the clinch.
Wakari ducks under a wild hook from Textmark.
An inside leg kick lands from Wakari.

Wakari moves into the clinch.

Wakari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Textmark misses with a takedown

and Wakari decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Textmark's guard.
Textmark bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wakari's guard.

Wakari has his feet on Textmark's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Wakari pushes Textmark up against the cage in a clinch.

Wakari pulls guard effortlessly.
Textmark prevents Wakari from getting back to his feet.
Wakari doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Wakari pushes Textmark off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Textmark misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Textmark avoids the head kick by Wakari.
Justin Textmark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Wakari has Textmark up against the cage in a clinch.
Textmark wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Wakari manages to break the clinch.
Wakari slips a straight right by Textmark.
Textmark is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wakari defending well as Textmark loads up on a big left hand.
Wakari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Textmark.

Wakari instigates a clinch.
Textmark avoiding damage as Wakari throws knees to the body.

Wakari breaks from the clinch.

Wakari has managed to clinch.

Textmark breaks from the clinch.
Wakari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Textmark misses with a jab, cross combination.

Textmark gets caught flat footed, as Wakari shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wakari wants to stand but Textmark is controlling his posture from full guard.

Wakari gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Textmark tries for a takedown but Wakari circles away easily
and Wakari makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Textmark shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wakari as he avoids it easily.
Wakari tries to clinch there but Textmark circles away.
Wakari keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Wakari closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Textmark letting Wakari take a breather here.

Wakari breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wakari. That's going to slow Textmark down.
No joy there for Textmark, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Wakari rushes Textmark and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wakari ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wakari no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Textmark slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wakari misses with a strike from the bottom.

Wakari throws Textmark to one side and escapes!
Wakari scoring well with a low kick there.
Wakari fails with an attempt to clinch.

Wakari drives through with a takedown into guard.

Wakari avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Textmark has his feet on Wakari's thighs here. He's pushed Wakari off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Wakari screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Justin Textmark!