PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chung Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Black Out (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.

Okami
vs
Out

195 cm
24
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chung 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, Black Out!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Out dives in for a single leg takedown but Okami sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Out is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Out goes for a takedown attempt but Okami pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Out shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chung Okami has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Black Out.

Okami has managed to clinch.
Out prevents a takedown attempt there.
Out gets underhooks to prevent Okami's takedown attempt.
Okami tries for a takedown. No joy.

Okami escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Okami throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Okami avoids a punch combination nicely.
Out is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Okami.
Okami throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Out's waist but Out gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Okami off to one side.
Out looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Okami is fending him off so far but Out persists. Nope, Okami circles away and we're back to standing.
Out swats away the attempt to clinch by Okami.
Out leaves Okami with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Out is looking to clinch.
Okami lands a head kick!
Out throws a head kick that half lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Out.
Out misses with a wild combination.
Out is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Okami.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Out shoots for a double leg takedown but Okami sprawls well. He's pushed Out's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Out shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Okami sprawls well. Okami wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Out gets slowly back to his feet.
Out fails to land the takedown.
Okami shoots in and drives through. Out sprawls well.

Okami has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami jumps guard but Out stands there with Okami around his waist. Okami gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Out is looking to break free of the clinch but Okami has double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Okami throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Out is looking to break free of the clinch but Okami has double underhooks.
Out is trying to push Okami away but Okami has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Out jumps guard but Okami stands there with Out around his waist. Out gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Okami.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Out fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Horrible takedown by Okami or perhaps it was just good defense by Out which made him look bad.
Okami avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Out tries to clinch there but Okami circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Out is defended easily by Okami.
Out fails with a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okami tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Out defends well and Okami ends up having to push Out into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chung Okami dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Okami displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Out.
Okami throws a right and a left that both miss.
Out just misses with a punch to the body.
Okami shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Out as he avoids it easily.
Out fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Okami.
Okami throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Out's waist but Out gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Okami off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chung Okami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Out fails with an attempt to clinch.
Okami shoots in for a takedown but Out shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Okami is trying hard to land a takedown here. Out sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Out keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Out is looking to clinch.
Out moves out of range as Okami strikes.
Good leg kick by Out there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Okami throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Out tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Okami defends well and Out ends up having to push Okami into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Out jumps guard but Okami turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Out is trying to push Okami away but Okami has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Out is trying to pull guard but Okami turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Okami is looking to take this one to the mat.
Out jumps guard but Okami stands there with Out around his waist. Out gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Okami jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Out walks away with a smile on his face. Okami gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami closes the distance and clinches up with Out, looking for a takedown. Okami pushes Out against the cage but Out circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Out has a takedown stuffed.
Out shoots for a takedown but Okami saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chung Okami is winning the standup battle so far.
Out shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Okami sprawls well. Okami wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Out gets slowly back to his feet.
Okami shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Out as he avoids it easily.
Out looks for a takedown but Okami sprawls well.
Horrible takedown by Out or perhaps it was just good defense by Okami which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out closes this distance looking for a takedown but Okami circles away.
Okami shoots for a double leg takedown but Out sprawls well. He's pushed Okami's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Out will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Okami doesn't manage to clinch there - Out circles away.
Out fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Okami closes the distance and pushes Out back into the cage.
Out jumps guard but Okami turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Out tries to pull guard but Okami holds him up against the cage and eventually Out drops back down to his feet.
Out has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Okami avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Out changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Okami fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Okami forces Out back against the cage and clinches.
Out gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Okami.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Out tries to pull guard but Okami holds him up against the cage and eventually Out drops back down to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Out managing to block the knees to the body from Okami.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chung Okami will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Out looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Out avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okami dodges the punch combination from Out.

Okami clinches up with Out and pushes him back against the cage.
Okami tries for a takedown but Out manages to get underhooks.
Out drops down looking for an ankle pick but Okami pulls his leg out and moves away.
Okami shoots for a takedown but Out saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Out shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Okami but Okami pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Okami shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Out but Out pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chung Okami. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okami shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Out sprawls well. Out wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Okami gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Out closes this distance looking for a takedown but Okami circles away.
Out shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Okami pinned against the cage. Okami gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Chung Okami is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Okami misses with a looping left.
Okami fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Out avoids it really well and circles away.
Okami keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Okami keeps the fight on the outside.
Out fails to land the takedown.
Okami fails to land the takedown.
Okami throws a nice looking combination but Out bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Out fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out lands a head kick!
Okami tries to clinch there but Out circles away.

Okami moves into the clinch.
Okami pressing his opponent against the cage.
Okami throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Okami gets underhooks to prevent Out's takedown attempt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Out fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Out's defenses.
The referee calls for Okami to work.
Okami with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Okami tries to stall but Out uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Okami manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Okami trying to strike off his back.
Out throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Okami is trying to control the position from the bottom.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Chung 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:28

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