PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyon Okiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butter Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Okiro
vs
Bean

200 cm
37
219 lbs
28 - 20 - 0

225 cm
43
289 lbs
47 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyon Okiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Butter Bean!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Okiro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bean blocks a jab.
Okiro is looking to land body kicks.
Bean misses with a looping left.
Okiro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bean staying out of range there.
Okiro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Okiro misses with an uppercut
letting Bean counter with a right hand.
Okiro ducks under a wild hook from Bean.
Bean throws a shot from downtown. Okiro moves away and avoids it.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bean swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okiro looks to land a right hand but Bean moved out of range.
Okiro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lyon Okiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okiro misses with an uppercut. Bean saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Okiro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean cracks Okiro with a good jab.
Okiro has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Bean swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bean is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Bean gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Okiro stalls.
Bean scores with a shot to the side of Okiro's head.

Bean manages to break the clinch.
Okiro lands with a straight right. Bean didn't see that one coming.
Bean takes one to the chin there.
Bean uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Okiro.
Bean will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Okiro dips to his left and cracks Bean with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bean counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bean pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Okiro tests Bean's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Okiro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bean.
Nice straight punches there by Bean. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bean.
Okiro looks to land a combination but Bean avoids it well.
Okiro tries to clinch but Bean moves out of range.
Okiro looks to land a right hand but Bean moved out of range.
Bean takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bean misses with a few strikes there.
Okiro throws a series of strikes that have Bean backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean misses with a jab, cross combination.
Okiro misses with a double jab

and Bean holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Okiro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Okiro.
Bean has a couple of punches blocked by Okiro.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Okiro.
A short body shot lands from Bean as the two fighters clinch.
Okiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bean can't find room to land a body shot as Okiro controls the action.
Nice body punch from Bean - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Okiro misses with a hook from the clinch.

Okiro breaks from the clinch.
Bean misses the shot to the body.

Bean pushes Okiro up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okiro is trying to maintain a safe position but Bean gets an underhook and turns Okiro into the cage.
Nice body punch from Okiro.
Okiro lands a shoulder strike.
Bean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okiro's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okiro.

Okiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Okiro manages to avoid it.
Bean throws a right hand that Okiro ducks under and follows up with a left that Okiro also avoids with ease.
Okiro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Okiro misses with an uppercut. Bean saw that one coming.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bean throws a head punch that misses.
Okiro has a couple of punches blocked by Bean.
Okiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okiro is looking to control Bean's arms but Bean gets an underhook and turns him. Now Okiro has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyon Okiro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Okiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bean is looking to clinch but Okiro is avoiding it.
Okiro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bean avoids the head kick by Okiro.
A head kick misses from Okiro.
Okiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bean connects with a crisp jab.
Okiro throws a series of punches but Bean avoids them all with ease.
Okiro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Okiro throws a sloppy head kick and Bean moves out of range easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Okiro, right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okiro avoids the body shot from Bean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okiro fails to land with a series of punches.
Bean connects with a nice looking jab.
A shot to the liver by Okiro. Beautiful body shot.
Okiro walks into a straight right hand from Bean.

Okiro is rocked!
Lyon Okiro is winning the standup battle so far.
Okiro throws a right hand that Bean ducks under and follows up with a left that Bean also avoids with ease.
Lyon Okiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Okiro ducks under a wild hook from Bean.
Okiro lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bean moves out of range of the strikes.
Okiro lands a nice hook to Bean's body. Bean takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bean misses with an uppercut. Okiro saw that one coming.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Okiro here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Okiro misses with a two punch combination.

Okiro darts in and clinches Bean up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okiro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okiro.
Okiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bean's elbow.
Lyon Okiro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bean misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okiro.
Okiro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Okiro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Okiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Okiro tries to circle away but Bean has him pinned against the cage.
Bean has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Bean breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Okiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Okiro works Bean's body with a nice hook.

Okiro gets a clinch.
Okiro presses Bean against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The referee calls for Okiro to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Bean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean swings wildly with an uppercut but Okiro uses good head movement to avoid it.

Okiro manages to break the clinch.

Okiro moves into the clinch.
Okiro looking to stall.
Okiro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Okiro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Okiro misses with the head strike.
Bean has had enough of the clinch but Okiro keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Bean.
Bean lands a nice uppercut.
Bean works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bean blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okiro blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bean as Okiro tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okiro.
Bean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okiro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bean misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okiro tries to circle away but Bean has him pinned against the cage.

Bean manages to break the clinch.
Okiro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bean circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okiro tries to clinch but Bean moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okiro scores with a jab to the body.
Okiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donk. Okiro catches Bean right on the button with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyon Okiro dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Bean avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okiro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Okiro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Okiro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Okiro is looking to clinch but Bean is avoiding it.
Bean takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Okiro wants to clinch up but Bean keeps it at a distance.
Okiro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Okiro lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bean drops Okiro with a beautiful combination! Okiro stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Bean is looking for the KO!
Oh Okiro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bean walks forward, straight into a front kick from Okiro.

Bean clinches.
Bean dips a shoulder and cracks Okiro with a mighty uppercut! Okiro falls back against the cage and Bean unloads with a barrage of strikes! Okiro is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Bean screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Butter Bean!
Butter Bean decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.