PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Okioyumo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Curious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Curious looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Okioyumo
vs
Curious

184 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Okioyumo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Curious!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okioyumo tries to clinch up but Curious circles away and keeps his distance.
Curious looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Okioyumo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Okioyumo doesn't manage to clinch there - Curious circles away.
Curious misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Curious keeps the fight on the outside.
Okioyumo falls off balance throwing a combination

and Curious counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Okioyumo is trying to get back to full guard.
Okioyumo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Okioyumo is trying to control the position but Curious postures up.

Okioyumo working for a triangle but Curious defends it easily.
Curious must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Okioyumo trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okioyumo tries to strike from the bottom.
Okioyumo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Okioyumo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Okioyumo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Curious is surviving well by controlling Okioyumo's body position as best he can.
Okioyumo working the ground and pound effectively.

Okioyumo working for a submission but Curious is keeping him at bay.
Okioyumo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Curious's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curious tries to hold on but Okioyumo pushes him away.
Okioyumo landing punches.
Okioyumo landing strikes from the mount.
Okioyumo lands a nice shot to the head.
Curious takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Okioyumo working for a guillotine from mount but Curious is in no mood to give up.
Curious is desperately trying to improve his position but Okioyumo has a good base and remains in mount.
Okioyumo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Curious is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Okioyumo dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Curious bucks up and throws Okioyumo to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Curious tries to clinch but Okioyumo is having none of it.
Okioyumo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Okioyumo clinches up against the cage.
Curious fails to pull guard.
Okioyumo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Curious tries to break the clinch but Okioyumo is controlling the position.
Okioyumo wants to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Curious.
Okioyumo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Okioyumo trying to stall but Curious improves his position.
Okioyumo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curious lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Okioyumo connects with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Curious.
Curious tries a knee to the head but Okioyumo blocks it.
Okioyumo trying to control the position but instead, Curious has worked for underhooks and has pushed Okioyumo into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okioyumo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Curious manages to break the clinch.
Okioyumo looks to clinch

and Curious counters by clinching up.
Curious avoids the elbow strike from Okioyumo, against the cage.
Curious looking to slow down the pace here.
Okioyumo keeps control of Curious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Okioyumo gets underhooks to prevent Curious's takedown attempt.
Okioyumo wants to stall.
Okioyumo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Curious blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Curious takes a knee right on the jaw!
Okioyumo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Okioyumo is trying to maintain a safe position but Curious gets an underhook and turns Okioyumo into the cage.
Curious lands a nice shot to the body.
Okioyumo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Curious has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Akira Okioyumo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Okioyumo closes the distance but Curious moves to the side

and Curious counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Curious wants to work for an arm triangle but Okioyumo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Okioyumo tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Curious blocks the strikes from Okioyumo.
Okioyumo gets full guard.

Okioyumo looking for a guillotine here but Curious defends easily.

Okioyumo is working an open guard so Curious takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Curious misses with a double jab
and Okioyumo counters with a head kick. That will keep Curious thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curious fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Curious pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Okioyumo darts in trying to clinch

and Curious counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Okioyumo!
Okioyumo tries to reverse the position but Curious maintains control.
Okioyumo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Curious controlling from the full mount.
Okioyumo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Curious with shots to the head and body - Okioyumo looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okioyumo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Curious working Okioyumo over with strikes here.
Curious trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Okioyumo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Okioyumo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Curious's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Curious's back!
Curious tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Okioyumo landing strikes from the mount.
Curious is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Okioyumo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curious is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Okioyumo landing punches.
Okioyumo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Curious hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okioyumo looking to control but Curious is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Okioyumo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Curious that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Okioyumo jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Curious is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Curious and Okioyumo has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Okioyumo tries for a kimura but Curious is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curious is looking for a sweep.
Okioyumo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Okioyumo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Curious down.
Okioyumo has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Okioyumo landing punches.
Curious taking shots to the head.
Okioyumo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Okioyumo goes for an armbar but Curious turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Curious.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Curious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Curious avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okioyumo doesn't manage to clinch there - Curious circles away.
Okioyumo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Curious tries to keep at a distance but Okioyumo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Okioyumo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Curious crunches a lovely knee into Okioyumo's ribcage.
Curious has had enough of the clinch but Okioyumo keeps him there for the moment.
Okioyumo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Curious's face.
Okioyumo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curious taking a breather.
Okioyumo prevents Curious from breaking the clinch.
Okioyumo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Curious is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Okioyumo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Curious on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curious is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Curious breaks from the clinch.
Okioyumo swats away the attempt to clinch by Curious.
Okioyumo shoots in and drives through. Curious sprawls well.
Okioyumo missing with a left hand there. Curious was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice sprawl there from Curious as Okioyumo shoots in.
Okioyumo tries to clinch but Curious moves away
and Curious counters with a head kick.
Okioyumo keeps the fight on the outside.
Okioyumo with a lazy takedown attempt

and Curious moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akira Okioyumo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Curious stalling the fight.

Curious tightens his grip and picks Okioyumo up, before dumping him to the ground. Okioyumo manages to land in guard.
Curious trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Okioyumo wants to sweep here but Curious controlling him for the moment.
Okioyumo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bruno Curious has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okioyumo throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Okioyumo keeping moving, preventing Curious from controlling successfully.

Okioyumo had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Curious is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Okioyumo Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Curious's back instead.
Okioyumo doesn't have the hooks in and Curious manages to turn into his guard.
Curious is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Curious shoots in looking for a takedown. Okioyumo tries to sprawl out of it but Curious keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Okioyumo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Curious is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okioyumo closes the distance looking to clinch

and Curious counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Curious wants to stand but Okioyumo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Okioyumo wants to sweep but no luck.

Curious decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Okioyumo tries to clinch up.
Curious stuffs the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okioyumo throws a sloppy head kick and Curious moves out of range easily.

Curious rushes Okioyumo and presses him up against the cage.
Curious fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Curious gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Okioyumo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Curious not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Curious won't allow Okioyumo to sweep him here.

Curious gets to his feet. Okioyumo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A big right from Okioyumo misses.
Curious throws a head kick but Okioyumo moves out of range.
Okioyumo throws a sloppy head kick

and Curious holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curious is trying to break free.
Okioyumo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curious lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Curious really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Okioyumo tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Curious counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Okioyumo's guard now.
Okioyumo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Curious is one step ahead there.
Curious passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Okioyumo has a hand on Curious's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Curious takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Curious scoring with strikes but Okioyumo is staying in there.
Curious punishing his opponent with strikes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Curious scoring with strikes but Okioyumo is staying in there.
Okioyumo working to try and regain half guard.
Okioyumo tries to lock up and control but Curious gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curious with the ground and pound from mount.
Okioyumo gets back to half guard.
Curious wants to get back to his feet.
Curious wants to lay and pray for a moment but Okioyumo keeps working.
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. Curious connects with a nice short shot to Okioyumo's temple.

Curious stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Curious misses with a low kick as Okioyumo jumps back.
Curious lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Okioyumo forces Curious back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curious has a couple of punches blocked by Okioyumo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Okioyumo.
Curious blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Okioyumo tries a knee to the head but Curious blocks it.
Okioyumo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Okioyumo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Curious is keeping busy.
Curious wants to break free but Okioyumo has control.
Okioyumo stops a takedown attempt from Curious.
Curious can't break the clinch.
Curious tries to break the clinch but Okioyumo is controlling the position.
Okioyumo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Curious has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Curious is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Okioyumo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Okioyumo trying to stall but Curious improves his position.
Okioyumo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Okioyumo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Okioyumo prevents the takedown attempt.
Akira Okioyumo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Curious.
Okioyumo stalling in the clinch but Curious improves position.
Okioyumo keeps control of Curious as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okioyumo misses with a knee to the head.

Curious breaks from the clinch.
Okioyumo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Curious moves into the clinch.
Curious tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Okioyumo effectively controlling the action here.
Okioyumo tries to land a knee to the head but Curious blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Okioyumo.
Curious taking a breather.
Curious is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Okioyumo looking to slow down the pace here.
Okioyumo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Curious blocks it with crossed arms.
Okioyumo managing to block the knees to the body from Curious.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Curious lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curious throwing shots but Okioyumo is blocking nicely.
Okioyumo wants to get back to full guard.
Okioyumo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Okioyumo strikes from the bottom but Curious passes into mount!
Curious tries to control but Okioyumo wriggling away.

Curious looking for a guillotine from mount but Okioyumo is having none of it.
Okioyumo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Okioyumo is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Curious dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Okioyumo tries to clinch up

and Curious holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Curious creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Okioyumo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curious lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Curious takes a knee right on the jaw!
Curious wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Okioyumo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Okioyumo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curious lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Curious gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Okioyumo pushes Curious off looking to stand but Curious dives back in and keeps control.
Curious moves into full mount! Okioyumo won't be happy about that!
Okioyumo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Curious raining down shots from the mount!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okioyumo is trying to escape the mount.
Okioyumo gets back to half guard.
Curious is keen to just control but Okioyumo is a slippery customer.
Curious blocks the strikes from Okioyumo.
Okioyumo wants to sweep but Curious has passed to side control!
Okioyumo throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Okioyumo struggling a bit here.

Curious stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curious tries to clinch up.
Okioyumo tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Curious holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Okioyumo gets underhooks to prevent Curious's takedown attempt.
Okioyumo is trying to maintain a safe position but Curious gets an underhook and turns Okioyumo into the cage.
Okioyumo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Curious drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Curious tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okioyumo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Curious has a couple of punches blocked by Okioyumo.
Okioyumo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Okioyumo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Curious gets through Okioyumo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okioyumo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curious.
Okioyumo looking to throw knees to the head but Curious is blocking nicely.
Okioyumo looking to slow down the pace here.
Curious pushes off an throws an elbow but Okioyumo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Okioyumo stalling against the cage.
Okioyumo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curious lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Curious tries to land a knee to the head but Okioyumo blocks with his arms.
Okioyumo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curious.
Okioyumo lands a nice knee to the body.
Curious fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okioyumo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Curious has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Curious.
Curious working aggressively here.
Okioyumo looking to slow down the pace here.
Okioyumo seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Curious is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Curious taking a breather.
Okioyumo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Curious.
Akira Okioyumo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Curious.
Okioyumo lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Okioyumo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Curious throws a punch but it's blocked by Okioyumo.
Curious throws a head punch that misses.
Curious is working for takedown but Okioyumo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Okioyumo scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Curious - that landed with a thud.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Curious is trying to break the clinch but Okioyumo has him pressed against the cage.
Okioyumo scores with a knee to the head.
Okioyumo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Okioyumo is looking to control Curious's arms but Curious gets an underhook and turns him. Now Okioyumo has his back to the cage.
Curious tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Curious escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Okioyumo tries to clinch up
and Curious counters with a three punch combo that has Okioyumo backing up. Okioyumo nods at Curious to acknowledge the strikes.
Akira Okioyumo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruno Curious is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Okioyumo tries to clinch

and Curious counters by moving into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Curious comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Curious has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 46:49
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 46:49
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Curious!
Bruno Curious is the new welterweight champion!