PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Moses Ohchooto (ranked 614 p4p, 34 weight class) and Shovel Knight (ranked 1596 p4p, 77 weight class). Knight is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: X Gon' Give It To Ya. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ohchooto
vs
Knight

167 cm
37
145 lbs
38 - 20 - 2

170 cm
29
144 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Conviction
RAGS of a RONIN

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 38 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Moses Ohchooto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shovel Knight!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Ohchooto.
Knight jabs at Ohchooto's body.
Ohchooto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ohchooto misses with a looping right.
Knight steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ohchooto.
Knight misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
Knight connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ohchooto. Ohchooto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ohchooto swats away the attempt to clinch by Knight.
A head kick misses from Ohchooto.
A head kick misses from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knight avoids the body shot from Ohchooto.
Knight connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ohchooto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ohchooto lands a nice looking body shot.
Knight throws a body punch but Ohchooto moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight looks to land a body kick but Ohchooto moved away.
Ohchooto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ohchooto was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
Ohchooto scores with a one two! Knight had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Knight checks a leg kick nicely.
Knight tries to counter with a clinch but Ohchooto shakes him off and moves away.
Knight scores with a hook.
Knight misses with a body shot
and Ohchooto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ohchooto lands a jab to Knight's midsection.
Ohchooto moves forwards but Knight connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ohchooto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ohchooto checks the leg kick.
Ohchooto with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohchooto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Knight backs up against the cage.
Ohchooto throws a shot from downtown. Knight moves away and avoids it.
Ohchooto scores with a kick to the midsection.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Knight has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ohchooto scores with a kick to the body.
Ohchooto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ohchooto is out of range and Knight settles back down.
Knight takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knight is looking to clinch but Ohchooto is avoiding it.
Knight throws a low kick, looking for Ohchooto's leg but Ohchooto calmly moves out of range.
Ohchooto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight throws a looping overhand right but Ohchooto ducks down to avoid it.
Ohchooto connects with a body shot.
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ohchooto tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Knight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ohchooto.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Ohchooto half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ohchooto throws a head kick that misses.
Ohchooto sets himself, and Knight steps forward looking for the clinch! Ohchooto avoids it this time.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Ohchooto is just out of range.
Ohchooto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knight rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ohchooto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Ohchooto moves into the clinch.
Knight scores with a shoulder strike.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight blocking some punches.
Ohchooto throws a head punch that misses.
Knight lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ohchooto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ohchooto missing with knees to the body.
Ohchooto lands a nice uppercut.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knight working aggressively here.
I was talking to Ohchooto's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight blocking some punches.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight avoiding damage as Ohchooto throws knees to the body.
Ohchooto looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.
Ohchooto has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohchooto misses with a knee strike.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ohchooto backwards.
Ohchooto misses with a knee to the head.
Knight scores with a shot to the side of Ohchooto's head.
Ohchooto trying to land knees to the body.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight lands a shoulder strike.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohchooto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight scores with a hook to the body.
Ohchooto missing with knees to the body.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moses Ohchooto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Ohchooto. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ohchooto throws a hook to the side of Knight's head but Knight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knight swinging wildly here.
Ohchooto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ohchooto finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ohchooto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knight.
Ohchooto moves out of range of the leg kick from Knight.
Knight tries to clinch but Ohchooto is having none of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ohchooto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ohchooto moves away.
Ohchooto fires out a quick counter leg kick but Knight just manages to avoid it.
Knight looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A lazy body kick from Ohchooto

and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight lands with a short shot to the head.
Ohchooto throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Shovel Knight seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands with a right to the head.
Knight stalls.
Ohchooto being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Knight's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ohchooto.
Ohchooto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Knight content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ohchooto pushes Knight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Knight is rocked!
Knight's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knight is still on wobbly legs! Can Ohchooto finish him?
Clinched against the cage, Ohchooto lands a big elbow that drops Knight! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Knight is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moses Ohchooto!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Moses Ohchooto waved his t-shirt featuring Spartan Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.