PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shinobu Morita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takayuki Okubo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takayuki Okubo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Morita
vs
Okubo

178 cm
20
181 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
23
178 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinobu Morita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takayuki Okubo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morita lands a with a good body shot.
Okubo throws a right hand that Morita ducks under and follows up with a left that Morita also avoids with ease.
A combination from Okubo does no damage.
Morita scores with a nice strike.
Okubo misses with a two punch combination.

Morita shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morita wants to pass the guard but Okubo is keeping the position.
Okubo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morita.
Okubo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okubo looking for a sweep. Not yet Okubo, not yet.
Okubo keeping moving, preventing Morita from controlling successfully.

Okubo is looking for a triangle but Morita pushes his legs off easily.
Morita trying to control but Okubo is working from the bottom.
Morita stopping the sweep attempt from Okubo.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morita trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okubo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Okubo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Okubo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Okubo trying to strike off his back.
Morita keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Okubo's head.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morita throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Okubo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morita blocks the body kick.
Okubo scores with a one two! Morita had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Okubo drops his hands momentarily and Morita takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Takayuki Okubo has been cut.
A slow jab from Morita misses its intended target.
Okubo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morita circles away quickly and effectively.

Morita moves into the clinch.
Morita trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morita as Okubo tries to tie him up.

Morita manages to break the clinch.
Okubo misses with a wild combination.

Morita drives through and clinches with Okubo against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okubo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morita landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morita stalling against the cage.
Morita is trying to break the clinch but Okubo has him pressed against the cage.

Morita escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morita on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morita is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morita throws a combination that misses
and Okubo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Okubo throws a nice looking combination but Morita bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Okubo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morita has time to react.
Okubo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morita is out of range and Okubo settles back down.
Morita misses with a straight right.
Morita throws out a powerful jab.
Okubo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morita moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morita throws a right hand that Okubo ducks under and follows up with a left that Okubo also avoids with ease.
Okubo misses with a series of wild punches.
Okubo throws a series of punches but Morita moves out of range.
Okubo cracks Morita with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Okubo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okubo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Okubo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morita in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morita is bucking up trying to escape but Okubo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Morita 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.
Okubo slips a nice elbow through Morita's hands, connecting with Morita's forehead.
Morita tries to get to full guard but Okubo has control of the leg.
Morita is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Okubo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Okubo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morita defending well though.
Morita on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morita is pressing down on Okubo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Okubo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Morita preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morita looking to hit a scissor sweep but Okubo is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okubo cracks Morita with a solid left hand.
Okubo chips away with some ground and pound.
Morita is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Okubo is controlling him.
Okubo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Okubo distracts Morita with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Okubo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Okubo advances to half guard.
Okubo is keen to just control but Morita is a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morita avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Okubo.
Morita gets full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Okubo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takayuki Okubo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Takayuki Okubo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Okubo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morita.
Morita shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Okubo counter with a right hand.
Morita avoids a punch combination nicely.
Okubo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morita circles away quickly and effectively.
Morita misses with a double jab.
Okubo misses with a wild combination.
Okubo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Okubo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Okubo scores a takedown into full mount!
Morita is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Okubo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee warns Morita that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Okubo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morita tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Okubo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Okubo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Morita is in a horrible position here. Okubo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Morita is trying desperately to improve position.
Okubo with the ground and pound from mount.
Morita working to try and regain half guard.
Okubo with shots to the head and body - Morita looks very uncomfortable down there.
Morita keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Okubo connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Morita is rocked!
Okubo with shots to the head and body - Morita looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okubo is landing with some decent strikes but Morita is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Morita is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okubo lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Morita! Okubo sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Morita and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Takayuki Okubo!