PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taka Osatoko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Osatoko
vs
Gomi

178 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taka Osatoko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Gomi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osatoko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Osatoko throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gomi's waist but Gomi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Osatoko off to one side.

Osatoko drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gomi keeping full guard, as Osatoko tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Osatoko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Osatoko passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Osatoko in side control lands a decent elbow.
Osatoko takes a little break here. Gomi wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Gomi is looking to regain half guard here but Osatoko keeps moving and retains side control.
Gomi is trying to control Osatoko's posture but Osatoko avoids it.
Osatoko is looking to take a break and control but Gomi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi struggling a bit here.
Osatoko postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gomi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Gomi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Osatoko flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Osatoko throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gomi is keen to just control but Osatoko is a slippery customer.

Gomi wants to work for an arm triangle but Osatoko is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Osatoko trying to control here.
Gomi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gomi wants to control but Osatoko is keeping him busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Gomi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gomi motions for Osatoko to come forward. Gomi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Osatoko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gomi.
Osatoko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Gomi gets a takedown into half guard.
Gomi blocks the strikes from Osatoko.
Gomi looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osatoko missing with punches from the bottom.
Osatoko trying to control from the bottom.
Osatoko makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Osatoko.

Gomi stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Osatoko lands a nice hook to Gomi's body. Gomi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Osatoko catches Gomi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gomi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Osatoko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osatoko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gomi on the side of the head.
Osatoko digs a good hook to Gomi's body.
Osatoko misses with a few strikes there.
Gomi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gomi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Osatoko.
Gomi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Osatoko lunges at Gomi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gomi's hand.

Osatoko bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Osatoko is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gomi will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Osatoko 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.
Gomi taking a bit of punishment here - Osatoko scoring with strikes.
Osatoko trying to control the position but Gomi is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice body punch from Osatoko.

Osatoko moves into the clinch.

Gomi gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Osatoko is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gomi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gomi's back!
Osatoko controlling well, preventing Gomi from escaping the position.
Gomi covering up well and avoiding damage.
Osatoko misses with punches from the back.
Osatoko scores with punches to the body.
Gomi is breathing heavily.
Osatoko misses with punches from the back.
Osatoko scores with punches from the back.
Gomi tries to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi covers up after that shot from Osatoko.

Osatoko is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Gomi knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Gomi for a finish.
Osatoko avoiding Gomi 's attempts to control his hands.
Osatoko throwing damaging strikes from the back! Gomi could be in trouble here!
Osatoko lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Gomi hold on?!
Osatoko throwing sloppy strikes.
I really don't envy Gomi right now.
Osatoko connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Gomi to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi looking very determined here, making life difficult for Osatoko.
Osatoko punishes Gomi with strikes from the back mount.
Gomi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Osatoko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Osatoko. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Osatoko biding his time, looking for the opening.
Osatoko misses with a punch to the head.
Osatoko tries to keep control of the position but Gomi is staying busy.
Gomi is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Osatoko.
Osatoko connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Gomi to escape the position.
Osatoko lands punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Osatoko gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Gomi trying to control the hands but Osatoko breaks the grip.
Gomi is in bad spot here.
Gomi just trying to survive but Osatoko is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Osatoko controlling well, preventing Gomi from escaping the position.
Gomi trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Gomi manages to reverse the position and now he's in Osatoko's guard. Nice work there by Gomi.
Gomi has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Osatoko is proving hard to escape from.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Gomi gets the takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osatoko is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gomi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gomi lands with a punch from half guard.
Taka Osatoko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Osatoko is trying to control but can't.
Gomi is looking to take a break and control but Osatoko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Osatoko wants to improve his position but Gomi is controlling well.
Osatoko has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gomi is working away from the top position though.
Gomi is keen to just control but Osatoko is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taka Osatoko dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Osatoko shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gomi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gomi tries to hold on but Osatoko postures up.
Osatoko throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gomi is squirming around, avoiding Osatoko's attempts to control the action.
Osatoko controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi tries to hold on but Osatoko postures up.
Osatoko looking to control but Gomi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Osatoko misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Osatoko lands a nice shot to the head.
Gomi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Osatoko avoids the attempt from Gomi to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gomi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Osatoko tries to control but Gomi wriggling away.
Osatoko working the ground and pound effectively.
Gomi tries to hold on but Osatoko postures up.
Osatoko fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Osatoko takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osatoko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Osatoko lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
BOOM! Osatoko connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Gomi is rocked!
BOOM! Osatoko connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gomi is still in real trouble! Can Osatoko finish him?
Osatoko controlling from the full mount.

Gomi has left one of his arms exposed and Osatoko doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Gomi screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Taka Osatoko!