PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cj Odom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Langkim Woo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Odom
vs
Woo

188 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cj Odom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Langkim Woo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Woo shoots in and gets a takedown into Odom's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Odom holds on and takes a little breather.
Odom manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Woo manages to get himself to full guard.
Odom's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Odom passes Woo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Odom in particular looking to stall.
Odom seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Woo for as long as he can get away with.
Odom seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

It looks like Langkim Woo has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Odom keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Cj Odom just wasn't active enough.

Odom shoots in and bounces Woo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Odom stays in close to Woo's body and controls the position.
Odom could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cj Odom wasn't doing enough on the ground.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Odom enables Woo to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Odom manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Woo stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Odom throws up his legs and catches Woo in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Woo tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Odom! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Cj Odom!