PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yoshi Fujiwara (ranked 546 p4p, 77 weight class) and Anton Obuhov (ranked 346 p4p, 48 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Fujiwara
vs
Obuhov

184 cm
28
185 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

190 cm
37
200 lbs
25 - 20 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoshi Fujiwara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Obuhov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Obuhov.
Obuhov scores with a nice strike.
Fujiwara looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fujiwara digs a good body shot into Obuhov's ribs.
Fujiwara needs to keep his hands up - Obuhov had a free shot at his head there.
Obuhov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fujiwara backs up against the cage.
Obuhov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Obuhov tries a low kick but Fujiwara avoids it.
Obuhov shoots for a double leg takedown but Fujiwara sprawls well. He's pushed Obuhov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Obuhov scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fujiwara throws a lazy right hand but Obuhov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fujiwara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Obuhov defending well as Fujiwara loads up on a big left hand.
Fujiwara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Obuhov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fujiwara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fujiwara throwing a counter right hand but Obuhov manages to avoid it.
Obuhov with a nice cross.
Fujiwara takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Obuhov throws a jab but it's blocked by Fujiwara.
Fujiwara was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Obuhov fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujiwara throws a looping overhand right but Obuhov ducks down to avoid it.
Obuhov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sloppy strikes from Fujiwara. Those never looked like landing.
Obuhov throws a series of punches but Fujiwara moves out of range.
Obuhov scores with a decent looking hook.
Fujiwara throws out a loose jab but Obuhov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obuhov shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Obuhov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obuhov throws a hook but Fujiwara avoids it easily.
Obuhov ducks under a wild hook from Fujiwara.
Obuhov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fujiwara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fujiwara tests Obuhov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yoshi Fujiwara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obuhov throws a looping overhand right but Fujiwara ducks down to avoid it.
Obuhov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Obuhov scores with a jab.
Fujiwara blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obuhov throws a hook to the side of Fujiwara's head but Fujiwara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Fujiwara misses the target.
Obuhov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fujiwara takes one on the button.
No joy there for Obuhov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fujiwara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Obuhov drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fujiwara has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fujiwara preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fujiwara is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Obuhov stops Fujiwara from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara trying to control the position here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Obuhov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fujiwara is trying to control the position but Obuhov postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Obuhov is looking to work some ground and pound but Fujiwara has wrist control.
Obuhov trying to control but Fujiwara is working from the bottom.
Fujiwara avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fujiwara utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Obuhov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Obuhov works over Fujiwara with some ground and pound from guard.
Obuhov throwing strikes from guard but Fujiwara blocks nicely.
Fujiwara looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fujiwara seems keen to control Obuhov's posture.
Obuhov postures up in Fujiwara's guard and throws a big left but Fujiwara blocks it.
Fujiwara avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fujiwara is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Fujiwara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Obuhov.
Obuhov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fujiwara had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Obuhov misses with a straight right.
Fujiwara is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Fujiwara slips a jab and a cross from Obuhov.
Fujiwara throws a shot from downtown. Obuhov moves away and avoids it.
Fujiwara circles away from the clinch attempt.
Obuhov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Obuhov - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Obuhov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Obuhov misses with a looping left.
Obuhov shoots in and drives through. Fujiwara sprawls well.
Fujiwara is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Obuhov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Obuhov throws a poor cross that misses
and Fujiwara counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Anton Obuhov has been cut.
Fujiwara ducks under a wild hook from Obuhov.
Anton Obuhov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fujiwara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Obuhov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fujiwara closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Anton Obuhov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obuhov works the jab nicely.
Nice defenses there by Fujiwara.
Fujiwara takes one to the side of the head.
Fujiwara misses with a hook to the body
and Obuhov counters with a stiff right hand.
Obuhov cracks Fujiwara with a good jab.
Obuhov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fujiwara slips a jab from Obuhov.
Fujiwara scores with the left hand. Obuhov knows he should have avoided that one.
Obuhov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fujiwara lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obuhov throws a poor cross that misses
and Fujiwara counters with a straight right hand.
Obuhov lands with a nice body punch.
Fujiwara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obuhov tests Fujiwara's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Obuhov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Obuhov cracks Fujiwara with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Obuhov lands with a shot to the body.
Donk. Obuhov catches Fujiwara right on the button with a cross.
Fujiwara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obuhov throws a series of punches but Fujiwara avoids them all with ease.
Fujiwara was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fujiwara misses with a few strikes there.
Fujiwara throws a hook but Obuhov avoids it easily.
Fujiwara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Fujiwara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Obuhov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fujiwara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Obuhov misses.
Fujiwara swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Obuhov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fujiwara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Obuhov scrambles back to his feet.
Obuhov misses with a low kick.
Obuhov misses with a looping right.
Fujiwara has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A swing and a miss from Obuhov.
Fujiwara throwing a counter right hand but Obuhov manages to avoid it.
Obuhov ducks under a wild hook from Fujiwara.
The fight stays on the outside here - Obuhov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fujiwara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fujiwara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Obuhov.
A jab from Obuhov finds it's way through Fujiwara's defenses.
Fujiwara swats away the attempt to clinch by Obuhov.
Fujiwara swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Obuhov misses with a left hand
and Obuhov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Obuhov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fujiwara manages to avoid it.
Fujiwara throwing a counter right hand but Obuhov manages to avoid it.
Jab from Obuhov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Obuhov.
Obuhov jabs at Fujiwara's body.
Obuhov throws out a powerful jab.
Fujiwara walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Obuhov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fujiwara counters with a right hand to the body.

Obuhov drives through and clinches with Fujiwara against the cage.

Fujiwara breaks from the clinch.

Obuhov shoots in and bounces Fujiwara off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Obuhov throws a big right hand that misses.
Fujiwara pulls Obuhov in to control the position.
Obuhov throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fujiwara looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obuhov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fujiwara works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fujiwara is pulling down on Obuhov's head to control his posture.
Obuhov trying to control but Fujiwara is working from the bottom.
Fujiwara is trying to control the position but Obuhov postures up.
Fujiwara is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Obuhov is controlling him.
Obuhov looking to pass the guard.
Fujiwara looking to control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Obuhov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anton Obuhov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Fujiwara throws a jab when Obuhov was well out of range.
Obuhov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fujiwara's head.
Obuhov has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Obuhov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fujiwara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Obuhov throws a big shot that misses.
Obuhov misses with an uppercut. Fujiwara saw that one coming.
Fujiwara was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fujiwara jabs Obuhov right on the nose. Obuhov blinks but takes it well.
Obuhov missing with a left hand there. Fujiwara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fujiwara is looking to counter punch.
Obuhov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fujiwara.
Obuhov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fujiwara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Obuhov was well out of range. Poor timing from Fujiwara.
Nice uppercut lands for Obuhov. That snapped Fujiwara's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Obuhov gets a takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fujiwara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Obuhov.
Obuhov is trying to control the action in half guard but Fujiwara is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obuhov is thwarting Fujiwara's attempts to control the position.
Fujiwara regains full guard. Nicely done.
Obuhov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fujiwara has his hands on Obuhov's head, controlling the position.
Obuhov is looking to work some ground and pound but Fujiwara has wrist control.
Fujiwara controls Obuhov momentarily but Obuhov frees himself.
Obuhov trying to control but Fujiwara is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fujiwara wants to control but Obuhov passes easily into half guard.
Obuhov working the head and body with strikes.
Fujiwara is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Obuhov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Obuhov's back!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Obuhov trying to survive by controlling the hands.
A lull in the action here.
Yoshi Fujiwara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obuhov wants to escape the position.
Obuhov trying to control the position but Fujiwara manages to sink in the hooks.
Fujiwara controlling well, preventing Obuhov from escaping the position.
Fujiwara is trying to stick to Obuhov's back but Obuhov is turning into Fujiwara. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Fujiwara's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Obuhov.
Fujiwara trying to control the position here.
Fujiwara continues to stall.
Fujiwara's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Obuhov postures up in Fujiwara's guard and throws a big left but Fujiwara blocks it.
Fujiwara wants to stand up but Obuhov is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fujiwara holds on and takes a little breather.
Anton Obuhov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fujiwara wants to stand but Obuhov is controlling the position.
Fujiwara wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Obuhov postures up in Fujiwara's guard and throws a big left but Fujiwara blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Obuhov wants to control from the top but Fujiwara keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Obuhov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anton Obuhov.
Well Obuhov 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anton Obuhov!
Anton Obuhov bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.