PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Oscar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hidosh Kakana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Oscar has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Oscar
vs
Kakana

200 cm
22
220 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

185 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Oscar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hidosh Kakana!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakana shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oscar as he avoids it easily.
Kakana wants to clinch up but Oscar keeps it at a distance.

Oscar clinches with his opponent.

Kakana manages to pull guard.
Kakana wants to get back to his feet but Oscar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Oscar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kakana's head.
Oscar chips away with some ground and pound.
Oscar throws a strike but Kakana rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Oscar wants to stand but Kakana is controlling the position.
Kakana wants to control from the top but Oscar keeps moving.
Kakana chips away with some ground and pound.
Kakana trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Oscar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oscar tries to get out of the position.
Oscar looking for a sweep. Not yet Oscar, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oscar throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kakana trying to control the position from guard on top but Oscar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kakana stops Oscar from standing up.
Oscar wants to sweep here but Kakana controlling him for the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Oscar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Oscar throwing shots but Kakana is blocking nicely.
Kakana has hold of Oscar's hands but Oscar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Oscar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakana keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Oscar is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Oscar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kakana wants to control but Oscar is keeping busy.
Oscar tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Kakana is trying to control but can't.
Kakana is pressing down on Oscar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kakana looks gassed!
Oscar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oscar with a nice head shot there.
Oscar works over Kakana with some ground and pound from guard.
Oscar lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscar lands a couple of elbows.
Oscar throws a strike but Kakana rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Oscar wants to stand and escape but Kakana is having none of it.
Kakana stopping the sweep attempt from Oscar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kakana trying to control the position from guard on top but Oscar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Oscar manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Oscar has closed the distance and engaged Kakana in a clinch.
Oscar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kakana's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oscar decides to pull guard.
Oscar punching from the bottom.
Kakana is looking to stand up but Oscar won't let him.
Oscar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kakana preventing the sweep.
Oscar trying to strike off his back.
Kakana content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kakana trying to control the position from guard on top but Oscar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oscar trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Oscar clinches up with Kakana and pushes him back against the cage.

Oscar tightens his grip and picks Kakana up, before dumping him to the ground. Kakana manages to land in guard.
Kakana avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Oscar tries to clinch there but Kakana circles away.

Oscar gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Oscar turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Oscar manages to end up in side control.
Oscar fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Oscar working away.
Kakana should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Oscar misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Oscar working the body and head with strikes.
Kakana defending against the ground and pound.
Kakana is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Oscar has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Kakana is working to avoid the ground and pound but Oscar connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oscar scores with a couple of short elbows.
Oscar in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Oscar connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kakana some visible discomfort.
Check out the look on Oscar's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oscar scoring with punches from side control.
Oscar working the ground and pound.
Oscar working the ground and pound from side control.
Oscar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kakana on the ground.
Kakana is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Oscar is controlling him well.
Kakana is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Oscar's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ground and pound from Oscar.
Oscar lands with a punch from half guard.
Oscar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oscar slips a nice elbow through Kakana's hands, connecting with Kakana's forehead.
Kakana is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Oscar scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oscar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oscar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kakana trying to control from the bottom.
Oscar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kakana on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kakana is looking to get back to full guard here but Oscar has managed to pass to side control instead.
Kakana really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Kakana that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Oscar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscar working Kakana over with strikes here.
Oscar lands a big shot there that rocks Kakana but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kakana takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oscar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kakana is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oscar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kakana is in a horrible position here. Oscar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oscar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kakana can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kakana is desperately trying to improve his position but Oscar has a good base and remains in mount.
Kakana tries to hold on but Oscar postures up.
Oscar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kakana can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oscar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oscar landing strikes from the mount.
Kakana is desperately trying to improve his position but Oscar has a good base and remains in mount.
George Oscar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oscar looking to finish Kakana with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kakana!
Oscar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kakana looks a forlorn figure.
Kakana is in a horrible position here. Oscar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oscar landing strikes from the mount.
Oscar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Oscar dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kakana shoots for a takedown but Oscar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Oscar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oscar prevents Kakana from breaking the clinch.

Oscar gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Kakana regains guard.
Kakana is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Oscar wants to pass the guard but Kakana is keeping the position.
Oscar chips away with some ground and pound.
Kakana is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Oscar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oscar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kakana can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oscar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oscar stops Kakana from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oscar chips away with some ground and pound.
Oscar lands a couple of elbows.
Kakana has momentary wrist control but Oscar slips an elbow through the middle.
Oscar working some strikes from top position.
Oscar postures up in Kakana's guard and throws a big left but Kakana blocks it.
Oscar postures up and lands a big shot to Kakana's brow.
Oscar would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Kakana has his foot on Oscar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Oscar works his way back into a safe position though.
Oscar stands up over Kakana, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Kakana throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Oscar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oscar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kakana's head.

Oscar gets to his feet. Kakana looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Kakana looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Oscar is fending him off so far but Kakana persists. Nope, Oscar circles away and we're back to standing.

Oscar clinches.

Oscar pulls guard effortlessly.
Oscar keeping moving, preventing Kakana from controlling successfully.
Kakana is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Oscar wants to stand up but Kakana is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscar punching from the bottom - just letting Kakana know he's still in a fight.
Kakana pushes down on Oscar's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Oscar wants to get back to full guard but Kakana has mounted him!
Oscar has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Oscar can't escape the position.
Oscar looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Kakana looking for the choke from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oscar trying to get back to his feet but Kakana is in full control for now.
Kakana is hanging on to Oscar's back as he tries to escape.
Will Kakana go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Oscar is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Kakana lands a shot to the body.
Oscar holding both Kakana 's hands and preventing any damage.
Kakana keeps control of the position as Oscar tries to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Oscar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oscar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Oscar!