PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 1887 p4p, 2613 weight class) and Omari Ayuba (ranked 218 p4p, 307 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ayuba's choice of entrance music: 2Pac - All Eyez On Me. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hanma
vs
Ayuba

196 cm
20
265
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
20
260
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Champion Apparel

Northern Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Omari Ayuba!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ayuba throws a hook but Hanma avoids it easily.
Hanma misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ayuba fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanma.
Hanma with a hook.
Hanma misses the jab.
Ayuba lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hanma will feel that in the morning.
Hanma works the jab nicely.
Ayuba throws out a loose jab but Hanma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ayuba connects with an inside leg kick.
Hanma lands a jab.
Hanma lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ayuba scores with a decent looking hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ayuba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ayuba moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hanma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ayuba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hanma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hanma avoids the head kick by Ayuba.
Hanma connects with a body shot that sends Ayuba's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayuba lands with a nice body punch.
Hanma falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ayuba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ayuba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hanma misses with a double jab.

Ayuba takes the fight into the clinch.
Hanma taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Hanma manages to break the clinch.
Ayuba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ayuba on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ayuba misses with a low kick as Hanma jumps back.
Ayuba walks into a straight right hand from Hanma.
Hanma misses with an uppercut. Ayuba saw that one coming.
Hanma misses with a hook. Ayuba ducked under it nicely.
Ayuba on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick from Ayuba, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma jabs Ayuba right on the nose. Ayuba blinks but takes it well.
Hanma chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ayuba defending well as Hanma loads up on a big left hand.
Hanma throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ayuba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hanma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ayuba manages to avoid it.
Hanma moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAyuba.
Nice defenses there by Ayuba.
Hanma connects with a looping right hand.
Hanma scores with a leg kick.
Hanma misses the shot to the body.
Hanma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ayuba. That did some damage!
Ayuba stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanma.
Hanma scores with a punch to the head.
A good leg kick by Ayuba.
Ayuba pushes Hanma away with a front kick.
Ayuba pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ayuba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma misses with a looping left.
Hanma missing with a left hand there. Ayuba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ayuba slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ayuba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ayuba closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ayuba throws a hook but Hanma blocks it.
Hanma blocks a leg kick.
Ayuba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanma.
Hanma cracks Ayuba with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hanma throws a good cross that connects.
Hanma lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ayuba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanma.
Ayuba lands a nice shot that snaps Hanma's head back.
Hanma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ayuba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ayuba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hanma missing with a left hand there. Ayuba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ayuba blocks the body kick.
Hanma stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ayuba.
Hanma scores with a jab.
Ayuba looks for the body kick but Hanma saw that one coming.
Ayuba switches off momentarily and Hanma cracks him with a monster right hand! Ayuba topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Hanma dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Hanma!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Baki Hanma!
Baki Hanma retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Baki Hanma thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.