PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between River Greywar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chihiro Ogino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greywar's entrance music is "Stick 'em Up!" - Quarashi. A fine choice. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Chihiro Ogino was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Greywar
vs
Ogino

150 cm
24
130 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

150 cm
21
130 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Syndicate Drugs

[†]FALCON CLOTHING[†]
[†]FALCON CLOTHING[†]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, River Greywar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chihiro Ogino!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greywar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ogino throws out the jab.
Greywar blocks a jab.
Greywar lands with a cross.

Greywar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ogino did well to prevent Greywar getting side control.
Greywar lands with a punch from half guard.
Greywar prevents Ogino from improving his position.
Ogino is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Greywar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Greywar thows a huge punch but Ogino dodges it nicely.
Ogino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Greywar.
Ogino is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Greywar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Greywar's back!
Ogino throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Greywar covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Greywar turns into Ogino and is now in his guard.
Greywar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ogino bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Greywar's guard.
Greywar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ogino postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Greywar is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Greywar is on top in guard.
Greywar won't allow Ogino to sweep him here.
Greywar postures up in Ogino's guard and throws a big left but Ogino blocks it.
Greywar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Greywar landing some decent shots from guard.
Greywar stops Ogino from standing up.
Greywar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Greywar has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ogino is on top in guard.
Ogino being controlled here momentarily.
Greywar is trying to keep Ogino in close.
Ogino trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogino throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ogino throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Greywar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Greywar looking for a sweep. Not yet Greywar, not yet.
Ogino has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Greywar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Greywar pulls Ogino in close to his closed guard and prevents Ogino from doing any damage or advancing position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Greywar misses with a hook.
Greywar defending well as Ogino loads up on a big left hand.
Chihiro Ogino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ogino looks to score with a jab to the body but Greywar is just out of range.
Ogino throws a hook but Greywar avoids it easily.
Ogino swings for the body but Greywar moves out of range.
Ogino tries a low kick but Greywar avoids it.

Greywar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ogino did well to prevent Greywar getting side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ogino works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ogino wants to get back to his feet but Greywar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Greywar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogino is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Greywar is controlling him.
Greywar thows a big elbow that misses.
Ogino looking for a sweep. Not yet Ogino, not yet.

Greywar drops back looking for a leg! Ogino is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ogino manages to kick Greywar off! Greywar jumps back into Ogino's guard.
Ogino looking to control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Greywar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Greywar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Greywar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ogino has had enough of the clinch but Greywar keeps him there for the moment.
Ogino drops down looking for an ankle pick but Greywar pulls his leg out and moves away.
Greywar lands a nice hook to Ogino's body. Ogino takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ogino looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greywar moves out of range of the strikes.
Ogino loads up on a big right hand but Greywar slips the punch.
Ogino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greywar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Greywar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Greywar has Ogino up against the cage in a clinch.
Greywar tries a knee to the head but Ogino blocks it.

Ogino manages to break the clinch.
Ogino misses with a wild body shot.

Greywar scores a takedown into full mount!
Greywar with the ground and pound from mount.
Greywar with the ground and pound from mount.
Ogino can't escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greywar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ogino is working to get back to half guard.
Greywar with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greywar trying to control but Ogino is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

River Greywar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Greywar misses with a body shot.
Greywar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ogino throws out the jab.
Greywar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ogino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Greywar blocks a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Ogino misses

so Greywar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Greywar landing some decent shots from guard.
Greywar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Greywar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ogino working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Greywar.
Greywar is in close to Ogino's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Ogino is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Greywar defends well.
Ogino working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Greywar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greywar scoring with some ground and pound.
Greywar trying to control but Ogino is working from the bottom.
Greywar works over Ogino with some ground and pound from guard.
Greywar won't allow Ogino to get back to his feet.

Ogino looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ogino is breathing heavily.
Greywar trying to control the position from guard on top but Ogino is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ogino is on top in guard.
Greywar has momentary wrist control but Ogino slips an elbow through the middle.
Greywar pulls Ogino in close to prevent any damage.
Greywar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ogino.
Ogino working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greywar keeping moving, preventing Ogino from controlling successfully.
Ogino stopping the sweep attempt from Greywar.
Greywar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Greywar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ogino was well out of range. Poor timing from Greywar.

Greywar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Greywar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ogino wants to sweep here but Greywar controlling him for the moment.

Ogino is looking for a triangle but Greywar pushes his legs off easily.
Ogino working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Greywar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greywar won't allow Ogino to sweep him here.
Greywar wants to pass the guard but Ogino is keeping the position.
Greywar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ogino throws a hook but Greywar blocks it.
Greywar misses with an uppercut. Ogino saw that one coming.
Greywar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ogino moves away.
Greywar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Greywar slips under a jab from Ogino.
Greywar is looking to wear down Ogino with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Greywar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ogino is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Greywar is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Greywar lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greywar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Greywar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Greywar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Ogino kicks Greywar off and gets to his feet.
Ogino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greywar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Greywar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ogino throws out the jab.
Greywar slips a jab from Ogino.
Ogino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ogino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Greywar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Greywar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ogino has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Greywar is working away from the top position though.
Greywar thows a huge punch but Ogino dodges it nicely.
Ogino is trying to stand up here but Greywar is controlling him well.
Ogino is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

River Greywar dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ogino swings for the body but Greywar moves out of range.

Ogino tries to keep at a distance but Greywar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Greywar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Greywar lands a nice shot to the body.
Ogino wants to break free but Greywar has control.
Greywar missing with knees to the body.
Greywar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ogino in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ogino is trying to break free.
Ogino on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Greywar landing knees to the body.
Greywar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Greywar working Ogino over with knees to the body.
Greywar looking to throw knees to the head but Ogino is blocking nicely.
Greywar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ogino's efforts to push away.
Greywar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Greywar tries to land knees in the clinch but Ogino avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Greywar.
A right hook to the body lands for Greywar.
Greywar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Greywar misses with a knee strike.
Ogino has had enough of the clinch but Greywar keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ogino is trying to break the clinch but Greywar is controlling him.
Greywar trying to land knees to the body.
Ogino wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogino managing to block the knees to the body from Greywar.
Ogino has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ogino goes for a takedown in the clinch but Greywar prevents it.
Greywar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ogino can't break the clinch.
Ogino blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Greywar missing with knees to the body.
Ogino managing to block the knees to the body from Greywar.

Ogino manages to break the clinch.

Ogino shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Greywar is trying to escape the mount.
Greywar wants to hold on but Ogino pushes him away.
BOOM! Ogino connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ogino with shots to the head and body - Greywar looks very uncomfortable down there.
Greywar holds on for dear life.
River Greywar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ogino connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Chihiro Ogino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Ogino there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Greywar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Greywar tries to get out of the position.
Ogino scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ogino unloads with some shots from mount but Greywar bucks and avoids them well.
Greywar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ogino is landing with some decent strikes but Greywar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ogino putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ogino lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Greywar hang on?
Ogino landing strikes from the mount and Greywar is in trouble!
Ogino lands a heavy elbow.
Greywar tries to reverse the position but Ogino maintains control.
Ogino breaks from Greywar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ogino punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greywar is working to get back to half guard.
Ogino cracks Greywar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Greywar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Greywar regains half guard.
Ogino not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ogino connects with a nice short shot to Greywar's temple.
Ogino missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Greywar is not content to let Ogino control the position.
Greywar trying to control from the bottom.
Ogino not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ogino thows a huge punch but Greywar dodges it nicely.
Ogino thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Greywar to regain full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A swing and a miss from Ogino.
Greywar ducks under a wild hook from Ogino.
Ogino throws a low kick but Greywar avoids it.
Greywar moves out of range of the strikes.
Greywar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Greywar slips under a jab from Ogino.
Ogino misses with a hook. Greywar ducked under it nicely.
Ogino swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Greywar counters with a right hand to the body.
Greywar looks to score with a jab to the body but Ogino is just out of range.
Ogino uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greywar.
Greywar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
River Greywar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Greywar drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chihiro Ogino.
Well Greywar 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... River Greywar!