PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenzo Oyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jetsky Luckson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Oyama might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to NJPW - Mission Blow. Jetsky Luckson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oyama
vs
Luckson

175 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
158 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenzo Oyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jetsky Luckson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luckson stuffs the takedown.
Jetsky Luckson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Oyama closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luckson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Oyama is working away from the top position though.
Oyama sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Luckson defending well though.
Oyama throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Oyama throwing shots but Luckson is blocking nicely.
Oyama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Luckson manages to get to full guard.
Oyama postures up and lands a big shot to Luckson's brow.
Oyama missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oyama working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oyama is looking to work some ground and pound but Luckson has wrist control.
Oyama loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Luckson wants to stand but Oyama is controlling the position.
Oyama throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luckson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luckson misses with a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Luckson. No joy for Oyama on that attempt.
Luckson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luckson lands a jab to the nose.
Luckson throws a nice head kick!
Luckson lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Luckson.
Oyama closes the distance and clinches up with Luckson, looking for a takedown. Oyama pushes Luckson against the cage but Luckson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenzo Oyama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luckson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Luckson tries to clinch there but Oyama circles away.

Oyama gets a clinch.
Oyama letting Luckson take a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oyama tries to break free but Luckson pushes him back against the cage.

Luckson breaks the clinch.
Luckson connects with a high kick.
Luckson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Luckson.
Oyama is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luckson connects with a high kick.
Luckson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Oyama's head.
Luckson tries to clinch

and Oyama counters by clinching up.

Luckson breaks the clinch.
A big left from Oyama misses.
Luckson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luckson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck for Oyama with that takedown attempt.
Luckson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Oyama pushes Luckson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luckson breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Luckson.
Oyama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luckson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oyama avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luckson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oyama backs up against the cage.
Luckson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Luckson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Luckson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Oyama counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Oyama throwing shots but Luckson is blocking nicely.
Luckson wants to control but Oyama is keeping busy.
Oyama looks to land a strike but Luckson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Luckson holds on and takes a little breather.
Oyama thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Oyama postures up in Luckson's guard and throws a big left but Luckson blocks it.

Luckson pushes Oyama off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Luckson.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Luckson.
Oyama tries to move into range but Luckson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Luckson doesn't manage to clinch there - Oyama circles away.
Luckson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Luckson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Luckson connects with a solid leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oyama explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Luckson connects with a single shot there.
Luckson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Luckson fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jetsky Luckson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luckson misses with a two punch combination.
Oyama tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Oyama.
Oyama fails with a takedown attempt.
Oyama takes one on the button.
Oyama tries for a takedown but Luckson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenzo Oyama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luckson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oyama takes a kick to the side of the head.
Oyama tries to clinch but Luckson moves away
and Luckson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jetsky Luckson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oyama tries to close the distance and clinch but Luckson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luckson scores with a head kick.
Kenzo Oyama is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luckson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luckson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Luckson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Luckson controls Oyama momentarily but Oyama frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luckson is looking to stand up but Oyama isn't so interested in that idea.
Luckson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oyama postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Luckson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oyama.
Luckson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oyama manages to get himself to full guard.
Oyama lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Luckson!
Luckson tries to reverse the position but Oyama maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Luckson tries to hold on but Oyama pushes him away.
Oyama pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Luckson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Luckson tries to reverse the position but Oyama maintains control.
Luckson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oyama has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oyama scoring with strikes but Luckson is staying in there.
Luckson tries to hold on but Oyama pushes him away.
Oyama is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oyama lands a heavy elbow.
Oyama lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oyama lands with some strikes.
Oyama looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Oyama unloading with bombs!
Oyama pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oyama breaks from Luckson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oyama is landing with some decent strikes but Luckson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Oyama.
A nice elbow there by Oyama.
Luckson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oyama lands a heavy elbow.
Oyama with a couple of short strikes.
Luckson wants to hold on but Oyama pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luckson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oyama is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Luckson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oyama prevents Luckson from getting the reversal.
Oyama landing punches.
Oyama lands a heavy elbow.
Oyama prevents Luckson from getting the reversal.
Luckson tries to hold on but Oyama postures up.
Oyama looking to finish Luckson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Luckson!
Oyama fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oyama with a couple of short strikes.
Luckson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Luckson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenzo Oyama 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. And we move into the final round!

Oyama shoots in but Luckson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Oyama gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Luckson is trying to force a seperation but Oyama has the dominant position.
Luckson gets underhooks to prevent Oyama's takedown attempt.

Luckson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luckson lands with a nice combination. Oyama backs away looking to recover.
Oyama tries to clinch but Luckson moves out of range.
Oyama with a lazy takedown attempt
and Luckson counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenzo Oyama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oyama shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Luckson pinned against the cage. Luckson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Oyama shoots and misses
and Luckson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Luckson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oyama takes a kick to the side of the head.
Luckson fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luckson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oyama, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Luckson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Luckson goes for a takedown attempt but Oyama pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A solid body kick from Luckson.
Oyama wants to clinch but Luckson slips to the side
and Luckson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Luckson scores with a head kick.
Oyama avoids the head kick by Luckson.
Oyama will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Oyama closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Oyama working the ground and pound from side control.
Oyama is trying to ground and pound but Luckson uses the momentary lack of control by Oyama to regain half guard.
Luckson trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oyama looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Oyama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Luckson wants to get back to his feet.
Oyama sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Luckson defending well though.
Luckson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Oyama is trying to control the action in half guard but Luckson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Oyama throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oyama blocks a head kick by Luckson.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Luckson!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oyama has closed the distance and engaged Luckson in a clinch.
Luckson trying to land knees to the body.
Oyama tries for a takedown but Luckson manages to get underhooks.
Oyama avoids a wild elbow strike from Luckson.
Luckson tries to break the clinch but Oyama is controlling the position.
Luckson is trying to stall.
Luckson stops a takedown attempt from Oyama.
Luckson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oyama up against the cage.
Luckson tries to break the clinch but Oyama is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oyama.
Luckson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oyama backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Oyama pulls Luckson into guard.

Oyama had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Luckson defends it easily.

Oyama isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Luckson stacks Oyama on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Luckson!
Luckson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oyama keeps working.
Oyama struggling a bit here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jetsky Luckson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Luckson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jetsky Luckson!