PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sho Fukamachi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Hais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukamachi comes to the cage accompanied by Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor. Hais is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Time to Say Goodbye by Bocelli & Brightman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fukamachi
vs
Hais

170 cm
25
139 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
140 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Nemesis Cage 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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Sho Fukamachi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Vladimir Hais!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hais misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hais dives in and grabs Fukamachi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fukamachi pushes down on Hais's head and hops out.
Fukamachi tries for a takedown but Hais circles away easily

and Hais counters with a takedown into side control.
Hais tries to move to mount but Fukamachi blocks the move with his legs.
Fukamachi sneaks back into half guard.
Fukamachi moves into full guard.
Hais is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fukamachi is controlling Hais's posture.
Hais is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fukamachi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fukamachi wants to control the pace but Hais is squirming around nicely.
Fukamachi landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukamachi with a couple of short strikes.
Hais is desperately trying to improve his position but Fukamachi has a good base and remains in mount.
Fukamachi tries to control but Hais wriggling away.
Fukamachi controlling from the full mount.
Fukamachi is landing with some decent strikes but Hais is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fukamachi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hais really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fukamachi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hais is squirming around, avoiding Fukamachi's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hais is working to get back to half guard.
Hais is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fukamachi controlling his opponent.
Hais can't escape the position.
Fukamachi looking to control but Hais is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fukamachi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hais is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hais is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fukamachi controlling the pace for now.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sho Fukamachi just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Hais scores a takedown into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hais wants to control the pace but Fukamachi is squirming around nicely.
Fukamachi is trying desperately to improve position.
Hais wants to control the pace but Fukamachi is squirming around nicely.
Fukamachi tries to reverse the position but Hais maintains control.
Hais sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hais lands a big elbow.
Hais lands a big elbow.
Fukamachi working to try and regain half guard.

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.
Hais tries to control but Fukamachi wriggling away.
Fukamachi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Hais is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fukamachi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Fukamachi wants to hold on but Hais pushes him away.
Fukamachi is trying desperately to improve position.
Fukamachi tries to lock up and control but Hais gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Fukamachi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hais is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Hais working for a submission but Fukamachi is keeping him at bay.
Fukamachi is looking to improve his position but Hais isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Hais dominated that 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.

Fukamachi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hais manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Hais is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Fukamachi doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hais.
Fukamachi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fukamachi.
Hais pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fukamachi is keeping the position for now.
Fukamachi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fukamachi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hais wants to control from the top but Fukamachi keeps moving.
Hais pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fukamachi is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fukamachi has his foot on Hais's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hais works his way back into a safe position though.
Fukamachi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

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

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Fukamachi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fukamachi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hais wants to pass the guard but Fukamachi is keeping the position.
Hais preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fukamachi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hais's guard.

Hais looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hais is breathing heavily.
Fukamachi trying to control but Hais is working from the bottom.
Hais looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fukamachi trying to control but Hais is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fukamachi wants to pass the guard but Hais is keeping the position.
Fukamachi looking to sit in guard and control but Hais gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hais's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukamachi keeping full guard, as Hais tries to pass.

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

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

Hais has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fukamachi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fukamachi is pushing down on Hais's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hais is fighting to maintain full guard but Fukamachi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fukamachi wants to take a breather but Hais is having none of it.
Hais is in trouble now - Fukamachi has advanced to mount!
Hais tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hais is squirming around, avoiding Fukamachi's attempts to control the action.
Hais can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fukamachi is trying to take his opponent's back.
Hais is looking to improve his position but Fukamachi isn't that keen on the idea.
Fukamachi looking to control but Hais is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hais is looking to get to half guard.
Fukamachi trying to control but Hais is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sho Fukamachi dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fukamachi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fukamachi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fukamachi trying to control from half guard but Hais is working away.
Hais gets back to full guard.
Hais looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hais keeping full guard, as Fukamachi tries to pass.
Fukamachi wants to control from the top but Hais keeps moving.
Sho Fukamachi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fukamachi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukamachi trying to control the position from guard on top but Hais is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hais is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fukamachi landing some decent shots from guard.
Hais looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fukamachi is one step ahead there.
Fukamachi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hais swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fukamachi forces his way into half guard.
Hais is looking for a sweep. Fukamachi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hais is pressing down on Fukamachi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fukamachi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fukamachi preventing the sweep.

Hais looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hais keeping moving, preventing Fukamachi from controlling successfully.
Fukamachi stands and throws Hais's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Fukamachi lands some shots froms side control.
Fukamachi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hais keeps working.
Hais wants to control but Fukamachi postures up.
Fukamachi taking a break here but Hais is having none of it and regains half guard.
Fukamachi slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hais is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fukamachi trying to mount his opponent but Hais defends it.
Hais trying to control here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hais throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fukamachi's waist but Fukamachi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hais off to one side.
Fukamachi looks to clinch

and Hais counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fukamachi won't be happy with that.
Hais tries to advance to mount but Fukamachi denies him.
Fukamachi is trying to control Hais's posture but Hais avoids it.
Fukamachi is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Fukamachi taking punishment in the form of punches.

Hais thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fukamachi manages to get back to half guard.
Fukamachi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fukamachi.
Fukamachi can't keep his opponent in guard - Hais advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fukamachi is looking to control Hais's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fukamachi avoid being mounted?

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vladimir Hais.
I think Hais 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Hais!