PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cracker Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Yoon Sik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Joe
vs
Yoon Sik

178 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cracker Joe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Yoon Sik!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoon Sik will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Joe misses with a series of wild punches.

Joe bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Yoon Sik sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Yoon Sik keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Yoon Sik wants to get back to his feet.
Yoon Sik gets full guard.
Joe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yoon Sik is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Yoon Sik pushes Joe off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoon Sik moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.

Yoon Sik changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Joe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Yoon Sik wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Joe, who protects the arm well.
Yoon Sik looks gassed!
Yoon Sik working away.

Yoon Sik working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe struggling a bit here.
Joe throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.

Yoon Sik is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Joe has escaped the position, nice work there.

Yoon Sik is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Joe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Yoon Sik pinned against the cage. Yoon Sik gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Joe clinches up against the cage.

Joe is trying to trip Yoon Sik. He has hold of a leg but Yoon Sik is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Joe persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Yoon Sik is trying to keep Joe in close.
Joe trying to control the position from guard on top but Yoon Sik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yoon Sik not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Joe decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Yoon Sik, up you get!

Joe moves into the clinch successfully.
Joe is working Yoon Sik over against the cage.

Joe jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yoon Sik tries to free his leg and advance position but Joe is retaining full guard.
Joe wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Yoon Sik is now in half guard.
Yoon Sik has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Yoon Sik unloads with some shots from mount but Joe bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cracker Joe will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Joe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Good leg kick by Joe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Joe misses with the combination.
Yoon Sik misses with a takedown
and Joe counters with a straight right hand.
Yoon Sik tries to clinch but Joe moves away

and Joe counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Yoon Sik keeping moving, preventing Joe from controlling successfully.
Joe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yoon Sik looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joe is one step ahead there.
Joe wants to control from the top but Yoon Sik keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoon Sik is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Joe is controlling him.
Yoon Sik wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Joe is now in half guard.
Joe looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

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

Joe fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yoon Sik sprawls well initially but Joe persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoon Sik wants to stand back up but Joe manages to pass into side control.
Yoon Sik is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Joe is controlling him well.
Yoon Sik tries to buck Joe off but Joe is having none of it.
Yoon Sik is trying to control Joe's posture but Joe avoids it.
Joe trying to control the action but Yoon Sik is working from the bottom.
Joe is working Yoon Sik over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe trying to control the position but Yoon Sik is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yoon Sik looks to clinch
and Joe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yoon Sik tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Joe counters with a right hand to the body.
Joe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cracker Joe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joe throws a nice looking combination but Yoon Sik bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yoon Sik misses with a takedown
and Joe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joe pulls out of a head kick attempt.

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.
Yoon Sik tries for a takedown but Joe circles away easily

and Joe counters by moving into the clinch.
Cracker Joe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Yoon Sik.
Good body shot from Joe.
Yoon Sik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Joe.
Joe stops a takedown attempt from Yoon Sik.
Joe has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Yoon Sik avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Joe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yoon Sik's efforts to push away.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yoon Sik.

Joe breaks from the clinch.
Joe shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Yoon Sik counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Joe's guard now.
Joe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cracker Joe dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Yoon Sik tries to clinch but Joe is having none of it.

Yoon Sik closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Yoon Sik lands in his opponent's guard.
Yoon Sik postures up.
Yoon Sik is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Joe wants to stand up but Yoon Sik is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoon Sik trying to control but Joe is working from the bottom.
Lee Yoon Sik has got the better of the ground game so far.
Joe not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yoon Sik trying to control but Joe is working from the bottom.

Joe is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Yoon Sik has his hands clasped together but Joe extends an breaks Yoon Sik's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Joe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cracker Joe!