PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Ray Okudja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jay Ray Okudja could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tim Franklin's chin.

Ray Okudja
vs
Franklin

169 cm
25
176 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jay Ray Okudja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tim Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Okudja counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Okudja throwing strikes from guard but Franklin blocks nicely.

Franklin has his foot on Okudja's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Okudja works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franklin trying to keep a closed guard but Okudja is proving a slippery customer.
Okudja controls from within his opponent's guard.
Okudja with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Franklin keeping moving, preventing Okudja from controlling successfully.
Okudja is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Okudja controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Okudja chips away with some ground and pound.
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.
Okudja pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Franklin is keeping the position for now.
Franklin trying to control the position.
Franklin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Okudja has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Okudja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Okudja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Okudja is in close to Franklin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Okudja is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Okudja won't allow Franklin to sweep him here.
Franklin is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okudja scoring with punches to the head and body.
Franklin looking to control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Okudja postures up in Franklin's guard and throws a big left but Franklin blocks it.
Okudja working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Okudja throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Franklin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Okudja lands a couple of digs.
Franklin trying to keep a closed guard but Okudja is proving a slippery customer.
Franklin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Franklin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Okudja defends it easily.
Okudja with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okudja throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Okudja passes into half guard.
Okudja looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Franklin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Franklin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Okudja is working away from the top position though.
Okudja working over Franklin with some ground and pound. Franklin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Okudja drops an elbow to the side of Franklin's head.
Okudja is thwarting Franklin's attempts to control the position.
Okudja stalling.
Franklin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Okudja scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okudja takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Okudja scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Okudja looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Franklin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Franklin taking some punishment here, with Okudja in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Okudja there.
Okudja working Franklin over with strikes.
Okudja scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franklin trying to control from the bottom.
Franklin looks gassed!
Okudja lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Okudja prevents Franklin from standing back up.
Okudja lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Franklin trying to hold on to Okudja's head to control him but Okudja postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Ray Okudja dominated that round.
That's time! Okudja's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Franklin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Okudja counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Franklin's guard now.
Okudja wants to pass the guard but Franklin is keeping the position.
Franklin 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.
Okudja is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Okudja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Franklin on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Okudja is in close to Franklin's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Franklin being controlled here, momentarily.
Okudja lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Okudja with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Okudja trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Okudja postures up in Franklin's guard and throws a big left but Franklin blocks it.
Franklin keeping moving, preventing Okudja from controlling successfully.
Franklin tries to strike from the bottom.

That's two 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.
Okudja postures up.
Okudja won't allow Franklin to get back to his feet.
Okudja lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Okudja lands a couple of elbows.

Okudja avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
Okudja is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Okudja accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Okudja trying to control the position from guard on top but Franklin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jay Ray Okudja overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Okudja is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okudja distracts Franklin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Okudja stands up over Franklin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Okudja working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Okudja connects with a couple of short punches.
Okudja sitting in guard here, content to control.
Okudja throws a big right hand that misses.
Okudja chips away with some ground and pound.
Okudja pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Franklin is keeping the position for now.
Franklin 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.
Okudja trying to control the position from guard on top but Franklin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okudja is in close to Franklin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Franklin throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Franklin wants to stand but Okudja is controlling the position.
Franklin trying to control the position.
Okudja in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Okudja trying to control but Franklin is working from the bottom.
Okudja lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Okudja stopping the sweep attempt from Franklin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Ray Okudja dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Franklin with a poor takedown

and Okudja counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Franklin!
Okudja with the ground and pound from mount.
Okudja cracks Franklin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Okudja controlling from the full mount.
Okudja scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Franklin?
Okudja scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Franklin?
Franklin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Okudja working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Okudja is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franklin can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franklin is trying to stand up.
Franklin is desperately trying to improve his position but Okudja has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Okudja.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin is looking to get to half guard.
Okudja cracks Franklin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Okudja postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Franklin looks a forlorn figure.

Franklin is rocked!
BOOM! Okudja connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Franklin is still in real trouble! Can Okudja finish him?
Okudja sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Franklin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Okudja has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Franklin's face.
Okudja is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Franklin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okudja lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Okudja.
Okudja scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Franklin?
Okudja controlling his opponent.
Okudja lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okudja scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Franklin?
Franklin is bucking up trying to escape but Okudja cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Okudja lands a big shot there that rocks Franklin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Okudja landing shots from mount.
Franklin is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Franklin seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice elbow there by Okudja.
Okudja is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Franklin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Okudja landing punches.
Okudja landing strikes from the mount and Franklin is in trouble!
Okudja controlling from the full mount.
Okudja scoring with strikes but Franklin is staying in there.
Okudja working Franklin over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin working to try and regain half guard.
Okudja controlling from mount.
Franklin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Okudja working the ground and pound effectively.
Okudja cracks Franklin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okudja with a couple of short strikes.
Franklin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tim Franklin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Okudja prevents Franklin from getting the reversal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Ray Okudja showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Okudja 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:25
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Ray Okudja!