PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Buhawi Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omi Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack comes to the cage accompanied by enter sandman. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Jack
vs
Sakurai

176 cm
23
155 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

175 cm
22
167 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buhawi Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Omi Sakurai!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jack misses with a combination
and Sakurai counters with a body kick that stops Jack in his tracks momentarily.
Sakurai throws a hook to the side of Jack's head but Jack sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jack misses with a double jab
and Sakurai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jack throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakurai scores with a nice strike.
Jack stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jack wants it to stay on the feet.
Sakurai lands a head kick. Jack smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jack misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakurai moves out of range of the body kick.
Jack uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sakurai.
Jack plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sakurai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jack as he jumps to the side.

Sakurai closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sakurai lands in his opponent's guard.

Jack looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sakurai looking to pass the guard.

Jack throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Jack looking for a guillotine here but Sakurai defends easily.
Sakurai trying to control the position from guard on top but Jack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakurai is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jack wants to get back to his feet but Sakurai passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sakurai uses his free foot to push down on Jack's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jack.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jack regains half guard.
Sakurai lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sakurai is pressing down on Jack's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jack is holding on for now.
Jack is refusing to be controlled, as Sakurai sits in half guard.

Jack pushes Sakurai off and gets back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakurai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sakurai scores with a three punch combo!
Jack throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sakurai.
Jack slaps away a takedown attempt from Sakurai, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Buhawi Jack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omi Sakurai.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack blocks a head kick by Sakurai.
Jack displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Sakurai. Those never looked like landing.
Sakurai falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jack makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Sakurai rushes Jack and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sakurai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sakurai misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sakurai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jack's brow.
Sakurai avoiding damage.
Sakurai lands with a short shot to the head.
Sakurai keeps control of Jack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sakurai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jack.
Sakurai keeps control of Jack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai slows down the pace here.
Sakurai working Jack over with knees to the body.
Sakurai lands a hook that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
Jack wants to break free but Sakurai has control.
Jack managing to block the knees to the body from Sakurai.
Sakurai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sakurai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sakurai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jack blocks it with crossed arms.
Sakurai lands a knee to the head.
Jack wants to break free but Sakurai has control.
Sakurai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jack blocks it with crossed arms.
Sakurai working aggressively here.
Sakurai scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sakurai has Jack pressed against the cage, preventing Jack from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omi Sakurai dominated that round.
That's time! Jack's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jack misses with a two punch combination.
Sakurai tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
Jack misses with the combination.

Sakurai scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sakurai working away.
Jack manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sakurai's best efforts.
Sakurai wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jack keeps working.
Jack tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jack blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sakurai.
Sakurai prevents Jack from standing back up.
Sakurai seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jack does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Jack looking for submissions off his back.
Jack wants to sweep but Sakurai has passed to side control!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack is trying to buck Sakurai off.
Sakurai looks up at the clock and then as Jack takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sakurai smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sakurai is chipping away with strikes.
Sakurai happy to just control the position for now.
Sakurai passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Jack!
Sakurai landing punches.
Jack in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sakurai has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sakurai raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sakurai raining down shots from the mount!
Sakurai lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sakurai lands with some strikes.
Sakurai scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jack tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sakurai raining down shots from the mount!
Sakurai with shots to the head and body - Jack looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sakurai with the ground and pound from mount.
Sakurai with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakurai landing strikes, looking to finish!

Jack is rocked!
Jack wants to control but Sakurai is having none of it.
Sakurai pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jack is squirming around, avoiding Sakurai's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Sakurai takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sakurai lands a heavy elbow.
Omi Sakurai has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jack is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sakurai punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sakurai looking to control but Jack is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sakurai working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sakurai lands a big elbow.
Sakurai landing punches.
Oh Jack is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sakurai pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sakurai landing shots from mount.
Sakurai connects with a bit shot that sees Jack covering up! More strikes from Sakurai and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sakurai is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omi Sakurai!