PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cain Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideyoshi Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marquez
vs
Okami

180 cm
25
173 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
199 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cain Marquez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hideyoshi Okami!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okami shoots in but Marquez avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Marquez instigates a clinch.
Marquez tries for a takedown. No joy.

Okami successfully pulls guard.
Marquez prevents Okami from getting back to his feet.
Marquez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Okami's head.
Okami is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Okami keeping moving, preventing Marquez from controlling successfully.
Marquez sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Marquez wants to control from the top but Okami keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Cain Marquez just wasn't active enough.
Marquez throws a right and a left that Okami avoids nicely.
Marquez misses with a double jab

and Okami counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Marquez!
Okami looking to control but Marquez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Marquez is working to get back to half guard.
Marquez is squirming around, avoiding Okami's attempts to control the action.
Okami cracks Marquez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Okami is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okami content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami avoids the attempt from Marquez to control.
Okami sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Okami breaks from Marquez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okami prevents Marquez from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Marquez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Okami controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marquez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Okami pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Marquez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Okami lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Okami tries to control but Marquez wriggling away.
Marquez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Marquez tries to get out of the position.
Okami looking to control and managing it successfully.
Okami with a couple of short strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Okami is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Marquez can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns Marquez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hideyoshi Okami dominated that 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.

Okami scores with a takedown into Marquez's guard.
Marquez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Okami controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Okami with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marquez keeping moving, preventing Okami from controlling successfully.
Okami has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Okami trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Okami advances position into side control!
Okami throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Marquez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okami tries to score with some ground and pound. Marquez controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Okami landing a few strikes.
Marquez wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Okami tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Okami tries for a kimura but Marquez is defending well.
Marquez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Okami are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Okami trying to control the position but Marquez is working away.
Okami in side control lands a decent elbow.

Okami has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Marquez is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Okami yanks on the arm and Marquez is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Okami.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hideyoshi Okami!
Hideyoshi Okami is the new middleweight champion!