PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jim Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yushin Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yushin Okami has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jim
vs
Okami

185 cm
29
190 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

188 cm
21
195 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jim Jim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yushin Okami!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jim takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okami was well out of range. Poor timing from Jim.
Jim takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Jim Jim has been cut.
Jim moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Okami misses with a series of wild punches.
Okami scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jim looks to score with a jab to the body but Okami is just out of range.
Jim misses with a double jab.
Jim takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okami lands a lovely overhand right.
Jim takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A combination from Jim does no damage.
Okami lands with a cross.
Okami lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jim circles away quickly and effectively.
Okami swinging wildly here.
Okami listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jim walks into a straight right hand from Okami.
Okami throws a right and a left that Jim avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Okami rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sloppy strikes from Okami. Those never looked like landing.
Jim throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Okami stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Okami is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jim had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jim tries to bum rush Okami with a series of wild strikes but Okami uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Jim.
Okami dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Okami scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jim takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Okami scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Okami throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Okami misses with the combination.
Okami throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okami thuds a left hand into Jim's body.
Jim is breathing heavily.
Okami cracks Jim with an open hand slap.

Jim Jim's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami's corner calls for a 1-2. Okami obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Okami connects with a nice looking jab.

Jim is rocked!
Okami throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Oh Jim is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okami throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Jim colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Okami as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Jim is left battered and dazed whilst Okami and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yushin Okami!
After the fight, Yushin Okami was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.