PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jokohama Humahuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and orang atan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). atan has chosen SUIKA - Attack my life voyage my life ( as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Humahuta
vs
atan

188 cm
22
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jokohama Humahuta!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, orang atan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
atan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Humahuta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from atan.
atan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Humahuta manages to avoid it.

Humahuta closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
atan wants to control but Humahuta postures up.

Humahuta tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
What's atan going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
atan is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humahuta trying to control the action but atan is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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

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

That's two 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.

Humahuta goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, atan has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Humahuta but great work by atan.
Humahuta looks to move to half guard but instead atan has passed into mount! Damn!
Humahuta tries to lock up and control but atan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
atan controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Humahuta is trying to escape the mount.
atan controlling the pace for now.
Humahuta is looking to get to half guard.

That's four 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.
Humahuta tries to hold on but atan postures up.
Humahuta is desperately trying to improve his position but atan has a good base and remains in mount.
Humahuta regains half guard.
Humahuta is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
atan content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jokohama Humahuta dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A combination from atan does no damage.
Humahuta fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Humahuta moves out of range as atan strikes.
Humahuta misses with a takedown attempt - atan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Humahuta closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Humahuta lands in his opponent's guard.
Humahuta trying to move into half guard but instead atan has managed to sweep!
atan wants to stand but Humahuta is controlling his posture from full guard.

atan decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
atan cracks Humahuta with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. atan has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Humahuta to stand back up!

Humahuta is rocked!

It looks like Jokohama Humahuta has been cut.
Humahuta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but atan moves away.
Oh Humahuta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Humahuta staying out of range there.
A punch combination from atan misses.
atan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Humahuta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Humahuta dodges the punch combination from atan.
Humahuta seems to have got his legs back now.
atan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
atan is breathing heavily.

Humahuta shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in atan's guard.
Humahuta works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humahuta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Humahuta trying to mount his opponent but atan defends it.

Humahuta looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Humahuta is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and atan defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
atan is trying to stand back up but Humahuta is controlling him

Humahuta is looking for a kimura here.
Humahuta trying to control from half guard but atan is working away.
Humahuta takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
atan looks to land a combination but Humahuta avoids it well.
atan throws a series of punches but Humahuta moves out of range.
Humahuta moves out of range as atan strikes.

atan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
atan is looking to stand up but Humahuta isn't so interested in that idea.
Humahuta trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but atan manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Humahuta throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jokohama Humahuta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jokohama Humahuta's cut.
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!

atan lands with a nice combination. Humahuta backs away looking to recover.

Humahuta closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Humahuta is trying to work for a kimura but atan is defending well.
Humahuta is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Humahuta is looking to work some ground and pound but atan has wrist control.
Humahuta trying to control the position from guard on top but atan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Humahuta wants to pass the guard but atan is keeping the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
atan wants to stand but Humahuta is controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
atan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
atan throws a sloppy head kick and Humahuta moves out of range easily.
atan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Humahuta manages to avoid it.
Humahuta blocks the body kick.
Humahuta slips a jab and a cross from atan.
orang atan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
atan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Humahuta shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
atan misses with a wild combination.
atan stuffs the takedown.
atan throws a right hand that Humahuta ducks under and follows up with a left that Humahuta also avoids with ease.
Humahuta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but atan manages to avoid it.
atan misses with a two punch combination.
atan misses with a series of wild punches.
atan misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - atan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Humahuta closes this distance looking for a takedown but atan circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jokohama Humahuta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Humahuta slips a jab and a cross from atan.
A head kick misses from atan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
atan throws out a loose jab but Humahuta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Humahuta slips a jab and a cross from atan.
atan throws a hook but Humahuta blocks it.
No joy there for atan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
atan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Humahuta avoids the head kick by atan.
atan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Humahuta moves away.

Humahuta closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Humahuta lands in his opponent's guard.
atan keeping moving, preventing Humahuta from controlling successfully.
atan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jokohama Humahuta overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
atan manages to capitalize on a mistake by Humahuta to take his back!
Humahuta is in bad spot here.

atan is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Humahuta has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
atan has the hooks in. Humahuta is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

atan is persistently looking for the submission but Humahuta is defending it well.
atan keeps control of the position as Humahuta tries to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to orang atan.
I think Humahuta has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jokohama Humahuta!
Jokohama Humahuta retains his light heavyweight title!