PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yuki Ozawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Harry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry has chosen Just like You Imagined by Nine Inch Nails as his entrance music. Yuki Ozawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ozawa
vs
Harry

163 cm
20
139 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

177 cm
31
145 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yuki Ozawa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quinton Harry!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozawa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ozawa slaps away a takedown attempt from Harry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ozawa is fending him off so far but Harry persists. Nope, Ozawa circles away and we're back to standing.
Harry shoots in for a takedown but Ozawa shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Yuki Ozawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quinton Harry.

Harry pushes Ozawa up against the cage in a clinch.
Harry tries to break the clinch but Ozawa is controlling the position.
Harry has Ozawa pressed against the cage.
Harry is trying to pull guard but Ozawa turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ozawa misses with a knee to the head.
Ozawa tries to throw a body punch but Harry avoids it by throwing Ozawa back against the cage.
Harry tries to break free but Ozawa pushes him back against the cage.

Ozawa breaks from the clinch.
Harry throws a jab when Ozawa was well out of range.
Harry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ozawa throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harry shoots in for a takedown but Ozawa shows good takedown defense.
Harry misses with a few strikes there.
Harry shoots in but no luck this time.
Ozawa thumps Harry with a low kick.
Harry fails with the takedown.
Ozawa stuffs the takedown.
Ozawa cracks Harry with an open hand slap.
Harry looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Harry instigates a clinch.

Ozawa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ozawa lands a nice looking body kick.
Harry looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ozawa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yuki Ozawa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yuki Ozawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ozawa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ozawa throws a head kick that misses
and Harry counters with a low kick, right behind Ozawa 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harry looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ozawa!
Ozawa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harry can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ozawa is looking to escape.

Harry jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ozawa is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ozawa and Harry has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Harry trying to control the action but Ozawa is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harry wants to stand but Ozawa is controlling his arm.
Harry tries to advance to mount but Ozawa denies him.
Ozawa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ozawa tries to get out of the position.
Ozawa is trying to get back to his feet.
Harry trying to control the action but Ozawa is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harry throwing strikes but Ozawa manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Harry tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ozawa blocks the strikes from Harry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
You can see the frustration on Harry's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harry is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yuki Ozawa will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Harry closes the distance and clinches up with Ozawa, looking for a takedown. Harry pushes Ozawa against the cage but Ozawa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ozawa.

Harry moves into range and clinches up with Ozawa.
Ozawa slows down the pace here.

Ozawa manages to break the clinch.
Harry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harry shoots in looking for a takedown but Ozawa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Harry's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Yuki Ozawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quinton Harry.
Harry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harry blocks a head kick by Ozawa.
Ozawa throws a series of strikes that have Harry backpedaling.
Ozawa scores with a head kick.

Harry is rocked!
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!

Harry drives through and clinches with Ozawa against the cage.
Harry is still on wobbly legs! Can Ozawa finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozawa pushes Harry against the cage. Ozawa is working some dirty boxing. Ozawa pushes off with a quick right hook! Harry goes down! Harry tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ozawa moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuki Ozawa!
Yuki Ozawa retains his bantamweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Yuki Ozawa made sure he mentioned Hell's Balls Recovery (160), along with how happy he was to win his fight.