PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Boykin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yonjiro Fuuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christopher Boykin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Boykin
vs
Fuuma

220 cm
18
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Carnage Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christopher Boykin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yonjiro Fuuma!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fuuma shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fuuma postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Boykin looks a forlorn figure.

Boykin is rocked!

It looks like Christopher Boykin has been cut.
Fuuma scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Boykin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boykin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fuuma looking to ground and pound but Boykin is blocking nicely.
Fuuma looking to ground and pound but Boykin is blocking nicely.
Boykin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fuuma throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Boykin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fuuma thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fuuma throwing strikes here but Boykin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Boykin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Fuuma.
Boykin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Fuuma.
Boykin is breathing heavily.
Fuuma throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Fuuma throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Boykin blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boykin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Fuuma tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Boykin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Fuuma.
Fuuma throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fuuma throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fuuma throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fuuma misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Boykin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Fuuma tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fuuma throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Boykin because Fuuma loaded up on that one.
Fuuma punching from mount but Boykin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Boykin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Fuuma there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Fuuma punching from mount but Boykin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fuuma misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

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.
Fuuma throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Boykin because Fuuma loaded up on that one.
Boykin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Fuuma.
Fuuma throws some wild stikes that Boykin manages to avoid easily.
Boykin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fuuma.
Fuuma throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fuuma misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fuuma misses with a head shot.
Fuuma misses with a head shot.
Fuuma punching from mount but Boykin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fuuma misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Fuuma unloads with some shots from mount but Boykin bucks and avoids them well.
Fuuma punching from mount but Boykin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Fuuma throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Fuuma throwing strikes here but Boykin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma looking to finish with strikes here!
Boykin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Fuuma tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fuuma thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fuuma throwing strikes here but Boykin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Fuuma throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Boykin because Fuuma loaded up on that one.
Fuuma looking to finish with strikes here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fuuma thowing shots but they're missing.
Poor strikes thrown by Fuuma there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Fuuma thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Boykin seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice elbow there by Fuuma.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fuuma postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Boykin looks a forlorn figure.
Fuuma working the ground and pound effectively.
Boykin wants to hold on but Fuuma pushes him away.
Fuuma scoring with strikes but Boykin is staying in there.
Fuuma landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fuuma has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boykin's face.
Boykin wants to hold on but Fuuma pushes him away.
Boykin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Poor strikes thrown by Fuuma there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Fuuma unloads with some shots from mount but Boykin bucks and avoids them well.
Boykin is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yonjiro Fuuma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christopher Boykin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Boykin tries to clinch there but Fuuma circles away.
Fuuma dodges the punch combination from Boykin.
A punch combination from Boykin misses.
Boykin misses with a wild combination.
Boykin tries to clinch up.
Christopher Boykin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Boykin.

Fuuma shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Boykin is on queer street and Fuuma is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Yonjiro Fuuma!