PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kala Oshiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oshiro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hawaii 5-0 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hogan
vs
Oshiro

150 cm
21
193 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Likes musicals

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roberto Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kala Oshiro!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hogan clinches up with Oshiro and pushes him back against the cage.
Hogan is working for takedown but Oshiro is calmly controlling the position for now.

Oshiro breaks the clinch.
Hogan really is a fat lump.
Oshiro tries to clinch but Hogan moves out of range.

Oshiro dives in and scores a takedown into Hogan's guard.
Hogan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Oshiro wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.
Hogan controlling Oshiro's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Oshiro from controlling successfully.
Oshiro is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan pulls Oshiro in close to his closed guard and prevents Oshiro from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hogan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Hogan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Oshiro stays in close to Hogan's body and controls the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Hogan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Oshiro pushes Hogan away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hogan gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Oshiro is trying to improve his position.

Hogan goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Oshiro rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Hogan's guard! Nice work there by Oshiro!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan pulls Oshiro in close to prevent any damage.
Hogan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hogan controlling the position.
Hogan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hogan is controlling Oshiro's posture.
Oshiro wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hogan striking from the bottom.
Hogan trying to control the position here.
Oshiro postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oshiro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Oshiro fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hogan to the ground. Oshiro is now in Hogan's guard.
Hogan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan wants to sweep but no luck.
Hogan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oshiro's guard.

Oshiro has a closed guard, preventing Hogan from standing up.

Oshiro is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hogan defends well.
Hogan wants to stand but Oshiro is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hogan wants to stand and escape but instead Oshiro has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kala Oshiro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan attempts a counter takedown but Oshiro avoids it well and moves away.
Oshiro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Oshiro shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hogan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hogan struggling a bit here.
Hogan stops Oshiro from passing to mount.
Hogan keeping his opponent close.
Hogan can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oshiro wants to control but Hogan is keeping him busy.
Oshiro working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oshiro takes a little break here. Hogan wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Oshiro avoids the strikes from the bottom by Hogan.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Oshiro wants to control but Hogan is keeping him busy.
Hogan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hogan tries to strike but it doesn't land.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Oshiro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Oshiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oshiro lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Roberto Hogan has been cut.
Oshiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Hogan is just out of range.
Oshiro closes the distance but Hogan moves to the side

and Hogan counters with a shoot takedown. Oshiro fights it but they end up in guard.

Hogan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Oshiro, up you get!

Hogan has Oshiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Hogan is pushing Oshiro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oshiro gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Kala Oshiro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oshiro being controlled here momentarily.

Hogan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Oshiro is aware though and is defending well.
Hogan looking to control but Oshiro passes into half guard.
Oshiro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hogan defending well though.
Oshiro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oshiro wants to get back to his feet.
Hogan wants to control but Oshiro is keeping busy.
Hogan misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hogan is holding on to half guard well.
Oshiro working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hogan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hogan wants to control but Oshiro is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kala Oshiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roberto Hogan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hogan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hogan tries to clinch but Oshiro moves out of range.
Oshiro throws a head kick but Hogan moves out of range.
Hogan is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Oshiro.
Jab, jab by Oshiro - just one landing.

Hogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oshiro being controlled against the cage.

Oshiro pulls guard successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hogan stands up and waves to Oshiro to follow him.

Hogan has Oshiro up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oshiro has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hogan regains guard immediately.
Oshiro stopping the sweep attempt from Hogan.
Oshiro tries to stand but Hogan is controlling from the bottom.
Hogan has control of Oshiro's left arm, preventing Oshiro from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan wants to sweep here but Oshiro controlling him for the moment.
Hogan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oshiro wants to get up but he can't break Hogan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hogan trying to control the position.
Hogan striking off his back but it's not causing Oshiro any problems.
Hogan looking to control.
Hogan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oshiro is one step ahead there.
Oshiro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oshiro fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hogan to the ground. Oshiro is now in Hogan's guard.
Hogan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hogan has control of Oshiro's left arm, preventing Oshiro from doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oshiro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Oshiro from controlling successfully.
Hogan looking to control.
Hogan is trying to hold Oshiro in close to prevent damage but Oshiro has managed to pass into half guard.
Hogan is staying active underneath Oshiro, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Oshiro connects with a nice short shot to Hogan's temple.
Oshiro prevents Hogan from improving his position.
Hogan trying to hold on to Oshiro's head to control him but Oshiro postures up.
Oshiro keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hogan is trying to get back to full guard.
Hogan controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kala Oshiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hogan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oshiro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roberto Hogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kala Oshiro is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oshiro throws a quick inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kala Oshiro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Oshiro winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kala Oshiro!
A very excited looking Kala Oshiro made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.