PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zenone Impallomeni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Owens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Impallomeni
vs
Owens

189 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
21
220 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zenone Impallomeni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Owens!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Owens displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Impallomeni throws out the jab.
Owens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Owens misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Impallomeni shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Impallomeni was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Impallomeni fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Impallomeni is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Owens knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Owens has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Owens can do anything to dispel that myth.
Owens holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Owens takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Impallomeni landing a few strikes.
Impallomeni working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Impallomeni lands a nice forearm strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Owens manages to work his way to half guard, despite Impallomeni's best efforts.
Impallomeni has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Impallomeni uses his free foot to push down on Owens's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Owens.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Impallomeni cracks Owens with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Impallomeni is working for a guillotine from mount but Owens frees his head quite easily.
Impallomeni avoids the attempt from Owens to control.
Owens is looking to get to half guard.
Impallomeni lands a couple of good shots and Owens has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Impallomeni has got his arm under Owens's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Owens has spun round into Impallomeni's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Impallomeni is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owens won't allow Impallomeni to sweep him here.
Owens trying to control but Impallomeni is working from the bottom.
Owens wants to pass the guard but Impallomeni is keeping the position.
Impallomeni lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Owens is looking to stand up but Impallomeni isn't so interested in that idea.
Impallomeni tries to free his leg and advance position but Owens is retaining full guard.
Impallomeni being controlled here momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Impallomeni's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Owens wants to sweep but no luck.
Impallomeni with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Owens wants to stand up but Impallomeni is controlling him.
Owens is controlling Impallomeni's posture.
Impallomeni landing some decent shots from guard.
Owens is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Impallomeni connects with a couple of short punches.
Owens avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Owens is trying to keep Impallomeni in close.
Impallomeni with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Impallomeni stands up over Owens, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Impallomeni wants to pass the guard but Owens is keeping the position.
Impallomeni chips away with some ground and pound.

Owens is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Impallomeni defends well.
Impallomeni in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Impallomeni is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Impallomeni slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Owens tries to bench press Impallomeni off him but Impallomeni keeps the position.
Impallomeni working the ground and pound from side control.
Impallomeni working the body and head with strikes.
Owens is working to avoid the ground and pound but Impallomeni connects with a decent elbow.

Owens 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!
Impallomeni working the ground and pound but Owens is defending the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zenone Impallomeni dominated that round.
That's time! Impallomeni's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Owens connects with a body shot that sends Impallomeni's belly button to the back.
Owens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Impallomeni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Owens slips a jab from Impallomeni.
Nice sprawl there from Impallomeni as Owens shoots in.
Kevin Owens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Owens with that takedown attempt.
It looked like Impallomeni wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Owens gets caught flat footed, as Impallomeni shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Owens is wriggling around but Impallomeni manages to pass to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Owens has hold of Impallomeni's hands but Impallomeni slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Owens is defending against the submission attempts here by Impallomeni.
Impallomeni throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Owens holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Impallomeni lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Impallomeni lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Impallomeni there.
Impallomeni is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Owens is still in real trouble! Can Impallomeni finish him?
Impallomeni working Owens over with strikes.

Impallomeni is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Owens is not content to let Impallomeni control the position.
Owens seems to have recovered his senses.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Impallomeni lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owens is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Impallomeni scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Owens is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Impallomeni scores with a couple of nice shots.
Owens trying to control here.
Impallomeni landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Impallomeni working over Owens with some ground and pound. Owens looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Impallomeni throws a strike but Owens avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Impallomeni stands up over Owens, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Impallomeni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Owens can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Impallomeni is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Owens has momentary wrist control but Impallomeni slips an elbow through the middle.
Impallomeni in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Impallomeni trying to control the position from guard on top but Owens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Owens throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Impallomeni slips nicely into half guard.
Owens wants to get back to full guard.
Owens keeps trying to improve his position.

Impallomeni is working for a submission of some sort.
Impallomeni missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Owens trying to control but Impallomeni postures up.
Impallomeni tries to pass the half guard into mount. Owens knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Impallomeni is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Impallomeni is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Owens has managed to free his arm - good work.
Owens on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Owens taking some punishment here, with Impallomeni in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Impallomeni lands a nice short elbow.
Impallomeni working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Owens wants to improve his position but Impallomeni is controlling well.
Owens is looking to control Impallomeni's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Owens avoid being mounted?

Impallomeni is working for a submission of some sort.
Owens tries to get to full guard but Impallomeni has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zenone Impallomeni dominated that second round.
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!

Impallomeni looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Impallomeni lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Impallomeni landing some decent shots from guard.
Owens pulls Impallomeni in close to prevent any damage.
Impallomeni keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Owens's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Impallomeni makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Owens has momentary wrist control but Impallomeni slips an elbow through the middle.
Impallomeni is working Owens over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Impallomeni passes Owens's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Impallomeni lands a big elbow - Owens is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Impallomeni!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zenone Impallomeni!