PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temitope Obama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by TNT. Temitope Obama will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Washington
vs
Obama

169 cm
37
145 lbs
29 - 17 - 2

196 cm
32
141 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Samuel Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Temitope Obama!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obama throws a right and a left that both miss.
Obama is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Obama blocks a head kick by Washington.
Washington takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A combination from Obama does no damage.
Washington appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Obama. Those never looked like landing.
Washington with a hook.
Washington swinging wildly here.
Washington checks the leg kick.
Washington looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Obama cracks Washington with a right hand to the side of the head.
Obama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Washington.
Obama misses with a body shot.

Washington drives through with a takedown into Obama's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Obama is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Washington presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Obama.
Washington leaning against his opponent.
Washington swings wildly with an uppercut but Obama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obama blocks an uppercut.

Obama pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Obama throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Washington.
Obama looks to land a combination but Washington avoids it well.
Washington misses with a head kick.

Washington gets tackled into the cage by Obama. Obama maintains the clinch.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Obama gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Obama is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Obama pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Washington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obama.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Obama misses with a series of wild punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Obama throws a head kick that misses
and Washington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Obama tries a low kick but Washington avoids it.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Temitope Obama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Washington to score with a decent uppercut.
Obama swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Washington counters with a straight right hand.
Obama takes a swing at Washington's ribcage but misses.
Temitope Obama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Washington fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Obama sprawls well initially but Washington persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Obama trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Washington manages to pass to mount!
Washington is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Obama can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Obama is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Obama tries to hold on but Washington postures up.
Obama really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Washington looking for a guillotine from mount but Obama is having none of it.
Obama is bucking up trying to escape but Washington cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Washington raining down shots from the mount!
Obama is working to get back to half guard.
Washington with the ground and pound from mount.
Obama working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obama just holding on.
Washington trying to control but Obama is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Obama wants to control but Washington is having none of it.
You get the feeling that Obama really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Obama wants to control but Washington is having none of it.
Obama takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Washington with a couple of short strikes.
Washington lands a big shot there that rocks Obama but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Obama is working to get back to half guard.
Washington avoids the attempt from Obama to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Washington dominated that 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.

Washington looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Obama!
Obama is trying to get back to half guard.
Obama is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Obama tries to improve position but can't.
Obama can't do much from the bottom here.
Washington scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Washington's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Washington trying to control the position but Obama is working away.
Washington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Obama can do to turn this around?
Washington lands a decent elbow from side control.
Obama is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Washington wants to control but Obama is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Washington wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Washington is putting a hurting on Obama here, landing some big shots from side control.
Obama is not content to let Washington control the position.

Washington looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Obama gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Obama is looking to improve his position.
Washington is thwarting Obama's attempts to control the position.
Washington looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Obama looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Obama is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Washington pulls his head out easily.
Obama wants to control but Washington is keeping busy.
Samuel Washington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Washington is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Obama moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Washington looking to pass the guard.
Washington lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Obama looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Obama is looking to cinch up a triangle. Washington throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Obama's body to avoid the submission. Obama has instead reached around Washington's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Obama arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Temitope Obama!
A victorious Temitope Obama thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.