PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Craig Mack (ranked 8329 p4p, 547 weight class) and Tony Oken (ranked 23553 p4p, 582 weight class). Oken has chosen XXXTENTACION - SAD! as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Mack
vs
Oken

178 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
179 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Craig Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Oken!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Oken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mack tries to clinch up.
Oken throws out a counter right but Mack avoids it with no problem.
Mack slips a straight right by Oken.
Oken cracks Mack with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Mack walks into a left hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Oken, as that shot connected.
Oken scores with a decent looking hook.

Mack closes the distance and pushes Oken back into the ropes.
Mack managing to block the knees to the body from Oken.
Mack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oken is defending well for now.
Oken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oken scores with a shoulder strike.
Mack softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Mack avoiding damage as Oken throws knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mack throws an elbow that misses.

Mack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mack doesn't manage to clinch there - Oken circles away.
Mack fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've been told by Mack's head coaches at Stark Combat Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mack slips a straight right by Oken.
Oken misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oken misses with a looping right.
Oken throws a hook but Mack avoids it easily.
Mack tries to clinch but Oken moves out of range.
Mack tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Oken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mack works Oken's body with a nice hook.
Oken misses with a left hand
and Mack counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mack moves away.
It looked like Mack wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mack ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mack slips a straight right by Oken.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Oken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oken might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Oken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An attempted straight right counter from Mack misses the target.
Mack on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mack moves out of range as Oken strikes.

Mack clinches up against the ropes.
Mack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Mack.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Oken fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mack, pushing him back against the ropes.
Oken lands a shoulder strike.
Oken misses with a punch to the body.
Mack lands a body shot.
Mack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oken backwards.

Mack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mack forces Oken back against the ropes and clinches.
Oken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oken throws a punch but it's blocked by Mack.
Mack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Mack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Mack pushes Oken up against the ropes in a clinch.
Mack is stalling here.
Mack throws a head punch that misses.
Oken misses with the head strike.
Oken misses with a punch on the inside.

Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oken swings for the body but Mack moves out of range.
Oken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oken scores with a nice strike.
Oken lands with an overhand left.

Oken gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oken working aggressively here.
Oken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mack is defending well for now.
Oken swings wildly with an uppercut but Mack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oken working aggressively here.
Come on Mack - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oken has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mack seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Oken can turn it around.
Mack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oken lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Mack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mack slips under a jab.
Oken fails to land with a series of punches.
Mack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oken.
Mack tries to clinch but Oken moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack tries to clinch there but Oken circles away.
Oken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mack moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mack just misses with a punch to the body.
Oken keeps the fight on the outside.
It seemed like Oken was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oken is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mack had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch but Oken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mack.
It looked like Mack was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Oken throws out a loose jab but Mack uses good head movement to avoid it.

Oken moves into the clinch.
Oken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mack avoiding damage as Oken throws knees to the body.
Oken takes a shot to the head.

Mack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mack tries to clinch but Oken moves out of range.
Mack blocks a jab.

Mack forces Oken back against the ropes and clinches.
Oken misses with a punch on the inside.

Mack manages to break the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oken.
Mack wants to clinch up but Oken keeps it at a distance.
Mack ducks under a wild hook from Oken.
Mack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oken misses with a hook. Mack ducked under it nicely.
Mack appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mack drops his hands momentarily and Oken takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Mack clinches up against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mack throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oken.
Mack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Oken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Oken lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oken tries to throw a body punch but Mack avoids it by throwing Oken back against the ropes.
Mack prevents a body shot from Oken.
Oken throws a punch but it's blocked by Mack.
Oken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mack tries to work over Oken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oken has a couple of punches blocked by Mack.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Oken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Oken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oken tries to land knees in the clinch but Mack avoids the damage to the body.
Mack managing to block the knees to the body from Oken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mack lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mack's corner calls for a 1-2. Mack obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oken scores with a hook to the body. Mack takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Oken rushes Mack and presses him up against the ropes.
Oken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Mack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oken throws a hook but Mack blocks it.
Mack tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Oken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mack's corner calls for a 1-2. Mack obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Oken. Those never looked like landing.
Mack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oken throws a big shot that misses.
Mack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oken.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Mack drives through and clinches with Oken against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mack prevents a body shot from Oken.
Oken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mack just leaning against Oken, taking a breather.
Oken lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oken lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Oken misses.

Oken clinches up against the ropes.
Oken misses with the head strike.
Mack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mack lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oken is defending well for now.
Oken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oken takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mack clinches up against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mack pushes Oken back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oken misses with the head strike.
Oken throws a punch but it's blocked by Mack.
Mack tries to throw a body punch but Oken avoids it by throwing Mack back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oken avoids it.
Oken has a couple of punches blocked by Mack.
Oken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mack controlling the action here for a moment.
Mack lands a nice uppercut.
Oken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mack is defending well for now.
Oken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oken misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Mack fails to land.

Mack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oken misses with an uppercut.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Oken rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oken keeps the fight on the outside.
Mack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch but Oken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mack moves in looking to clinch but Oken pushes him off.
Mack wants to clinch
and Oken counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donk. Oken catches Mack right on the button with a cross.
Oken lands the left hand.
Mack dips to his left and cracks Oken with an uppercut!
Mack ducks under a wild hook from Oken.
Danga de danga de dang - Oken scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mack slips a jab from Oken.
A big right from Oken misses.
Oken cracks Mack with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Mack. That's going to slow Oken down.

Oken rushes Mack and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Oken dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Mack fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Mack backs off Oken throws a huge counter combo but Mack manages to avoid it all.
Mack tries to clinch but Oken moves out of range.
Oken throws a looping overhand right but Mack ducks down to avoid it.
Oken misses with a right hand
and Mack counters with a big head kick but Oken shrugs it off.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch but Oken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab lands there for Oken.

Oken moves into the clinch.
Mack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mack is defending well for now.

Mack breaks the clinch.
Mack takes one to the side of the head.
Oken throws the left hand but Mack avoids the punch easily.
Tony Oken seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oken takes one on the button.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Oken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mack lands a really nice looking cross but Oken seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mack ducks under a wild hook from Oken.
Mack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mack wants to clinch up but Oken keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oken listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Oken takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oken blocks a head kick by Mack.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mack tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Oken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Oken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mack tries to clinch but Oken is having none of it.
Mack keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oken.
Oken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mack moves away.
Oken misses with a wild combination.
Oken swinging wildly here.
Oken misses with a looping left.
Oken throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack wants to clinch.
Oken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mack slips under a jab from Oken.

Mack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mack misses with a punch on the inside.
Mack avoiding damage as Oken throws knees to the body.
Mack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oken backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oken has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oken misses with the head strike.
Mack misses with a body punch.
Mack swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Mack breaks from the clinch.
Oken stalks Mack and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mack's face. Mack staggers backwards, shaken.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oken. Mack does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Oken misses.
Oken throws a shot from downtown. Mack moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oken lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mack looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mack tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Oken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mack is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mack has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Oken finds it's way round the side to connect with Mack's head.
Mack wants to clinch.
Mack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mack is looking to clinch.
Mack misses with a body shot.
Mack tries to clinch but Oken moves out of range.
Mack tries to clinch up but Oken circles away and keeps his distance.

Oken moves into the clinch successfully.
Oken blocks an elbow strike from Mack.
Oken misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mack breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mack wants to clinch.
Oken keeps the fight on the outside.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Mack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oken working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oken paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mack.

Oken moves into the clinch.
Oken avoids a wild elbow strike from Mack.
Mack trying to land knees to the body.
Mack lands a right hand.
Oken lands a hook that snaps the head of Mack backwards.
Mack managing to block the knees to the body from Oken.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oken as Mack tries to tie him up.
Mack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Mack fails to land.
Mack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oken trying to land knees to the body.
Oken trying to land knees to the body.

Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oken circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oken scores with a hook.
Oken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mack fails with an attempt to clinch.

Oken darts in and clinches Mack up against the ropes.

Mack breaks the clinch.
Oken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mack.
Oken misses with a straight right.
Oken keeps the fight on the outside.
Mack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mack looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Oken uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mack.
Mack drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mack is looking to clinch but Oken is avoiding it.
Mack with a hook.
Mack is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oken misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oken thuds a left hand into Mack's body.

Oken gets tackled into the ropes by Mack. Mack maintains the clinch.
Mack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oken misses with some punches.
Come on Mack - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oken working aggressively here.
Oken misses with some punches.
Oken makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mack looking to stall.
Mack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oken has a couple of punches blocked by Mack.
Oken lands a shoulder strike.
Oken missing with knees to the body.
Oken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mack is defending well for now.
Oken takes a shot to the head.
Oken can't find room to land a body shot as Mack controls the action.
Mack presses Oken against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oken is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mack.
Mack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mack blocks an uppercut.
Mack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oken backwards.

It looks like Tony Oken has been cut.
Mack trying to control the position but instead, Oken has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mack into the ropes.
Mack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oken backwards.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Mack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mack tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Oken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oken throws a hook to the side of Mack's head but Mack sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oken throws a lazy right hand but Mack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Mack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Oken lands a left hand.
Mack gets through Oken's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Mack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oken working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oken.
Mack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mack doesn't manage to clinch there - Oken circles away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mack is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Oken on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mack was well out of range. Poor timing from Oken.
Oken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oken lands a two punch combo.
Oken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oken just misses with a punch to the body.
Mack is looking to counter punch.

Mack tries to keep at a distance but Oken has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oken working aggressively here.
Oken misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mack.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mack.
Craig Mack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oken throws a punch but it's blocked by Mack.
Mack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Mack lands with a light punch inside.
Oken prevents a body shot from Mack.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Oken comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oken has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Tony Oken!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Tony Oken!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Tony Oken!

Tony Oken wins by unanimous decision!
Tony Oken was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.