PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nobuki Imanari (ranked 1144 p4p, 784 weight class) and Olyn Seran (ranked 147 p4p, 105 weight class). Seran has chosen Sound of Silence - Disturbed as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Olyn Seran enters the cage!

Imanari
vs
Seran

170 cm
23
155
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
165
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nobuki Imanari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Olyn Seran!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imanari lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Seran swings for the body but Imanari moves out of range.

Seran rushes Imanari and presses him up against the cage.
Seran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Seran misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Seran on the inside.
Imanari lands a body punch in the clinch.
Imanari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Imanari can't find room to land a body shot as Seran controls the action.
Imanari scores with a shoulder strike.
Seran blocks an uppercut.

Imanari has hold of one of Seran's legs. Seran is fighting the takedown attempt but Imanari gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Imanari seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Imanari is pushing down on Seran's leg trying to pass to half guard. Seran is fighting to maintain full guard but Imanari has managed to sneak the leg through.
Seran is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari tries to pass the half guard into mount. Seran knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Seran looking for submissions off his back.
Imanari seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Seran is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Imanari's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Imanari's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seran is trying to stick to Imanari's back but Imanari is turning into Seran. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Seran's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Imanari.
Imanari trying to control but Seran is working from the bottom.
Imanari looking to sit in guard and control but Seran gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Imanari working for a triangle but Seran defends it easily.
Imanari is trying to keep Seran in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Imanari looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Seran avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Seran tries to free his leg and advance position but Imanari is retaining full guard.
Seran pushes down on Imanari's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Imanari wants to control but Seran is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Seran is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Imanari defends it well.

Seran wants to work for an arm triangle but Imanari is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Imanari moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Imanari keeping full guard, as Seran tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Imanari had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Seran defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nobuki Imanari will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A big right from Imanari misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Seran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Seran, as that shot connected.
Imanari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seran.
Seran scores with a decent looking hook.
Seran misses with a body shot.
Imanari seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Imanari throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seran on the side of the head.
Seran scores with a hook.
Imanari takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Imanari throws a good cross that connects.
Imanari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Imanari misses with a low kick.
Seran blocks the body kick.
Seran steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Imanari.
Seran has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Seran there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Imanari clobbers Seran with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Imanari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seran lands with a cross.
Imanari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran throws a series of punches but Imanari moves out of range.
Imanari is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Seran throws a series of punches but Imanari moves out of range.

Imanari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Seran, pushing him back against the cage.
Imanari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Imanari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Imanari lands with a short shot to the head.
Seran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Imanari backwards.
Seran lands a body shot.
Seran misses with a punch on the inside.
Seran works on Imanari's body with a couple of short punches.

Seran ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Seran no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Imanari looking to pass the guard.
Imanari looking to sit in guard and control but Seran gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Seran pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Imanari is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Seran passes Imanari's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Imanari looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Seran looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Seran tries to pass the half guard into mount. Imanari knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seran is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Imanari doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Seran.
Imanari trying to hold on to Seran's head to control him but Seran postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Imanari is controlling Seran's position as best he can from this difficult position.

Imanari is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Seran pulls his head out easily.
Imanari trying to control from the bottom.

Imanari is defending against the submission attempts here by Seran.
Imanari is looking to control Seran's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Imanari avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olyn Seran showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Seran throws a jab when Imanari was well out of range.
Seran throws a big shot that misses.
Imanari swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Seran throws a big shot that misses.
Imanari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seran misses with a two punch combination.
Seran throws a series of punches but Imanari moves out of range.
Imanari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Imanari scores with a jab. Seran acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Seran keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seran connects with a single shot there.
Nobuki Imanari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seran uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Imanari.
Olyn Seran seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seran smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Imanari. Seran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Imanari slips a jab from Seran.
Imanari connects with the punch.
Nice shot by Seran.
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!
Imanari paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by Seran as he connects with a hook.
Seran blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari looks to throw the jab but Seran is out of range.

Seran closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Imanari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seran prevents a body shot from Imanari.
Imanari has a couple of punches blocked by Seran.

Seran jumps guard and drags Imanari to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Seran looking to hit a scissor sweep but Imanari is one step ahead there.

Seran throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Imanari escapes and throws Seran's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Imanari trying to control the action but Seran is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari taking a breather here.
Imanari gets to mount! Seran was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Seran keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Imanari with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seran tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Imanari sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Seran is squirming around, avoiding Imanari's attempts to control the action.
Seran sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Still in half guard, Imanari seems content to control.

That's four 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.
Seran is looking to improve his position.

Seran has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Imanari escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Imanari!
Seran is trying to work for a sweep but Imanari has mounted him!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Seran is looking to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Olyn Seran.
Well Seran 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!