PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Haruki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jobus Jhoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Haruki might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Battle Without Honor Or Humanity - Tomoyasu Hotei. Kazuo Haruki has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Haruki
vs
Jhoba

168 cm
22
149 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

170 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kazuo Haruki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jobus Jhoba!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jhoba clinches up with Haruki and pushes him back against the cage.
Jhoba prevents Haruki from breaking the clinch.
Haruki is working for takedown but Jhoba is calmly controlling the position for now.
Haruki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jhoba backwards.
Haruki tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jhoba slowing the pace effectively.
Jhoba lands a nice elbow.
Haruki is pushing Jhoba up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Haruki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haruki tries to break the clinch but Jhoba is controlling the position.
Jhoba stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Haruki wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuo Haruki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jhoba lands a knee to the head.

Haruki drags the fight down to the ground.

Jhoba got a little sloppy there for a moment and Haruki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jhoba has managed to get both his arms back between Haruki's legs - danger averted.
Jhoba wants to stand and escape but instead Haruki has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jhoba is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Haruki is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Haruki prevents Jhoba from getting back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Haruki trying to control the position from guard on top but Jhoba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haruki prevents Jhoba from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Haruki shoots in for a double leg but Jhoba sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Haruki is breathing heavily.
Jhoba moves in looking to clinch but Haruki pushes him off.
Jhoba tries to clinch up but Haruki circles away and keeps his distance.
Haruki shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jhoba sprawls well. Jhoba wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haruki gets slowly back to his feet.

Jhoba rushes Haruki and presses him up against the cage.
Haruki tries to throw a body punch but Jhoba avoids it by throwing Haruki back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jhoba lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jhoba using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Jhoba.
Jhoba blocks an uppercut.
Jhoba lands a knee to the head.
Jhoba landing knees to the head.
Jhoba avoiding damage.
Jhoba prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jhoba holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jhoba continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Jhoba landing knees to the head.
Jhoba crunches a lovely knee into Haruki's ribcage.
Jhoba manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jhoba landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Haruki is looking to break free of the clinch but Jhoba has double underhooks.
Jhoba lands a damaging elbow.
Jhoba lands a nice elbow.
Jhoba landing knees to the head.
Jhoba stalling.
Jhoba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The referee calls for Jhoba to work.
Jhoba lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jhoba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haruki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jhoba stalls.
Knees to the body from Jhoba.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jobus Jhoba dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jhoba fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haruki, pushing him back against the cage.
Jhoba landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Jhoba.
Jhoba scores a nice knee to the body.
Jhoba lands a good knee to the midsection. Haruki won't want to take too many of those.
Jhoba avoiding damage as Haruki throws knees to the body.
Haruki fails to pull guard.
Jhoba being controlled against the cage.
Jhoba lands an elbow that stopped Haruki in his tracks for a moment.
Jhoba keeps control of Haruki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jhoba will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haruki up against the cage.
Jhoba lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jhoba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haruki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haruki tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jhoba just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jhoba connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haruki's face.
Haruki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jhoba pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuo Haruki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jhoba tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haruki paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jhoba clinches up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Jhoba.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jhoba lands a nice elbow.
Jhoba lands a good knee to the midsection. Haruki won't want to take too many of those.
Jhoba lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jhoba obliges.
Jhoba has Haruki pushed against the cage.

That's two 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.
Knees to the body from Jhoba.
Haruki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jhoba has Haruki pushed against the cage.
Haruki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jhoba scores a nice knee to the body.
Jhoba pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jhoba lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jhoba stalling in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Jhoba.
Jhoba landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jhoba stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jobus Jhoba.
Jhoba tries to clinch there but Haruki circles away.
Jhoba tries to clinch there but Haruki circles away.
Jhoba tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haruki paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Jhoba pushes Haruki up against the cage in a clinch.
Jhoba stalling against the cage.
Haruki takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Kazuo Haruki has been cut.
Jhoba lands a knee to the body.
Jhoba stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Jhoba's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Jhoba lands an elbow inside that Haruki shrugs off.

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.
Jhoba lands an elbow inside.
Haruki letting Jhoba take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jobus Jhoba.
Jhoba is looking to clinch.
Jhoba wants to clinch.
Jhoba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haruki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Haruki circles away from the clinch attempt.

Jhoba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jhoba stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jobus Jhoba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kazuo Haruki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Haruki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kazuo Haruki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haruki closes the distance and clinches up with Jhoba, looking for a takedown. Haruki pushes Jhoba against the cage but Jhoba circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Jhoba clinches up with Haruki and pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jhoba crunches a lovely knee into Haruki's ribcage.
Haruki is trying to break the clinch but Jhoba is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Jhoba.
Knees to the body from Jhoba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haruki misses with some punches.
Jhoba lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jhoba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jhoba gets underhooks to prevent Haruki's takedown attempt.
Jhoba lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jhoba just leaning against Haruki, taking a breather.
Haruki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jhoba utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jhoba lands a nice knee to the body.
Jhoba lands a damaging elbow.
Haruki being controlled against the cage.
Jhoba landing knees to the body.
Jhoba leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jhoba lands a nice knee to the body.
Jhoba is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jobus Jhoba.
Jhoba wants to clinch.
Haruki swats away the attempt to clinch by Jhoba.
Jhoba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jhoba fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jhoba rushes Haruki and presses him up against the cage.
Haruki takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jhoba is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jobus Jhoba.
Jhoba tries to clinch there but Haruki circles away.
Jhoba tries to clinch but Haruki moves out of range.

Jhoba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jhoba leaning against his opponent.
Jhoba lands a knee to the head.
Jhoba lands a good knee to the midsection. Haruki won't want to take too many of those.
Haruki is trying to drag Jhoba to the mat but Jhoba just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuo Haruki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haruki tries to break the clinch but Jhoba is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Jhoba.
Jhoba is stalling here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jhoba is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kazuo Haruki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jobus Jhoba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jhoba obliges.
Jobus Jhoba seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jhoba stalling the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jobus Jhoba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jhoba 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jobus Jhoba!