PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoshi Sushi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Charyak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charyak has chosen Guns and Roses- Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sushi
vs
Charyak

187 cm
23
275 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
258 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Blitzkrieg Formula 5000
Blitzkrieg Formula 5000

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yoshi Sushi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Charyak!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charyak displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Yoshi Sushi has been cut.
Charyak misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Charyak.
Sushi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Charyak swings for the body but Sushi moves out of range.
Charyak throws a jab when Sushi was well out of range.
Charyak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sushi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Charyak lands with an uppercut that bounces Sushi off the cage and back into rage.
Charyak goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Charyak misses with a double jab.
Charyak swinging wildly here.
Charyak is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sushi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Charyak fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sushi avoids it really well and circles away.
Sushi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Charyak throws out the jab.
Charyak misses with a double jab.
Charyak misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charyak missing with a left hand there. Sushi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charyak throws a good cross that connects.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Charyak checks a leg kick.
Charyak tries to land a body kick

and Sushi counters by moving into the clinch.
Sushi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sushi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Craig Charyak has been cut.
Sushi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sushi lands a knee to the body.
Sushi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Charyak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Come on Sushi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice left hand lands by Sushi.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sushi throws an elbow but misses.
Charyak avoiding damage as Sushi throws knees to the body.
Charyak takes an elbow to the temple.
Sushi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Charyak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Charyak stalling in the clinch.
Sushi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sushi gets control of Charyak's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sushi will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Charyak postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sushi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Charyak, into his guard.
Charyak keeping moving, preventing Sushi from controlling successfully.

Sushi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Charyak has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sushi has managed to get both his arms back between Charyak's legs - danger averted.
Sushi stands and throws Charyak's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sushi working the ground and pound.
Charyak tries to improve position but can't.

Sushi goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Charyak rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sushi's guard! Nice work there by Charyak!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charyak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sushi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Charyak throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Charyak lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Charyak works over Sushi with some ground and pound from guard.
Sushi wants to sweep here but Charyak controlling him for the moment.
Sushi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sushi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Charyak postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sushi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Charyak in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Charyak won't allow Sushi to sweep him here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Charyak.
Charyak misses with a head kick.
Charyak throws a body kick that misses.
Sushi moves out of range as Charyak strikes.

Charyak looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sushi!
Sushi tries to hold on but Charyak pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Charyak dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Charyak lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sushi backs up against the cage.
Charyak stuffs the takedown.
Charyak throws a leg kick that misses.
Horrible takedown by Charyak or perhaps it was just good defense by Sushi which made him look bad.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Charyak. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Sushi throws and low kick but Charyak moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Charyak is predictable there
and Sushi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Charyak doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sushi counters with a left to the body.
Sushi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Charyak connects with a nice looking jab.
Sushi dodges the punch combination from Charyak.
Charyak throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sushi thuds his shin into the meat of Charyak's side.
Charyak walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sushi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sushi looks to land a right hand but Charyak moved out of range.
Charyak misses with a takedown
and Sushi counters with a leg kick.
Yoshi Sushi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Charyak.
Charyak is breathing heavily.
Charyak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sushi.
A low kick from Charyak is predictable there
and Sushi counters with a low kick, right behind Charyak 's knee.
Charyak on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sushi. Sushi obviously looking to wear him down.
Sushi misses with the combination.
Sushi swats away the attempt to clinch by Charyak.
Sushi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Sushi moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Sushi.
Sushi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Charyak is defending well for now.
Sushi blocks a body shot from Charyak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charyak blocks an elbow strike from Sushi.
Sushi misses with an elbow over the top.
Charyak managing to block the knees to the body from Sushi.
Sushi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That has opened up Craig Charyak's cut even more.
Sushi lands a nice elbow.
Charyak tries to land knees in the clinch but Sushi avoids the damage to the body.
Sushi looking to throw knees to the head but Charyak is blocking nicely.
Sushi tries to land knees in the clinch but Charyak avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sushi throws an elbow but misses.
Sushi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Charyak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Charyak.
Sushi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charyak misses with some punches.
Sushi looking to stall.
Sushi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sushi misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sushi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charyak's brow.
Charyak cracks Sushi with a nice body shot.
Sushi pushes off an throws an elbow but Charyak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Charyak lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sushi.

Charyak is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sushi is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Charyak to the mat. Charyak regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Sushi preventing the sweep.
Sushi postures up.
Sushi tries to free his leg and advance position but Charyak is retaining full guard.
Sushi stands and throws Charyak's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sushi in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Charyak is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charyak is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sushi trying to control the action but Charyak is working from the bottom.
Charyak is looking to reverse the position.
Sushi working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sushi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Charyak misses with a takedown
and Sushi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoshi Sushi dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Charyak fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Good work by Charyak as he checks the leg kick.
Charyak connects with a solid leg kick.
Charyak looks to land a left hand but Sushi moved out of range nicely.
Craig Charyak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Charyak is defended easily by Sushi.
Yoshi Sushi is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Charyak is predictable there
and Sushi counters with a nice body kick.
Sushi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Charyak.
A bone on bone clash there as Charyak blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sushi scores with a leg kick.
Charyak tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Sushi.
Charyak throws a hook to the side of Sushi's head but Sushi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Charyak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sushi thumps Charyak with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sushi slips under a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Sushi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sushi.
Charyak has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sushi.
Sushi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sushi throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crunch! Sushi slams his shin into Charyak's torso.
Charyak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sushi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sushi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sushi tries a head kick but it misses.
Sushi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Charyak.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Charyak checks a leg kick.
Sushi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Charyak's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Sushi.

Sushi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sushi lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Craig Charyak's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sushi.
Sushi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Charyak avoids it.
Charyak avoids the elbow strike from Sushi, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Charyak as Sushi tries to tie him up.
Sushi scores with a knee to the head.
Sushi tries to land a knee to the head but Charyak blocks with his arms.
Sushi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Charyak blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sushi.
Sushi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Charyak avoiding damage as Sushi throws knees to the body.
Sushi lands an elbow just above Charyak 's eye.

Craig Charyak's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sushi missing with knees to the body.
Charyak's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sushi throws an elbow but it misses.
A hook to the body from Charyak.
Sushi lands an elbow just above Charyak 's eye.
Good body shot from Charyak.
Sushi is looking to control Charyak's arms but Charyak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sushi has his back to the cage.
Charyak is trying to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sushi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sushi throws an elbow but it misses.
Charyak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Charyak.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Charyak.
Charyak working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sushi pushes off an throws an elbow but Charyak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Charyak is leaning against Sushi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sushi trying to land knees to the body.
Sushi has Charyak pushed against the cage.
Charyak tries to work over Sushi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Charyak stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sushi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Charyak dodges an elbow strike from Sushi.
Sushi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Charyak blocks it with crossed arms.
Sushi trying to land knees to the body.
Charyak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sushi avoids it.
Charyak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sushi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Charyak avoids it.
Sushi pushes off an throws an elbow but Charyak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sushi tries to land knees in the clinch but Charyak avoids the damage to the body.
Charyak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshi Sushi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sushi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshi Sushi!