PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Loureiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Okabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loureiro comes to the cage accompanied by Angra - Acid Rain. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Loureiro
vs
Okabe

183 cm
24
186 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

177 cm
25
181 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Loureiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenji Okabe!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loureiro tries to clinch up.
Loureiro throws a leg kick which misses Okabe's front leg but catches the back leg as Okabe tries to avoid it.
Loureiro misses the shot to the body.
Loureiro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Okabe looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Loureiro fails with a takedown attempt.
Loureiro tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Okabe counter with a right hand.
Okabe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loureiro.
Okabe fails to land the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Okabe. No joy for Loureiro on that attempt.
Loureiro jabs Okabe to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Okabe swings widly with a right hand
and Loureiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loureiro tries to clinch but Okabe is having none of it.
Okabe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Loureiro throws an off balance right hand
and Loureiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Okabe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loureiro moves away.

Okabe scores a takedown into full mount!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Loureiro is wriggling around trying to escape.
Okabe dominating with strikes here.
Loureiro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Loureiro slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Okabe wants to control but Loureiro is keeping him busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okabe looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Loureiro looking for submissions off his back.
Loureiro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Okabe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Loureiro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Loureiro is in trouble now - Okabe has advanced to mount!
Loureiro is looking to improve his position but Okabe isn't that keen on the idea.
Okabe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Okabe wants to control the pace but Loureiro is squirming around nicely.
Okabe scoring with strikes but Loureiro is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loureiro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Okabe punishing his opponent with strikes.
Okabe looking to control but Loureiro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Okabe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Okabe scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Loureiro?
Okabe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loureiro is looking to improve his position but Okabe isn't that keen on the idea.
Okabe with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loureiro is squirming around, avoiding Okabe's attempts to control the action.
A nice elbow there by Okabe.

Loureiro is rocked!
Okabe looking to control but Loureiro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Okabe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oh Loureiro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okabe working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Okabe postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Loureiro bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Okabe and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenji Okabe!