PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raiskari Raimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Okami is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Okami
vs
Raimo

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Greg Okami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raiskari Raimo!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okami misses with a straight right.
Okami is looking to clinch.
Okami looks to land a combination but Raimo avoids it well.
Donk. Raimo catches Okami right on the button with a cross.
Okami throws a head kick that misses.
Raimo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Okami's waist but Okami gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Raimo off to one side.
Okami throws a right and a left that both miss.
Okami rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Raimo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Okami preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Raimo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Raimo content to stall in guard here.
Okami keeping moving, preventing Raimo from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raimo chips away with some ground and pound.
Raimo trying to control but Okami is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Okami swinging wilding here.
Okami throws a left and a right that both miss

so Raimo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Raimo trying to control the position from guard on top but Okami is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Raimo throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raimo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Raimo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Okami wants to get back to his feet.
Raimo misses with the ground and pound.
Raimo staying calm.

Raimo stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami misses with a two punch combination.

Raimo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Okami looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Okami is breathing heavily.
Raimo looking to control but instead Okami has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Raimo is looking to take a break and control but Okami is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Raimo working Okami over with strikes.
Raimo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Okami scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Raimo manages to mount him!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okami is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Raimo has control of Okami's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Okami regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Raimo with good strikes from the mount here!
Raimo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Raimo lands a heavy elbow.
Raimo raining down shots from the mount!
Raimo unloading with bombs!

Raimo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Okami can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raiskari Raimo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Raimo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Okami as he jumps to the side.
Raimo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Okami tries to avoid it but Raimo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Okami to the ground. Okami escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
No luck for Raimo with that takedown attempt.
Greg Okami has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raiskari Raimo.
Raimo has a takedown stuffed.
Okami scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Raiskari Raimo has been cut.
Okami throws a left that rocks Raimo and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Okami dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Raimo regain composure!

Raimo is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okami tries to stand but Raimo is controlling his head.
Raimo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Okami's best efforts.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Raimo is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Okami pulls his head out easily.
Raimo is controlling Okami's trapped leg to prevent Okami from advancing to side control.
Raimo moves into full guard.
Okami postures up.
Raimo scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Raimo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Raimo with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami taking shots to the head.
Raimo with the ground and pound from mount.
Raimo trying to control but Okami is having none of it.
Raimo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Raimo trying to control but Okami is having none of it.
Raimo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Okami's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raimo controlling from mount.
Okami is in a horrible position here. Raimo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Okami knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Raimo on the ground.
Raimo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Okami?
Raimo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Okami looks a forlorn figure.
Raimo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Raimo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Raimo scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raimo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Raimo lands a heavy elbow.
Raimo controlling the pace for now.
Raimo tries to control but Okami wriggling away.
Raimo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Okami kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raimo with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Greg Okami will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raiskari Raimo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Raimo gets a clinch.
Raimo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Okami gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Raimo wants a takedown but no success here.
Okami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raimo prevents Okami from breaking the clinch.

Okami breaks the clinch.
Raimo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Okami but Okami pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Greg Okami has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raiskari Raimo.
Okami throws an overhand right that lands on Raimo's shoulder, as Raimo tries to avoid the shot.
Okami tries to clinch but Raimo moves away

and Raimo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Raimo stands up out of the half guard.
Okami swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Raimo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Okami lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Okami misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Raimo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Okami looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Okami managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Raimo.
Raimo trying to control the action but Okami is working from the bottom.
Okami wants to get back to his feet but Raimo drags him back down.
Raiskari Raimo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Raimo advances to mount.
Okami on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Okami tries to get out of the position.
Okami takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Raimo.
Raimo controlling from the full mount.
BOOM! Raimo connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raimo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Okami looks a forlorn figure.
Raimo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Raimo dominating with strikes here.
Raimo lands with some strikes.

Raimo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Raimo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Raimo lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Raimo looking to secure an arm triangle but Okami defends it well.
Okami is trying to stand up.
Raimo lands with some strikes.
Raimo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Okami is looking to escape.
Raimo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken 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.
Raimo looking to control but Okami is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Raimo looking to ground and pound but Okami is blocking nicely.
Raimo unloads with some shots from mount but Okami bucks and avoids them well.
Raimo with good strikes from the mount here!
Raimo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Okami because Raimo loaded up on that one.
Okami is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Raimo looking to control but Okami is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Raimo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Okami is surviving well by controlling Raimo's body position as best he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raimo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Okami?

And that's the end of the fight!
Raiskari Raimo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Raimo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raiskari Raimo!