PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yushin Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ten Red Gym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okami comes into the arena with EMF - Unbelieveble blaring out of the sound system. Red Gym has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music. Ten Red Gym is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Okami
vs
Red Gym

188 cm
28
195 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

190 cm
31
201 lbs
18 - 10 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ultra Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yushin Okami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 4, fighting out of Helsinki, Ten Red Gym!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Red Gym connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Red Gym misses with a lunging right hand
and Okami counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Ten Red Gym has been cut.
Red Gym lands a head shot.
Red Gym lands a nice hook to Okami's body. Okami takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A combination from Red Gym does no damage.
Ten Red Gym seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okami missing with a left hand there. Red Gym was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick from Red Gym misses.
Okami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Red Gym.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okami takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
No joy there for Red Gym, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Red Gym stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Red Gym scores with a jab to the jaw.
Red Gym ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Red Gym smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Red Gym throws a series of strikes that have Okami backpedaling.
A swing and a miss from Red Gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red Gym stuffs the takedown attempt from Okami. Okami gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice shot by Red Gym.
Red Gym punishes Okami's body with a nice straight punch.
Red Gym throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Okami shoots for a double leg takedown but Red Gym sprawls well. He's pushed Okami's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Okami avoids the body shot from Red Gym.
Okami waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Red Gym.
Red Gym tests Okami's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Okami drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Red Gym can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Okami controls the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Okami accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Red Gym keeping full guard, as Okami tries to pass.
Okami content to stall in guard here.
Okami throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Red Gym works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Okami is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Okami landing with the ground and pound.
Okami throws a strike but Red Gym rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Okami wriggles free and stands up.
Okami keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Okami lands a lovely overhand right.
Red Gym cracks Okami with an open hand slap.
Okami lands with an overhand left.
Red Gym bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Okami throws a lazy uppercut
and Red Gym makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okami takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Okami fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Red Gym manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Red Gym. Okami does a little dance to reset his feet.
Red Gym's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Red Gym duly obliges.
Red Gym throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Red Gym clobbers Okami with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Red Gym takes a swing at Okami's ribcage but misses.

Red Gym gets caught flat footed, as Okami shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Red Gym is trying to control the position but Okami postures up.
Okami looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Okami postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
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 Yushin Okami will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ten Red Gym's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice body punch from Red Gym.
Okami takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Red Gym punishes Okami's body with a nice straight punch.
Okami throws a hook but Red Gym avoids it easily.
Red Gym connects with an inside leg kick.
Red Gym throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Okami misses with a hook
and Red Gym counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Okami thinking.
Red Gym just misses with a punch to the body.
Red Gym stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Red Gym wants it to stay on the feet.
Ten Red Gym seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Red Gym fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Okami manages to avoid it.
Red Gym swinging wildly here.
Okami dives in and grabs Red Gym's left leg, looking for a takedown. Red Gym pushes down on Okami's head and hops out.
Red Gym misses with a few strikes there.
Red Gym just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red Gym just misses with a punch to the body.
Red Gym moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Okami closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Red Gym slips under a jab.
Okami shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Red Gym as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yushin Okami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Red Gym ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Okami is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Okami scores with a punch to the head.
Red Gym with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ten Red Gym is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Okami misses the target.
Okami tries to clinch but Red Gym moves out of range.
Okami slips a jab and a cross from Red Gym.
Okami keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami has a takedown stuffed.
Okami connects with the punch.
Red Gym stalks Okami and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Okami's face. Okami staggers backwards, shaken.
Okami catches Red Gym with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Red Gym misses the shot to the body.

Okami shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Red Gym manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Red Gym avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Okami throwing strikes but missing.
Okami trying to control the position from guard on top but Red Gym is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red Gym is trying to keep Okami in close.
Okami postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Red Gym looking to control.
Okami postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Okami is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Okami with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami pushes down on Red Gym's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Okami throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Red Gym to regain full guard.
Okami controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Red Gym trying to control the position.
Red Gym preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okami trying to control but Red Gym is working from the bottom.
Okami is looking to work some ground and pound but Red Gym has wrist control.
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 Yushin Okami will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ten Red Gym's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Okami slips under a jab.
Okami jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Okami closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Red Gym to the mat! Red Gym manages to get full guard.
Okami trying to control the position from guard on top but Red Gym is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Red Gym working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Okami.
Okami has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Okami slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Red Gym is trying to keep Okami in close.
Okami controls from within his opponent's guard.
Okami throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Red Gym clobbers Okami with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Red Gym digs a good body shot into Okami's ribs.
Red Gym keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Okami.
Okami looks to land a right hand but Red Gym moved out of range.
Red Gym lands with an uppercut that bounces Okami off the cage and back into range.
Red Gym fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Red Gym stuffs the takedown.
Red Gym thows a body shot but no joy.
Okami looks to land a left hand but Red Gym moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Red Gym. Okami does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ten Red Gym has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okami throws a hook to the side of Red Gym's head but Red Gym sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Red Gym scores with a leg kick.
Okami takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Red Gym.
Red Gym scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Okami on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Red Gym misses with a hook to the body
and Okami counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left lands for Red Gym.
Red Gym throws a right hand that Okami ducks under and follows up with a left that Okami also avoids with ease.
Red Gym throws a right and a left that Okami avoids nicely.

Okami looking to score a takedown here. Red Gym is defending well but Okami drives through and ends up in Red Gym's guard.

Okami avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Okami controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami is looking to work some ground and pound but Red Gym has wrist control.
Okami throws a big right hand that misses.
Okami is working Red Gym over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Okami prevents Red Gym from getting back to his feet.
Yushin Okami is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okami showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ten Red Gym.
I think Okami has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Yushin Okami!
A victorious Yushin Okami thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.