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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Itto Ogami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepeng Ondoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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191 cm
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188 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Itto Ogami! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pepeng Ondoy! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ondoy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Ondoy swats away the attempt to clinch by Ogami. Ondoy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab from Ondoy. Ondoy throws a series of strikes that have Ogami backpedaling.
Ogami is rocked! Ogami misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Ondoy jabs Ogami right on the nose. Ogami blinks but takes it well. Oh Ogami is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Good standup being displayed there by Ondoy as he connects with a hook. Ogami tries to clinch but Ondoy is having none of it. Ogami slips a jab and a cross from Ondoy.
Ogami takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Ogami seems to have got his legs back now. Ondoy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ondoy takes a swing at Ogami's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ondoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ogami manages to avoid it. Ondoy takes a swing at Ogami's ribcage but misses. Ondoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ondoy stuffs the takedown attempt from Ogami. Ogami gets slowly back to his feet. Ogami shoots in for a takedown but Ondoy shows good takedown defense. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Itto Ogami. That's going to take a lot out of him. Ogami closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ondoy circles away. Ondoy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Nice combo by Ondoy! Oh, that's hurt him - Ogami falls to the canvas and Ondoy follows him into side control. Ondoy is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ogami's shoulder. That is not cool. Ogami prevents Ondoy from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ogami is looking for a sweep. Ogami is breathing heavily. Ondoy happy to just control the position for now. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Ogami wants to get back to his feet but Ondoy drags him back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ogami is trying to improve his position. Ogami is trying to control Ondoy's posture but Ondoy avoids it. Ogami is letting Ondoy control him for a moment.
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. Ogami pushes Ondoy away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ondoy gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. Ogami is looking to regain half guard here but Ondoy keeps moving and retains side control. Ogami throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. A punch combination from Ondoy misses. Pepeng Ondoy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Ondoy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ogami in his tracks. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pepeng Ondoy dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ondoy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ogami lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Ogami is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ondoy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ogami.
Ondoy throws a series of punches but Ogami avoids them all with ease. Ogami is looking to clinch. Ogami moves away from the strike by Ondoy. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ondoy misses the shot to the body. Ondoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ondoy scores with a jab to the head.
Ondoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ogami uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ondoy.
Ondoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ondoy misses with a wild body shot. Ondoy misses with a wild body shot. Ondoy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ogami can pounce on him.
Ogami on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Ondoy takes a swing at Ogami's ribcage but misses. Ondoy works Ogami's body with a nice hook. Ogami wants to clinch up but Ondoy keeps it at a distance. The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Ogami doesn't manage to clinch there - Ondoy circles away.
Ondoy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ogami is just out of range. Ogami fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ogami shoots for a double leg takedown but Ondoy sprawls well. He's pushed Ogami's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Ondoy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Ogami ducks under a wild hook from Ondoy. Ogami takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Ondoy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ogami doesn't seem bothered though. Ogami walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Nice sprawl there from Ondoy as Ogami shoots in. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Itto Ogami. That's going to take a lot out of him. Ondoy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Ondoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ondoy lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Ogami sprawling to the canvas. Ondoy follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Ogami hang on? Ondoy prevents Ogami from standing back up.
Ogami has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ondoy is working away from the top position though. Ondoy prevents Ogami from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ondoy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Ondoy prevents Ogami from standing back up.
Ondoy is looking to advance position but Ogami won't allow it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pepeng Ondoy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ogami tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ondoy swats him away and circles back towards the center. Pepeng Ondoy seems to be getting the better of the standup. A punch combination from Ondoy misses. Ondoy digs a good body shot into Ogami's ribs. Ogami shoots in for a takedown but Ondoy shows good takedown defense. Ogami shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ondoy pinned against the cage. Ondoy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Ondoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ogami manages to avoid it. Itto Ogami is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ondoy works Ogami's body with a nice hook. This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Ogami. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery. Some wild striking there from Ondoy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Ogami takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ondoy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ogami's waist but Ogami gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ondoy off to one side. Ondoy misses with a wild body shot. Ondoy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Ondoy cracks a nice hook into Ogami's ribs. Ondoy misses with a wild combination.
Ogami takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Left hook, right uppercut from Ondoy. Ogami avoids the body shot from Ondoy.
Ondoy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ogami fails in his attempt to clinch. Jab, jab by Ondoy - just one landing. Ogami tries to close the distance and clinch but Ondoy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Ondoy misses with a two punch combination.
Ondoy connects with a jab. Ogami closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ondoy circles away. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Itto Ogami. That's going to take a lot out of him. Ondoy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ogami.
Ondoy throws a combination. Ogami tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Ondoy scores with a shot to the body.
Ondoy misses with a body shot.
Ondoy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ondoy lands a jab to the head.
Ondoy lands a jab to Ogami's midsection. Ogami tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ondoy swats him away and circles back towards the center. Ondoy with a body punch. A glancing blow. Ondoy connects with a jab. Ondoy cracks Ogami with a right hand to the side of the head. No joy there for Ondoy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ondoy throws a right hand that Ogami ducks under and follows up with a left that Ogami also avoids with ease. Ondoy throws a good cross that connects.
Ogami shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ondoy pinned against the cage. Ondoy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Ondoy works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ondoy misses with a double jab.
Ondoy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Ondoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ogami tries to clinch up. Ondoy throws a series of punches but Ogami moves out of range. Itto Ogami has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Ogami misses with a kick to the body.
Ondoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ondoy swings for the body but Ogami moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight! Pepeng Ondoy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Ondoy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 26:30 Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30 Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pepeng Ondoy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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