PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Ozryel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasaki Kojiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ozryel comes to the cage accompanied by Dar es Salaam - Black Joe Lewis. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kojiro's choice of entrance music: Assassin in the Shadows. Sasaki Kojiro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ozryel
vs
Kojiro

184 cm
22
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Pitt Nutrition + Laundry (160 Recovery, Stamina

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Ozryel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sasaki Kojiro!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ozryel moves into the clinch.
A short right from Ozryel on the inside.
Ozryel struggles to land a body shot inside as Kojiro controls his hands.
Ozryel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ozryel lands a hook that snaps the head of Kojiro backwards.
Ozryel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ozryel taking a breather.
Kojiro tries to work over Ozryel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ozryel has Kojiro pressed against the cage.
Ozryel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kojiro is pushing Ozryel up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kojiro has Ozryel pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ozryel manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozryel.
Ozryel misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozryel gets through Kojiro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ozryel trying to control the position but instead, Kojiro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ozryel into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kojiro.
Ozryel prevents the takedown attempt.
Ozryel working aggressively here.
Kojiro scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like Frank Ozryel has been cut.
Kojiro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kojiro as Ozryel tries to tie him up.
Ozryel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kojiro tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ozryel just stands there and leans against the cage.
Frank Ozryel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sasaki Kojiro.
Ozryel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ozryel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ozryel misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozryel misses with the head strike.
Ozryel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Kojiro.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ozryel misses with a punch to the body.
Kojiro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ozryel blocks a body shot from Kojiro.
Ozryel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kojiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Ozryel.
Kojiro is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ozryel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ozryel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kojiro or not.
Ozryel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ozryel misses with the head strike.
Ozryel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kojiro scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kojiro is working for takedown but Ozryel is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ozryel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Kojiro gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ozryel regains guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ozryel wants to sweep but no luck.
Ozryel keeping moving, preventing Kojiro from controlling successfully.
Ozryel wants to sweep but no luck.
Kojiro looking to sit in guard and control but Ozryel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kojiro has his foot on Ozryel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ozryel works his way back into a safe position though.

Kojiro is looking for a triangle but Ozryel pushes his legs off easily.
Ozryel is looking to stand up but Kojiro won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kojiro is looking for a triangle but Ozryel pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kojiro is looking for a triangle but Ozryel pushes his legs off easily.

Kojiro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ozryel wants to control from the top but Kojiro keeps moving.
Ozryel is really struggling to control Kojiro but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kojiro has his foot on Ozryel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ozryel works his way back into a safe position though.
Ozryel wants to control from the top but Kojiro keeps moving.
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 Frank Ozryel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Ozryel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fighters circling - Ozryel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sasaki Kojiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ozryel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ozryel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ozryel lands a slapping body shot.
Ozryel lands a jab to Kojiro's midsection.
Kojiro works over Ozryel's head and body with a nice combination.
Kojiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Ozryel closes the distance and pushes Kojiro back into the cage.
Kojiro tries to score a body lock takedown but Ozryel shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ozryel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short left from Ozryel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ozryel fails to land.
Kojiro wants to take the fight to the mat but Ozryel manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ozryel misses with a punch on the inside.
Ozryel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kojiro looking for a takedown.
Frank Ozryel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sasaki Kojiro.
A hook to the body from Ozryel.
Ozryel is pressed up against the cage. Kojiro has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ozryel down to the mat. Ozryel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ozryel throws a looping overhand right but Kojiro ducks down to avoid it.
Kojiro wants to clinch.
Kojiro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kojiro throws a series of punches but Ozryel moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozryel throws a hook but Kojiro avoids it easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kojiro.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ozryel avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kojiro.
The ground and pound from Kojiro seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Check out the look on Kojiro's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kojiro in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Ozryel is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sasaki Kojiro!
A relieved looking Sasaki Kojiro thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Frank Ozryel stepped up to the mic, saying 'I had problems that drained my energy and obviously made it really hard to perform tonight. I'm disappointed I wasn't 100% and lost a fight I was supposed to win.'.