PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reizo Okabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okabe comes to the cage accompanied by River City Boss Theme. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Okabe
vs
Justice

166 cm
25
152 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

ONI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reizo Okabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Justice!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okabe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Okabe throws a hook but Justice blocks it.
Okabe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Okabe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Justice darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A combination from Justice does no damage.
Justice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okabe.
Justice throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Justice misses with a wild body shot.

Okabe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Justice, pushing him back against the cage.
Okabe throws a head punch that misses.
Justice looking to stall.
Okabe throws a head punch that misses.
Justice misses with a punch to the body.
Okabe controlling the action here for a moment.
Justice lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Okabe backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Okabe lands a shoulder strike.
Justice throws a head punch that misses.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okabe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Justice's elbow.
Okabe effectively controlling the action here.
Okabe struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
Okabe throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Okabe fails to land.
Justice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okabe lands with a left to the head.
Okabe misses with some punches.
Okabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okabe can't find room to land a body shot as Justice controls the action.
Okabe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Okabe fails to land.
Okabe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Justice misses with a punch to the body.
Okabe misses with a punch to the body.
Okabe blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by Okabe.
Justice looking to slow down the pace here.
Okabe misses with a body punch.
Okabe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Okabe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okabe tries to throw a body punch but Justice avoids it by throwing Okabe back against the cage.
Justice tries to circle away but Okabe has him pinned against the cage.
Okabe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Okabe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Justice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Okabe's elbow.
Justice tries to circle away but Okabe has him pinned against the cage.
Justice tries a body shot but Okabe blocks it.
Okabe throws a punch but it's blocked by Justice.
Okabe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Justice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Justice swings wildly with an uppercut but Okabe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okabe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Okabe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Okabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okabe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Justice up against the cage.
Okabe keeps control of Justice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Okabe struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Okabe.
Okabe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Okabe lands a nice uppercut.
Justice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Okabe has him pressed against the cage.
Okabe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Okabe can't find room to land a body shot as Justice controls the action.
Justice lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Okabe struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
Okabe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Okabe - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Justice has had enough of the clinch but Okabe keeps him there for the moment.
Okabe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Okabe cracks Justice with a nice body shot.
Justice misses with a body punch.
Okabe can't find room to land a body shot as Justice controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Okabe.
Okabe misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Okabe fails to land.
Okabe tries to work over Justice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Justice gets through Okabe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Okabe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Justice digs a right hand into Okabe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Okabe's gas tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Justice is working Okabe over against the cage.
Okabe lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okabe.
Justice can't break the clinch.
Okabe tries a body shot but Justice blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reizo Okabe dominated that round.
That's time! Okabe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Justice throws out a leg kick but Okabe moves out of range and Justice only half commits.

Okabe rushes Justice and presses him up against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Justice trying to control the position but instead, Okabe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Justice into the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Justice as Okabe tries to tie him up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Okabe - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Justice lands a right hand.
The referee calls for Okabe to work.
A left hand lands to the body for Okabe.
Okabe misses with some punches.
Okabe has a couple of punches blocked by Justice.
Okabe leaning against his opponent.
Okabe lands with a right to the head.
Okabe misses with the head strike.
Okabe misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice wants to get back to striking at distance but Okabe won't allow it.
Justice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Okabe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Justice is leaning against Okabe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Okabe misses with some punches.
Justice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Okabe tries to work over Justice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okabe.
Okabe struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Justice.
Okabe tries a body shot but Justice blocks it.
Justice prevents a body shot from Okabe.
Justice tries to break the clinch but Okabe is controlling the position.
A hook to the body from Okabe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okabe swings wildly with an uppercut but Justice uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right from Justice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Justice.
Okabe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Justice tries to work over Okabe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okabe lands with a light punch inside.
Okabe lands a body shot.
Justice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okabe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Justice's efforts to push away.
Justice misses with a body punch.
Okabe lands an uppercut.
Okabe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Okabe looking to slow down the pace here.
Justice stalling in the clinch but Okabe improves position.
A shot in the inside from Okabe.
Justice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Justice wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okabe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okabe keeps control of Justice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Okabe throws a head punch that misses.
Justice is looking to control Okabe's arms but Okabe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Justice has his back to the cage.
Come on Justice - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Okabe misses with a punch on the inside.
Justice lands an uppercut.
Okabe is stalling here.
Okabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okabe blocks a body shot from Justice.
Justice lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Okabe has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Justice blocks an uppercut.
Justice pushes Okabe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Okabe can't find room to land a body shot as Justice controls the action.
Justice looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Justice tries to throw a body punch but Okabe avoids it by throwing Justice back against the cage.
Okabe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Okabe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okabe misses with a punch to the body.
Okabe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Johnny Justice has been cut.
Justice looking to stall.
Justice lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Okabe backwards.
Okabe lands a body punch.
Okabe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Justices head.
Okabe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Justice's elbow.
Okabe misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Justice looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Okabe misses with a punch to the body.
Justice misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justice.
Okabe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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 Reizo Okabe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Justice's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Okabe throws a hook but Justice avoids it easily.
Justice staying out of range there.
A good leg kick by Okabe.
Okabe ducks under a wild hook from Justice.
A low kick from Justice is predictable there

and Okabe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Okabe winds up and cracks Justice with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Okabe works his way into side control.
Okabe slows the pace down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice tries to bench press Okabe off him but Okabe keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okabe lands some shots froms side control.
Justice is being controlled here.
Okabe has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Okabe controlling the position easily from mount.
Okabe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justice taking shots to the head.

Justice is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okabe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnny Justice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justice is still in real trouble! Can Okabe finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okabe drops a big elbow. That's hurt Justice! More shots from Okabe and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reizo Okabe!
Reizo Okabe gave a mention to ONI in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
In defeat, Johnny Justice stepped up to the mic, saying 'I should have bought my supplements from LOPS! http://www.mmatycoon.com/nutritionpublic.php?ncid=2458'.