PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Moses Ohchooto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ohchooto
vs
Bob

167 cm
28
145 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

173 cm
42
141 lbs
30 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition
Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Moses Ohchooto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Bob!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bob moves out of range as Ohchooto strikes.
Bob is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bob connects with a single shot there.
Ohchooto tries to clinch but Bob moves out of range.
Bob looks to throw the jab but Ohchooto is out of range.
Bob misses with a takedown
and Ohchooto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ohchooto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bob momentarily.
Billy Bob seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Bob throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bob cracks Ohchooto with an open hand slap.
Ohchooto throws a head kick that misses.
Bob throws an overhand right that lands on Ohchooto's shoulder, as Ohchooto tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bob scores with a punch to the head.
Bob uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ohchooto.
A little jabbing left from Bob on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ohchooto ducks under a wild hook from Bob.

Bob lands a left and a right that sends Ohchooto crashing to the canvas! Bob dives into mount looking to finish!

Ohchooto is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ohchooto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oh Ohchooto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bob takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohchooto is desperately trying to improve his position but Bob has a good base and remains in mount.

Bob looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ohchooto seems to have got his legs back now.

Bob jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ohchooto is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ohchooto and Bob has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Ohchooto stops Bob from passing to mount.
Ohchooto seems a little lost for a moment, as Bob dominates the positioning.
Bob trying to control the position but Ohchooto is working away.

Bob tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bob has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bob trying to control the action but Ohchooto is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bob controls the position from side control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bob throws a jab but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Bob slips under a jab.
Bob avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moses Ohchooto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Ohchooto.
Bob takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've been told by Ohchooto's head coaches at Wrecking Crew Elite MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bob takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bob throws a shot from downtown. Ohchooto moves away and avoids it.
Ohchooto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bob in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab from Bob misses.

Ohchooto darts in and clinches Bob up against the cage.
Bob is trying to push Ohchooto away but Ohchooto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bob lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bob is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ohchooto has a couple of punches blocked by Bob.
Bob is trying to break free.
Ohchooto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ohchooto swings wildly with an uppercut but Bob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohchooto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Ohchooto is controlling him.
Ohchooto scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ohchooto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ohchooto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ohchooto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ohchooto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Bob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bob is defended easily by Ohchooto.
Moses Ohchooto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Bob.
A slow jab from Ohchooto misses its intended target.
Ohchooto scores with a jab to the head.
Bob moves out of range as Ohchooto strikes.
Nice jab there from Ohchooto.
A big right from Bob misses.
Ohchooto moves out of range as Bob strikes.
Bob misses with a hook. Ohchooto ducked under it nicely.
Bob takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moses Ohchooto dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ohchooto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ohchooto scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bob blocks a jab.
Bob swings widly with a right hand
and Ohchooto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Ohchooto has closed the distance and engaged Bob in a clinch.
Ohchooto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bob.
Ohchooto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ohchooto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Ohchooto has him pressed against the cage.
Ohchooto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands a good knee to the midsection. Bob won't want to take too many of those.
Ohchooto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bob avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bob is trying to stall.
Bob tries to circle away but Ohchooto has him pinned against the cage.
Bob is trying to force a seperation but Ohchooto has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohchooto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bob has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ohchooto prevents Bob from breaking the clinch.
Ohchooto missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ohchooto.
Ohchooto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bob can do to turn this around?
Ohchooto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ohchooto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Bob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ohchooto just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Bob 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bob on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bob throws a body punch but Ohchooto moves out of range.
Bob shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ohchooto defends it nicely.
Bob takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto throws a lazy right hand but Bob sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Bob was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bob looks to land a right hand but Ohchooto moved out of range.
Bob cracks Ohchooto with an open hand slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice takedown defense from Ohchooto. No joy for Bob on that attempt.
The fighters circling - Ohchooto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bob shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bob misses with an uppercut
and Ohchooto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bob misses with a hook.
Ohchooto's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ohchooto duly obliges.
Ohchooto throws a series of strikes that have Bob backpedaling.
Ohchooto lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bob throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Ohchooto counter with a right hand.
Bob misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ohchooto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bob thinking.
Nice cross by Ohchooto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob misses with a straight left.
Bob ducks under a wild hook from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto thuds his right hand into Bob's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ohchooto just misses with a punch to the body.
Bob throws out a counter right but Ohchooto avoids it with no problem.

Ohchooto drives through and clinches with Bob against the cage.
Bob is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ohchooto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ohchooto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ohchooto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ohchooto scores with a shot to the side of Bob's head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ohchooto.
Bob is breathing heavily.
Ohchooto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ohchooto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ohchooto lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Ohchooto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto has Bob pressed against the cage, preventing Bob from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bob tries a body shot but Ohchooto blocks it.
Ohchooto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands a nice knee to the body.
Ohchooto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bobs head.
Ohchooto scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ohchooto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bob is looking for a takedown.
Moses Ohchooto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Bob.
Ohchooto crunches a lovely knee into Bob's ribcage.
Ohchooto scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Ohchooto on the inside.
Moses Ohchooto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohchooto lands a body punch.
Ohchooto scores with a knee to the head.
Ohchooto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ohchooto just leaning against Bob, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moses Ohchooto dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ohchooto has Bob up against the cage in a clinch.
Bob swings wildly with an uppercut but Ohchooto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohchooto leaning against his opponent.
Bob tries to throw a body punch but Ohchooto avoids it by throwing Bob back against the cage.
Ohchooto taking a breather.

Bob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ohchooto misses with a wild combination.
Bob throws a right and a left that Ohchooto avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ohchooto has Bob up against the cage in a clinch.

Bob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ohchooto stuns Bob with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ohchooto tries to clinch up.
Bob might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohchooto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bob circles away quickly and effectively.
Bob swings widly with a right hand
and Ohchooto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bob throws out a loose jab but Ohchooto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bob on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ohchooto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bob displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ohchooto throws out the jab.
Ohchooto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ohchooto lands a lovely overhand right.
Bob's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bob duly obliges.
Bob takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bob misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bob throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ohchooto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bob takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ohchooto lands with a nice body punch.
Ohchooto lunges at Bob with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bob's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto scores with a decent looking hook.
Ohchooto lands with a nice body punch.
Ohchooto looks to land a combination but Bob avoids it well.
Bob lands with a nice combination. Ohchooto backs away looking to recover.
Bob rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ohchooto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ohchooto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bob throws a nice looking combination but Ohchooto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bob swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Ohchooto darts in and clinches Bob up against the cage.
Bob tries a body shot but Ohchooto blocks it.
Bob has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bob can't break the clinch.
Ohchooto misses with a knee to the head.
Bob blocking some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ohchooto.
A short left from Ohchooto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob wants a takedown but no success here.
Bob working hard to break the clinch.
Bob tries to break free but Ohchooto pushes him back against the cage.
Ohchooto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bobs head.
Bob is trying to push Ohchooto away but Ohchooto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ohchooto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ohchooto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ohchooto lands a shoulder strike.
Bob is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ohchooto is defending well.
Ohchooto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ohchooto stalling against the cage.
Bob misses with a body punch.
Bob wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ohchooto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bob backwards.
Bob takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ohchooto is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Moses Ohchooto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Bob.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohchooto is stalling here.
Ohchooto working aggressively here.
Bob takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands a body punch.
Bob doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bob misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ohchooto scores with a knee to the head.
Ohchooto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bob looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Ohchooto is controlling him.
Bob is looking to break free of the clinch but Ohchooto has double underhooks.
Ohchooto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bob backwards.

Bob is rocked!
Bob is trying to push Ohchooto away but Ohchooto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moses Ohchooto clearly takes 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.

Bob avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab lands there for Bob.
Bob throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ohchooto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ohchooto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bob misses with a body shot.
Ohchooto lands a leg kick that knocks Bob off balance momentarily.
Ohchooto slips a jab from Bob.
Ohchooto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ohchooto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bob misses with a hook
and Ohchooto counters with a nice body shot.
Ohchooto connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bob's hands.
Bob shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ohchooto defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob throws a jab when Ohchooto was well out of range.
As Bob looks to move away, Ohchooto throws a big counter combo bu Bob just gets out of the way.
Bob misses the jab.
Bob takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bob misses with a straight left.
Ohchooto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bobs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big left from Bob misses.
Ohchooto missing with a left hand there. Bob was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bob misses with a right hand
and Ohchooto counters with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Bob.
Bob on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bob misses with a body shot.
Ohchooto digs a good hook to Bob's body.
That kick from Ohchooto tenderised Bob's leg. Bob is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bob misses with a straight right.
Ohchooto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bob moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ohchooto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bob sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bob connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ohchooto's hands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ohchooto. That's going to slow Bob down.
Bob throws out a loose jab but Ohchooto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bob throws out a loose jab but Ohchooto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohchooto throws a quick counter head kick but Bob was just out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Ohchooto finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ohchooto blocks a jab.
It looked like Ohchooto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bob misses with a left hand
and Ohchooto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ohchooto lands a glancing blow to the side of Bob's head.
Ohchooto misses with a body shot.
Bob misses with a right hand
and Bob takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ohchooto scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob misses with an uppercut
and Ohchooto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bob throws an off balance right hand
and Ohchooto counters with a stiff right hand.
Bob misses with a double jab
and Ohchooto counters with a left and a right that stings Bob.
Bob is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bob avoids the body shot from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto misses with a two punch combination.
Ohchooto misses with a few strikes there.
Bob lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Ohchooto closes the distance and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bob backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ohchooto lands a body punch.
Ohchooto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bob.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob is looking to break free of the clinch but Ohchooto has double underhooks.
Bob has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ohchooto is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Ohchooto has him pressed against the cage.
Ohchooto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bob backwards.
Ohchooto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ohchooto landing knees to the body.
Ohchooto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bob backwards.
Bob is trying to push Ohchooto away but Ohchooto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ohchooto stalls.
Ohchooto landing knees to the body.
Ohchooto misses with a punch on the inside.
Bob's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ohchooto blocks a body shot from Bob.
Ohchooto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bob is still on wobbly legs! Can Ohchooto finish him?

It looks like Billy Bob has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohchooto lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Bob! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Ohchooto.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moses Ohchooto!
Moses Ohchooto retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Moses Ohchooto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.