PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osoto Gari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soulja Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Osoto Gari could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Soulja Boy's chin.

Gari
vs
Boy

200 cm
23
300 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Osoto Gari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Soulja Boy!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boy shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Boy was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Boy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gari trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gari is looking to improve his position but Boy isn't that keen on the idea.
Boy scoring with strikes but Gari is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gari is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gari is just holding on here. Boy manages to take his back.
Boy is trying to stick to Gari's back but Gari is turning into Boy. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Boy's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Gari.
Gari trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gari working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gari!
Gari throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Boy blocks Gari's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gari throwing hammer fists to the chest of Boy. What's that going to do exactly?
Boy tries to control but Gari wriggling away.
Boy avoids the attempt from Gari to control.
Boy breaks from Gari's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Boy blocks Gari's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gari working to try and regain half guard.
Gari swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gari is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Boy controlling the pace for now.
Gari working to try and regain half guard.

Boy with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Boy working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Boy looks gassed!
Boy controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gari throwing hammer fists to the chest of Boy. What's that going to do exactly?
Gari might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Boy is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Gari throws a combination. Boy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gari lands a head kick. Boy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Boy's sensitive parts.
Gari lands with a slapping head kick.
Gari lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gari scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Boy blocks a head kick by Gari.
Gari scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gari explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gari feints and then cracks Boy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boy down.

Gari feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Boy has momentary wrist control but Gari slips an elbow through the middle.
Gari content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gari loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gari not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gari postures up.
Gari lands a couple of decent looking shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gari tries to stand but Boy is controlling from the bottom.
Gari thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gari throws a head kick that misses.
Gari avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boy tries to clinch but Gari is having none of it.
Boy misses with the body kick
and Gari counters with a series of strikes. Boy will be more careful next time no doubt.
A good leg kick by Gari.

Gari shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Boy's guard.

Boy pushes Gari off and gets back to his feet.
Gari moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gari throws a right and a left that Boy avoids nicely.
Boy fails with the takedown

so Gari counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gari.
Gari with a nice head shot there.
Gari works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gari is keen to just control but Boy is a slippery customer.
Boy tries to kick Gari off but Gari keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gari thows a huge punch but Boy dodges it nicely.
Gari is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Boy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gari is working away from the top position though.
Gari missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Gari is looking for a kimura here.
Boy is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gari is trying to control the action in half guard but Boy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gari wants to stand up but Boy manages to regain full guard.
Boy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Danga de danga de dang - Gari scores with a four punch combination!
Gari tries to clinch there but Boy circles away.
Gari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boy tries to clinch but Gari moves out of range.
Gari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy shoots and misses
and Gari counters with a thumping low kick.
Gari has his takedown stuffed

and Boy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gari is looking to control Boy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gari avoid being mounted?
Gari wants to get back to his feet.
Gari makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gari.
Gari trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Boy trying to control the position from guard on top but Gari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gari lands a couple of shots from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gari looking for a sweep. Not yet Gari, not yet.
Boy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Boy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gari cracks Boy with an open hand slap.
Osoto Gari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gari.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gari.
Gari lands a body shot.
Gari thuds his right hand into Boy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gari. That's going to slow Boy down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gari lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Osoto Gari dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jab, jab by Gari - just one landing.
Gari plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Boy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gari counters with a low kick, right behind Boy 's knee.
Gari moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Boy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gari throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Boy.
Gari misses with a double jab.

Gari shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gari with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gari looking to control but Boy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boy is bucking up trying to escape but Gari cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gari lands a heavy elbow.
Boy is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gari with good strikes from the mount here!
Gari lands a heavy elbow.

Gari wants to finish this one by submission but Boy is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gari.
Gari looking to finish with strikes here!
Boy sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Boy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gari.
Osoto Gari overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boy is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gari working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gari looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Boy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gari.

Boy makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Boy tries to clinch up but Gari circles away and keeps his distance.
Boy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gari tries a head kick but it misses.
Boy misses with a takedown attempt
and Gari counters with an outside leg kick.
Gari cracks the inside of Boy's front leg.
Boy tries for a takedown but Gari circles away easily
and Gari makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Osoto Gari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soulja Boy.
Boy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gari.
Gari stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Boy is looking to clinch but Gari is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gari throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gari swats away the attempt to clinch by Boy.

Gari closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Boy fails to pull guard.
A shot in the inside from Gari.
Gari has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Boy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Boy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gari just stands there and leans against the cage.
Boy tries for a takedown. No joy.

Gari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gari misses the shot to the body.
Gari cracks the inside of Boy's front leg.
Gari throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boy avoids the head kick by Gari.
Boy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gari counters with a series of strikes. Boy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gari keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gari keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gari is looking to wear down Boy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gari plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gari displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boy tries to land a front kick but Gari steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gari scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gari goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donk. Gari catches Boy right on the button with a cross.
Osoto Gari is winning the standup battle so far.
Boy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gari throws a one two combo.
Soulja Boy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Osoto Gari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boy can do to turn this around?

Gari darts in and clinches Boy up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Osoto Gari showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gari has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Osoto Gari!