PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Okafor (ranked 5062 p4p, 2881 weight class) and Yoel Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoel Romero has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Okafor
vs
Romero

199 cm
18
243
1 - 2 - 0

193 cm
26
265
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Okafor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoel Romero!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor lands with a straight right. Romero didn't see that one coming.
Romero takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Okafor looks to land a left hand but Romero moved out of range nicely.
Okafor connects with the punch.
John Okafor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okafor moves into range and connects with a jab.
Okafor scores with a nice head shot.
Okafor connects with a body shot.

Okafor feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Romero sprawling to the canvas! Romero rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Okafor finish him?!

Romero is rocked!

It looks like Yoel Romero has been cut.
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!
Okafor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Romero closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Romero is still on wobbly legs! Can Okafor finish him?
Romero gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Okafor gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Okafor!
John Okafor decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.