PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalti Nioka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Sobchak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nioka comes to the cage accompanied by Yellow submarines. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sobchak's choice of entrance music: sublime - seed. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nioka
vs
Sobchak

198 cm
22
282 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
263 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Masaru Fight Gear

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kalti Nioka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Walter Sobchak!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Sobchak.

Nioka scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sobchak takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nioka is working Sobchak over with some ground and pound from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sobchak can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sobchak takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sobchak takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nioka working the ground and pound from side control.
Sobchak can't do much from the bottom here.
Sobchak tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nioka lands an elbow.
Sobchak can't do much from the bottom here.
Nioka could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sobchak takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sobchak takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nioka in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nioka looks up at the clock and then as Sobchak takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nioka smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sobchak is looking for a sweep.
Sobchak can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobchak takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sobchak sneaks back into half guard.
Sobchak is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nioka has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sobchak looks gassed!
Nioka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sobchak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sobchak tries to kick Nioka off but Nioka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nioka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nioka slips a nice elbow through Sobchak's hands, connecting with Sobchak's forehead.
Nioka 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.
Nioka winds up and cracks Sobchak with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nioka lands with a punch from half guard.
Nioka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nioka prevents Sobchak from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nioka lands with a punch from half guard.
Nioka is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
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!
Nioka is nestled in close to Sobchak, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nioka lands a nice short elbow.
Nioka tries to pass to full mount but Sobchak defends it.
Nioka slips a nice elbow through Sobchak's hands, connecting with Sobchak's forehead.
Sobchak is trying to get back to full guard.
Sobchak has hold of Nioka's hands but Nioka slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nioka is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nioka drops an elbow to the side of Sobchak's head.
Sobchak throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sobchak is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nioka scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nioka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak has hold of Nioka's hands but Nioka slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nioka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sobchak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sobchak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nioka lands a nice short elbow.
Nioka is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nioka winds up and cracks Sobchak with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nioka lands with a punch from half guard.
Nioka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sobchak taking some punishment here, with Nioka in his half guard.
Nioka landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sobchak trying to control here.
Sobchak throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nioka lands a nice short elbow.
Nioka working Sobchak over with strikes.
Nioka slips a nice elbow through Sobchak's hands, connecting with Sobchak's forehead.
Nioka lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nioka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sobchak wants to improve his position but Nioka is controlling well.
Nioka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sobchak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Nioka.

Sobchak looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sobchak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sobchak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nioka closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sobchak is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nioka's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nioka's back!
Nioka rolls, trying to escape but Sobchak keeps control of the position.
Nioka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sobchak can do to turn this around?
Sobchak throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Nioka!
Nioka tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Nioka keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sobchak landing strikes from the mount.
Nioka keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nioka is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sobchak cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nioka really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sobchak blocks Nioka's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sobchak landing strikes from the mount.
Nioka is looking to improve his position but Sobchak isn't that keen on the idea.
Sobchak pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sobchak lands a big elbow.
Nioka is trying to escape the mount.

Sobchak is working for a guillotine from mount but Nioka frees his head quite easily.
Nioka manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nioka lands with a few short shots to the body.
Nioka is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Sobchak prevents Nioka from improving his position.
Kalti Nioka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nioka moves into full guard.
Sobchak postures up in Nioka's guard and throws a big left but Nioka blocks it.
Sobchak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nioka is keeping the position for now.
Nioka lands a decent punch to the body there.
Nioka lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sobchak!
Nioka lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nioka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nioka with a couple of short strikes.
Nioka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sobchak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nioka scoring with strikes but Sobchak is staying in there.
Nioka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nioka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nioka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nioka scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sobchak?
Nioka landing shots from mount.
Sobchak is looking to get to half guard.
Sobchak throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Nioka working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nioka looking to finish Sobchak with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sobchak!
Nioka lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nioka raining down shots from the mount!
Sobchak tries to reverse the position but Nioka maintains control.
Nioka looking to finish Sobchak with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sobchak!
Sobchak is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Nioka.
Sobchak tries to lock up and control but Nioka gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nioka with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee warns Sobchak that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nioka is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nioka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalti Nioka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sobchak stuffs the takedown attempt from Nioka. Nioka gets slowly back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sobchak looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nioka is fending him off so far but Sobchak persists. Nope, Nioka circles away and we're back to standing.

Nioka bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Nioka's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nioka lands a few punches from side control.
Sobchak is trying to get back to his feet.
Sobchak prevents Nioka from improving position.
Nioka advances to full mount.
Sobchak wants to hold on but Nioka pushes him away.
Nioka landing strikes from the mount and Sobchak is in trouble!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sobchak tries to lock up and control but Nioka gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sobchak wants to get back to his feet.
Nioka lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nioka with shots to the head and body - Sobchak looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nioka working the ground and pound effectively.
Sobchak taking shots to the head.
Sobchak is trying to stand up.
Nioka lands a big elbow.
Sobchak is looking to get to half guard.
Nioka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sobchak hang on?
Sobchak taking shots to the head.
Sobchak is working to get back to half guard.
Sobchak is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak tries to hold on but Nioka pushes him away.
Nioka with the ground and pound from mount.
Nioka scoring with strikes but Sobchak is staying in there.
Nioka has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sobchak's face.
Sobchak tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! Nioka connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sobchak tries to hold on but Nioka postures up.
Nioka lands a big elbow.
Sobchak is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nioka with shots to the head and body - Sobchak looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nioka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sobchak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobchak is trying to escape the mount.
Nioka lands a nice shot to the head.
Sobchak is working to get back to half guard.
Walter Sobchak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice elbow there by Nioka.
Nioka looking to finish Sobchak with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sobchak!
Sobchak is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nioka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sobchak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nioka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sobchak hang on?
Sobchak regains half guard.
Nioka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sobchak trying to hold on to Nioka's head to control him but Nioka postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nioka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kalti Nioka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ground and pound from Nioka.
Nioka keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sobchak is in trouble now - Nioka has advanced to mount!
A nice elbow there by Nioka.
Nioka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sobchak hang on?
Nioka controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nioka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sobchak is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kalti Nioka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nioka 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalti Nioka!