PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauro Okongwu (ranked 465 p4p, 1732 weight class) and Tristan St. Gough (ranked 78 p4p, 252 weight class). Okongwu's entrance music is Show Stop - REASON. A fine choice. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Okongwu
vs
St. Gough

206 cm
26
265
11 - 5 - 0

193 cm
27
250
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Conviction

FUClothing

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mauro Okongwu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan St. Gough!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St. Gough closes the distance and clinches.
St. Gough prevents a body shot from Okongwu.
A nice left hand lands by Okongwu.
Okongwu tries to throw a body punch but St. Gough avoids it by throwing Okongwu back against the cage.
St. Gough is trying to force a seperation but Okongwu has the dominant position.
A shot in the inside from Okongwu.
St. Gough lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

St. Gough breaks the clinch.
St. Gough with a hook.

It looks like Mauro Okongwu has been cut.
St. Gough has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
St. Gough loads up on a big right hand but Okongwu slips the punch.
Okongwu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
St. Gough tests Okongwu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St. Gough tries to close the distance and clinch up but Okongwu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okongwu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tristan St. Gough seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okongwu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St. Gough lands a nice shot that snaps Okongwu's head back.

St. Gough forces Okongwu back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Okongwu fails to land.
Okongwu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
St. Gough has a couple of punches blocked by Okongwu.
St. Gough tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Okongwu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okongwu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down St. Gough.
St. Gough looks winded!
Okongwu blocks a body shot from St. Gough.
A shot in the inside from Okongwu.
St. Gough prevents a body shot from Okongwu.
Okongwu throws a punch but it's blocked by St. Gough.

Okongwu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Okongwu digs a good body shot into St. Gough's ribs.
St. Gough on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Okongwu. Okongwu obviously looking to wear him down.
Okongwu swats away the attempt to clinch by St. Gough.
Okongwu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt St. Gough.

Okongwu lands a big right hand that sends St. Gough crashing to the mat! Okongwu stays standing though and waves St. Gough back to his feet!

St. Gough is rocked!

It looks like Tristan St. Gough has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St. Gough gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mauro Okongwu!
Mauro Okongwu decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.