PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chukwuemeka Okoye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guy has chosen Mother as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Okoye
vs
Guy

187 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

178 cm
21
184 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chukwuemeka Okoye!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Guy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Okoye looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Guy keeps the fight on the outside.
Okoye tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chukwuemeka Okoye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okoye tries to clinch up.
Guy shoots in and drives through. Okoye sprawls well.
Guy throws a series of punches but Okoye avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from Guy.
Guy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Okoye.
A combination from Guy does no damage.
Okoye tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guy misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Okoye.
Okoye fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guy shoots in for a double leg but Okoye sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Guy looks gassed!

Guy gets caught flat footed, as Okoye shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Guy keeping moving, preventing Okoye from controlling successfully.
Guy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoye stands and throws Guy's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Okoye working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Okoye trying to control the action but Guy is working from the bottom.
Okoye in side control, throwing shots but Guy defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okoye lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Guy managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Okoye.
Okoye looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Guy is avoiding damage well.
Okoye misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Guy regains half guard.
Guy wants to get back to full guard.
Okoye missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Guy wants to control but Okoye is keeping busy.
Okoye thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Guy's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Guy keeps the fight on the outside.
Okoye is looking to clinch but Guy is avoiding it.
Okoye doesn't manage to clinch there - Guy circles away.
Okoye tries to clinch there but Guy circles away.
Okoye doesn't manage to clinch there - Guy circles away.
Guy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okoye tries to clinch up but Guy circles away and keeps his distance.
Guy throws an overhand right that lands on Okoye's shoulder, as Okoye tries to avoid the shot.
Okoye slips under a jab from Guy.
Okoye is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Guy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Okoye has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Okoye and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Okoye is looking to clinch.
Okoye slaps away a takedown attempt from Guy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chukwuemeka Okoye has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Guy.
Guy blocks a head kick by Okoye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoye swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Okoye looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guy misses with a looping right.
Guy thuds a left hand into Okoye's body.
Okoye is looking to clinch but Guy is avoiding it.
Okoye tries to clinch but Guy is having none of it.

Okoye moves into the clinch successfully.
Guy avoiding damage as Okoye throws knees to the body.
Guy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Okoye tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Okoye misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Okoye tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Guy pulls guard effortlessly.
Guy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Guy is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Guy seems to be looking for submissions.
Guy is keen to just control but Okoye is a slippery customer.
Guy passes to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okoye wants to control but Guy postures up.
Guy advances to mount.
Guy landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chukwuemeka Okoye dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Guy tries for a takedown but Okoye sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Okoye moves in looking to clinch but Guy pushes him off.
Okoye doesn't manage to clinch there - Guy circles away.
Okoye wants to clinch.
Okoye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guy slips under a jab from Okoye.
Okoye tries to clinch but Guy moves out of range.
Okoye fails with an attempt to clinch.
Okoye tries to clinch but Guy is having none of it.
Okoye will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okoye tries to clinch there but Guy circles away.
Guy fails with the takedown.
Okoye tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Okoye.

Okoye drives through and clinches with Guy against the cage.
Okoye swings wildly with an uppercut but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Okoye as Guy tries to tie him up.
Guy is stalling here.
Guy managing to block the knees to the body from Okoye.
Guy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Okoye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Okoye is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Okoye throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guy blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Guy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Okoye is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chukwuemeka Okoye has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Guy.
Okoye misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okoye.
Guy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guy looking to slow down the pace here.
Okoye tries to land knees in the clinch but Guy avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy wants to stall.
Okoye misses with a body punch.
Okoye throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guy blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Okoye looking to throw knees to the head but Guy is blocking nicely.

Guy gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Okoye working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Guy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Guy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Okoye throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Guy throwing strikes from guard but Okoye blocks nicely.
Guy trying to control but Okoye is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoye controls Guy momentarily but Guy frees himself.
Guy is looking to advance position but Okoye has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Okoye prevents Guy from getting the reversal.
Guy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Okoye connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Guy sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Guy is not content to let Okoye control the position.
Okoye 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.
Guy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Guy is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Guy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Okoye won't allow Guy to sweep him here.
Okoye keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Guy's head.
Okoye stopping the sweep attempt from Guy.
Okoye with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chukwuemeka Okoye dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Guy swings for the body but Okoye moves out of range.
Chukwuemeka Okoye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Okoye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okoye is looking to clinch but Guy is avoiding it.
Okoye tries to clinch but Guy moves out of range.
Okoye takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Guy.
Guy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Okoye tries to score with a low kick but Guy moves his leg out of the way.
Okoye fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Okoye rather than just go for the knockout.
Okoye slips a jab from Guy.
Guy lands a nice hook to Okoye's body. Okoye takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Okoye tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Okoye tries to close the distance and clinch but Guy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Okoye doesn't manage to clinch there - Guy circles away.
A punch combination from Guy misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoye misses with a body punch

and Guy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Okoye won't be happy with that.
Guy landing a few strikes.
Guy misses with the ground and pound.
Guy wants to control but Okoye is keeping him busy.
Guy avoids the strikes from the bottom by Okoye.
Mr Guy has got the better of the ground game so far.
The ground and pound from Guy seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Okoye is trying to get back to half guard.
Okoye sneaks back into half guard.
Okoye avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Guy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy trying to control from half guard but Okoye is working away.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Okoye loads up on a big right hand but Guy slips the punch.
Okoye wants to clinch but Guy slips to the side

and Guy counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Okoye's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okoye tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Okoye bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Guy's guard.
Okoye trying to control but Guy is working from the bottom.

Guy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Okoye doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Guy is tightening it up a little... Okoye has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Okoye reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Okoye taps out! nice BJJ there by Guy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mr Guy!
Mr Guy is the new middleweight champion!