PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ola Afolabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Kaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaka has chosen Pjanoo by Eric Prydaz as his entrance music. Ricardo Kaka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Afolabi
vs
Kaka

191 cm
21
216 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
203 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ola Afolabi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Kaka!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Afolabi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Afolabi lands with a cross.
Kaka throws a head kick that misses.
Kaka is looking to clinch but Afolabi is avoiding it.
Kaka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kaka tries a low kick but Afolabi avoids it.
Afolabi scores with a jab. Kaka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Kaka moves into the clinch.
Kaka tries a knee to the head but Afolabi blocks it.
Kaka keeps control of Afolabi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Afolabi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kaka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Afolabi avoids it.
Afolabi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kaka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Afolabi can't break the clinch.
Kaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Afolabi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kaka lands a knee to the head.
Kaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Afolabi blocks it with crossed arms.
Afolabi jumps guard but Kaka stands there with Afolabi around his waist. Afolabi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kaka tries to land a knee to the head but Afolabi blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kaka obliges.
Kaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Afolabi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kaka tries a knee to the head but Afolabi blocks it.
Kaka misses with a knee strike.
Afolabi managing to block the knees to the body from Kaka.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kaka obliges.
Kaka landing knees to the head.
Afolabi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kaka has him pressed against the cage.
Afolabi is trying to break free.
Kaka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kaka prevents Afolabi from breaking the clinch.
Kaka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kaka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Afolabi slows down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Kaka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Afolabi manages to break the clinch.
Afolabi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Afolabi.
Kaka scores with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Afolabi jabs Kaka right on the nose. Kaka blinks but takes it well.

Kaka has closed the distance and engaged Afolabi in a clinch.
Kaka working Afolabi over with knees to the body.
Kaka misses with a knee to the head.

Afolabi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kaka slips a straight right by Afolabi.
Afolabi scoring well with a low kick there.
Kaka dodges the punch combination from Afolabi.
Kaka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Afolabi throws a leg kick but Kaka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Afolabi blocks a head kick by Kaka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Afolabi.
Kaka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Afolabi lands with a straight right. Kaka didn't see that one coming.
Afolabi throws a series of punches but Kaka moves out of range.
Kaka misses with a low kick.
Afolabi lands a right hook to the body.
Afolabi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kaka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Kaka.
Kaka throws a head kick that half lands.
Kaka tries to clinch but Afolabi moves out of range.
Kaka is looking to clinch.
Afolabi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kaka if he has to take too many more of those.
Afolabi lands a nice looking body shot.
Kaka looks gassed!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kaka.
Afolabi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi throws a solid leg kick but Kaka takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Afolabi.
Afolabi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kaka throws a head kick that misses.
Kaka tries to clinch up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Afolabi!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Afolabi misses with a wild body shot.
Kaka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Afolabi misses with a kick to the body
and Kaka counters with an outside leg kick.
Afolabi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kaka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kaka checks a leg kick.
Afolabi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Decent striking displayed by Afolabi there.
Kaka wants to clinch up but Afolabi keeps it at a distance.
Kaka moves in looking to clinch but Afolabi pushes him off.
Kaka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ola Afolabi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jab from Afolabi.
Kaka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Afolabi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Afolabi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kaka throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kaka throws a head kick but Afolabi moves out of range.
Afolabi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kaka. That one must have hurt.
Afolabi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kaka doesn't manage to clinch there - Afolabi circles away.
Afolabi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Afolabi misses with a wild body shot.
Kaka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Afolabi lands a slapping body shot.

Kaka clinches up against the cage.
Kaka lands a good knee to the midsection. Afolabi won't want to take too many of those.
Kaka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Afolabi avoids it.
Kaka tries to land a knee to the head but Afolabi blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Afolabi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Afolabi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Afolabi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Afolabi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kaka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kaka misses with a knee to the head.
Kaka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Afolabi blocks it with crossed arms.

Afolabi breaks the clinch.
Afolabi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Afolabi.
Kaka throws a sloppy head kick and Afolabi moves out of range easily.
Afolabi throws a chopping leg kick but Kaka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kaka. That's going to slow Afolabi down.
Afolabi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kaka was well out of range. Poor timing from Afolabi.
Kaka tries to close the distance and clinch but Afolabi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Afolabi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kaka avoids the body shot from Afolabi.
Afolabi thuds his right hand into Kaka's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kaka's head.
Afolabi misses with a leg kick
and Kaka counters with a thumping low kick.
Kaka buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Kaka instigates a clinch.
Kaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kaka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Afolabi is defending well for now.
Kaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Afolabi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kaka tries to land a knee to the head but Afolabi blocks with his arms.
Kaka is breathing heavily.
Afolabi tries to break the clinch but Kaka is controlling the position.
Kaka looking to throw knees to the head but Afolabi is blocking nicely.
Kaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kaka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kaka tries to land knees in the clinch but Afolabi avoids the damage to the body.
Kaka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Afolabi is trying to break the clinch but Kaka is controlling him.
Kaka lands a knee to the body.
Afolabi is trying to break the clinch but Kaka has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kaka tries a knee to the head but Afolabi blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Afolabi breaks from the clinch.
Kaka drops his hands momentarily and Afolabi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Afolabi. Kaka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Afolabi scores with a shot to the body.
Afolabi tests Kaka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kaka walks into a stiff left hand from Afolabi.
Kaka throws a solid leg kick but Afolabi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kaka.
Afolabi is looking to slow Kaka down with leg kicks.
Afolabi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Afolabi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kaka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Afolabi lands the left hand.
Afolabi scores with a three punch combo!
A left lands for Afolabi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi stuns Kaka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Afolabi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Afolabi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kaka takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kaka tries to clinch but Afolabi moves out of range.
Kaka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Afolabi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kaka in his tracks.
A punch lands to the side of Kaka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kaka tries a low kick but Afolabi avoids it.
A jab from Afolabi does it's job there.
Afolabi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kaka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Afolabi avoids the head kick by Kaka.
Afolabi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kaka will feel that in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Afolabi scoring well with a low kick there.
Afolabi lands with a good body shot.
Afolabi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kaka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ola Afolabi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Afolabi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kaka's sensitive parts.
Nice jab there from Afolabi.
Ola Afolabi is winning the standup battle so far.
Kaka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Afolabi throws a leg kick but Kaka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
An inside leg kick from Kaka misses.

Kaka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kaka tries a knee to the head but Afolabi blocks it.

Afolabi breaks from the clinch.
Afolabi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kaka circles away quickly and effectively.
Afolabi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kaka's sensitive parts.
Afolabi blocks a head kick by Kaka.
Kaka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kaka sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kaka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Afolabi feints and then cracks Kaka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kaka down.
Afolabi clobbers Kaka with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Afolabi with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Afolabi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Afolabi throws a shot to the body.
Afolabi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Afolabi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Afolabi works the jab nicely.
Kaka takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Afolabi tests Kaka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kaka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Afolabi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kaka in his tracks.
Afolabi misses with a body shot.
Afolabi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Afolabi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kaka counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Afolabi is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Afolabi tries to keep at a distance but Kaka has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kaka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi tries to pull guard but Kaka won't allow it.
Kaka missing with knees to the body.

Afolabi manages to break the clinch.
Afolabi scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Afolabi scores with a one two! Kaka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Afolabi lands with a cross.
Afolabi dips to his left and cracks Kaka with an uppercut!
Kaka avoids the body shot from Afolabi.
Afolabi scores with a jab.
A jab lands there for Afolabi.
Afolabi takes a swing at Kaka's ribcage but misses.
Kaka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Afolabi throws a leg kick that misses.
Kaka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Afolabi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Afolabi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Afolabi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kaka throws a lazy body kick
and Afolabi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Afolabi lands an overhand right.
Afolabi scores with a jab to the body.
Afolabi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Afolabi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Afolabi scores with a punch to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Afolabi.
Afolabi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Decent striking displayed by Afolabi there.
Kaka tries to clinch up.
Afolabi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kaka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Afolabi with a nice cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaka throws a head kick but Afolabi moves out of range.
Afolabi throws a combination. Kaka tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Afolabi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Afolabi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kaka. Kaka circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Afolabi lands a nice hook to Kaka's body. Kaka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Afolabi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kaka doesn't seem bothered though.
Afolabi jabs at Kaka's body.
Afolabi works Kaka's body with a nice hook.
Kaka tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kaka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kaka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Afolabi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Afolabi scores with the left hand. Kaka knows he should have avoided that one.
Ricardo Kaka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kaka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ola Afolabi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Afolabi checks a low kick from Kaka.
Afolabi connects with a solid leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ola Afolabi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Afolabi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ola Afolabi!