PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Epeli Nailatikau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nailatikau might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Number of the Bollywood. Paulo Henrique will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Nailatikau
vs
Henrique

172 cm
19
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
24
162 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Epeli Nailatikau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paulo Henrique!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henrique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paulo Henrique seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Nailatikau misses.
Nailatikau throws a leg kick
and Henrique counters with a series of strikes. Nailatikau will be more careful next time no doubt.
Henrique throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nailatikau dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Henrique. That did some damage!

Nailatikau drops Henrique with a left and a right! Oh, Henrique is hurt - Nailatikau dives into side control looking to finish!

Henrique is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Henrique tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Henrique is still in real trouble! Can Nailatikau finish him?
Henrique has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henrique tries to bench press Nailatikau off him but Nailatikau keeps the position.
Nailatikau cracks Henrique with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Nailatikau immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Henrique is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Nailatikau!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Epeli Nailatikau!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Epeli Nailatikau waved his t-shirt featuring KAISER's logo in front of the cameras.