PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lay Pray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikita Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lay Pray has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pray
vs
Klitschko

183 cm
26
164 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

178 cm
20
166 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fight Night Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lay Pray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikita Klitschko!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pray will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Klitschko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pray.
Klitschko works over Pray's head and body with a nice combination.
Klitschko wants to clinch.

Klitschko moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klitschko leaning against his opponent.
Pray taking a breather.
Klitschko lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Klitschko.
Klitschko stops a takedown attempt from Pray.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lay Pray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pray is breathing heavily.
Klitschko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pray lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Klitschko.
Knees in the clinch landing for Klitschko.
Klitschko landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Klitschko.
Klitschko leaning his opponent against the cage.
Klitschko working Pray over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Klitschko.
Pray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pray takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pray taking a breather.
Klitschko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A bit of stalling here from Klitschko.
Klitschko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Klitschko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klitschko lands a knee to the body.
Pray trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Klitschko obliges.
Klitschko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pray has been working on his balance at MMA Gods - 16 Elites! + Roger Gracie, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Klitschko.
Klitschko lands a knee to the body.
Klitschko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Klitschko stalls.
Klitschko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Klitschko scores a nice knee to the body.
Klitschko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Klitschko with a knee to the head.
Klitschko is pushing Pray up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nikita Klitschko.

Klitschko has closed the distance and engaged Pray in a clinch.
Pray has a couple of punches blocked by Klitschko.
Pray wants a takedown.
Pray is looking for a takedown.
Klitschko landing knees to the body.
Klitschko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pray's face.
Klitschko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pray lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klitschko lands a nice knee to the body.
Klitschko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Klitschko with a knee to the head.
Klitschko scores a nice knee to the body.
Pray takes an elbow to the temple.
Klitschko unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pray is working for takedown but Klitschko is calmly controlling the position for now.
Klitschko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Klitschko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pray lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Klitschko taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Klitschko.
Klitschko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Klitschko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klitschko stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikita Klitschko dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Klitschko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Klitschko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Klitschko slaps away a takedown attempt from Pray, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Pray or perhaps it was just good defense by Klitschko which made him look bad.

Klitschko darts in and clinches Pray up against the cage.
Klitschko lands a knee to the head.
Klitschko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Klitschko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Klitschko scores with a knee to the head.
Klitschko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Klitschko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Klitschko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Klitschko lands a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Klitschko lands a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Klitschko to work.
Klitschko lands a knee to the head.
Klitschko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Klitschko obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klitschko scores with a knee to the head.
Klitschko effectively controlling the action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Klitschko obliges.
Klitschko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pray letting Klitschko take a breather here.
Klitschko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Klitschko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nikita Klitschko.
Pray fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lay Pray. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Klitschko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Klitschko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nikita Klitschko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Klitschko lands a good knee to the midsection. Pray won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Klitschko landing knees to the head.

Pray is rocked!
Klitschko connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Pray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Klitschko connects with a knee to the head.
Klitschko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pray up against the cage.
Klitschko connects with a knee to the head.
Pray being controlled against the cage.
Pray takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko lands a good knee to the midsection. Pray won't want to take too many of those.
Klitschko lands a good knee to the midsection. Pray won't want to take too many of those.
Klitschko crunches a lovely knee into Pray's ribcage.
Pray seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klitschko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pray stalling in the clinch but Klitschko improves position.
A bit of stalling here from Klitschko.
Klitschko with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pray throws an elbow but misses.
Klitschko lands an elbow inside.
Klitschko stalling in the clinch but Pray improves position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klitschko scores a nice knee to the body.
Klitschko lands a good knee to the midsection. Pray won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Klitschko obliges.
Klitschko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pray's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikita Klitschko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Klitschko throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Pray colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Klitschko as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Pray is left battered and dazed whilst Klitschko and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikita Klitschko!
Nikita Klitschko is the new lightweight champion!