PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nyack Oba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karlo Ninsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlo Ninsen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Oba
vs
Ninsen

194 cm
22
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
293 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nyack Oba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karlo Ninsen!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ninsen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Oba's waist but Oba gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ninsen off to one side.

Oba gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ninsen stopping the sweep attempt from Oba.
Oba keeping moving, preventing Ninsen from controlling successfully.
Ninsen preventing the sweep.
Oba striking off his back but it's not causing Ninsen any problems.
Ninsen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Oba looking for a sweep but Ninsen has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Oba swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Oba regains half guard.
Ninsen prevents Oba from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ninsen is tying to control. Oba wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Oba works his way to full guard. Good work.
Oba bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ninsen's guard.

Ninsen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ninsen looks gassed!
Ninsen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oba has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Oba drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ninsen looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ninsen looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ninsen!
Ninsen wants to stand but Oba has his arm trapped.
Oba tries to improve position but can't.
Oba manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Oba on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oba tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oba is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ninsen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ninsen's back!
Ninsen wants to escape the position.

Oba has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Ninsen has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Ninsen should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ninsen trying to control but not successfully.
Ninsen has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Oba connects with a big shot to the side of Ninsen's head.
Oba lands a shot to the body.
Ninsen tries to escape but Oba has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Oba scores with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oba has the hooks in. Ninsen is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Oba is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Oba avoiding Ninsen 's attempts to control his hands.

Oba looking to break Ninsen's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Ninsen remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Oba will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Ninsen covers up after that shot from Oba.
Oba lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Ninsen.
Ninsen breaks Oba's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oba is wriggling around but Ninsen manages to pass to half guard.
Ninsen is stalling here. Oba is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ninsen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Oba has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oba in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ninsen gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Oba throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ninsen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Oba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Oba connects with a nice short shot to Ninsen's temple.
Ninsen is looking for a sweep. Oba is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ninsen is in trouble now - Oba has advanced to mount!
Oba with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyack Oba dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Oba waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ninsen.

Oba shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Oba is looking to work some ground and pound but Ninsen has wrist control.
Oba with a flurry of punches that miss.
Oba postures up and lands a big shot to Ninsen's brow.
Ninsen working a defensive guard here.
Oba slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Oba looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ninsen is avoiding damage well.
Ninsen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Oba's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oba missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Oba throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ninsen trying to hold on to Oba's head to control him but Oba postures up.
Ninsen is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Oba is staying active.

Oba stands up from half guard.
Oba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ninsen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ninsen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oba swivels and escapes.
Ninsen dodges the punch combination from Oba.

Oba moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ninsen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ninsen checks a leg kick.
Oba doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ninsen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Ninsen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ninsen swats away the attempt to clinch by Oba.

Oba drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nyack Oba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oba accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ninsen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Oba slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Oba keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ninsen looking for a submission but Oba manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Oba keeping full guard, as Ninsen tries to pass.
Oba lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ninsen!
The referee warns Ninsen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ninsen is trying to stand up.
Ninsen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ninsen can't escape the position.
Oba lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oba lands a big elbow.
Ninsen taking shots to the head.
Oba landing strikes from the mount.
Ninsen is in a horrible position here. Oba smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oba cracks Ninsen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oba fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Oba is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Ninsen has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Ninsen!
Oba is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ninsen trying to control the position from guard on top but Oba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyack Oba dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ninsen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oba.

Ninsen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Oba is trying desperately to improve position.
Oba is working hard here to advance position.
Ninsen controlling from mount.
Oba holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ninsen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oba is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oba flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Oba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oba gets back to half guard.
Ninsen wants to take a breather but Oba is having none of it.
Ninsen is pressing down on Oba's thigh, looking to free his foot. Oba is holding on for now.

Oba looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Oba scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Ninsen manages to mount him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Oba tries to reverse the position but Ninsen maintains control.
Ninsen tries to control but Oba wriggling away.
Oba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ninsen looking to control but Oba is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oba is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Ninsen.
Ninsen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Oba is looking to escape.
Oba slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Oba missing with punches from the bottom.
Ninsen works his foot free and advances to mount.
Oba is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Oba is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ninsen looking to control but Oba is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oba is looking to improve his position but Ninsen isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Oba that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ninsen prevents Oba from getting the reversal.
Ninsen landing shots from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ninsen dominating with strikes here.
Oba throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ninsen. What's that going to do exactly?
Karlo Ninsen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Oba defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Ninsen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karlo Ninsen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oba has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nyack Oba!