PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Winston Okafor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Nirvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Niko Nirvi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Okafor
vs
Nirvi

188 cm
20
221 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Winston Okafor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Niko Nirvi!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nirvi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nirvi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Okafor is landing a low percentage of strikes.
No joy there for Okafor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nirvi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nirvi misses with a left hand
and Okafor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nirvi looks to land a body kick but Okafor moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nirvi, right into the meat.
Okafor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Okafor.
Nirvi lands the left hand.
Okafor moves to clinch but Nirvi breaks away
and Nirvi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Okafor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nirvi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've been hearing reports that Okafor has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nirvi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nirvi misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nirvi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Okafor looks to land a right hand but Nirvi moved out of range.
Okafor ducks under a wild hook from Nirvi.
Nirvi wants to slow Okafor down by chopping away at his legs.

Okafor has managed to clinch.
Okafor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nirvi backwards.
Nirvi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Okafor.
Okafor blocks a body shot from Nirvi.
Nirvi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nirvi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Okafor scores with a shot to the side of Nirvi's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okafor.
Okafor scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nirvi prevents a body shot from Okafor.
Nirvi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Okafor.
Nirvi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Okafor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nirvi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nirvi misses with the head strike.
Nirvi blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okafor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nirvi works on Okafor's body with a couple of short punches.
Nirvi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Okafor.
A short right from Nirvi on the inside.
Okafor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nirvi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okafor wants to stall.
Okafor misses with a body punch.
Nirvi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Okafor.
Okafor lands a hook that snaps the head of Nirvi backwards.
Okafor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nirvi being controlled against the cage.
Okafor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nirvi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nirvi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nirvi leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nirvi working hard to break the clinch.
Nirvi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nirvi takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Okafor fails to land.
Nirvi missing with knees to the body.
Okafor misses with a punch on the inside.
Nirvi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Okafor is keeping busy.
Nirvi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nirvi lands a right hand.
Nirvi lands a nice shot to the body.
Okafor blocking some punches.
Nirvi lands a nice uppercut.
Okafor is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A left lands for Nirvi.
Niko Nirvi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Okafor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A punch lands to the side of Okafor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nirvi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nirvi connects with a body shot that sends Okafor's belly button to the back.
Nirvi misses with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Okafor misses
and Nirvi counters with a nice uppercut.
Okafor misses the body punch
and Nirvi counters with a huge left! Okafor is in big trouble! He's backing up but Nirvi isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Okafor from any more damage. A dominating finish by Nirvi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Niko Nirvi!
After the fight, Niko Nirvi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.