PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kamil Olszewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Epeli Nailatikau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nailatikau has chosen Number of the Bollywood as his entrance music. Kamil Olszewicz had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Olszewicz
vs
Nailatikau

184 cm
24
160 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

172 cm
28
162 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kamil Olszewicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Epeli Nailatikau!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olszewicz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nailatikau moves away.
Olszewicz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nailatikau.
Olszewicz throws a body shot but no joy.
Kamil Olszewicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nailatikau. That's going to slow Olszewicz down.
Olszewicz throws a looping overhand right but Nailatikau ducks down to avoid it.
Olszewicz tests Nailatikau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nailatikau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nailatikau scores with a decent looking hook.
Olszewicz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nailatikau.
Olszewicz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nailatikau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Olszewicz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Nailatikau clinches with his opponent.
Nailatikau trying to land knees to the body.
Olszewicz managing to block the knees to the body from Nailatikau.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nailatikau lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Olszewicz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nailatikau lands an elbow inside that Olszewicz shrugs off.

It looks like Kamil Olszewicz has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nailatikau using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nailatikau lands a damaging elbow.
Olszewicz managing to block the knees to the body from Nailatikau.
Nailatikau connects with a knee to the head.

Olszewicz is rocked!
Nailatikau lands a knee to the body.
Oh Olszewicz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nailatikau creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Olszewicz! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Nailatikau.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Epeli Nailatikau!
Our winner, Epeli Nailatikau, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.