PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Serj Khak (ranked 6694 p4p, 174 weight class) and Okino Naruhiko (ranked 4532 p4p, 107 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Khak
vs
Naruhiko

200 cm
18
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serj Khak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Okino Naruhiko!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naruhiko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khak tries to avoid it but Naruhiko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khak to the ground. Khak escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Naruhiko manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Khak on his heels. He'll look to pass Khak's guard now, I'm sure.
Naruhiko sitting in guard here, content to control.
Naruhiko scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naruhiko postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Naruhiko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Naruhiko scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Naruhiko's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Naruhiko showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Naruhiko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Naruhiko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khak on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Khak tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Naruhiko's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Naruhiko not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Naruhiko slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Naruhiko scores with a couple of short elbows.
Naruhiko lands a few punches from side control.

Khak is rocked!
Khak struggling a bit here.
Oh Khak is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Naruhiko lands a strong strike to the head of Khak. That's dazed him! Naruhiko looking to finish here. Khak is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Naruhiko lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Okino Naruhiko!
An out of breath Okino Naruhiko thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.