PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Show (ranked 3684 p4p, 2259 weight class) and Mike Okafor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Show
vs
Okafor

185 cm
25
190
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
195
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Show!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Show jabs Okafor to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Okafor shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Okafor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Okafor drops an elbow to the side of Show's head.
Okafor throwing shots but Show is blocking nicely.
Show wants to get back to his feet.
Okafor lands strikes from half guard.
Show has hold of Okafor's hands but Okafor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
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. Okafor connects with a nice short shot to Show's temple.
Show has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Show knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Okafor on the ground.
Okafor working Show over with strikes.
Okafor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okafor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Show is rocked!
Okafor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Show with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh Show is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Show quite badly. Show pulls Okafor in close trying to recover. Okafor postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Show on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Show doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Okafor!
During a confident post fight interview, Mike Okafor thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Michael Show was interviewed post fight and said 'he was the better man today!'.