PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitor De Silva (ranked 2422 p4p, 2239 weight class) and Mike Okafor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Silva
vs
Okafor

184 cm
25
185
6 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
195
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vitor De Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, 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!
De Silva connects with a single shot there.
Okafor takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Okafor shoots in but no luck this time.

Okafor shoots in and gets a takedown into De Silva's guard.
Okafor trying to control the position from guard on top but De Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Okafor is one step ahead there.
De Silva is working hard here to advance position.
De Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if De Silva tries to get out of the position.

Okafor is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Okafor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Okafor working his ground and pound in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Okafor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Silva has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Okafor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
De Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Okafor lands a couple of elbows.
Okafor trying to control but De Silva is working from the bottom.
Okafor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Okafor cracks De Silva with a solid left hand.
De Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor scoring with some ground and pound.

De Silva is rocked!
Okafor scoring with some ground and pound.
Oh De Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okafor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Okafor wants to control from the top but De Silva keeps moving.
Okafor gets to his feet and stands over De Silva, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! De Silva felt that one! Okafor unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save De Silva from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 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.