PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hakeem Oki (ranked 6092 p4p, 2934 weight class) and Hakim Harko (ranked 224 p4p, 117 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Oki
vs
Harko

170 cm
43
154
35 - 12 - 0

206 cm
28
275
5 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent knees
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 35 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Oki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Hakim Harko!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harko closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oki.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Oki.
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as Harko controls his hands.
Harko is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Oki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oki digs a right hand underneath Harko's ribcage. Harko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Oki.
Oki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harko.
A right handed body shot lands from Oki.
Harko blocks a body shot from Oki.
Oki tries to throw a body punch but Harko avoids it by throwing Oki back against the ropes.
Oki lands a shoulder strike.

Oki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harko lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oki throws a shot from downtown. Harko moves away and avoids it.
Oki misses with a wild combination.
Harko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oki misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harko is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A big left from Oki misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oki.
Harko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oki throws a leg kick which misses Harko's front leg but catches the back leg as Harko tries to avoid it.
Harko doesn't manage to clinch there - Oki circles away.
Oki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harko missing with a left hand there. Oki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oki throws a sloppy head kick and Harko moves out of range easily.
Oki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harko scores with a nice strike.
Oki with a hook.

It looks like Hakim Harko has been cut.
Harko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harko avoids the head kick by Oki.
Oki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harko tries to counter by closing the distance.
Oki lands with a straight right. Harko didn't see that one coming.
Oki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harko on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oki.
Oki slips under a jab.
Harko tries to clinch there but Oki circles away.
Oki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harko tries to clinch but Oki is having none of it.
Oki lands with a right hand.
Oki slips a jab from Harko.
Harko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Oki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harko scrambles back to his feet.
Harko on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Oki. Oki obviously looking to wear him down.
Oki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oki throws a head kick but Harko moves out of range.
Oki connects with an inside leg kick.
Oki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harko ducks under a wild hook from Oki.
Oki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harko. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Harko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oki connects with a leg kick.
Oki throws a shot from downtown. Harko moves away and avoids it.
Oki defending well as Harko loads up on a big left hand.
Oki throws a leg kick but Harko moved away.
Oki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oki jabs Harko right on the nose. Harko blinks but takes it well.
Harko looks to throw the jab but Oki is out of range.
Oki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oki slips a straight right by Harko.
Oki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Oki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Oki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harko's sensitive parts.
Harko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harko.
Harko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oki misses with a double jab.
Harko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oki looks to score with a jab to the body but Harko is just out of range.
Oki lands with a straight right. Harko didn't see that one coming.
Harko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oki.

Harko drives through and clinches with Oki against the ropes.
A short right from Oki on the inside.
Oki digs a right hand underneath Harko's ribcage. Harko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oki tries to throw a body punch but Harko avoids it by throwing Oki back against the ropes.
Harko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oki.
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as Harko controls his hands.
Oki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Oki.
Harko blocks a body shot from Oki.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from Oki.
Harko can't find room to land a body shot as Oki controls the action.
Oki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Oki.
Oki works on Harko's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hakeem Oki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hakim Harko's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Harko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oki throws a series of punches but Harko avoids them all with ease.
Harko steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Oki.
Oki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oki lands a two punch combo.
Oki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harko can do to turn this around?
Oki lands with an overhand left.

That has opened up Hakim Harko's cut even more.
Harko misses with a hook. Oki ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Oki misses the target.
Harko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oki lands a front kick.
Oki lands a body shot.
Harko might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Oki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Harko. That snapped Oki's head back.
Oki moves away from the strike by Harko.
Oki cracks Harko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harko throws a big shot that misses.
Oki scores with a hook.

Harko is rocked!
Oki misses with a body shot.
Oki moves away from the strike by Harko.
Oki swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harko throws a lazy right hand but Oki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harko takes a kick to the side of the head.
Harko is still on wobbly legs! Can Oki finish him?
Harko throws a jab but it's blocked by Oki.
Oki connects with a nice looking jab.

The cut above Hakim Harko's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Oki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harko throws a lazy uppercut

and Oki counters with a beautiful hook that drops Harko to the mat! Will Harko be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Oki to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Harko is up. He looks OK to continue.
Oki misses with the combination.
Oki lands a right hook to the body.
Harko seems to have recovered his senses.
Oki with a jab.
Oki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Oki.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oki.
Harko misses with a right hand
and Oki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Oki finds it's way round the side to connect with Harko's head.
Harko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harko throws a jab but it's blocked by Oki.
An attempted straight right counter from Oki misses the target.
A head kick misses from Oki.
Oki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harko.
Harko wants to counter the offense by Oki and move into the clinch position.
Oki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harko has time to react.

Hakim Harko's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Oki stuns Harko with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oki throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harko lands with a nice body punch.
Oki tries a head kick but it misses.
Harko's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harko misses with an uppercut. Oki saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oki.
Harko tries to clinch but Oki is having none of it.
Harko takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harko is breathing heavily.
Oki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hakeem Oki is winning the standup battle so far.
Harko blocks a head kick by Oki.
Harko throws out a loose jab but Oki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oki scores with a decent looking hook.
Oki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harko.
Oki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hakim Harko's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hakeem Oki!
Hakeem Oki seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.