PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kamalu Nokkau (ranked 1765 p4p, 4174 weight class) and Paulius Zurauskas (ranked 192 p4p, 457 weight class). Nokkau comes to the cage accompanied by War Chant. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nokkau
vs
Zurauskas

206 cm
22
265
5 - 5 - 0

195 cm
22
239
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kamalu Nokkau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulius Zurauskas!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nokkau misses with a double jab.
Zurauskas throws a shot from downtown. Nokkau moves away and avoids it.
Zurauskas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nokkau fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zurauskas dodges the punch combination from Nokkau.
Nokkau cracks a nice hook into Zurauskas's ribs.
Nokkau misses with the combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Zurauskas misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nokkau swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zurauskas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nokkau misses with a series of wild punches.
Zurauskas drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Nokkau defends it well.
Nokkau scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nokkau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zurauskas.
Nokkau moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromZurauskas.
Zurauskas has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice defenses there by Nokkau.
Nokkau is looking to land body kicks.
Nokkau has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Nokkau lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zurauskas circles away quickly and effectively.
Zurauskas moves out of range of the body kick from Nokkau.
Zurauskas throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nokkau is breathing heavily.

Zurauskas clinches with his opponent.
Nokkau trying to control the position but instead, Zurauskas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nokkau into the cage.
Nokkau misses with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zurauskas.
Zurauskas goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nokkau prevents it.
Nokkau wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nokkau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zurauskas is leaning against Nokkau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Nokkau breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nokkau misses with a right hand
and Zurauskas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zurauskas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Zurauskas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick from Zurauskas, right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Zurauskas.

Zurauskas moves into the clinch.
Zurauskas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Zurauskas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zurauskas throws a head punch that misses.
Zurauskas looking for a takedown.
Nokkau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zurauskas scores with a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nokkau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Zurauskas to work.
A short right from Zurauskas on the inside.
Zurauskas lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Nokkau is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nokkau.
Oh Nokkau is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Zurauskas.
Nokkau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zurauskas lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Nokkau to his knees! Zurauskas keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulius Zurauskas!
Paulius Zurauskas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.