PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Zetsika (ranked 2101 p4p, 2801 weight class) and Hakeem Oki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakeem Oki is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Zetsika
vs
Oki

177 cm
34
146
11 - 11 - 0

170 cm
46
137
42 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Zetsika!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Oki!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oki throws a body punch but Zetsika moves out of range.
Oki throws the kick towards the body but Zetsika avoids it.
Zetsika throwing a counter right hand but Oki manages to avoid it.
Oki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zetsika moves away.
A low kick from Oki misses

and Zetsika counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Zetsika slips a nice elbow through Oki's hands, connecting with Oki's forehead.
Zetsika has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zetsika not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zetsika is working away from the top position though.
Oki keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Zetsika is looking for a kimura here.
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.

Zetsika wants to work for an arm triangle but Oki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Zetsika throwing shots but Oki is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Zetsika.
Zetsika working Oki over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zetsika lands a nice short elbow.
Oki is trying to control but can't.
Still in half guard, Zetsika seems content to control.

Zetsika is looking for a kimura but Oki is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zetsika to get the leverage.
Zetsika working the head and body with strikes.
Zetsika controlling the action here.
Oki trying to control but Zetsika postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zetsika sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Oki defending well though.
Zetsika takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Zetsika is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zetsika looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zetsika throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Zetsika is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Zetsika throws a strike but Oki avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Zetsika with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zetsika throws an elbow that misses. Oki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Zetsika's guard. Nice move by Oki!

Oki content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oki trying to control but Zetsika is working from the bottom.
Zetsika being controlled here, momentarily.
Oki tries to free his leg and advance position but Zetsika is retaining full guard.
Oki keeps trying to improve his position.
Oki preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zetsika keeping moving, preventing Oki from controlling successfully.
Oki engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Zetsika looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Oki trying to control but Zetsika is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Zetsika looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Zetsika dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Oki lands with a hook. Zetsika tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zetsika throws a series of punches but Oki avoids them all with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zetsika.
Oki lands a head shot.
Oki digs a good body shot into Zetsika's ribs.
Zetsika fails with the takedown.
Oki scores with a hook.

Zetsika is rocked!
Oki cracks Zetsika with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Zetsika falls to his knees and Oki doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hakeem Oki!
Hakeem Oki gave a mention to Big Dog Gains 160Q $120 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).