PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juha Niska (ranked 855 p4p, 1170 weight class) and Andrew Frame (ranked 121 p4p, 161 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Niska
vs
Frame

193 cm
32
212
21 - 11 - 0

190 cm
37
215
22 - 22 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Kore Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juha Niska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Frame!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niska scores with a nice body kick.
Niska moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Niska tries to close the distance and clinch but Frame swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Niska throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Frame misses with a jab to the body
and Niska counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Niska is looking to land body kicks.

Niska pushes Frame up against the cage in a clinch.
Niska prevents Frame from breaking the clinch.
Knees to the body from Niska.

Frame breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frame misses with a series of wild punches.
A slow jab from Niska misses its intended target.
Niska lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Frame at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niska tests Frame's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Frame takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frame throws a lazy right hand but Niska sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Frame 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.
Niska ducks under a wild hook from Frame.
Frame misses with a lunging right hand
and Niska counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Niska jabs Frame right on the nose. Frame blinks but takes it well.
Niska lands a leg kick that knocks Frame off balance momentarily.
Frame explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Niska lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Frame is rocked!
Crack! Niska connects with the perfect overhand right and Frame falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Niska!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Juha Niska!
Juha Niska tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.