PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pangeran Nainggolan (ranked 1860 p4p, 2901 weight class) and Jehu Christ (ranked 242 p4p, 353 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Nainggolan
vs
Christ

185 cm
19
180
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
185
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pangeran Nainggolan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jehu Christ!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pangeran Nainggolan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Nainggolan finds it's target.
A jab from Nainggolan misses.
Nainggolan misses with a body shot.
Nainggolan scores with the left hand. Christ knows he should have avoided that one.
Christ throws a right and a left that both miss.
A quick step to the side and Nainggolan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nainggolan misses with a looping left.
Christ thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nainggolan throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.
Christ steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nainggolan.
Christ lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Pangeran Nainggolan has been cut.
Christ slips under a jab.
Christ with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nainggolan throws a nice looking combination but Christ bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Christ swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nainggolan.
Nainggolan misses with a lunging right hand
and Christ counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nainggolan defending well as Christ loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nainggolan.
Decent striking displayed by Nainggolan there.
Nainggolan throws a right hand that misses
and Christ counters with a right hand to the body.
Nainggolan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Christ counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Nainggolan misses its intended target.
Nainggolan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Nainggolan is rocked!
Christ ducks under a wild hook from Nainggolan.
Christ avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nainggolan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nainggolan throws a lazy right hand but Christ sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nainggolan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Christ eats them both and turns towards Nainggolan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Christ smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oh Nainggolan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nainggolan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Christ counters with a right hand from hell and Nainggolan is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jehu Christ!
Jehu Christ is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Jehu Christ thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.