PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tazmanian Devil (ranked 3816 p4p, 2832 weight class) and Tinashe Chukwuma (ranked 414 p4p, 317 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Devil
vs
Chukwuma

196 cm
27
285
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
242
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tazmanian Devil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tinashe Chukwuma!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chukwuma ducks under a wild hook from Devil.
Chukwuma is looking to slow Devil down with leg kicks.
Devil misses with a hook. Chukwuma ducked under it nicely.
Devil misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chukwuma tests Devil's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Chukwuma drives through and clinches with Devil against the cage.
A short left from Chukwuma.

It looks like Tazmanian Devil has been cut.
Chukwuma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Devil wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chukwuma scores with a knee to the head.
Devil is trying to break the clinch but Chukwuma is controlling him.
Chukwuma scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Devil takes a knee to the side of the body.
Devil is breathing heavily.
Chukwuma lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chukwuma with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chukwuma lands with a light punch inside.

Tazmanian Devil's cut is getting worse.
Chukwuma looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chukwuma creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chukwuma scores with a shot to the side of Devil's head.

Chukwuma drops Devil onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Devil is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Devil is rocked!

Tazmanian Devil's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Chukwuma pushes Devil back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Devil is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chukwuma lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Devil backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Chukwuma.
Chukwuma lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Devil to his knees! Chukwuma keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tinashe Chukwuma!
After winning the bout, Tinashe Chukwuma thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.