PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Nix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ola Afolabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nix's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Holy Diver by Killswitch Engage. Jimmy Nix has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nix
vs
Afolabi

180 cm
25
215 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

191 cm
24
216 lbs
13 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Nix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ola Afolabi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Afolabi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nix at a distance.
Afolabi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Afolabi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Nix closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nix lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Afolabi controls Nix momentarily but Nix frees himself.
Afolabi wants to stand up but Nix is controlling him.
Nix looking to pass the guard.
Afolabi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nix's guard.
Afolabi looking to sit in guard and control but Nix gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nix lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nix is fighting to break Afolabi's control of his arms but Afolabi is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nix scoring with punches to the head and body.
Afolabi keeping moving, preventing Nix from controlling successfully.
Nix stops Afolabi from standing up.
Afolabi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nix stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Afolabi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nix postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nix's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nix postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Afolabi has momentary wrist control but Nix slips an elbow through the middle.
Nix postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nix thows a big elbow that misses.
Afolabi is trying to keep Nix in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nix lands a couple of elbows.
Afolabi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nix's guard.
Nix keeping moving, preventing Afolabi from controlling successfully.
Afolabi being controlled here momentarily.
Afolabi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nix swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi trying to control but Nix is working from the bottom.
Afolabi preventing the sweep.
Afolabi is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Ola Afolabi has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Nix slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nix getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ola Afolabi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Afolabi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Afolabi tries a head kick but it misses.
Afolabi throws a leg kick which misses Nix's front leg but catches the back leg as Nix tries to avoid it.
Afolabi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nix was well out of range. Poor timing from Afolabi.
Nix throws the left hand but Afolabi avoids the punch easily.
No joy there for Nix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Afolabi swinging wildly here.
Afolabi misses with an uppercut. Nix saw that one coming.
Nix fails with a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Afolabi throws a head kick that misses.
Nix showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Afolabi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jimmy Nix will probably get the nod.
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.

Nix tries to land a leg kick but Afolabi saw it coming and moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nix lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Afolabi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Afolabi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Afolabi digs a good hook to Nix's body.
Nix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Afolabi manages to avoid it.
Afolabi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Afolabi looks for the body kick but Nix saw that one coming.
Afolabi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Afolabi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Afolabi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nix.
Nix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Danga de danga de dang - Afolabi scores with a four punch combination!
Afolabi throws a solid leg kick but Nix takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Afolabi.
Afolabi misses with a head kick.
Nix jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nix avoids the body shot from Afolabi.
A nice inside leg kick there by Afolabi. That's going to slow Nix down.
Nix throws a hook but Afolabi blocks it.
Nix tests Afolabi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nix thows a body shot but no joy.
Afolabi lands a leg kick that knocks Nix off balance momentarily.

Nix closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nix misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Nix working the body and head with strikes.
Afolabi can't do much from the bottom here.
Afolabi is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nix grinds an elbow into Afolabi's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nix scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Afolabi to see if he's OK.
Nix is chipping away with strikes.

Afolabi is rocked!
You can see the frustration on Afolabi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nix in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Afolabi is looking for a sweep.
Nix landing strikes.
Afolabi is still in real trouble! Can Nix finish him?
Nix working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Afolabi seems to have recovered his senses.
Nix 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.
Afolabi tries to bench press Nix off him but Nix keeps the position.
Nix cracks Afolabi with a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Nix crashes against the mat.
Afolabi is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nix with the ground and pound but Afolabi regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Nice strikes from Nix there.
Nix throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jimmy Nix overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Afolabi has hold of Nix's hands but Nix slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nix lands with a punch from half guard.
Nix is nestled in close to Afolabi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nix throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Afolabi is looking for a sweep. Nix is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Afolabi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nix.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nix throwing shots but Afolabi is blocking nicely.
Afolabi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Afolabi has hold of Nix's hands but Nix slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nix scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Afolabi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nix trying to pass the guard but Afolabi defending well.
Nix is keen to just control but Afolabi is a slippery customer.
Afolabi trying to control but Nix postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Afolabi has one foot on Nix's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Nix takes a swing at Afolabi's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Nix dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nix tries to bum rush Afolabi with a series of wild strikes but Afolabi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nix on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nix misses with a two punch combination.
Afolabi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Afolabi misses the shot to the body.
Afolabi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nix rather than just go for the knockout.
Afolabi misses with a low kick.
Afolabi throws a shot to the body.
Afolabi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nix.
A solid leg kick lands there for Afolabi.
Afolabi ducks under a wild hook from Nix.
Afolabi throws a head kick but Nix moves out of range.
Afolabi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nix moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Afolabi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Afolabi lands with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nix lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Afolabi circles away quickly and effectively.
Afolabi misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Afolabi misses.
Afolabi throws a right hand that Nix ducks under and follows up with a left that Nix also avoids with ease.
Nix misses with a body kick.
Nix needs to keep his hands up - Afolabi had a free shot at his head there.
Afolabi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Afolabi was well out of range. Poor timing from Nix.
Nix checks the leg kick.
Afolabi throws a jab but it's blocked by Nix.
Nix jabs at Afolabi's body.
Afolabi wants to land a leg kick but Nix is out of range.
Afolabi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nix.
Ola Afolabi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolabi displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nix.
Nix thows a body shot but no joy.
Nix shoots in looking for a takedown. Afolabi tries to sprawl out of it but Nix keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Afolabi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nix shoots in looking for a takedown but Afolabi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nix's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Nix. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Afolabi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Afolabi thuds a left hand into Nix's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Afolabi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Afolabi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Nix changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Afolabi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
You can see the frustration on Afolabi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nix lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Afolabi down.
Nix scoring with punches from side control.
Nix landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nix working the ground and pound.
Afolabi gets back to half guard.
Nix thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Afolabi's head.
Nix throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Afolabi is trying to stand up here but Nix is controlling him well.
Afolabi tries to roll over but Nix keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nix content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Nix throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nix working the head and body with strikes.
Afolabi is looking to improve his position.
Afolabi is trying to control but can't.
Jimmy Nix is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nix missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Afolabi is looking to control Nix's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Afolabi avoid being mounted?

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jimmy Nix.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nix, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Nix!