PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Keita Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Nevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Aoki
vs
Nevin

165 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
19
142 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keita Aoki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Nevin!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nevin misses with a straight right.
Aoki throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nevin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Aoki shoots and misses
and Nevin counters with a stiff right hand.
Aoki has his takedown stuffed
and Nevin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A jab from Nevin misses.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Aoki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Nevin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keita Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nevin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aoki misses with a takedown
and Nevin counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Keita Aoki has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevin scores with a punch to the head.
Nevin throws a jab but it's blocked by Aoki.
Nevin just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Nevin misses.
Nevin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt
and Nevin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aoki is breathing heavily.
Aoki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nevin works the jab nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nevin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nevin connects with a right hand. Aoki shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aoki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nevin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nevin lands a jab to the head.
Nevin misses with an uppercut. Aoki saw that one coming.
Nevin misses with a body shot.
Nevin looks to land a right hand but Aoki moved out of range.
Nevin looks to land a right hand but Aoki moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nevin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Aoki's hands.
Nevin misses with a straight right.
Aoki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Aoki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nevin.
A telegraphed right hand from Nevin misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Nevin as he connects with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Nevin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nevin.
Aoki doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nevin counters with a leg kick.
Bill Nevin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Nevin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aoki misses with a takedown
and Nevin counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nevin scores with a hook.
Nevin lunges at Aoki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Aoki's hand.

Aoki is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nevin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aoki's calf.
Nevin works Aoki's body with a nice hook.
Nevin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aoki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Aoki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Nevin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keita Aoki's cut.
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.

Aoki slips under a jab from Nevin.
Nevin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nevin scores with a jab to the head.
Keita Aoki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nevin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aoki was well out of range. Poor timing from Nevin.
Aoki has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Aoki with a poor takedown
and Nevin counters with a nice uppercut.
Aoki fails with the takedown
and Nevin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keita Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aoki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Nevin counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nevin, as that shot connected.
Nevin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aoki.
Aoki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nevin scores with a punch to the head.
Nevin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Aokis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oh Aoki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aoki walks into a straight right hand from Nevin.
Aoki gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Nevin gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Aoki is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Nevin!
Bill Nevin is the new bantamweight champion!