PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Gracie (ranked 2990 p4p, 325 weight class) and Nkululeko Sokhela (ranked 2733 p4p, 300 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Olha a Explosão. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Sokhela

173 cm
25
177 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rickson Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nkululeko Sokhela!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sokhela lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sokhela.
Sokhela thuds his right hand into Gracie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Gracie is rocked!
Sokhela cracks Gracie with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Gracie falls to his knees and Sokhela doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nkululeko Sokhela!
Nkululeko Sokhela seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.