PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Kelly (ranked 5812 p4p, 2774 weight class) and Mike Okafor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kelly
vs
Okafor

225 cm
23
198
5 - 7 - 0

189 cm
25
195
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pat Kelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor has a takedown stuffed.
Okafor takes one to the side of the head.
Kelly scores with a hook to the body. Okafor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kelly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kelly slips a jab from Okafor.
Kelly throwing a counter right hand but Okafor manages to avoid it.
Okafor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Some wild striking there from Kelly.
A countering left hand to the body from Okafor misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kelly lands with an overhand left.
Kelly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Okafor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kelly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Okafor scrambles back to his feet.
Kelly scores with a one two! Okafor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kelly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kelly throws a body punch but Okafor moves out of range.
Kelly with a jab.
Kelly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Okafor doesn't seem bothered though.
Pat Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Okafor shoots in and bounces Kelly off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kelly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Okafor controls the pace.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

It looks like Pat Kelly has been cut.
Okafor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Okafor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kelly will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Okafor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Okafor is in close to Kelly's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Okafor content to stall in guard here.
Okafor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Okafor cracks Kelly with a solid left hand.
Okafor lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly has momentary wrist control but Okafor slips an elbow through the middle.

Kelly is rocked!
Okafor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Oh Kelly is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Okafor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Okafor postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Kelly covers up, he's hurt! Okafor keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Okafor and the ref steps in to end the fight! Okafor can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Okafor!
A relieved looking Mike Okafor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.