PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between adolfo padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eza Nahka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

padilla
vs
Nahka

194 cm
24
205 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

191 cm
28
220 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, adolfo padilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Eza Nahka!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
padilla fails in his attempt to clinch.

Nahka decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
padilla wants to control but Nahka is keeping busy.
Nahka working padilla over with strikes.
Nahka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Nahka is sneakily working for an arm triangle but padilla sees it coming and defends easily.
Nahka working the head and body with strikes.
Nahka is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Nahka is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nahka lands a nice short elbow.
padilla knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nahka on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
padilla is trying to maintain the position but Nahka is very close to passing his half guard.

Nahka is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
padilla blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nahka.
padilla wants to control but Nahka is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nahka passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for padilla!

Nahka is working for a guillotine from mount but padilla frees his head quite easily.
Nahka can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as padilla is looking to escape.
Nahka looking to finish padilla with some ground and pound. This is bad for padilla!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
padilla takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nahka landing punches.

padilla is rocked!

It looks like adolfo padilla has been cut.
Nahka postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked padilla badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Nahka around the waist but Nahka pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Nahka is the winner by TKO! Nahka jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eza Nahka!