PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Kalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Njokuani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalos comes to the cage accompanied by Cracks (Flux Pavillion). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Kalos
vs
Njokuani

176 cm
19
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
26
166 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Kalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Njokuani!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Kalos.
Anthony Njokuani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalos throws a leg kick but Njokuani sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kalos throws a leg kick but Njokuani sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kalos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Njokuani.
Njokuani stuffs the takedown attempt from Kalos. Kalos gets slowly back to his feet.

Njokuani gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Njokuani just leaning against Kalos, taking a breather.
Njokuani connects with a knee to the head.
Njokuani leaning against his opponent.
Njokuani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Njokuani lands a hook to the side of the head.
Njokuani will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kalos up against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Njokuani's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Njokuani.
Njokuani throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kalos takes a shot to the head.
Njokuani lands a nice uppercut.
Njokuani lands with a light punch inside.
Njokuani stalling in the clinch.
Njokuani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Njokuani lands with a left to the head.
Kalos is trying to break the clinch but Njokuani is controlling him.
Njokuani is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Njokuani scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Njokuani lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kalos backwards.
Njokuani with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Njokuani tries to land knees in the clinch but Kalos avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kalos.
Njokuani tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Njokuani is struggling to control the position.
Kalos is trying to break the clinch but Njokuani is controlling him.
Njokuani is pushing Kalos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Njokuani lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kalos backwards.
Njokuani using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Njokuani scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalos wants to break free but Njokuani has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Njokuani has Kalos pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Njokuani creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Njokuani lands a shot to the body.
Njokuani tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Njokuani tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Njokuani.
Njokuani stalls.
Njokuani misses with some punches.
Njokuani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Kalos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Njokuani fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Njokuani misses with a punch to the body.
Njokuani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kalos is defending well for now.
Njokuani leaning against his opponent.

Njokuani has picked Kalos up - he's going for a ride! Njokuani dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Kalos moves into full guard.
Njokuani stops Kalos from standing up.
Kalos wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Njokuani manages to pass to side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are battling for position here. Kalos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Njokuani dominated that round.
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.

Njokuani tries to clinch up but Kalos circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kalos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Njokuani blocks the body kick.

Njokuani has closed the distance and engaged Kalos in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Njokuani.
Njokuani with a knee to the head.
Kalos is trying to break free.
Njokuani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Njokuani lands a hook that snaps the head of Kalos backwards.
Njokuani working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Njokuani lands a shoulder strike.
Njokuani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kalos is trying to break free.
A shot in the inside from Njokuani.
Njokuani throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kalos being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalos takes a shot to the head.
Njokuani scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Njokuani softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Njokuani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kalos's brow.
Anthony Njokuani seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Njokuani content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Njokuani lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Njokuani throws an elbow but misses.
Kalos tries to circle away but Njokuani has him pinned against the cage.
Kalos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Njokuani stalling in the clinch.
Njokuani lands with a right to the head.
Kalos prevents a body shot from Njokuani.
Njokuani taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Njokuani keeps control of Kalos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kalos is trying to break free.
Njokuani throws a knee to the head but misses.
Njokuani prevents the takedown attempt.
Njokuani tries a body shot but Kalos blocks it.
Njokuani is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Njokuani lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kalos takes a shot to the head.
Njokuani connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kalos's face.
Njokuani lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Njokuani lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kalos backwards.

Njokuani is trying to trip Kalos. He has hold of a leg but Kalos is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Njokuani persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Njokuani is breathing heavily.
Njokuani trying to control the position from guard on top but Kalos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kalos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Njokuani wants to stand and escape but instead Kalos has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalos throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalos throwing strikes from guard but Njokuani blocks nicely.
Kalos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Njokuani is keeping the position for now.
Kalos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kalos wants to control from the top but Njokuani keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Njokuani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Njokuani walks into a stiff left hand from Kalos.
A punch combination from Kalos misses.
Njokuani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kalos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Njokuani pushes Kalos up against the cage in a clinch.
Njokuani misses with a punch to the body.
Kalos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Njokuani working aggressively here.
Njokuani throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Njokuani throws an elbow but misses.
Kalos can't break the clinch.
Njokuani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Njokuani lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kalos backwards.
Njokuani has Kalos pressed against the cage, preventing Kalos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Njokuani has Kalos pressed against the cage.
Njokuani continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalos tries to break the clinch but Njokuani is controlling the position.
Kalos wants to break free but Njokuani has control.
Kalos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Njokuani lands a nice shot to the body.
Njokuani throws a punch but it's blocked by Kalos.
Kalos tries to break the clinch but Njokuani is controlling the position.
Kalos is trying to push Njokuani away but Njokuani has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Njokuani lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Njokuani has Kalos pressed against the cage, preventing Kalos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Njokuani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Njokuani struggles to land a body shot inside as Kalos controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Njokuani lands with a right to the head.
Njokuani with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Njokuani has Kalos pushed against the cage.
Kalos is trying to force a seperation but Njokuani has the dominant position.
Njokuani holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Njokuani throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kaloss head.
Njokuani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kalos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Njokuani scores with a knee to the head.
Njokuani takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Njokuani lands a hook that snaps the head of Kalos backwards.
Kalos takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Njokuani misses with a punch on the inside.
Njokuani lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Njokuani misses with an elbow strike.
Kalos wants to break free but Njokuani has control.
Michael Kalos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Njokuani tries to work over Kalos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Njokuani lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kalos is looking to break free of the clinch but Njokuani has double underhooks.
Kalos is trying to break the clinch but Njokuani is controlling him.
Njokuani scores with a knee to the head.
Njokuani tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Njokuani working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Njokuani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kalos avoids it.
Kalos is trying to break the clinch but Njokuani has him pressed against the cage.
Njokuani doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Njokuani displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kalos up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kalos wants to break free but Njokuani has control.
Njokuani leaning against his opponent.
A right hook to the body lands for Njokuani.
Kalos can't break the clinch.
Anthony Njokuani is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kalos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Njokuani tries to land a knee to the head but Kalos blocks with his arms.
Njokuani controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalos tries to work over Njokuani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Njokuani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Njokuani winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Njokuani!
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