PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Niewi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sokoudjou has chosen Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Niewi
vs
Thierry Sokoudjou

183 cm
18
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
206 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Polskie Odżywki/ Polish Nutrition [PL]

Zentrope Fighting Universe

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lukasz Niewi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sokoudjou gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sokoudjou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Niewi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Sokoudjou drives through and clinches with Niewi against the cage.
Niewi is trying to pull guard but Sokoudjou turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Niewi misses with the head strike.
Sokoudjou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Niewi.
Sokoudjou misses with an elbow strike.
Sokoudjou keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Niewi's efforts to push away.

Sokoudjou breaks from the clinch.

Sokoudjou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Niewi, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sokoudjou throws an elbow but misses.
Niewi takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sokoudjou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crunch! Sokoudjou slams his shin into Niewi's torso.
Niewi is breathing heavily.

Sokoudjou has managed to clinch.
Sokoudjou lands a good knee to the midsection. Niewi won't want to take too many of those.
Sokoudjou lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Lukasz Niewi has been cut.

Sokoudjou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sokoudjou rushes Niewi and presses him up against the cage.

Sokoudjou manages to break the clinch.
Sokoudjou misses with a head kick.

Niewi gets caught flat footed, as Sokoudjou shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Sokoudjou decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Sokoudjou decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sokoudjou is looking to take a break and control but Niewi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Niewi is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sokoudjou stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Niewi to get to his feet.

Sokoudjou instigates a clinch.
Sokoudjou lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sokoudjou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sokoudjou has taken the fight to the clinch.

Sokoudjou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sokoudjou has Niewi up against the cage in a clinch.
Sokoudjou putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Niewi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Sokoudjou breaks from the clinch.

Sokoudjou pushes Niewi up against the cage in a clinch.

Sokoudjou manages to break the clinch.

Sokoudjou lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Niewi sprawling to the canvas. Sokoudjou follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Niewi hang on?

Niewi is rocked!

Sokoudjou postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Niewi to stand up.
Oh Niewi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A slapping body kick lands there for Sokoudjou.

Sokoudjou forces Niewi back against the cage and clinches.
Niewi seems to have got his legs back now.
Sokoudjou gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Lukasz Niewi's cut is getting worse.

Sokoudjou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sokoudjou gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sokoudjou unloads a knee to the mid-section. Niewi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Sokoudjou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sokoudjou clinches with his opponent.
Sokoudjou lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Lukasz Niewi's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sokoudjou using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Sokoudjou breaks from the clinch.

Sokoudjou shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sokoudjou was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sokoudjou really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Niewi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sokoudjou is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Niewi is surviving well by controlling Sokoudjou's body position as best he can.

Sokoudjou working for a guillotine from mount but Niewi is in no mood to give up.
Niewi tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sokoudjou is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Sokoudjou throws a right and a left that Niewi avoids nicely.
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sokoudjou has managed to clinch.
Niewi tries to pull guard but Sokoudjou forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lukasz Niewi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sokoudjou lands a knee to the body.

Sokoudjou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sokoudjou shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Niewi eats them both and turns towards Sokoudjou to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sokoudjou moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Jeez, Lukasz Niewi's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lukasz Niewi's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou!
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou made sure to mention his sponsor, Zentrope Fighting Universe in his post fight interview.