PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eissa Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Nwachukwu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Junior
vs
Nwachukwu

190 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eissa Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Nwachukwu!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nwachukwu defends it nicely.

Nwachukwu takes the fight into the clinch.
Junior can't get the takedown.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nwachukwu.
Nwachukwu scores a nice knee to the body.
Junior is breathing heavily.
Nwachukwu lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Eissa Junior has been cut.
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!
Nwachukwu dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Nwachukwu breaks the clinch.

Nwachukwu pushes Junior up against the cage in a clinch.
Nwachukwu lands a knee to the head.
Nwachukwu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nwachukwu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
Nwachukwu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Junior has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nwachukwu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Junior lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nwachukwu unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nwachukwu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nice elbow from Nwachukwu.
Nwachukwu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Junior is rocked!
Nwachukwu landing knees to the head.
Oh Junior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clinched against the cage, Nwachukwu lands a big elbow that drops Junior! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Junior is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Nwachukwu!
John Nwachukwu decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.