PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pernell Karl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Okkuke Jiizu Okunaba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Karl
vs
Jiizu Okunaba

183 cm
22
170 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
184 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pernell Karl!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Okkuke Jiizu Okunaba!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okunaba thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Karl if he has to take too many more of those.
Karl takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice body punch from Karl.
Okunaba throws a front kick that sends Karl stumbling back into the cage.
Pernell Karl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okunaba with a poor takedown
and Karl counters with a one-two to the body.
Okunaba misses with a body shot.
Karl misses with a jab to the body

and Okunaba counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okunaba misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okunaba fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okunaba lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Karl down.
Okunaba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Okunaba remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Okunaba is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Karl is trying to escape and Okunaba transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Karl is forced to tap! Nice work there by Okunaba! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Okkuke Jiizu Okunaba!
Okkuke Jiizu Okunaba is the new welterweight champion!
Okkuke Jiizu Okunaba decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.