PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenton Okunaba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries has chosen Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Okunaba
vs
De Vries

191 cm
21
225 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

198 cm
26
250 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenton Okunaba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abe De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okunaba blocks a leg kick.
Okunaba lands a front kick.
De Vries has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Okunaba.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Vries. That's going to slow Okunaba down.
De Vries throws a lazy body kick
and Okunaba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Vries misses with a body kick.
De Vries misses with an uppercut

and Okunaba counters with a crisp right hand that drops De Vries! Okunaba lets De Vries back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

It looks like Abe De Vries has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy body kick from De Vries
and Okunaba counters with a good, hard body kick but De Vries shrugs it off.
De Vries looks winded!
De Vries thows a body kick. Okunaba tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Abe De Vries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Okunaba feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends De Vries sprawling to the canvas! De Vries rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Okunaba finish him?!

De Vries is rocked!
Okunaba connects with a body shot.
De Vries is still on wobbly legs! Can Okunaba finish him?
We've been told by Okunaba's head coaches at Wrecking Crew Elite MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Okunaba lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Vries takes a step back to recover.
De Vries steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Okunaba. That one must have hurt.
Okunaba scores with a push kick.
De Vries seems to have recovered his senses.
Okunaba throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Okunaba lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Vries takes a step back to recover.
De Vries takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A thudding body kick lands there by Okunaba!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Okunaba - that will leave a mark!
De Vries takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Okunaba throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Okunaba moves into range and connects with a jab.
Okunaba scores with a nice body kick.
Okunaba scores with a shot to the body.
Okunaba digs a good body shot into De Vries's ribs.

Okunaba cracks De Vries with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! De Vries looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Okunaba finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okunaba connects with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Okunaba.
Okunaba scores with a push kick.
De Vries has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Okunaba.
Okunaba is looking to wear down De Vries with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
De Vries steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Okunaba. That one must have hurt.
Okunaba feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Vries's calf.
A thudding body kick lands there by Okunaba!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okunaba lands a leg kick that knocks De Vries off balance momentarily.
Okunaba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Vries has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Okunaba.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Okunaba, right into the meat.
Okunaba scores with a nice body kick.
Okunaba and De Vries are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Okunaba throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking De Vries into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Okunaba knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kenton Okunaba!
Kenton Okunaba retains his heavyweight title!
Kenton Okunaba thanked the fans post fight for their support.