PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kirov Sturmovik (ranked 2726 p4p, 1543 weight class) and Kwame Nti (ranked 361 p4p, 237 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Sturmovik
vs
Nti

190 cm
37
195
18 - 17 - 0

172 cm
34
220
24 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

NARCOS
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 18 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirov Sturmovik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kwame Nti!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nti slips a jab and a cross from Sturmovik.
Sturmovik does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sturmovik ducks under a wild hook from Nti.
Sturmovik plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Kwame Nti has been cut.

Sturmovik moves into the clinch.
Sturmovik misses with a punch on the inside.
Nti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sturmovik pushes off an throws an elbow but Nti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nti lands a body shot.
A body shot lands from Nti.
Sturmovik is breathing heavily.
Nti lands a left hand.
Sturmovik swings wildly with an uppercut but Nti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nti scores with a shot to the side of Sturmovik's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Nti.
Sturmovik throws a head punch that misses.
Nti pushes Sturmovik back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Nti.
Nti scores with a shoulder strike.

Nti turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Nti manages to end up in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturmovik prevents Nti from improving position.
Nti is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Nti advances to full mount.
Nti controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
You get the feeling that Sturmovik really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sturmovik trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nti controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kwame Nti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kwame Nti's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sturmovik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sturmovik moves into the clinch.
Nti lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sturmovik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ntis head.
Sturmovik has a couple of punches blocked by Nti.
Nti misses with some punches.
Sturmovik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nti gets through Sturmovik's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Nti.
Sturmovik blocks a body shot from Nti.
Nti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturmovik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sturmovik using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sturmovik backwards.

Sturmovik is rocked!
Nti creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Sturmovik with a big uppercut! Sturmovik tries to clinch up but Nti pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Sturmovik to the mat! Sturmovik covers up and Nti unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kwame Nti!
During a confident post fight interview, Kwame Nti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.