PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Oggleberry-Pip (ranked 3148 p4p, 369 weight class) and Kazushi Aoki (ranked 4727 p4p, 525 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oggleberry-Pip
vs
Aoki

186 cm
23
267 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

195 cm
21
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Norbert Oggleberry-Pip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kazushi Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Oggleberry-Pip.
Oggleberry-Pip tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oggleberry-Pip staying out of range there.
Oggleberry-Pip throws a leg kick that is checked

and Aoki counters with a takedown into side control.
Aoki tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Aoki in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Aoki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oggleberry-Pip keeps working.
Aoki throws an elbow but Oggleberry-Pip slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Oggleberry-Pip tries to bench press Aoki off him but Aoki keeps the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Oggleberry-Pip takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Aoki working the ground and pound.
Aoki scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Oggleberry-Pip to see if he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oggleberry-Pip tries to improve position but can't.
Aoki trying to control the position but Oggleberry-Pip is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki landing a few strikes.
Oggleberry-Pip is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Aoki is looking to take a break and control but Oggleberry-Pip is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aoki scores with punches from side control.
Aoki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oggleberry-Pip keeps working.
Aoki working the head with strikes.
Oggleberry-Pip regains half guard.
Oggleberry-Pip won't allow Aoki to pass to mount.
Oggleberry-Pip on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oggleberry-Pip is trying to get back to full guard.
Aoki working the head and body with strikes.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Aoki working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki prevents Oggleberry-Pip from improving his position.
Aoki works his way into full mount!
Aoki raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oggleberry-Pip knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Aoki on the ground.
Oggleberry-Pip in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oggleberry-Pip is in a horrible position here. Aoki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki with good strikes from the mount here!
Aoki wants to control the pace but Oggleberry-Pip is squirming around nicely.
Aoki lands a big shot there that rocks Oggleberry-Pip but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Oggleberry-Pip is rocked!
Oggleberry-Pip really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Oh Oggleberry-Pip is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oggleberry-Pip seems to have got his legs back now.
Aoki raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Oggleberry-Pip bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Aoki and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazushi Aoki!
Our winner, Kazushi Aoki, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.