PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Ali (ranked 5880 p4p, 562 weight class) and Kiryu Kazuma (ranked 7704 p4p, 637 weight class). Kiryu Kazuma will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ali
vs
Kazuma

186 cm
20
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohammed Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiryu Kazuma!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuma lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Mohammed Ali has been cut.

Ali instigates a clinch.

Ali breaks the clinch.
Ali is looking to score with low kicks.
Ali throws a leg kick but Kazuma sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Ali pushes Kazuma up against the cage in a clinch.
Ali throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kazuma is trying to break the clinch but Ali has him pressed against the cage.
Ali misses with a knee strike.
Kazuma displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ali up against the cage.

Ali is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Kazuma can't fight it off and eventually Ali manages to take the fight to the floor. Kazuma looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kazuma pushes Ali off and scrambles back to his feet.

Oooooh!!! Kazuma has knocked Ali down with a huge combo! Kazuma steps away and waves a wobbly Ali back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Kazuma moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Ali! Kazuma continues to tee off on Ali, landing with a left and a right! Kazuma connects with a right hand that leaves Ali sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Kazuma!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kiryu Kazuma!
Kiryu Kazuma spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.