PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fionn Cumhaill (ranked 2081 p4p, 1610 weight class) and Kiso Kisei (ranked 297 p4p, 228 weight class). Cumhaill's entrance music is Dropkick Murphy’s - Johnny, I hardly knew ya. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Cumhaill
vs
Kisei

190 cm
21
210
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
21
215
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Fionn Cumhaill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kiso Kisei!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cumhaill swinging wildly here.
Cumhaill on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cumhaill takes a swing at Kisei's ribcage but misses.
Cumhaill throws a combination that misses
and Kisei counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kisei scores with a punch to the head.
Cumhaill defending well as Kisei loads up on a big left hand.
Kisei throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cumhaill's head.
Kisei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cumhaill manages to avoid it.
Kisei has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cumhaill is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kisei swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cumhaill counters with a nice body shot.
Cumhaill misses with an uppercut. Kisei saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Kisei on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Kisei misses.
Cumhaill avoids the body shot from Kisei.
Cumhaill drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisei throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Cumhaill misses the target.
Cumhaill jabs Kisei to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fionn Cumhaill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cumhaill takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cumhaill looks to land a combination but Kisei avoids it well.
Cumhaill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kisei.
Kisei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kisei throws a hook to the side of Cumhaill's head but Cumhaill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cumhaill digs a good hook to Kisei's body.
Cumhaill walks into a straight right hand from Kisei.
Kisei slips a straight right by Cumhaill.
Cumhaill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Kisei misses.
Cumhaill throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cumhaill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kisei appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kisei misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cumhaill misses the body punch
and Kisei counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kisei looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kiso Kisei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cumhaill slips a straight right by Kisei.
Cumhaill swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cumhaill swings for the body but Kisei moves out of range.
Cumhaill swings widly with a right hand
and Kisei counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Cumhaill is rocked!
Kisei lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Cumhaill head around and knocks him out cold! Kisei hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kiso Kisei!
Kiso Kisei bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.