PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tumar Kaliev (ranked 4951 p4p, 3533 weight class) and Hido Namaka (ranked 474 p4p, 390 weight class). Tumar Kaliev is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Kaliev
vs
Namaka

174 cm
25
163
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
159
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tumar Kaliev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hido Namaka!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Namaka ducks under a wild hook from Kaliev.
A big right from Kaliev misses.
A swing and a miss from Kaliev.

Kaliev cracks Namaka with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Namaka looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Kaliev finish him?

Namaka is rocked!
Namaka staying out of range there.
Namaka shapes to counter with a head kick.
Namaka is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaliev finish him?
Namaka ducks under a wild hook from Kaliev.
Namaka seems to have recovered his senses.
Kaliev checks a leg kick nicely.
Kaliev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Namaka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Namaka slips under a jab from Kaliev.
Kaliev throws a hook to the side of Namaka's head but Namaka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Namaka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kaliev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Namaka shapes to counter with a head kick.
Namaka ducks under a wild hook from Kaliev.
Namaka shapes to counter with a head kick.
Kaliev throws a jab when Namaka was well out of range.
Namaka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Namaka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kaliev.
Namaka wants to counter with a clinch but Kaliev pushes him away.
Kaliev misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Namaka is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Kaliev doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Namaka crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Namaka's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tumar Kaliev!
An out of breath Tumar Kaliev thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.