PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Jahouli (ranked 353 p4p, 932 weight class) and Samson Komua (ranked 45 p4p, 141 weight class). Jahouli's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Darker Than Blue. The crowd seem to be enjoying Komua's choice of entrance music: Fangai Lupe. Samson Komua has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jahouli
vs
Komua

191 cm
28
205
17 - 7 - 0

196 cm
28
190
9 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maxim Jahouli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samson Komua!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Komua misses.
Jahouli is looking to counter punch.
Nice body kick from Jahouli.
Jahouli gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Komua loads up on a big right hand but Jahouli slips the punch.
Jahouli ducks under a wild hook from Komua.
Jahouli lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jahouli throws a body shot but no joy.
Jahouli looks to score with a jab to the body but Komua is just out of range.
Jahouli throws out a leg kick but Komua moves out of range and Jahouli only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Komua misses the jab.
Jahouli moves out of range as Komua strikes.
Jahouli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jahouli on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Maxim Jahouli has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahouli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Komua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Komua misses with a straight left.
Komua throws an off balance right hand
and Jahouli counters with a stiff right hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jahouli!
Komua throws a right hand that misses
and Jahouli counters with a leg kick.
Jahouli misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Komua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jahouli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Komua throws a hook but Jahouli avoids it easily.
Jahouli scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Komua slips under a jab from Jahouli.
Jahouli fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Komua is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jahouli moves in looking to clinch but Komua pushes him off.
Komua throws a poor cross that misses
and Jahouli counters with a nice leg kick.
Jahouli scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jahouli with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Jahouli instigates a clinch.
Komua blocking some punches.
Komua has a couple of punches blocked by Jahouli.
Komua blocking some punches.
Jahouli lands a hook that snaps the head of Komua backwards.
Jahouli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jahouli lands a knee to the head.
Jahouli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Komua avoiding damage as Jahouli throws knees to the body.
Jahouli creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahouli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Komua's defenses.

It looks like Samson Komua has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jahouli.
I was talking to Jahouli's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Komua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jahouli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Jahouli.
Jahouli stalling the fight.
Jahouli working aggressively here.
Jahouli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Komua blocks it with crossed arms.
Komua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Komua avoids the elbow strike from Jahouli, against the cage.
Jahouli misses with the head strike.
Jahouli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Komua avoids it.
Komua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jahouli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Komua.
Jahouli tries a knee to the head but Komua blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jahouli tries to work over Komua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jahouli throws a punch but it's blocked by Komua.

Komua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Komua throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jahouli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Jahouli.
Jahouli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Komua throws out a counter right but Jahouli avoids it with no problem.
Jahouli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Komua.
Jahouli was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Jahouli misses.
Jahouli looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Komua.
Komua misses with a shot to the body
and Jahouli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jahouli looks for the body kick but Komua saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maxim Jahouli dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jahouli lands with a slapping head kick.
Komua missing with a left hand there. Jahouli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Komua throws an off balance right hand
and Jahouli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jahouli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Komua cracks Jahouli with a good jab.

Komua gets tackled into the cage by Jahouli. Jahouli maintains the clinch.
Komua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Komua manages to break the clinch.
Jahouli stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maxim Jahouli is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for Komua.
A shot to the body from Jahouli misses
and Komua connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Komua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Komua backs away, Jahouli returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahouli lands with a hook. Komua tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Komua is rocked!
Komua drops his hands momentarily. Jahouli doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Komua staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Komua doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Maxim Jahouli!
A very excited looking Maxim Jahouli made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.