PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Kostov (ranked 1447 p4p, 1559 weight class) and Minoari Amida (ranked 213 p4p, 232 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kostov
vs
Amida

185 cm
26
190
7 - 5 - 1

193 cm
25
191
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Solid chin

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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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Kostov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minoari Amida!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Amida lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Amida checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kostov connects with a leg kick.
Amida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kostov checks a leg kick.
Amida tries a low kick but Kostov avoids it.
Kostov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Amida is out of range.
Minoari Amida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kostov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Amida is looking for the big counter here.
Amida throws a poor cross that misses
and Kostov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kostov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amida was well out of range. Poor timing from Kostov.
Amida walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amida lunges at Kostov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kostov's hand.
Amida throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Amida throws a jab when Kostov was well out of range.
Kostov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kostov takes a swing at Amida's ribcage but misses.
Kostov lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Minoari Amida has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Kostov - just one landing.
Kostov scoring well with a low kick there.
Amida throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kostov misses the shot to the body.
Amida throws a series of punches but Kostov avoids them all with ease.
Amida looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kostov takes one to the chin there.
Amida takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kostov throws the kick towards the body but Amida avoids it.
Kostov throws a jab but it's blocked by Amida.
Kostov throws a body shot but no joy.
Kostov swings for the body but Amida moves out of range.
Kostov moves away from the strike by Amida.
Amida looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kostov misses with an uppercut. Amida saw that one coming.
Kostov throws a push kick but Amida slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amida with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Amida motions for Kostov to come forward. Amida throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kostov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kostov is looking to chop away at Amida's legs.
Amida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kostov.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Amida! But no joy.
Nice cross by Kostov.
Amida looks to land a right hand but Kostov moved out of range.
Kostov throws a jab but it's blocked by Amida.
Amida misses with a low kick.
Kostov throws a right hand that misses
and Amida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Amida scores with a head kick. Kostov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Amida takes a swing at Kostov's ribcage but misses.
Kostov misses with a wild body shot.
Amida misses with a hook.
Kostov throws a body punch but Amida moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Kostov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Amida.
It looked like Kostov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Amida thumps Kostov with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Amida.
A big left from Kostov misses.
Kostov lands a slapping body shot.
Amida throws a lazy uppercut
and Amida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Amida throws the left hand but Kostov avoids the punch easily.
Kostov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kostov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kostov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A telegraphed right hand from Amida misses the target.
Amida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A punch combination from Kostov misses.
Amida cracks Kostov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kostov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kostov half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kostov blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kostov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Kostov misses its intended target.
Amida misses with a low kick.
Amida tries to score with a low kick but Kostov moves his leg out of the way.

Kostov closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kostov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Amida goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amida misses with a punch on the inside.
Kostov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Kostov.
Kostov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
Amida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostov is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Amida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kostov's elbow.

Kostov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kostov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kostov duly obliges.
Amida lands with an uppercut that bounces Kostov off the cage and back into range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Kostov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Minoari Amida's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Amida takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kostov scores with a nice right hand.
Kostov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Amida throws a low kick but Kostov moves out of range easily.
Amida misses with a straight left.
Kostov walks into a straight right hand from Amida.
Amida blocks the body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Kostov. That snapped Amida's head back.
Kostov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amida moves away.
Kostov misses the shot to the body.
Kostov checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kostov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Amida checks a leg kick nicely.
Amida goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Amida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kostov swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostov wants to land a leg kick but Amida is out of range.
Amida throws out a counter right but Kostov avoids it with no problem.
Amida throws a lazy right hand but Kostov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kostov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kostov throws a hook but Amida blocks it.
Amida throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kostov thumps Amida with a low kick.
Amida tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Kostov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Amida, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Kostov to work.
Amida's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kostov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Amida fails to land.
Amida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kostov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amida tries to land a knee to the head but Kostov blocks with his arms.
Kostov lands a hook that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
Kostov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Amida misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Kostov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kostov defending well as Amida loads up on a big left hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kostov.
Kostov avoids a punch combination nicely.

Kostov moves into the clinch.
Kostov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amida can do to turn this around?
Kostov leaning against his opponent.
Amida misses with some punches.
Amida looking to slow down the pace here.
Amida tries to land a knee to the head but Kostov blocks with his arms.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Amida misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kostov blocks an uppercut.
Kostov tries to throw a body punch but Amida avoids it by throwing Kostov back against the cage.
Kostov lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amida's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Amida working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kostov pushes Amida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kostov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kostov lands with a left to the head.
Amida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostov is defending well for now.
Kostov lands a left hand.
Kostov throws a punch but it's blocked by Amida.
Amida is trying to maintain a safe position but Kostov gets an underhook and turns Amida into the cage.
Kostov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kostov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Amida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kostov managing to block the knees to the body from Amida.
Amida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kostov is defending well for now.
Kostov managing to block the knees to the body from Amida.
Amida struggles to land a body shot inside as Kostov controls his hands.
Kostov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kostov digs a right hand into Amida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Amida's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kostov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amida lands with a right to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kostov as Amida tries to tie him up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Amida struggles to land a body shot inside as Kostov controls his hands.
Kostov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Amida lands a right hand.
Kostov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Amida backwards.
Kostov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kostov misses with a punch to the body.
Kostov struggles to land a body shot inside as Amida controls his hands.
Kostov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kostov taking a breather.
Kostov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kostov lands a nice shot to the body.
Amida is breathing heavily.
Amida misses with a punch on the inside.
Amida has had enough of the clinch but Kostov keeps him there for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Kostov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Minoari Amida's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Amida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Amida misses with a low kick as Kostov jumps back.
Kostov blocks a leg kick.
Amida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kostov if he has to take too many more of those.
Amida throws a head kick that misses.
Kostov connects with a body shot that sends Amida's belly button to the back.
Kostov is looking to slow Amida down with leg kicks.
Kostov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kostov throws the kick towards the body but Amida avoids it.

Kostov moves into the clinch successfully.
Kostov working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amida stalling in the clinch but Kostov improves position.
Kostov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amida can't find room to land a body shot as Kostov controls the action.
Amida throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kostov lands a shoulder strike.
Pavel Kostov has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kostov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Amida tries to land knees in the clinch but Kostov avoids the damage to the body.
Amida working Kostov over with knees to the body.
Kostov swings wildly with an uppercut but Amida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kostov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kostov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kostov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Amida can't find room to land a body shot as Kostov controls the action.
Kostov digs a right hand into Amida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Amida's gas tank.
Amida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kostov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kostov scores with a shoulder strike.
Kostov blocking some punches.
Kostov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Kostov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pavel Kostov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kostov scores with a nice head shot.
Amida's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Amida slips under a jab.
Kostov checks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kostov. Amida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kostov throws a series of punches but Amida moves out of range.
And Amida responds with a good body kick, but Kostov manages to step out the way in time.
Kostov looks to land a left hand but Amida moved out of range nicely.
Amida ducks under a wild hook from Kostov.
Kostov misses with an uppercut. Amida saw that one coming.
Kostov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kostov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kostov moves out of range of the strikes.
Kostov moves out of range as Amida throws a body kick.
Kostov misses with an uppercut.
Kostov throws the kick towards the body but Amida avoids it.
Minoari Amida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Amida feints a counter leg kick.
Amida throws a low kick but Kostov avoids it.
Kostov lands with an uppercut that bounces Amida off the cage and back into range.
Kostov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kostov checks a low kick from Amida.
Kostov lands a leg kick that knocks Amida off balance momentarily.
Kostov throws a body punch but Amida moves out of range.
Kostov connects with a single shot there.
Kostov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kostov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Amida throws a body punch but Kostov moves out of range.
Kostov lands a leg kick that knocks Amida off balance momentarily.
Amida takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab lands there for Kostov.
Kostov misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amida tries to move into range but Kostov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kostov's sensitive parts.
Kostov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kostov connects with a right hand. Amida shakes it off.
Amida misses with a body shot.
Amida misses with a looping right.
Kostov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Amida looks to score with a jab to the body but Kostov is just out of range.
Amida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kostov.
Kostov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A low kick from Amida misses
and Kostov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kostov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Amida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kostov.
A jab from Kostov finds it's way through Amida's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pavel Kostov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kostov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pavel Kostov!
A very excited looking Pavel Kostov 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.