PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovidio Kiran (ranked 351 p4p, 498 weight class) and Rayful Edmond (ranked 56 p4p, 86 weight class). Kiran comes to the cage accompanied by Katmandu. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kiran
vs
Edmond

189 cm
34
202
28 - 12 - 0

190 cm
40
215
26 - 15 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ovidio Kiran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rayful Edmond!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edmond blocks a leg kick.
Ovidio Kiran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edmond throws out a loose jab but Kiran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiran lands a body shot.
Kiran misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Edmond counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kiran misses with a hook

and Edmond counters with a crisp one two that drops Kiran! Edmond thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Kiran to his feet! Kiran is in big trouble!

Kiran is rocked!
Kiran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kiran missing with a left hand there. Edmond was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiran misses with a hook.
Edmond only half commits to the counter leg kick.
No joy there for Kiran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Kiran backs off Edmond throws a huge counter combo but Kiran manages to avoid it all.
Kiran has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Kiran misses with a looping right.
Edmond looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Edmond takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiran scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Edmond avoids the body shot from Kiran.
Edmond throws a counter combo.
Kiran avoids the body shot from Edmond.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiran slips a jab and a cross from Edmond.
Edmond takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Edmond uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kiran.
Kiran darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kiran misses with a wild body shot.
Kiran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Edmond misses.
Kiran tests Edmond's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kiran throws a shot from downtown. Edmond moves away and avoids it.
Edmond replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kiran blocks it well.
Kiran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Edmond throws a leg kick
and Edmond takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Edmond uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kiran.
Kiran's corner calls for a 1-2. Kiran obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Kiran gets tackled into the cage by Edmond. Edmond maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Edmond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Kiran.
Jab, jab by Kiran - just one landing.

Edmond closes the distance and pushes Kiran back into the cage.
Kiran blocks an elbow strike from Edmond.
Edmond pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kiran working aggressively here.
Edmond lands with a short shot to the head.
Edmond lands with a short shot to the head.

Edmond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiran throws a one two combo.
Kiran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiran throws a shot from downtown. Edmond moves away and avoids it.
Edmond lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Edmond has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiran comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kiran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Edmond digs a right hand underneath Kiran's ribcage. Kiran let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Edmond gets through Kiran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kiran.

Edmond breaks the clinch.
Kiran throws the left hand but Edmond avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the liver by Kiran. Beautiful body shot.
Edmond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice shot lands for Kiran.
Kiran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Edmond moves away.
Edmond keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiran.
Edmond lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Edmond on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Edmond slips a straight right by Kiran.
Edmond swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edmond missing with a left hand there. Kiran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Edmond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiran.
Edmond ducks under a wild hook from Kiran.
Edmond uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kiran.
Kiran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Edmond moves away.
Edmond moves out of range as Kiran strikes.
Kiran loads up on a big right hand but Edmond slips the punch.
Kiran checks a low kick from Edmond.
Kiran misses with a body shot.
Kiran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Edmond was well out of range. Poor timing from Kiran.
Edmond fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kiran checks it well.
Kiran throws a body punch but Edmond moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ovidio Kiran dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Edmond checks a leg kick.
Kiran changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Edmond misses with a body shot.
Ovidio Kiran is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Kiran.
Edmond walks into a left hand.
Edmond scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Edmond has Kiran up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edmond doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kiran misses with a punch to the body.
Edmond's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Edmond throws a punch but it's blocked by Kiran.
Kiran tries to throw a body punch but Edmond avoids it by throwing Kiran back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiran keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edmond's efforts to push away.
Edmond blocks the elbow strike.
Edmond lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kiran backwards.
Kiran tries to break the clinch but Edmond is controlling the position.
Kiran struggles to land a body shot inside as Edmond controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Edmond scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kiran has a couple of punches blocked by Edmond.
Edmond softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Edmond breaks the clinch.

Edmond fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kiran, pushing him back against the cage.
Kiran throws a head punch that misses.
Edmond's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kiran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiran throws a head punch that misses.
Edmond throws a head punch that misses.

Edmond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Edmond takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiran tries a body shot but Edmond blocks it.
Edmond makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edmond throws a punch but it's blocked by Kiran.
Edmond avoids a wild elbow strike from Kiran.
Nice body punch from Kiran.
Edmond swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Edmond breaks from the clinch.
Edmond has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kiran.
Kiran throws a big shot that misses.
Edmond throws a hook but Kiran blocks it.
Kiran appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Edmond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiran.
Edmond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Edmond was well out of range. Poor timing from Kiran.
Edmond wants to counter with a clinch but Kiran pushes him away.
Donk. Kiran catches Edmond right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Edmond moves into the clinch successfully.
Kiran looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Edmond breaks from the clinch.
Edmond pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kiran is out of range and Edmond settles back down.
Kiran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Edmond has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kiran finds it's way round the side to connect with Edmond's head.
A punch lands to the side of Edmond 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kiran fails to land with a series of punches.
Edmond throws a hook but Kiran avoids it easily.
Edmond takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Edmond walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Edmond throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kiran counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Edmond instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch on the inside from Edmond fails to land.
Kiran tries to throw a body punch but Edmond avoids it by throwing Kiran back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kiran.
A bit of stalling here from Edmond.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Edmond.
Edmond struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiran controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Edmond.
A short uppercut from Edmond.
Kiran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kiran blocks an uppercut.
Kiran swings wildly with an uppercut but Edmond uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiran lands a nice uppercut.
Edmond has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kiran seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Edmond can turn it around.
Edmond letting Kiran take a breather here.
Edmond lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Kiran breaks from the clinch.
Kiran cracks a nice hook into Edmond's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ovidio Kiran will probably get the nod.
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!

Kiran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kiran lands a nice shot to the body.
Kiran throws a hook but Edmond blocks it.
Edmond looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kiran digs a good body shot into Edmond's ribs.
Kiran fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Edmond looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kiran looks to land a left hand but Edmond moved out of range nicely.
Edmond looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kiran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Edmond can do to turn this around?
Kiran misses with a hook.
Edmond tries to move into range but Kiran moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Edmond throws a body punch but Kiran moves out of range.
Kiran is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiran misses with a looping left.
As Kiran backs off Edmond throws a huge counter combo but Kiran manages to avoid it all.
Edmond keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiran.
Edmond tries a quick counter leg kick but Kiran is wise to it.

Edmond moves into the clinch.
Edmond prevents a body shot from Kiran.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Edmond breaks the clinch.
Kiran throws an overhand right that lands on Edmond's shoulder, as Edmond tries to avoid the shot.
Kiran misses the shot to the body.
Edmond looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kiran throws a front kick aimed at Edmond's knee but Edmond avoids it well.
Edmond is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Kiran misses the shot to the body.
Kiran has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Edmond finds it's way round the side to connect with Kiran's head.
No joy there for Edmond, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Edmond 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Edmond takes the fight into the clinch.
Edmond fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kiran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Edmond scores with a nice short uppercut.

Kiran breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edmond takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Edmond moves into range and clinches up with Kiran.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kiran lands a damaging elbow.
Edmond lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kiran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Edmonds head.
Kiran lands a damaging elbow.
Kiran throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Edmond takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Edmond misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Edmond throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kiran.
Kiran cracks Edmond with a nice body shot.
Kiran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Edmond backwards.
Kiran can't find room to land a body shot as Edmond controls the action.
Edmond dodges an elbow strike from Kiran.
Kiran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Edmond's defenses.
Kiran throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kiran scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kiran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiran throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Edmond on the side of the head.
Kiran slips a jab and a cross from Edmond.
The crowd cheers as Kiran lands an impressive looking overhand right. Edmond doesn't seem phased though.
Kiran on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kiran misses with a wild body shot.
Ovidio Kiran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kiran connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Edmond's hands.
Rayful Edmond has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edmond throws a right hand that Kiran ducks under and follows up with a left that Kiran also avoids with ease.
Kiran throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kiran throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kiran cracks Edmond with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kiran throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edmond.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Kiran tenderised Edmond's leg. Edmond is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kiran lands with a shot to the body.
Kiran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Edmond wants to counter the offense by Kiran and move into the clinch position.

Edmond has Kiran up against the cage in a clinch.
Kiran digs a right hand underneath Edmond's ribcage. Edmond let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, Edmond scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rayful Edmond seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kiran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Edmond misses with a hook to the ribs.
Edmond works on Kiran's body with a couple of short punches.
Kiran throws an elbow that misses.
Kiran tries to throw a body punch but Edmond avoids it by throwing Kiran back against the cage.
Kiran misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Kiran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ovidio Kiran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kiran, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ovidio Kiran!
Ovidio Kiran managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary, into his post fight interview.