PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kek Rak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cung Liouz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rak comes into the arena with Joe Esposito - You're the Best Around blaring out of the sound system. Cung Liouz is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rak
vs
Liouz

175 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kek Rak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cung Liouz!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liouz throws a right and a left that Rak avoids nicely.
Rak misses with a body shot.
Liouz swats away the attempt to clinch by Rak.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liouz misses with a wild combination.

Rak scores with a takedown into Liouz's guard.
Liouz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Liouz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liouz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rak!

Liouz is working for a guillotine from mount but Rak frees his head quite easily.
Liouz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rak tries to hold on but Liouz pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liouz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Liouz with good strikes from the mount here!
Liouz with a couple of short strikes.

Rak is rocked!
Liouz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rak is breathing heavily.
Liouz scoring with strikes but Rak is staying in there.
Oh Rak is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Liouz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Liouz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rak wants to control but Liouz is having none of it.
Liouz scoring with strikes but Rak is staying in there.
Liouz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Liouz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Liouz landing shots from mount.
Liouz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Liouz with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liouz unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rak takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rak is looking to get to half guard.
Liouz lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Rak that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Liouz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rak tries to hold on but Liouz postures up.
Liouz raining down shots from the mount!
Rak tries to hold on but Liouz pushes him away.
Liouz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rak is in all sorts of trouble here.
Liouz lands a big shot there that rocks Rak but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rak might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Liouz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns Rak that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liouz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Liouz misses with a head shot.
Liouz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rak looks a forlorn figure.
Liouz with a couple of short strikes.
Liouz dominating with strikes here.
Rak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Liouz lands a heavy elbow.
Liouz landing strikes from the mount and Rak is in trouble!
BOOM! Liouz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Liouz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Liouz looking to finish Rak with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rak!
Liouz punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns Rak that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Liouz looking to isolate an arm here. Rak doesn't see it coming and as Liouz extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Liouz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cung Liouz!