PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ben wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Kaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pjanoo by Eric Prydaz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ricardo Kaka will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

wells
vs
Kaka

175 cm
24
209 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

190 cm
19
203 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

WIN Nutritional
WIN Nutritional

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, ben wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Kaka!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wells is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kaka.
wells moves out of range as Kaka throws a body kick.
Kaka cracks the inside of wells's front leg.

wells shoots in and bounces Kaka off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
wells trying to control but Kaka is working from the bottom.
wells's corner is telling him to maintain position.
wells stopping the sweep attempt from Kaka.

wells drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and wells jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kaka avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
wells content to stall in guard here.
Kaka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wells working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
wells blocks a head kick by Kaka.
wells shoots for a double leg takedown but Kaka sprawls well. He's pushed wells's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kaka tries a head kick but it misses.
Ricardo Kaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kaka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
wells shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kaka but Kaka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kaka lets loose with a powerful body kick. wells will feel that in the morning.
Kaka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kaka.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kaka.
wells is breathing heavily.
Kaka thows a body kick. wells tries to catch it but that hurt him.
wells shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kaka pinned against the cage. Kaka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ben wells. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kaka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaka throws a quick head kick that skims the top of wells's head.
Kaka delivers a nice body kick.
Kaka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like ben wells has been cut.
Kaka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
wells takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Kaka! wells is out on his feet! Kaka rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - wells is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! wells is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Kaka!