PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Top (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kileki Kawike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Top might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Killing in the name . Kawike has chosen Anthrax w/ Public Enemy - Bring the Noise as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Top
vs
Kawike

180 cm
24
218 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

189 cm
27
215 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Nemesis Transactions Co.

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Brick Top!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kileki Kawike!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Top slams his shin into Kawike's torso.

Top darts in and clinches Kawike up against the cage.
Top misses with a body punch.
Top presses Kawike against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Top softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Top scores with a shot to the side of Kawike's head.

Kawike pulls guard.
Top landing some decent shots from guard.

Kawike working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Top has passed into half guard!

Kawike actively working from the bottom here.
Top looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kawike looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Top looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Top controlling the action here.

Kawike actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kawike on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Top wants to control but Kawike is keeping him busy.
Kawike trying to get back to full guard but Top takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Top working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Top working Kawike over with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kawike tries to hold on but Top postures up.
Top controlling from the full mount.
Kawike tries to reverse the position but Top maintains control.
Kawike manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Top is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Top is trying to control. Kawike wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Kawike looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kawike wants to control but Top is keeping busy.
Top passes into side control, despite Kawike's attempt to control the position.
Kawike misses with a strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brick Top dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kawike on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kawike misses with a kick to the body
and Top counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Top swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brick Top seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Top thows a body shot but no joy.
Top throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kawike's head.

Kawike shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kawike has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Top is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kawike moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Top has worked his arm free - good work by Top!
Top tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kawike wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Top is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Kawike tries to move to mount but Top blocks the move with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Top is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Top is working hard here to advance position.

Kawike looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Kawike swings around for an armbar but Top sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kawike's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top trying to control the position from guard on top but Kawike is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kawike is looking for a triangle here but Top uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Top wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kawike keeps working.
Kawike tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kawike is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Top is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Top wants to control the pace but Kawike is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Top avoids the attempt from Kawike to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Top is trying to control here but Kawike has managed to regain half guard.

Kawike is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Top pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Brick Top will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Top keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Top moves in looking to clinch but Kawike pushes him off.
Kawike throws out a loose jab but Top uses good head movement to avoid it.
Top lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kawike at a distance.
Top lands a head kick!
Kawike on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Top. Top obviously looking to wear him down.
Kawike shoots and misses

and Top counters by clinching up.
Top lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kawike or not.
Top presses Kawike against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Top lands a nice uppercut.
Top working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Top pushes Kawike back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kawike takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice left hand lands by Top.
Top is working Kawike over against the cage.
Top working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Top.
Top softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Top lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Top.
Top lands a shot to the body.
Top lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawike backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Top creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Top digs a right hand underneath Kawike's ribcage. Kawike let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Top scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Top stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Top lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Top works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Top lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kawike backwards.
Kawike misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Top throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Top lands a body punch in the clinch.
Top working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Top lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kawike.
Top lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brick Top has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Top stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Top is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kawike can do to turn this around?
Nice body punch from Top - that landed with a thud.
Top lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Top.
Top scores with a shot to the side of Kawike's head.
Top lands a nice shot to the body.
Top lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from Top.
Top throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kawikes head.
Kawike jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Top walks away with a smile on his face. Kawike gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Top throws a nice head kick!
Top lands a nice hook to Kawike's body. Kawike takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Top lands with a right hand.
Top with a jab.
Top throws out a powerful jab.
Kawike ducks right into an uppercut from Top.
Kawike has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Top.
Brick Top is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Top dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kawike. That did some damage!

Top gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Top looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Top lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kawike!
Kawike regains half guard.
Kawike is holding on to half guard well.
Kileki Kawike has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kawike is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Top moves into full mount! Kawike won't be happy about that!
Kawike is in all sorts of trouble here.
Top controlling the pace for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kawike is squirming around, avoiding Top's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brick Top showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Top 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brick Top!