PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between White Squall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Umair Kayani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Squall
vs
Kayani

200 cm
22
220 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

184 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, White Squall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Umair Kayani!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Squall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kayanis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Squall lands a jab to the head.
Squall lands a head shot.
Kayani takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Squall dips to his left and cracks Kayani with an uppercut!
Squall tries to bum rush Kayani with a series of wild strikes but Kayani uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kayani misses with a few strikes there.
Squall digs a good body shot into Kayani's ribs.
Squall feints a jab promting Kayani to slip. Squall then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kayani slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
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!
Squall scores with a jab.
Squall is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kayani throws a left and a right that both miss
and Squall counters with a straight right hand.
Squall's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Squall duly obliges.
Squall jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Squall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kayani.
Squall misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice combination there by Squall.
Jab by Squall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayani swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Squall makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kayani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kayani takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kayani takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kayani misses with a combination
and Squall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Squall scores with a punch to the head.
Kayani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Squall lands a jab to the head.
Kayani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kayani throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Squall.
A jab from Squall finds it's way through Kayani's defenses.
Squall lunges at Kayani with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kayani's hand.
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!
Squall catches Kayani with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kayani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Squall looks to land a combination. Kayani sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kayani looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Squall is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kayani misses with the combination.
Squall stalks Kayani and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kayani's face. Kayani staggers backwards, shaken.
Squall connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Kayani! He's out on his feet! Squall rushes in and drops Kayani with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). White Squall!