PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Cutting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Moukari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moukari has chosen Tech N9ne - Stress Relief as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cutting
vs
Moukari

185 cm
25
203 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

188 cm
28
211 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Cutting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kari Moukari!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moukari fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cutting sprawls well initially but Moukari persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Cutting kicks Moukari off and gets back to his feet.
Moukari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cutting will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Cutting does no damage.
Moukari tries to clinch up.
Cutting misses with a body shot.
Cutting leaves Moukari with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cutting misses with a lunging right hand
and Moukari counters with a left and a right that stings Cutting.

Moukari closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cutting did well to prevent Moukari getting side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moukari is looking to take a break and control but Cutting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Moukari is trying to work for a kimura but Cutting is defending well.
Cutting is trying to stand up here but Moukari is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Moukari is working for a submission of some sort.
Moukari trying to control from Cutting's half guard. Cutting has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Moukari wants to pass the guard but Cutting is keeping the position.
Cutting keeping moving, preventing Moukari from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Moukari accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moukari in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moukari throws a strike but Cutting rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Moukari manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cutting manages to get himself to full guard.
Moukari throws a big elbow that misses.
Moukari with a flurry of punches that miss.
Moukari trying to control but Cutting is working from the bottom.
Moukari postures up in Cutting's guard and throws a big left but Cutting blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moukari prevents Cutting from getting back to his feet.
Moukari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cutting is keeping the position for now.
Moukari in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moukari trying to control but Cutting is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Moukari looking to pass the guard.
Moukari throws a strike but Cutting rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cutting wants to stand but Moukari is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Moukari is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cutting defends well.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Moukari is on top in guard.
Moukari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moukari wants to control from the top but Cutting keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cutting working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Moukari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kari Moukari 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.

Moukari shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Moukari was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Moukari scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cutting?
Moukari thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Moukari is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cutting can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Moukari tries to control but Cutting wriggling away.
Moukari fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
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!
Moukari looking to finish Cutting with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cutting!
Moukari fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Moukari in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Moukari has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moukari landing strikes from the mount and Cutting is in trouble!
Cutting blocking the ground and pound.

Cutting defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Moukari.
Moukari lands a big elbow.
Moukari wants to control the pace but Cutting is squirming around nicely.

Moukari goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Cutting is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moukari is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moukari drops an elbow to the side of Cutting's head.
Moukari winds up and cracks Cutting with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Moukari is working for a kimura but Cutting is defending it quite comfortably.
Moukari not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cutting avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moukari.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moukari is taking a breather. Cutting says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Cutting is looking to escape.
Cutting is refusing to be controlled, as Moukari sits in half guard.
Moukari throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cutting has hold of Moukari's hands but Moukari slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Moukari is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Moukari looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cutting with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutting regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Moukari.
Moukari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moukari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cutting is keeping the position for now.
Moukari scoring with some ground and pound.
Moukari throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kari Moukari has got the better of the ground game so far.
Moukari is stalling in the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moukari trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kari Moukari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cutting throws a hook but Moukari blocks it.
Moukari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cutting tries to clinch up

and Moukari counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cutting!
Moukari looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Moukari is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moukari raining down shots from the mount!
Moukari lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Moukari putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Cutting is rocked!
Moukari lands a big shot to the head and Cutting winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kari Moukari!
Post fight, Kari Moukari stared into the camera and said 'I fucked Wilson Thieatcres mother'.