PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Louie Prima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kool Keith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prima comes to the cage accompanied by When the Saints Go Marching In. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Prima
vs
Keith

181 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

198 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

KAISER

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Louie Prima!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kool Keith!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Prima's hands.
Keith throws a jab when Prima was well out of range.
Keith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Prima fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keith manages to avoid it.
Prima misses with a leg kick
and Keith counters with a series of strikes. Prima will be more careful next time no doubt.
Prima showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keith.
Keith slips a jab and a cross from Prima.
Keith scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Keith closes the distance and clinches.
Prima is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Keith is defending well for now.
Keith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Prima.
Keith digs a right hand underneath Prima's ribcage. Prima let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Keith.
Keith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Primas head.
Keith takes an elbow to the temple.
Keith cracks Prima with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prima can't find room to land a body shot as Keith controls the action.
Prima pushes off an throws an elbow but Keith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Keith lands with a light punch inside.
Keith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Keith effectively controlling the action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Prima tries a knee to the head but Keith blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Prima obliges.
Keith scores with a shoulder strike.
A bit of stalling here from Keith.
Keith managing to block the knees to the body from Prima.
Prima takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Keith as Prima tries to tie him up.
Prima misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keith.
Keith tries to break free but Prima pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Prima.
Prima tries to land a knee to the head but Keith blocks with his arms.
Come on Keith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prima working Keith over with knees to the body.
Keith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Prima tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Prima backwards.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Prima controls the action.
Keith is pushing Prima up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A body shot lands from Keith.
Keith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Keith scores with a shot to the side of Prima's head.
Prima creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Keith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Prima tries a knee to the head but Keith blocks it.
Keith lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Keith.
Prima landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Prima just misses with a elbow thrown towards Keith's brow.
Keith leaning his opponent against the cage.
Prima working Keith over with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Prima.
Prima throws an elbow that misses.
Prima blocking some punches.
Prima tries to land knees in the clinch but Keith avoids the damage to the body.
Keith blocks a body shot from Prima.
Prima with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keith lands a shoulder strike.
Keith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Keith lands a nice uppercut.
Keith lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prima working aggressively here.
Keith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keith stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith managing to block the knees to the body from Prima.
Keith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Keith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Prima is keeping busy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keith.
Good body shot from Keith.
Stalling in the clinch from Keith.
Keith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith pushes Prima back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith blocking some punches.
Keith displaying some good clinch control by pressing Prima up against the cage.
Keith is trying to push Prima away but Prima has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prima lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short right from Keith.
Keith is trying to break the clinch but Prima is controlling him.
Prima trying to land knees to the body.

Keith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kool Keith dominated that round.
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.

Keith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Prima.
Keith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Prima throws a nice outside leg kick.
Prima takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Prima ducks under a wild hook from Keith.
Prima lands a leg kick that knocks Keith off balance momentarily.
Prima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Keith in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Keith ducks under a wild hook from Prima.
Prima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keith.
Prima avoids the body shot from Keith.
Keith dodges the punch combination from Prima.
Prima looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.
Keith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prima.
Prima misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Keith.
Prima fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keith lands a nice shot that snaps Prima's head back.
Prima feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Keith's calf.
Louie Prima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prima misses with a body shot
and Keith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Keith slips under a jab.
Prima ducks under a wild hook from Keith.
A telegraphed right hand from Keith misses the target.
Prima looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.

Keith closes the distance and clinches.
Keith taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Keith lands an uppercut.
Prima looking to throw knees to the head but Keith is blocking nicely.
Prima's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Keith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Keith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keith lands a nice shot to the body.
Keith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keith.
Keith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keith lands a nice uppercut.
Prima tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Keith breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Prima.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prima tries to clinch there but Keith circles away.
Prima ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Keith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Prima gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prima works the jab nicely.
Prima throws out a loose jab but Keith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kool Keith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Prima tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keith was well out of range. Poor timing from Prima.
Keith with a nice cross.

Prima is rocked!
Keith shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Prima takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Keith sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Prima bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kool Keith!
Kool Keith is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Kool Keith thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.