PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ki I Kanaloa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blagoi Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kanaloa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mascara Running Everywhere by Nero's Day At Disneyland. Blagoi Ivanov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

I Kanaloa
vs
Ivanov

188 cm
25
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ki I Kanaloa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blagoi Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov tries to clinch there but Kanaloa circles away.
Ivanov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blagoi Ivanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kanaloa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Kanaloa does it's job there.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Kanaloa pushes him off.
Ivanov should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Kanaloa clinches.
Kanaloa tries to break the clinch but Ivanov is controlling the position.
Kanaloa lands with a light punch inside.
Ivanov misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivanov jumps guard but Kanaloa stands there with Ivanov around his waist. Ivanov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ivanov jumps guard but Kanaloa stands there with Ivanov around his waist. Ivanov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ivanov prevents a body shot from Kanaloa.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kanaloa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ivanov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ivanov tries to pull guard but Kanaloa won't allow it.
Ki I Kanaloa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blagoi Ivanov.
Kanaloa working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kanaloa.
Ivanov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kanaloa walks away with a smile on his face. Ivanov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Kanaloa moves into range and clinches up with Ivanov.
Kanaloa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ivanov looks winded!
Kanaloa blocks an elbow strike from Ivanov.
Ivanov misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Kanaloa - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kanaloa lands with a left to the head.
Kanaloa pushes Ivanov back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Kanaloa scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Kanaloa.
Kanaloa is trying to break free.
Kanaloa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kanaloa wants to stall.
Ivanov prevents Kanaloa from breaking the clinch.
Kanaloa pushes Ivanov against the ropes. Kanaloa is working some dirty boxing. Kanaloa pushes off with a quick right hook! Ivanov goes down! Ivanov tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Kanaloa moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ki I Kanaloa!
Ki I Kanaloa tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.