PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Atlas Kivi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kivi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica - Ride the Lightning. This should be fireworks!

Kivi
vs
West

175 cm
29
160 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

178 cm
36
164 lbs
34 - 16 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Atlas Kivi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew West!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kivi closes this distance looking for a takedown but West circles away.
Kivi tries to clinch but West moves out of range.
West misses with an attempted mid kick.
West lands a leg kick that knocks Kivi off balance momentarily.
West loads up on a big right hand but Kivi slips the punch.
West lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Kivi instigates a clinch.
Kivi prevents a body shot from West.
Kivi struggles to land a body shot inside as West controls his hands.
Kivi tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Kivi back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kivi.
Kivi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
West lands with a short shot to the head.
Kivi struggles to land a body shot inside as West controls his hands.
Kivi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of West backwards.
Kivi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kivi for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West lands with a short punch from the clinch.
West throws a punch but it's blocked by Kivi.
West misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kivi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kivi swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Kivi.
A shot in the inside from West.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West.
Kivi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kivi blocks a body shot from West.
West tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
West swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kivi works on West's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West takes a shot to the head.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.

Kivi breaks the clinch.
Kivi fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kivi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but West paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Kivi clinches up against the cage.
West throws a head punch that misses.
Kivi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kivi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
West misses with a shot to the kidneys.
West can't find room to land a body shot as Kivi controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from West fails to land.
Kivi throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
West misses with a punch to the body.
Kivi stalling in the clinch but West improves position.
Kivi scores with a shoulder strike.
Kivi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
West lands with a left to the head.
Kivi tries to work over West's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Kivi.
West misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kivi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kivi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kivi misses with a body punch.
Kivi lands a body punch in the clinch.
West works on Kivi's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by West.
A nice left hand lands by West.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from West fails to land.
West misses with a hook to the ribs.
West lands a nice shot to the body.
West can't find room to land a body shot as Kivi controls the action.
West misses with some punches.
West lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kivi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from West.
West misses with the head strike.
West misses with the head strike.
West misses with some punches.
Kivi cracks West with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
West misses with a body punch.
West can't find room to land a body shot as Kivi controls the action.
Kivi misses with a body punch.
Kivi digs a right hand underneath West's ribcage. West let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A quick uppercut on the inside from West.
West prevents a body shot from Kivi.
Kivi takes a shot to the head.
West tries to throw a body punch but Kivi avoids it by throwing West back against the cage.
Kivi misses with a punch to the body.
Kivi lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West.
Kivi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
West tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kivi looking to slow down the pace here.
West misses with a hook to the ribs.
West lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kivi backwards.
Kivi misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Matthew West will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

West misses with a low kick as Kivi jumps back.
West comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Kivi.
Kivi closes this distance looking for a takedown but West circles away.
Kivi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
West tries a low kick but Kivi avoids it.
West throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kivi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but West paws at him with a jab and circles away.
West scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Kivi has West up against the cage in a clinch.
Kivi lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kivi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kivi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
West goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kivi blocking some punches.
Kivi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
West swings wildly with an uppercut but Kivi uses good head movement to avoid it.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
Kivi is looking to control West's arms but West gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kivi has his back to the cage.
Kivi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
West has a couple of punches blocked by Kivi.
West struggles to land a body shot inside as Kivi controls his hands.
West misses with the head strike.
Kivi gets through West's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Kivi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matthew West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kivi is looking to clinch.
West tries to land a front kick but Kivi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
West is looking to slow Kivi down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kivi.
Matthew West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
West keeps the fight on the outside.
Kivi tries to clinch but West is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kivi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kivi closes the distance looking to clinch

and West holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
West lands a body punch.
West has a couple of punches blocked by Kivi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kivi blocking some punches.
West swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kivi.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kivi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kivi.
Kivi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
West is working Kivi over against the cage.
West misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by West as Kivi tries to tie him up.
West lands a shoulder strike.
West misses with some punches.
West throws a head punch that misses.
West can't find room to land a body shot as Kivi controls the action.
Kivi lands a body shot.
West lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kivi backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kivi looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West working aggressively here.
West tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kivi's elbow.
Kivi blocking some punches.
Kivi takes a shot to the head.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.
West scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kivi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kivi scores with a shot to the side of West's head.
West lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kivi backwards.
West fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kivi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Matthew West seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kivi misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kivi struggles to land a body shot inside as West controls his hands.
West makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
Kivi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kivi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matthew West showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

West finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kivi is looking to clinch but West is avoiding it.
West displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kivi.
West moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kivi dives in and grabs West's left leg, looking for a takedown. West pushes down on Kivi's head and hops out.
Kivi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from West.
West throws a wild body kick that Kivi sees coming a mile off.

Kivi gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
West tries to roll over but Kivi keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kivi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so West is just riding it out for now. Kivi eventually gives up the hold.

Kivi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Kivi is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
West avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kivi.

West is defending against the submission attempts here by Kivi.
Matthew West is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kivi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks West with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West is trying is best to control the position here.
Kivi is looking to take a break and control but West is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kivi slows the pace down in half guard.
West blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kivi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

West makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kivi wants to clinch.
Atlas Kivi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kivi moves in looking to clinch but West pushes him off.
West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kivi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kivi loads up on a big right hand but West slips the punch.
Good leg kick by West there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kivi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Atlas Kivi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think West has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!