PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heliodor Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerard De Villefort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Villefort has chosen The Lawman as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kush
vs
De Villefort

222 cm
18
277 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Heliodor Kush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gerard De Villefort!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Villefort scores with a push kick.
Kush blocks a head kick by De Villefort.
Kush lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

De Villefort moves into the clinch successfully.
Kush takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Villefort blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Villefort trying to land knees to the body.
De Villefort trying to land knees to the body.
Kush misses with a knee to the head.
De Villefort tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kush is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Villefort is defending well for now.
De Villefort using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De Villefort tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kush avoids it.
Kush trying to land knees to the body.
De Villefort with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Villefort misses with a knee to the head.
De Villefort tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kush avoids it.
De Villefort is struggling to control the position.
We've been informed that De Villefort has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush tries to land a knee to the head but De Villefort blocks with his arms.
Kush throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kush lands a knee to the head.
Kush stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kush connects with a knee to the head.
De Villefort with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kush misses with a knee strike.
De Villefort is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kush is defending well for now.
Kush misses with a knee strike.
Kush is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Villefort looks winded!
Kush landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Villefort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kush on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kush tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Villefort avoids it.
Kush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Villefort.
De Villefort avoiding damage as Kush throws knees to the body.
De Villefort takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kush landing knees to the head.
Kush working De Villefort over with knees to the body.
De Villefort managing to block the knees to the body from Kush.
Kush is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Villefort is defending well for now.
Kush putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De Villefort in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kush.
De Villefort misses with a knee to the head.
De Villefort blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Villefort tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Villefort throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kush blocks it with crossed arms.
Kush lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kush unloads a knee to the mid-section. De Villefort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort avoiding damage as Kush throws knees to the body.
Kush trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kush tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kush utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kush looking to throw knees to the head but De Villefort is blocking nicely.
Kush tries a knee to the head but De Villefort blocks it.
Kush managing to block the knees to the body from De Villefort.
De Villefort managing to block the knees to the body from Kush.
Kush looking to throw knees to the head but De Villefort is blocking nicely.
Kush crunches a lovely knee into De Villefort's ribcage.
Kush missing with knees to the body.
Kush lands a knee to the head.
De Villefort throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kush blocks it with crossed arms.
Kush throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Villefort blocks it with crossed arms.
De Villefort with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
De Villefort lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kush managing to block the knees to the body from De Villefort.
Kush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Villefort.
Kush trying to land knees to the body.
De Villefort throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kush blocks it with crossed arms.
De Villefort missing with knees to the body.
Kush using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Villefort has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Villefort is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Villefort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Villefort missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kush connects with a knee to the head.
Kush using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kush on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kush working De Villefort over with knees to the body.
De Villefort managing to block the knees to the body from Kush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heliodor Kush dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Villefort gets a clinch.
De Villefort is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kush is defending well for now.
Kush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Villefort.
Kush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Villefort.
De Villefort misses with a knee strike.
Kush connects with a knee to the head.
De Villefort tries to land knees in the clinch but Kush avoids the damage to the body.
De Villefort trying to land knees to the body.
Kush using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heliodor Kush has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kush landing knees to the head.
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!
De Villefort tries a knee to the head but Kush blocks it.
Kush managing to block the knees to the body from De Villefort.

Kush drops De Villefort with a big knee straight up the middle! De Villefort is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

De Villefort is rocked!
Good leg kick by Kush there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Villefort is still on wobbly legs! Can Kush finish him?
Kush throws a leg kick which misses De Villefort's front leg but catches the back leg as De Villefort tries to avoid it.
We've been told by Kush's head coaches at Sun Tzu's Art of War that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
De Villefort walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kush.
De Villefort is breathing heavily.
De Villefort is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Kush Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! De Villefort is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Heliodor Kush!