PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Kaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axl Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by You Could Be Mine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kaz
vs
Rose

186 cm
35
175 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

183 cm
27
171 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Kaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Axl Rose!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rose lands a head shot.
Kaz connects with an inside leg kick.
Kaz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rose checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rose misses with a hook.
Kaz lands a really nice looking cross but Rose seems unphased.
Kaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kaz throws out a powerful jab.
Kaz lands with a kick to the temple. Rose shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rose tries to clinch there but Kaz circles away.
Rose with a nice cross.
Rose has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kaz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rose counters with a slapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kaz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rose pushes Kaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now.
Kaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaz blocks a body shot from Rose.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Kaz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rose up against the cage.
Kaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kaz lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Kaz.
Rose working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kaz prevents a body shot from Rose.
Kaz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rose or not.
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kaz.
Kaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rose is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose misses with a punch on the inside.
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Kaz.
Rose throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaz.
Kaz scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rose pushes Kaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Kaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Kaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kaz controlling the action here for a moment.
Kaz missing with knees to the body.
Rose is trying to maintain a safe position but Kaz gets an underhook and turns Rose into the cage.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kaz lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rose's brow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rose softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rose misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rose lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kaz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rose scores with a shot to the side of Kaz's head.
Rose scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kaz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rose's defenses.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Kaz controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Rose scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rose struggles to land a body shot inside as Kaz controls his hands.
Rose has a couple of punches blocked by Kaz.
Rose's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rose throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaz.
Kaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaz misses with a punch to the body.
Rose tries to work over Kaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Come on Rose - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rose lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose scores with a shoulder strike.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
Kaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Kaz.
Kaz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rose is keeping busy.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Rose leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kaz misses with the head strike.
Kaz lands a body punch.
Rose presses Kaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Rose.
Rose goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kaz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose prevents a body shot from Kaz.
Rose throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rose avoids it.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rose avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Max Kaz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kaz throws out a leg kick but Rose moves out of range and Kaz only half commits.
Rose looks to throw the jab but Kaz is out of range.
Kaz throws a series of punches but Rose avoids them all with ease.
Rose throws out a counter right but Kaz avoids it with no problem.
Rose avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rose only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kaz throws a leg kick which misses Rose's front leg but catches the back leg as Rose tries to avoid it.
Max Kaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Rose walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rose lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rose pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kaz misses with a head kick.

Rose lands a left and a right that send Kaz crashing to the mat, dazed. Rose thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kaz is rocked!

It looks like Max Kaz has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose lands with a kick to the ribs.
Max Kaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kaz doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rose counters with a nice body shot.
Kaz looks to land a left hand but Rose moved out of range nicely.
Rose connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Oh Kaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose thumps Kaz with a low kick.
A head kick by Kaz misses
and Rose counters with a right hand from hell and Kaz is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Axl Rose!
A victorious Axl Rose thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.