PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kelley Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amari Kamali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamali comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tell em dont waste my time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Amari Kamali has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bowman
vs
Kamali

168 cm
18
151 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

188 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelley Bowman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Amari Kamali!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bowman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bowman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kamali tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Kamali is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bowman lands with some strikes.
Kamali is bucking up trying to escape but Bowman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bowman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bowman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowman landing strikes from the mount.
Bowman with the ground and pound from mount.
Bowman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kamali working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bowman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bowman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bowman controlling from the full mount.
Bowman dominating with strikes here.
Bowman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bowman dominating with strikes here.
You get the feeling that Kamali really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bowman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kamali hang on?
Bowman lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bowman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bowman is landing with some decent strikes but Kamali is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bowman breaks from Kamali's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kamali in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bowman landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bowman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kamali is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bowman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bowman dominating with strikes here.
Kamali wants to control but Bowman is having none of it.
Bowman lands with some strikes.
Bowman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kamali is in a horrible position here. Bowman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bowman is landing with some decent strikes but Kamali is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bowman with a couple of short strikes.
Kamali is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bowman lands a heavy elbow.
Bowman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kamali's face.
Kamali is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bowman raining down shots from the mount!
Bowman controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowman lands with some strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bowman with shots to the head and body - Kamali looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bowman dominating with strikes here.
Bowman working Kamali over with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kamali is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bowman lands a couple of good shots and Kamali has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bowman lands punches and elbows.
Bowman cracks Kamali with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Kamali from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Bowman. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelley Bowman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kamali tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kamali throws a right hand that Bowman ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowman also avoids with ease.
Kamali tries to clinch
and Bowman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kamali tries to clinch but Bowman is having none of it.

Bowman feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bowman chips away with some ground and pound.
Bowman distracts Kamali with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bowman works over Kamali with some ground and pound from guard.
Bowman stops Kamali from standing up.
Bowman preventing the sweep.
Kelley Bowman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kamali has momentary wrist control but Bowman slips an elbow through the middle.
Bowman working some strikes from top position.
Bowman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kamali's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman cracks Kamali with a solid left hand.
Bowman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bowman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bowman cracks Kamali with a solid left hand.
Kamali tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bowman is in close to Kamali's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kamali wants to get back to his feet but Bowman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Bowman decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bowman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kamali moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kamali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bowman.
Bowman is looking for a counter combo.
Kamali tries for a takedown but Bowman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kamali changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bowman looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kamali is breathing heavily.
Bowman sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Bowman actively working from the bottom here.

Bowman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It looks like Kamali is going to stand back up.
Kamali is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bowman.
Bowman trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Kamali avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Bowman had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kamali defends it easily.
Kamali wants to control from the top but Bowman keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bowman pushes a forearm under Kamali's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Kamali is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kelley Bowman!
Amari Kamali was interviewed post fight and said 'I lost. So ill take the L and move on to win my next fight to garentee ill never lose again'.