PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hamid Sourian (ranked 2278 p4p, 100 weight class) and Kile Jr (ranked 3776 p4p, 152 weight class). Sourian comes to the cage accompanied by Number One. Hamid Sourian has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sourian
vs
Jr

169 cm
26
142 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

168 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hamid Sourian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kile Jr!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sourian misses with an uppercut. Jr saw that one coming.
Jr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sourian misses with a hook. Jr ducked under it nicely.
Jr unleashes a big counter combination but Sourian bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Sourian shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sourian was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jr taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sourian lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jr down.
Sourian landing a few strikes.
Jr is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sourian creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sourian lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sourian lands some shots froms side control.
Sourian working the head and body with strikes.
Jr takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jr is trying to get back to half guard.

Sourian is trying to get an arm triangle but Jr is defending well.
Jr tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sourian landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sourian scoring with punches from side control.
Sourian working the head and body with strikes.
Check out the look on Sourian's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sourian scores with punches from side control.
Sourian lands a few punches from side control.
Jr takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sourian connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jr some visible discomfort.
Jr wants to control but Sourian postures up.
Sourian working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sourian is working Jr over with some ground and pound from side control.
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!
Sourian moves into full mount!
Sourian punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sourian sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jr in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Jr is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sourian lands a big elbow.
Sourian with the ground and pound from mount.
Sourian dominating with strikes here.
Sourian with the ground and pound from mount.
Jr is still in real trouble! Can Sourian finish him?
Jr is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Jr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jr wants to control but Sourian is having none of it.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Jr tries to reverse the position but Sourian maintains control.
Sourian working Jr over with strikes here.
Sourian lands a big shot to the head and Jr winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hamid Sourian!
Hamid Sourian 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.