PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rayful Edmond (ranked 797 p4p, 1031 weight class) and Azor Ahai (ranked 109 p4p, 141 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Edmond
vs
Ahai

190 cm
29
215
12 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
210
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rayful Edmond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azor Ahai!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Edmond finds it's way through Ahai's defenses.
Edmond throws a leg kick which misses Ahai's front leg but catches the back leg as Ahai tries to avoid it.
Ahai listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Edmond throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ahai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ahai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ahai lands a jab to the head.
Ahai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as Edmond blocks the low kick.
A head kick misses from Ahai.
Edmond tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ahai manages to circle out of the way.
Ahai just misses with a punch to the body.
Edmond lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Edmond moves out of range as Ahai strikes.
Ahai on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahai scores with a sloppy right hand. Edmond should have avoided that one.
Nice jab there from Ahai.
Edmond misses with a lunging right hand
and Ahai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Edmond rushes Ahai and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahai blocks an uppercut.
Ahai tries to throw a body punch but Edmond avoids it by throwing Ahai back against the cage.
Ahai lands a shoulder strike.
Ahai lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Edmond letting Ahai take a breather here.
Edmond lands a right hand.
Ahai slowing the pace effectively.
Edmond scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ahai struggles to land a body shot inside as Edmond controls his hands.
Edmond goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Edmond wants to break the clinch but can't.
Edmond throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahai.
Edmond misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Edmond blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Edmond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahai throws a punch but it's blocked by Edmond.
Ahai blocking some punches.
Ahai misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahai misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ahai.
Ahai displaying some good clinch control by pressing Edmond up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Edmond.
Ahai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Edmond lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahai.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Edmond.
Edmond lands a nice uppercut.
Edmond blocking some punches.
Ahai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Edmond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ahai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Edmond fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ahai is out of range.
Edmond throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Edmond tries to clinch but Ahai moves out of range.
Ahai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Edmond.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edmond on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ahai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Edmond.

Edmond sends Ahai crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Edmond is motioning to the referee to let Ahai up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Ahai is rocked!
Ahai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Edmond.
Edmond misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edmond scores with a hook.
Ahai is still on wobbly legs! Can Edmond finish him?
Edmond looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ahai lands a nice hook to Edmond's body. Edmond takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Edmond drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Ahai right on the button. Ahai goes down! Edmond follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Edmond gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rayful Edmond!
Rayful Edmond seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.