PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yaroslav Amosov (ranked 3579 p4p, 2781 weight class) and Kaimana Makani (ranked 385 p4p, 315 weight class). Makani has chosen How far I'll go as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kaimana Makani told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Amosov
vs
Makani

181 cm
19
160
3 - 1 - 0

160 cm
19
163
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Carnage
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yaroslav Amosov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaimana Makani!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Makani bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Makani scores with punches from side control.
Amosov is not content to let Makani control the position.
Makani working the ground and pound.
Makani is working Amosov over with some ground and pound from side control.

It looks like Yaroslav Amosov has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makani throws an elbow but Amosov slips to the side and avoids it well.
Check out the look on Makani's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Amosov taking punishment in the form of punches.
Makani throwing shots but missing, from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Check out the look on Makani's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ground and pound from Makani seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Makani misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amosov dodges the ground and pound from Makani.

Makani tries for a kimura but Amosov is defending well.
Amosov takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Amosov is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Makani misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Amosov struggling a bit here.
Makani has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Amosov is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Makani is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Amosov is being controlled here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makani misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Makani cracks Amosov with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Makani creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Amosov sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Makani lands some shots froms side control.
Makani lands a decent elbow from side control.
Makani tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Makani connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Amosov some visible discomfort.
Makani in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Makani landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Makani crashes against the mat.
Amosov taking punishment in the form of punches.
Amosov is trying to improve his position.
Makani working the head and body with strikes.

Yaroslav Amosov's cut is getting worse.
Amosov parries the strikes from Makani easily there. Makani is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Amosov to escape.
Amosov on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Yaroslav Amosov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Amosov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Makani on the ground.
Amosov is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Makani missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Makani is working for a submission of some sort.
Amosov regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Makani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makani is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Makani's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Makani working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Makani connects with a couple of short punches.
Makani landing some decent shots from guard.

Jeez, Yaroslav Amosov's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Yaroslav Amosov's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kaimana Makani!
After winning the bout, Kaimana Makani thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.