PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kami Kazi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ottis Toole Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazi's entrance music is "Sands" by Kamikaze Kush. A fine choice. Toole Jr has chosen Ring of fire as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kazi
vs
Toole Jr

178 cm
23
180 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

187 cm
30
174 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Aspire Clothing
Urban Fighter

Aspire Nutrition

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kami Kazi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ottis Toole Jr!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Kazi misses
and Kazi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Toole Jr wants to clinch up but Kazi keeps it at a distance.

Toole Jr darts in and clinches Kazi up against the cage.
Kazi throws a head punch that misses.
Toole Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kazi blocks an uppercut.
Toole Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Toole Jr.
A short body shot lands from Kazi as the two fighters clinch.
Kazi lands a body shot.
Toole Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kazi lands a nice uppercut.
Toole Jr gets through Kazi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kazi.
Kazi scores with a shot to the side of Toole Jr's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Kazi.
Kazi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toole Jr misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toole Jr.
Toole Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Kazi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Toole Jr.
Toole Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of Kazi backwards.
Kazi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kazi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Kazi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kazi.
Toole Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
Toole Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toole Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kazi lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Kazi.

Toole Jr is rocked!
Toole Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Kazi controls the action.

Kazi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toole Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Kazi lands a nice looking body kick.
A good leg kick by Kazi.
Kazi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toole Jr moves away.
Kazi circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazi looks to land a body kick but Toole Jr moved away.
Toole Jr moves to clinch but Kazi breaks away
and Kazi counters with a nice body kick.
Kazi misses with a body shot
and Toole Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Toole Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kazi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Toole Jr to score with a decent uppercut.
Kazi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toole Jr manages to avoid it.
Toole Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Toole Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kazi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kazi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Toole Jr at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazi misses with a jab to the body
and Toole Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toole Jr looks to land a left hand but Kazi moved out of range nicely.
Good work by Toole Jr as he checks the leg kick.
As Kazi backs off Toole Jr throws a huge counter combo but Kazi manages to avoid it all.
Toole Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Kazi circles away.
Toole Jr misses with an uppercut. Kazi saw that one coming.
Kazi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toole Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kazi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazi feints and then cracks Toole Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toole Jr down.
Kazi gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Toole Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kazi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Toole Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kazi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Toole Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Toole Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kazi looks to throw a body kick
and Toole Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Toole Jr has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toole Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Kazi off the cage and back into range.
Toole Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Kazi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Toole Jr backs away, Kazi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Toole Jr blocks an uppercut.
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 Kami Kazi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kazi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kazi misses the shot to the body.
Kazi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toole Jr might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Toole Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kazi.
Kazi misses with a hook to the body
and Kazi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Toole Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Kazi.
Toole Jr checks the leg kick.
Toole Jr let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Toole Jr tries to clinch up but Kazi circles away and keeps his distance.
Kazi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kazi scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Toole Jr darts in and clinches Kazi up against the cage.
Kazi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Toole Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of Kazi backwards.
Toole Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kami Kazi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kazi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Toole Jr blocking some punches.
Kazi digs a right hand into Toole Jr's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Toole Jr's gas tank.
Toole Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kazi lands a nice uppercut.
Kazi lands with a right to the head.
Toole Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kazi.
Kazi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toole Jr can do to turn this around?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kazi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toole Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kazi misses with some punches.
Toole Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toole Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kazis head.
Toole Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kazi swings wildly with an uppercut but Toole Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toole Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Kazi.
Toole Jr has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kazi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Toole Jr can turn it around.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kazi.
Toole Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toole Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toole Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazi.
Kazi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Toole Jr backwards.
Toole Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Kazi finish him?
Toole Jr misses with a body punch.
Kazi dips a shoulder and cracks Toole Jr with a mighty uppercut! Toole Jr falls back against the cage and Kazi unloads with a barrage of strikes! Toole Jr is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Kazi screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kami Kazi!
A victorious Kami Kazi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.