PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Khali Mukafi (ranked 5115 p4p, 436 weight class) and Huo Yuanjia (ranked 7642 p4p, 532 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mukafi
vs
Yuanjia

177 cm
20
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Woodshins' Ship

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Khali Mukafi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Huo Yuanjia!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuanjia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mukafi avoids it really well and circles away.
Yuanjia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mukafi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yuanjia.
Yuanjia is looking to clinch.
Yuanjia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mukafi but Mukafi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Khali Mukafi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Huo Yuanjia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Yuanjia enables Mukafi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Yuanjia manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Mukafi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mukafi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yuanjia is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mukafi controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mukafi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mukafi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yuanjia looking to control.
Mukafi passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Mukafi has hold of Yuanjia's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Yuanjia seems comfortable defending it but Mukafi has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Yuanjia is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Yuanjia is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Mukafi couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Khali Mukafi!
Khali Mukafi was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
In defeat, Huo Yuanjia stepped up to the mic, saying 'Wushu is the way to go.'.