PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chief Mohawk (ranked 5319 p4p, 488 weight class) and Dirk Kutaz (ranked 5603 p4p, 501 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mohawk
vs
Kutaz

178 cm
25
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chief Mohawk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dirk Kutaz!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mohawk moves into the clinch.
Kutaz blocking some punches.
Mohawk has a couple of punches blocked by Kutaz.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kutaz.
Kutaz works on Mohawk's body with a couple of short punches.
Kutaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mohawk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mohawk blocks a body shot from Kutaz.
Kutaz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kutaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kutaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mohawk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohawk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kutaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mohawk swings wildly with an uppercut but Kutaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kutaz blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kutaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kutaz blocks an uppercut.
Kutaz can't find room to land a body shot as Mohawk controls the action.
Mohawk swings wildly with an uppercut but Kutaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kutaz scores with a shoulder strike.

Kutaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Kutaz does no damage.
Kutaz scores with a nice strike.
Chief Mohawk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mohawk wants to clinch but Kutaz slips to the side
and Kutaz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mohawk thinking.

Mohawk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice left hand lands by Kutaz.
Kutaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kutaz lands a nice uppercut.
Kutaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kutaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Mohawk.
A head punch on the inside from Kutaz fails to land.
Mohawk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mohawk tries to throw a body punch but Kutaz avoids it by throwing Mohawk back against the cage.
Mohawk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohawk throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kutaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kutaz can't find room to land a body shot as Mohawk controls the action.
Mohawk swings wildly with an uppercut but Kutaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kutaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohawk blocking some punches.
Kutaz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mohawk backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohawk throws a punch but it's blocked by Kutaz.
Mohawk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kutaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kutaz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kutaz blocking some punches.
Mohawk blocks a body shot from Kutaz.
A head punch on the inside from Kutaz fails to land.
Kutaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Mohawk backwards.
Mohawk misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kutaz.
Kutaz blocking some punches.
Kutaz has a couple of punches blocked by Mohawk.
Mohawk blocking some punches.
Mohawk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kutaz digs a right hand into Mohawk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mohawk's gas tank.
Mohawk gets through Kutaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kutaz blocks an uppercut.
Kutaz digs a right hand into Mohawk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mohawk's gas tank.
Kutaz gets through Mohawk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mohawk swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutaz lands a shot to the body.
Kutaz tries to work over Mohawk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mohawk lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Kutaz.
Mohawk is breathing heavily.
Mohawk working aggressively here.
Kutaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kutaz lands a body punch.
Kutaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Mohawk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mohawk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kutaz lands with a light punch inside.
Kutaz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kutaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Mohawk working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Kutaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Kutaz.

Kutaz manages to break the clinch.
Kutaz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mohawk wants to clinch
and Kutaz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Mohawk is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohawk walks straight into a right hand from Kutaz - that's dropped him! Kutaz jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Mohawk from any more punishment! Mohawk complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dirk Kutaz!