PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Nti (ranked 720 p4p, 1205 weight class) and Kaki Mountain (ranked 104 p4p, 164 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nti
vs
Mountain

172 cm
40
171
39 - 19 - 0

180 cm
26
170
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

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 39 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Nti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaki Mountain!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nti swings widly with a right hand
and Mountain counters with an inside leg kick.
Nti looks to land a left hand but Mountain moved out of range nicely.
Mountain defending well as Nti loads up on a big left hand.
Nti throws a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Mountain blocks the low kick.
Mountain swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nti misses with a left hand
and Mountain counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Samuel Nti has been cut.
Nti connects with an inside leg kick.
Nti misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nti misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mountain counters with a nice uppercut.
Mountain slips under a jab.
Mountain doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nti misses with a leg kick
and Mountain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Samuel Nti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nti throws a big shot that misses.
Mountain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nti.
A nice side step and Mountain releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nti sizes up Mountain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mountain.
Nti misses with a looping right.
Mountain walks into a stiff left hand from Nti.
Nti's corner calls for a 1-2. Nti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nti misses with a left hand
letting Mountain counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mountain manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mountain! But no joy.
Nti misses with a hook
letting Mountain counter with a right hand.

Samuel Nti's cut is getting worse.
Mountain lands a jab to Nti's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nti misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mountain counters with a straight right hand.
Nti misses with a straight right.
Mountain avoids the body shot from Nti.
Mountain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Mountain was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nti misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mountain! But no joy.
Mountain has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mountain manages to avoid it.

Nti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nti works on Mountain's body with a couple of short punches.
Nti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nti.
Nti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nti can't find room to land a body shot as Mountain controls the action.
Mountain misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Mountain.
Mountain makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mountain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nti has a couple of punches blocked by Mountain.
A short uppercut from Nti.
Mountain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nti's elbow.
Nti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nti swings wildly with an uppercut but Mountain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mountain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nti backwards.
Nti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Nti fails to land.
Nti can't find room to land a body shot as Mountain controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nti blocks a body shot from Mountain.
Nti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mountain lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nti or not.
Mountain tries to work over Nti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mountain tries to work over Nti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mountain.
Nti lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mountain swings wildly with an uppercut but Nti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mountain backwards.
Still in the clinch, Nti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nti scores with a shot to the side of Mountain's head.
Nti lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mountain working aggressively here.
Nti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mountain blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Nti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Nti's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A low kick from Nti is predictable there
and Mountain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nti 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.
Nti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nti connects with a looping right hand.
Mountain moves out of range of the strikes.
Nti backing away here, and Mountain unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Samuel Nti is winning the standup battle so far.
Mountain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mountain.
Mountain ducks under a wild hook from Nti.
Mountain looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mountain blocks a jab.
Nti takes a swing at Mountain's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Mountain was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nti cracks Mountain with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nti misses with a body shot
and Mountain counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti connects with a single shot there.
Nti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mountain was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nti scoring well with a low kick there.
Nti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mountain.
Jab by Nti.
Nti misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mountain! But no joy.
Mountain misses with a straight right.
Mountain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mountain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nti slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Nti. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nti.
Nti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mountain can do to turn this around?
Nti throws a right hand that misses
and Mountain counters with a nice uppercut.
Nti misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mountain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nti.
Nti throws a body shot but no joy.
Nti swings for the body but Mountain moves out of range.
Mountain feints a counter leg kick.
Nti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mountain.
Jab, jab by Nti - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mountain checks a leg kick.
Nti sizes up Mountain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mountain missing with a left hand there. Nti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mountain at a distance.
Nti throws a shot from downtown. Mountain moves away and avoids it.
Nti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mountain flicks out a counter leg kick but Nti steps away.
A telegraphed right hand from Nti misses the target.
Nti looks to score with a jab to the body but Mountain is just out of range.
Mountain appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mountain cracks Nti with an open hand slap.
Mountain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nti. Nti obviously looking to wear him down.
Mountain throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Nti misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mountain was well out of range. Poor timing from Nti.
Nti misses with a hook
and Mountain makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The fighters circling - Nti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nti lands a nice shot that snaps Mountain's head back.
Mountain lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mountain throws a lazy right hand but Nti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Nti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nti backing away here, and Mountain unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nti missing with a left hand there. Mountain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mountain swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mountain misses the body punch
and Nti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Nti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Nti's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Nti throws a jab but it's blocked by Mountain.
Kaki Mountain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A cross from Nti lands.
Nti throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Mountain to counter with a crisp jab.
Nti misses with a straight left.
Mountain was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mountain swats away the attempt to clinch by Nti.
It seemed like Mountain was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mountain keeps Nti at a distance using the push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Nti misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mountain! But no joy.
Nti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mountain has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mountain there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mountain.
Nti connects with a solid leg kick.
Mountain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nti.
Nti takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mountain takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mountain swings widly with a right hand
and Nti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mountain slips a jab from Nti.
Mountain doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nti pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mountain is out of range and Nti settles back down.
Nti's corner calls for a 1-2. Nti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mountain tries to move into range but Nti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain misses with a double jab.
Nti swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mountain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Samuel Nti's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nti looks to land a left hand but Mountain moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Mountain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nti looks to throw the jab but Mountain is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mountain! But no joy.
Nti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nti throws a hook but Mountain avoids it easily.
Mountain now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Donk. Nti catches Mountain right on the button with a cross.
Nti throws a looping overhand right but Mountain ducks down to avoid it.
Mountain looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nti takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nti tries to clinch there but Mountain circles away.
Nti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mountain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mountain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mountain flicks out a counter leg kick but Nti steps away.
Nti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Samuel Nti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nti cracks Mountain with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nti throws a poor cross that misses
and Mountain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mountain staying out of range there.
Nti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mountain. Mountain circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Jeez, Samuel Nti's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mountain looks to land a right hand but Nti moved out of range.
Nti misses with a wild body shot.
Mountain is trying to counter with his kicks.
Mountain's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mountain smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nti clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Mountain fails to land.
Mountain tries to throw a body punch but Nti avoids it by throwing Mountain back against the cage.
Mountain misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nti.
Nti struggles to land a body shot inside as Mountain controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Nti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nti has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Nti!