PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Kivi (ranked 1203 p4p, 1365 weight class) and Makon James (ranked 183 p4p, 211 weight class). Makon James has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Raimo Kivi's chin.

Kivi
vs
James

170 cm
19
209
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
220
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Raimo Kivi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Makon James!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kivi.
James waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kivi.
James on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kivi. Kivi obviously looking to wear him down.
Kivi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kivi scoring well with a low kick there.
Kivi connects with a leg kick.
Kivi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kivi cracks James with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A good leg kick by Kivi.
James has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kivi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kivi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kivi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raimo Kivi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James misses with a body punch
and Kivi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by James.
James moves away from the strike by Kivi.
A little jabbing left from James on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jab from Kivi.
Kivi feints and then cracks James's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow James down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kivi. James shrugs it off though.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kivi throws a head kick that misses.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kivi moves away.
Nice cross by Kivi.
James takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
James lands a nice hook to Kivi's body. Kivi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kivi lands a big head kick that sends James tumbling to the mat! Kivi takes a step backwards and waves James back to his feet - he wants the finish!

James is rocked!
James on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kivi. Kivi obviously looking to wear him down.
James is still on wobbly legs! Can Kivi finish him?
A jab from Kivi misses.
Kivi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick from Kivi, right into the meat of the thigh.
A swing and a miss from Kivi.
A countering left hand to the body from James misses.
James seems to have recovered his senses.
James's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Kivi misses its target.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Kivi is just out of range.
Kivi tried to counter with a leg kick but James avoided it.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kivi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
James swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Kivi counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
Kivi takes one to the side of the head.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Kivi is just out of range.
Kivi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kivi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kivi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by James.
James is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kivi rather than just go for the knockout.
Kivi connects with a leg kick.
James lands with a shot to the body.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kivi.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kivi misses with a wild body shot.
James is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kivi with a body shot.
James throws the left hand but Kivi avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the body from James misses
and Kivi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kivi throws a head kick that misses
and James counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kivi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kivi.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kivi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kivi scores with a leg kick.
James ducks right into an uppercut from Kivi.
A swing and a miss from Kivi.
Kivi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kivi.
James pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kivi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
James lands a nice shot that snaps Kivi's head back.
Kivi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kivi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
James slips under a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Raimo Kivi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

James throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kivi counters with a nice uppercut.
Raimo Kivi is winning the standup battle so far.
Kivi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kivi throws a looping overhand right but James ducks down to avoid it.
Kivi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between James's hands.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kivi.
Kivi lands a jab.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kivi staying out of range there.
Kivi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James throws a body punch but Kivi moves out of range.
Kivi scores with a shot to the body.
Kivi throws a head kick but James moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from James on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
James takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kivi throws an overhand right that lands on James's shoulder, as James tries to avoid the shot.
James is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kivi with a body shot.
James misses with a two punch combination.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kivi counters with a nice leg kick.
Kivi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick lands for Kivi.
Kivi connects with a solid leg kick.
Kivi throws a looping overhand right but James ducks down to avoid it.
James misses the shot to the body.
Kivi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
James takes one to the chin there.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Kivi counters with a nice low kick that buckles James's knee momentarily.
Kivi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a wild combination.
James misses with a wild body shot.
Kivi misses with an uppercut. James saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Kivi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
James misses with an uppercut.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but James might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kivi has got the better of the exchanges.
Kivi throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
James swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kivi counters with a straight right hand.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kivi.
James ducks under a wild hook from Kivi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kivi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and James has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut lands for Kivi. That snapped James's head back.
James misses with a body shot
and Kivi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kivi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and James has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kivi clobbers James with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
James looks up at the clock. Bad move! Kivi lands a right hand from hell, dropping James. Kivi pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raimo Kivi!
A very excited looking Raimo Kivi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.