PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Teofilo Stevenson (ranked 4227 p4p, 4251 weight class) and Amari Kidd (ranked 513 p4p, 0 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.

Stevenson
vs
Kidd

185 cm
25
210
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Teofilo Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Amari Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Amari Kidd has been cut.
Kidd changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stevenson tries to avoid it but Kidd manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stevenson to the ground. Stevenson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stevenson circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Kidd drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Stevenson follows Kidd to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teofilo Stevenson!
During a confident post fight interview, Teofilo Stevenson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.