PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ilgonis Bahs (ranked 24530 p4p, 3840 weight class) and Rodolfo Kaufman (ranked 227 p4p, 168 weight class). Rodolfo Kaufman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bahs
vs
Kaufman

179 cm
20
280
3 - 6 - 0

225 cm
25
300
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ilgonis Bahs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodolfo Kaufman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaufman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kaufman with a jab.
Kaufman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab from Kaufman.
Bahs moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kaufman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bahs.
Bahs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bahs tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kaufman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Bahs.
Bahs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kaufman.
Bahs could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kaufman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bahs displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Rodolfo Kaufman has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bahs takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kaufman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bahs appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kaufman connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Kaufman.
Kaufman cracks a nice hook into Bahs's ribs.
Bahs is breathing heavily.
Kaufman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kaufman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rodolfo Kaufman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bahs doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kaufman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bahs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaufman throws a big shot that misses.
Kaufman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kaufman lands a nice looking body shot.
Rodolfo Kaufman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kaufman lands a jab to Bahs's midsection.
Jab by Kaufman.
Kaufman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Bahs is rocked!
Kaufman throws a body shot but no joy.
Bahs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kaufman.
It appears Bahs was looking to counter with a kick there.
Bahs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bahs tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kaufman defends well and Bahs ends up having to push Kaufman into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kaufman lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Kaufman.

Kaufman breaks the clinch.
Kaufman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kaufman cracks Bahs with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Kaufman has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bahs to stand back up!
Oh Bahs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kaufman finds Bahs's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Bahs flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Kaufman lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Bahs will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rodolfo Kaufman!