PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kix Rus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhakesh Alhazred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kix Rus could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rhakesh Alhazred's chin.

Rus
vs
Alhazred

186 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

179 cm
23
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kix Rus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rhakesh Alhazred!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Rus avoids the body shot from Alhazred.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rus takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rus connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Rus.
Alhazred avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alhazred looks to land a combination but Rus avoids it well.
Rus misses with a low kick.
Rus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rus.
Good leg kick by Rus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rus blocks a head kick by Alhazred.
Rus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Alhazred looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rus blocks a head kick by Alhazred.
Rus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Alhazred.
Rus throws a wild body kick that Alhazred sees coming a mile off.
Alhazred swinging wilding here.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Alhazred tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus throws a leg kick which misses Alhazred's front leg but catches the back leg as Alhazred tries to avoid it.
Alhazred throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alhazred's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rus.
Rus pivots, looking for a leg kick but Alhazred is out of range and Rus settles back down.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rus.
Crunch! Rus slams his shin into Alhazred's torso.
Alhazred looks gassed!

Rus moves into the clinch successfully.
Alhazred is looking to control Rus's arms but Rus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alhazred has his back to the ropes.
Alhazred with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rus keeps control of Alhazred as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alhazred looking to stall.
Alhazred being controlled against the ropes.
Alhazred tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rus missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Alhazred's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alhazred avoids it.
Rus is looking to control Alhazred's arms but Alhazred gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rus has his back to the ropes.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alhazred has had enough of the clinch but Rus keeps him there for the moment.
Alhazred's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alhazred throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rus blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus wants to stall.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alhazred avoids it.
Rus trying to control the position but instead, Alhazred has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rus into the ropes.
Alhazred is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rus is keeping busy.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alhazred avoids it.
Alhazred is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Rus lands a knee to the body.
Alhazred with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rus taking a breather.
Alhazred on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alhazred tries to land a knee to the head but Rus blocks with his arms.
Rus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks with his arms.
Rus leaning against his opponent.
Alhazred on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alhazred.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alhazred tries to land a knee to the head but Rus blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alhazred wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rus has him pressed against the ropes.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Alhazred as Rus tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rus walks into a stiff left hand from Alhazred.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rus blocks a head kick by Alhazred.
Rus fakes the leg kick and cracks Alhazred in the body.

Rus gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Alhazred manages to break the clinch.
Rus throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rus ducks under a wild hook from Alhazred.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alhazred checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rus tries a low kick but Alhazred avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses.
Alhazred circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alhazred misses with a looping left.
Alhazred just misses with a punch to the body.
Rus avoids the head kick by Alhazred.

Rus takes the fight into the clinch.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alhazred has had enough of the clinch but Rus keeps him there for the moment.
Alhazred is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alhazred breaks the clinch.
Alhazred avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alhazred scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rus throws a front kick that sends Alhazred stumbling back into the ropes.
Rus is looking to slow Alhazred down with leg kicks.
Rus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alhazred's sensitive parts.
Rus throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rus.
Rus moves away from the strike by Alhazred.
Rus is looking to score with low kicks.
Kix Rus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alhazred steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rus. That one must have hurt.
Rus slips a jab and a cross from Alhazred.
Rus tries to clinch there but Alhazred circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alhazred throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Good leg kick by Rus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alhazred on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rus. Rus obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Alhazred tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Rus clinches up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rus crunches a lovely knee into Alhazred's ribcage.
Rus managing to block the knees to the body from Alhazred.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Alhazred looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rus crunches a lovely knee into Alhazred's ribcage.
Alhazred blocks an elbow strike.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alhazred tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alhazred blocks it with crossed arms.
Alhazred taking a breather.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.
Alhazred throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alhazred misses with a knee to the head.
Rus lands a damaging elbow.
Rus landing knees to the body.
Alhazred has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rus.
Rus looking to throw knees to the head but Alhazred is blocking nicely.
Rus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alhazred avoids it.
Alhazred has had enough of the clinch but Rus keeps him there for the moment.
Rus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alhazred's efforts to push away.
Rus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alhazred avoids it.
Alhazred takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rus taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rus throws a low kick, looking for Alhazred's leg but Alhazred calmly moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rus, right into the meat.
Alhazred tries to bum rush Rus with a series of wild strikes but Rus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rus really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Alhazred misses with a body kick.
Rus throws a leg kick which misses Alhazred's front leg but catches the back leg as Alhazred tries to avoid it.
Rus keeps Alhazred at a distance using the push kick.
Alhazred is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Alhazred steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rus. That one must have hurt.
Rus tries a low kick but Alhazred avoids it.
Rus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rus throws a nice outside leg kick.
Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses.
Rus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alhazred keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rus avoids the head kick by Alhazred.
Alhazred takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rus cracks the inside of Alhazred's front leg.
Rus tries to clinch up.
Rus scores with a kick to the midsection.
Good work by Alhazred as he checks the leg kick.
Rus is looking to clinch but Alhazred is avoiding it.
Rus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alhazred. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rus feints and then cracks Alhazred's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alhazred down.
Rus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Alhazred misses with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
Alhazred takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alhazred fails to land with a series of punches.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alhazred takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rus.
Rus feints and then cracks Alhazred's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alhazred down.
Alhazred checks a leg kick nicely.
Alhazred tries to land a front kick but Rus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rus.
Rus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Rus.
Rus thumps Alhazred with a low kick.
Rus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alhazred checks a low kick from Rus.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rus cracks the inside of Alhazred's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rus slips a jab from Alhazred.
A good leg kick by Rus.
Rus throws a leg kick but Alhazred sees it coming and moves out of range.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alhazred checks the leg kick nicely there.
Alhazred walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rus.
Rus lands a high kick!
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rus.
Rus throws and low kick but Alhazred moves out of range easily.
Alhazred takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kix Rus is winning the standup battle so far.
Rus tries to close the distance and clinch but Alhazred swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rus avoids the head kick by Alhazred.
Rus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alhazred.
Rus looks to land a combination but Alhazred avoids it well.
Rus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alhazred. That did some damage!
Alhazred on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rus. Rus obviously looking to wear him down.
Alhazred swats away the attempt to clinch by Rus.
Rus wants to land a leg kick but Alhazred is out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rus, right into the meat.
Alhazred is looking to land body kicks.
Alhazred connects with a high kick.
A solid body kick from Rus.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses
and Rus counters with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rus.
Rus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rus.
A good leg kick by Rus.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alhazred checks a leg kick.
Rus tries to close the distance and clinch but Alhazred swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alhazred throws the left hand but Rus avoids the punch easily.
Rus lands a head kick. Alhazred smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alhazred's calf.
Rus throws a leg kick which misses Alhazred's front leg but catches the back leg as Alhazred tries to avoid it.
Rus scores with a leg kick.
Alhazred is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Alhazred stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rus.
Rus throws a leg kick but Alhazred moved away.
Rus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rus misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alhazred misses with a body kick.
Rus misses with a low kick.
Alhazred takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rus.
Alhazred checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Rus instigates a clinch.
Rus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rus scores with a knee to the head.
Rus looking to throw knees to the head but Alhazred is blocking nicely.
Rus tries to stall but Alhazred uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alhazred throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rus with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rus working Alhazred over with knees to the body.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks with his arms.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alhazred tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alhazred.
Alhazred with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Alhazred just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rus's brow.
Alhazred trying to control the position but instead, Rus has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alhazred into the ropes.
Rus missing with knees to the body.
Rus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alhazred has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alhazred breaks from the clinch.
Alhazred throws a lazy head kick
and Rus counters with an outside leg kick.
Alhazred moves out of range of the body kick.
Rus blocks the body kick.
Rus throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Rus.
Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Rus scoring well with a low kick there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
Alhazred throws a head kick but Rus moves out of range.
Alhazred avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rus tries to work over Alhazred's front leg with a kick but Alhazred checks it.
Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Alhazred takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rus lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alhazred swings for the body but Rus moves out of range.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Rus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus had his way with Rhakesh Alhazred in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nice body kick from Rus.
Alhazred throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rus fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Alhazred is out of range.
Rus pivots, looking for a leg kick but Alhazred is out of range and Rus settles back down.
Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Rus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alhazred checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alhazred's calf.
Rus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rus. That's going to slow Alhazred down.
Rus throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rus moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A head kick by Alhazred misses
and Rus counters with a one-two to the body.
Alhazred tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alhazred is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Rus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
Alhazred has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rus.
Rus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rus throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
Alhazred moves out of range of the leg kick from Rus.
Rus wants to clinch.
Rus throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rus scores with a leg kick.
Rus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fighters circling - Alhazred throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alhazred misses with a straight left.
Alhazred swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Alhazred looks for the body kick but Rus saw that one coming.
Alhazred takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Rus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good work by Alhazred as he checks the leg kick.
Rus moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Alhazred keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rus.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rus lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rus.
Rus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alhazred steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rus. That one must have hurt.
Rhakesh Alhazred has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters circling a little - Rus finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Alhazred checks a low kick from Rus.
Alhazred takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alhazred missing with a left hand there. Rus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rus thumps Alhazred with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rus. Alhazred shrugs it off though.
Rus lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alhazred can do to turn this around?

Rus instigates a clinch.
Alhazred misses with a knee to the head.
Rus lands a good knee to the midsection. Alhazred won't want to take too many of those.
Rus scores with a knee to the head.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alhazred avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rus wants to stall.
Rus seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Alhazred is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Alhazred managing to block the knees to the body from Rus.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kix Rus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rus 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:45
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kix Rus!