PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Small Fry KayO (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edivaldo Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). KayO comes to the cage accompanied by Bag For Mercy. Edivaldo Luiz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Fry KayO
vs
Luiz

174 cm
24
153 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
142 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Win Nutritional - proof of quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Small Fry KayO!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edivaldo Luiz!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
KayO checks a low kick from Luiz.
Luiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from KayO.
Luiz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Luiz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but KayO moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luiz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luiz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Luiz avoids the head kick by KayO.

KayO closes the distance and pushes Luiz back into the cage.

KayO has clasped his hands together around Luiz's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

KayO is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Luiz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Luiz is pushing KayO's head away, looking to escape. KayO manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

KayO thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Luiz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with KayO. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Luiz wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

KayO is trying to get an arm triangle but Luiz is defending well.
KayO tries to advance to mount but Luiz denies him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz is trying to buck KayO off.

KayO looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Luiz bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Luiz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by KayO.
KayO tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luiz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
KayO avoids a punch combination nicely.
KayO misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
KayO finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for KayO.
Luiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
KayO goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz throws a sloppy head kick and KayO moves out of range easily.
Luiz looks gassed!
KayO takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
KayO scoring well with a low kick there.

KayO drives through and clinches with Luiz against the cage.
KayO connects with a nasty looking knee right to Luiz's face.
KayO landing knees to the head.
KayO misses with a knee strike.
KayO using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Luiz is looking to break free of the clinch but KayO has double underhooks.
KayO lands an elbow just above Luiz 's eye.
KayO tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
KayO misses with a knee to the head.

Luiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Luiz avoids the head kick by KayO.
Luiz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
KayO throws a head kick but Luiz moves out of range.

KayO gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but KayO is controlling him.
KayO tries to land a knee to the head but Luiz blocks with his arms.
Luiz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from KayO.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
KayO changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Luiz fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
KayO takes one on the button.
Luiz is looking to land body kicks.

KayO takes the fight into the clinch.
KayO throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luiz blocks it with crossed arms.
KayO trying to land knees to the body.
KayO managing to block the knees to the body from Luiz.

Luiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luiz scoring well with a low kick there.
Luiz throws a nice looking combination but KayO bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
KayO blocks a head kick by Luiz.
Luiz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice defenses there by Luiz.
Luiz throws a sloppy head kick
and KayO counters with a leg kick.

KayO gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
KayO scores with a knee to the head.
KayO with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
KayO trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz is trying to force a seperation but KayO has the dominant position.
Luiz tries to break the clinch but KayO is controlling the position.
KayO lands an elbow inside that Luiz shrugs off.
KayO tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luiz trying to stall but KayO improves his position.
KayO gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Luiz working hard to break the clinch.
Luiz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but KayO has him pressed against the cage.
KayO lands a knee to the body.
KayO tries to score a body lock takedown but Luiz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Small Fry KayO. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luiz has had enough of the clinch but KayO keeps him there for the moment.
KayO throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luiz blocks it with crossed arms.
KayO tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
KayO tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
KayO looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Luiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. KayO is defending well for now.
KayO tries a knee to the head but Luiz blocks it.
KayO tries a knee to the head but Luiz blocks it.

Luiz breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
KayO throws a sloppy head kick
and Luiz counters with a head kick.
Luiz blocks a head kick by KayO.
Luiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
KayO tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick by KayO misses
and Luiz counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Small Fry KayO 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.

Luiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Small Fry KayO is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luiz misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from KayO.
Luiz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

KayO clinches up against the cage.
KayO crunches a lovely knee into Luiz's ribcage.
KayO tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
KayO lands an elbow just above Luiz 's eye.
KayO landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luiz working hard to break the clinch.
KayO tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
KayO tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
KayO tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Luiz breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from KayO is defended easily by Luiz.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheers as Luiz lands an impressive looking overhand right. KayO doesn't seem phased though.
Luiz throws a head kick that KayO semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - KayO finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

KayO gets in close and instigates a clinch.
KayO crunches a lovely knee into Luiz's ribcage.
KayO misses with a knee to the head.

Luiz breaks from the clinch.
KayO tries a low kick but Luiz avoids it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from KayO. Luiz shrugs it off though.
KayO scoring well with a low kick there.
KayO throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luiz.
KayO tries to clinch up but Luiz circles away and keeps his distance.
KayO throws a head kick that misses.

KayO gets a clinch.
KayO looking to throw knees to the head but Luiz is blocking nicely.
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but KayO has him pressed against the cage.
Luiz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
KayO utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luiz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
KayO throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Luiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz is trying to force a seperation but KayO has the dominant position.
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but KayO is controlling him.
KayO unloads a knee to the mid-section. Luiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Luiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luiz wants to break free but KayO has control.
Luiz takes a knee right on the jaw!
KayO managing to block the knees to the body from Luiz.
KayO drops down looking for an ankle pick but Luiz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Luiz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
KayO delivers a nice body kick.
Luiz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
KayO is looking to slow Luiz down with leg kicks.
KayO lands a nice leg kick that just misses Luiz's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from KayO.
Luiz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
KayO throws a leg kick which misses Luiz's front leg but catches the back leg as Luiz tries to avoid it.
Edivaldo Luiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
KayO fails in his attempt to clinch.
KayO with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
KayO tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz avoids the head kick by KayO.
KayO fails with an attempt to clinch.
KayO fails with an attempt to clinch.
KayO tries to clinch but Luiz moves out of range.
Luiz avoids the head kick by KayO.
KayO blocks a head kick by Luiz.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from KayO. Luiz shrugs it off though.
Luiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
KayO misses with a head kick.
KayO throws a lazy head kick
letting Luiz counter with a right hand.
Luiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
KayO tries a head kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luiz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and KayO has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from KayO and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
KayO checks a leg kick.
Luiz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
KayO throws a head kick that misses.

KayO clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Luiz breaks the clinch.
Small Fry KayO seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick from KayO lands but Luiz takes it in his stride.
KayO tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
KayO slips a jab and a cross from Luiz.
KayO feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Luiz's calf.
KayO fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Luiz avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Small Fry KayO. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luiz misses with a head kick.
KayO lands with a slapping head kick.
KayO is trying hard to land a takedown here. Luiz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Luiz throws a leg kick which misses KayO's front leg but catches the back leg as KayO tries to avoid it.
Luiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
KayO throws a head kick that misses.
KayO takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Luiz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Good leg kick by KayO there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Luiz avoids a kick to the body.
Luiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Small Fry KayO dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Luiz has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by KayO.
Luiz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Luiz throws a leg kick that is checked
and KayO counters with a slapping leg kick.
KayO throws a head kick that misses.
KayO ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
KayO tries to clinch but Luiz is having none of it.
Luiz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

KayO closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Luiz is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
KayO passes to side control.
Luiz is trying to get back to his feet.

KayO thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luiz parries the strikes from KayO easily there. KayO is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Luiz to escape.
KayO prevents Luiz from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

KayO is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Luiz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

KayO tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no KayO has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

KayO wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Luiz, who protects the arm well.

KayO is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Luiz has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz is trying to buck KayO off.

KayO is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Luiz has escaped the position, nice work there.
KayO prevents Luiz from escaping the position.

KayO tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no KayO has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Luiz wants to get back to his feet but KayO drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

KayO looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

KayO working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
KayO is looking to take a break and control but Luiz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Luiz wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small Fry KayO is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Luiz is trying to escape the position but KayO is controlling the position.
KayO wants to control but Luiz is keeping him busy.

KayO is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Luiz has escaped the position, nice work there.
KayO wants to control but Luiz is keeping him busy.
Edivaldo Luiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luiz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Small Fry KayO showed his dominance in that final round.
Well KayO 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Small Fry KayO!