PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Fistyrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nedser Kiely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fistyrian comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter sandman. Manuel Fistyrian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fistyrian
vs
Kiely

193 cm
20
276 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
270 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manuel Fistyrian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nedser Kiely!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fistyrian throws a body kick that misses.
Fistyrian throws a nice looking combination but Kiely bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fistyrian throws a leg kick which misses Kiely's front leg but catches the back leg as Kiely tries to avoid it.
Kiely shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fistyrian but Fistyrian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fistyrian lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiely circles away quickly and effectively.
Manuel Fistyrian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fistyrian stuffs the takedown.
Kiely tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fistyrian sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kiely somewhat.
Manuel Fistyrian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nedser Kiely.

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

Kiely is rocked!

It looks like Nedser Kiely has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiely throws a leg kick
and Fistyrian counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kiely looks gassed!
Kiely takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fistyrian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kiely's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Fistyrian drives through and clinches with Kiely against the cage.
Fistyrian content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Fistyrian breaks the clinch.
Fistyrian explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fistyrian throws a front kick that sends Kiely stumbling back into the cage.

Fistyrian scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Fistyrian decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Fistyrian looks to land a combination but Kiely avoids it well.
Kiely swats away the attempt to clinch by Fistyrian.
Fistyrian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kiely clinches with his opponent.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fistyrian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fistyrian has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kiely is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Fistyrian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fistyrian lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fistyrian is looking to slow Kiely down with leg kicks.
Kiely misses with a takedown
and Fistyrian counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kiely is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fistyrian throws a head kick that Kiely semi-blocks.

Fistyrian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fistyrian wants to control from the top but Kiely keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kiely manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kiely prevents Fistyrian from getting the reversal.
Kiely tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fistyrian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kiely with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fistyrian is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kiely sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kiely lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kiely prevents Fistyrian from getting the reversal.
Fistyrian wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Fistyrian in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kiely controlling his opponent.
Fistyrian tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel Fistyrian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kiely tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fistyrian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Manuel Fistyrian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Kiely or perhaps it was just good defense by Fistyrian which made him look bad.
Nice takedown defense from Kiely. No joy for Fistyrian on that attempt.

Fistyrian closes the distance and pushes Kiely back into the cage.

Fistyrian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fistyrian moves into the clinch.

Fistyrian manages to break the clinch.
Fistyrian darts in trying to clinch

and Kiely counters with a shoot takedown. Fistyrian fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kiely trying to control but Fistyrian is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely won't allow Fistyrian to sweep him here.
Kiely stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fistyrian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fistyrian can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kiely controls the pace.
Kiely trying to control the position from guard on top but Fistyrian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Fistyrian looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kiely scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kiely with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fistyrian counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fistyrian fakes the leg kick and cracks Kiely in the body.

Fistyrian gets a clinch.

Fistyrian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fistyrian gets the takedown into side control.
Kiely regains half guard.
Fistyrian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kiely can do to turn this around?
Fistyrian performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kiely controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fistyrian is working for a kimura but Kiely is defending it quite comfortably.
Kiely controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kiely on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fistyrian is trying to control. Kiely wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kiely can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kiely keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Fistyrian throws a strike but Kiely avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Fistyrian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kiely is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manuel Fistyrian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Fistyrian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kiely avoids the head kick by Fistyrian.
Kiely closes the distance but Fistyrian moves to the side

and Fistyrian counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fistyrian.
Kiely drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Fistyrian has Kiely pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Fistyrian pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Kiely tumbling to the mat - Fistyrian dives into Kiely's guard.
Kiely wants to sweep here but Fistyrian controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely managing to control the position.
Fistyrian throwing strikes but missing.
Fistyrian trying to control the position from guard on top but Kiely is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kiely seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Fistyrian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kiely is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fistyrian trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Kiely manages to pass to mount!
Fistyrian wants to hold on but Kiely pushes him away.
Fistyrian can't escape the position.
Kiely lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kiely tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kiely can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fistyrian is looking to escape.
Fistyrian is desperately trying to improve his position but Kiely has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely controlling his opponent.
Fistyrian throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kiely prevents Fistyrian from getting the reversal.
Kiely can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fistyrian is looking to escape.
Kiely scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kiely lands a big shot there that rocks Fistyrian but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fistyrian is squirming around, avoiding Kiely's attempts to control the action.
Kiely looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kiely has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Fistyrian's face.
Fistyrian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kiely lands a heavy elbow.
Kiely pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Manuel Fistyrian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kiely scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fistyrian?
Kiely lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nedser Kiely has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kiely landing shots from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nedser Kiely comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fistyrian has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manuel Fistyrian!