PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kileki Kawike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cthulhu Fhtagn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawike comes to the cage accompanied by Anthrax w/ Public Enemy - Bring the Noise. Fhtagn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cthulhu Fhtagn!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kawike
vs
Fhtagn

189 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

194 cm
21
209 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kileki Kawike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cthulhu Fhtagn!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fhtagn lands with a slapping head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fhtagn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cthulhu Fhtagn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fhtagn moves in looking to clinch but Kawike pushes him off.
Kawike swings for the body but Fhtagn moves out of range.
Fhtagn tries a head kick but it misses.
Kawike stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fhtagn.
Fhtagn is looking to clinch but Kawike is avoiding it.
Fhtagn wants to clinch up but Kawike keeps it at a distance.
Fhtagn tries to clinch up but Kawike circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick from Fhtagn misses.
Kawike misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kawike lands a right hook to the body.
Fhtagn stuffs the takedown attempt from Kawike. Kawike gets slowly back to his feet.
Kawike connects with a nice looking jab.
Fhtagn throws the kick towards the body but Kawike avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fhtagn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fhtagn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kawike.
Kawike avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fhtagn misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Fhtagn.
Fhtagn walks into a jab.
Fhtagn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kawike if he has to take too many more of those.
Kawike fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fhtagn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kawike misses with a low kick.

Fhtagn closes the distance and clinches.
Fhtagn landing knees to the head.
Fhtagn landing knees to the body.
Kawike avoiding damage as Fhtagn throws knees to the body.
Kawike on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kawike is trying to stall.
Fhtagn lands an elbow just above Kawike 's eye.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fhtagn looking to throw knees to the head but Kawike is blocking nicely.
Fhtagn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fhtagn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fhtagn tries to land a knee to the head but Kawike blocks with his arms.
Fhtagn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawike wants to stall.
Fhtagn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawike.
Fhtagn tries to land knees in the clinch but Kawike avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fhtagn throws an elbow but misses.
Kawike drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fhtagn gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kileki Kawike. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fhtagn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kawike is defending well for now.
Fhtagn scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fhtagn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fhtagn throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fhtagn throws an elbow but misses.
Fhtagn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawike.
Fhtagn misses with a knee to the head.
Fhtagn tries to land knees in the clinch but Kawike avoids the damage to the body.
Fhtagn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kawike avoiding damage as Fhtagn throws knees to the body.
Kawike on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fhtagn looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fhtagn scores a nice knee to the body.
Kawike looking for a takedown.
Fhtagn tries to land knees in the clinch but Kawike avoids the damage to the body.
Fhtagn lands an elbow that stopped Kawike in his tracks for a moment.
Fhtagn lands an elbow that stopped Kawike in his tracks for a moment.
Fhtagn tries to land knees in the clinch but Kawike avoids the damage to the body.
Fhtagn trying to land knees to the body.
Fhtagn pushes off an throws an elbow but Kawike leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kawike is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fhtagn with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Kawike has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Fhtagn uses from the top position.

Kawike looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fhtagn wants to get up but he can't break Kawike's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Kawike tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kawike looking for a guillotine here but Fhtagn defends easily.

Kawike escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fhtagn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kawike keeping moving, preventing Fhtagn from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fhtagn tries to stand but Kawike is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cthulhu Fhtagn dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kawike lands a jab to the head.
Fhtagn tries to clinch but Kawike moves out of range.

Fhtagn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kawike on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kawike blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fhtagn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kawike has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kawike takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kawike is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fhtagn gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fhtagn lands an elbow inside that Kawike shrugs off.
Fhtagn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kawike avoids it.
Fhtagn lands a nice elbow.
Kawike avoids the elbow strike from Fhtagn, against the cage.
Kawike blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fhtagn lands an elbow just above Kawike 's eye.
Fhtagn misses with a knee to the head.
Fhtagn looking to throw knees to the head but Kawike is blocking nicely.
Fhtagn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawike.
Kawike on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fhtagn is breathing heavily.
Kawike stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawike looking to throw knees to the head but Fhtagn is blocking nicely.
Fhtagn missing with knees to the body.
Kawike leaning against his opponent.
Kawike is trying to break free.
Fhtagn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawike.
Fhtagn with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fhtagn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kawike's brow.
Fhtagn trying to land knees to the body.
Fhtagn looking to throw knees to the head but Kawike is blocking nicely.
Fhtagn trying to land knees to the body.
Kawike stalling.
Fhtagn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kawike on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Kawike ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kawike no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Kawike has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fhtagn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kawike controls Fhtagn momentarily but Fhtagn frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kawike is looking for a triangle but Fhtagn pushes his legs off easily.
Fhtagn trying to control but Kawike is working from the bottom.
Fhtagn wants to stand but Kawike has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Fhtagn must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fhtagn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kawike has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fhtagn has managed to get both his arms back between Kawike's legs - danger averted.

Fhtagn stands up and waves to Kawike to follow him.
Kawike scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kawike throws a wild body kick that Fhtagn sees coming a mile off.
Kawike swats away the attempt to clinch by Fhtagn.
Fhtagn throws a head kick but Kawike moves out of range.

Fhtagn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fhtagn looking to throw knees to the head but Kawike is blocking nicely.
Kawike managing to block the knees to the body from Fhtagn.
A frustrated look appears on Kawike's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fhtagn tries to land knees in the clinch but Kawike avoids the damage to the body.

Kawike has picked Fhtagn up - he's going for a ride! Kawike dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Kawike not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fhtagn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kawike scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fhtagn wants to control but Kawike is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kawike wants to free his trapped foot but Fhtagn is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fhtagn is trying to control but can't.
Kawike tries to pass to full mount but Fhtagn defends it.
Kawike throws a strike but Fhtagn avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kileki Kawike dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fhtagn moves in looking to clinch but Kawike pushes him off.
Kawike swats away the attempt to clinch by Fhtagn.
Fhtagn throws a head kick but Kawike moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fhtagn.
Fhtagn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kawike avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fhtagn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Fhtagn gets a clinch.
Fhtagn misses with a knee to the head.
Fhtagn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kawike blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fhtagn missing with knees to the body.
Fhtagn misses with a knee to the head.
Fhtagn tries a knee to the head but Kawike blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fhtagn.
Fhtagn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawike.
Kawike avoiding damage as Fhtagn throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fhtagn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kawike has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fhtagn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kawike.
Kawike goes for a takedown attempt but Fhtagn pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kawike avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Kawike.
Fhtagn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kawike throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fhtagn is looking to clinch.
Kawike tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kawike misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fhtagn.
Cthulhu Fhtagn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fhtagn is looking to clinch.
Kawike tests Fhtagn's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kawike.
Fhtagn tries to buck Kawike off but Kawike is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kawike looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fhtagn is looking to reverse the position.
Fhtagn is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Fhtagn wants to improve his position but Kawike is controlling well.
Fhtagn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fhtagn.
Fhtagn looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fhtagn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kawike stands and throws Fhtagn's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kawike trying to control the position but Fhtagn is working away.
Fhtagn wants to control but Kawike postures up.
Fhtagn gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kawike is thwarting Fhtagn's attempts to control the position.

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.
Kawike tries to pass to full mount but Fhtagn defends it.
Fhtagn has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kawike is working away from the top position though.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fhtagn swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cthulhu Fhtagn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fhtagn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cthulhu Fhtagn!