PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between hairy scalp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendall Maivia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

scalp
vs
Maivia

176 cm
21
156 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Sweet-Tooth Supplements

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, hairy scalp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kendall Maivia!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
scalp scores with a jab to the body.
Nice sprawl there from scalp as Maivia shoots in.
Maivia drops his hands momentarily and scalp takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Maivia needs to keep his hands up - scalp had a free shot at his head there.
Maivia throws a head kick but scalp moves out of range.
scalp jabs Maivia right on the nose. Maivia blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Kendall Maivia has been cut.
Maivia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maivia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

scalp scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
scalp content to control rather than advance.
Maivia is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
scalp trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
scalp throwing shots but Maivia is blocking nicely.
Maivia on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
scalp lands strikes from half guard.
Maivia has a hand on scalp's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. scalp takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
scalp looking to control and managing it successfully.
scalp unloading with bombs!
scalp takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
scalp punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns Maivia that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
scalp punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by scalp.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by scalp.
scalp unloading with bombs!

Maivia is rocked!
scalp has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Maivia looks gassed!
scalp cracks Maivia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
scalp with good strikes from the mount here!
Maivia is still in real trouble! Can scalp finish him?
scalp cracks Maivia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
scalp postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Maivia looks a forlorn figure.
scalp has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Maivia's face.
scalp breaks from Maivia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maivia seems to have recovered his senses.
scalp scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maivia?
scalp lands a big shot to the head and Maivia winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). hairy scalp!