PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rhakesh Alhazred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kix Rus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kix Rus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Alhazred
vs
Rus

179 cm
25
160 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

186 cm
22
155 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rhakesh Alhazred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kix Rus!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alhazred fails to land with a series of punches.
Alhazred throws a nice head kick!
Rus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rus avoids the head kick by Alhazred.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alhazred takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alhazred takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rus avoids the head kick by Alhazred.
Alhazred tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rus has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rhakesh Alhazred seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some bone on bone action there as Alhazred checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A bone on bone clash there as Alhazred blocks the leg kick.
Alhazred throws the kick towards the body but Rus avoids it.
Alhazred looks to score with a jab to the body but Rus is just out of range.
Rus throws a leg kick but Alhazred checks it.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alhazred misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rus.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alhazred misses with an uppercut. Rus saw that one coming.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alhazred misses with a series of wild punches.
Alhazred lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rus scoring well with a low kick there.
Rus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alhazred takes a step back to recover.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rus connects with a solid leg kick.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alhazred blocks 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.
Alhazred throws a body kick that misses.
Rus moves in looking to clinch but Alhazred pushes him off.
Alhazred just misses with a punch to the body.
Alhazred takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Alhazred is breathing heavily.
Rus is looking to slow Alhazred down with leg kicks.
Rus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alhazred is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Alhazred tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rus feints and then cracks Alhazred's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alhazred down.

Rus clinches.
Alhazred is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Rus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rus crunches a lovely knee into Alhazred's ribcage.
Rus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rus is keeping busy.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alhazred blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus 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.
Rus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rus tries to land knees in the clinch but Alhazred avoids the damage to the body.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.
Alhazred stalling in the clinch but Rus improves position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rus.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alhazred blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rus looking to throw knees to the head but Alhazred is blocking nicely.
Alhazred on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Alhazred breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rus moves out of range as Alhazred strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rus tries to clinch up but Alhazred circles away and keeps his distance.
Rus ducks under a wild hook from Alhazred.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alhazred feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rus's calf.
Some wild striking there from Alhazred.
Alhazred throws a head kick but Rus moves out of range.
Alhazred swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alhazred's sensitive parts.
Rus misses with a leg kick
and Alhazred counters with a lovely straight right hand!
An inside leg kick lands from Rus.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alhazred misses with a hook. Rus ducked under it nicely.
Rus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rus throws a leg kick but Alhazred moved away.
Rus walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alhazred.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Rus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rus attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alhazred is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rus's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Rus connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A swing and a miss from Alhazred.
Rus is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alhazred looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alhazred looks to score with a jab to the body but Rus is just out of range.
Alhazred throws a jab when Rus was well out of range.
Alhazred throws the left hand but Rus avoids the punch easily.
Alhazred cracks Rus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alhazred lands a lovely overhand right.
Alhazred checks a leg kick.
Alhazred checks a low kick from Rus.
Rus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alhazred.
Rus avoids the head kick by Alhazred.
Alhazred throws a nice looking combination but Rus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Rus has managed to clinch.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alhazred managing to block the knees to the body from Rus.
Alhazred on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alhazred avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.
Rus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alhazred stalling against the ropes.
Rus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alhazred is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred managing to block the knees to the body from Rus.
Rus working Alhazred over with knees to the body.
Rus landing knees to the head.
Rus tries a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks it.
Rus misses with a knee strike.
Rus is breathing heavily.
Rus tries to land a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks with his arms.
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 is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Alhazred's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rus throws a leg kick that misses.
Rus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alhazred throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alhazred lands with an overhand left.
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rhakesh Alhazred dominated that second 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.

Alhazred throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rhakesh Alhazred is winning the standup battle so far.
Alhazred swings for the body but Rus moves out of range.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses.
Rus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rus moves out of range as Alhazred throws a body kick.
Rus lands a nice looking body kick.
Alhazred throws a head kick that Rus semi-blocks.
Rus motions for Alhazred to come forward. Rus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Alhazred.
Rus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rus thows a leg kick but Alhazred checks it
and Alhazred counters with a nice kick to the body.
Alhazred misses with a body shot.

Rus clinches.
Rus tries a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks it.
Rus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Alhazred blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rus lands a knee to the body.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alhazred is defending well for now.
Rus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus 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 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus tries a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks it.
Rus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alhazred avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rus as Alhazred tries to tie him up.
Rus has Alhazred pressed against the ropes, preventing Alhazred from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Rus.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alhazred blocks it with crossed arms.
Alhazred looking to stall.
Alhazred avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.

Alhazred manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alhazred.
Alhazred sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Alhazred darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alhazred checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rus blocks a head kick by Alhazred.
Rus doesn't manage to clinch there - Alhazred circles away.
Rus throws a low kick but Alhazred avoids it.
Alhazred fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rus checks it well.
Alhazred just misses with a punch to the body.
Alhazred throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alhazred misses with an uppercut. Rus saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick from Rus misses.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rus doesn't manage to clinch there - Alhazred circles away.
Alhazred checks a leg kick.
Rus blocks a head kick by Alhazred.
Some bone on bone action there as Rus checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Alhazred checks a low kick from Rus.
Alhazred will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rus throws and low kick but Alhazred moves out of range easily.
Alhazred lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rhakesh Alhazred clearly takes 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 throws and low kick but Alhazred moves out of range easily.
Alhazred keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rus tries to land a leg kick but Alhazred saw it coming and moves away.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rus takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rhakesh Alhazred is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alhazred throws a head kick but Rus moves out of range.
Rus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alhazred checks a leg kick.
Crunch! Rus slams his shin into Alhazred's torso.
Rus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alhazred takes a step back to recover.
Rus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alhazred is able to avoid easily.
Rus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Alhazred paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alhazred throws a hook but Rus avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alhazred lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rus circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rus. That's going to slow Alhazred down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rus.
Alhazred tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Rus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Rus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Rus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alhazred is defending well for now.
Alhazred is trying to force a seperation but Rus has the dominant position.
Rus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alhazred stalling in the clinch but Rus improves position.
Rus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alhazred blocks it with crossed arms.
Rus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alhazred landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rus misses with a knee to the head.

Alhazred manages to break the clinch.
Alhazred throws a series of punches but Rus avoids them all with ease.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rus counters with an outside leg kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alhazred.
Rus scores with a leg kick.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alhazred scores with a nice right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rus.
Alhazred chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rus can pounce on him.
Rus lets loose with a powerful body kick. Alhazred will feel that in the morning.
Alhazred throws an overhand right that lands on Rus's shoulder, as Rus tries to avoid the shot.
Rus misses with a low kick.
A head kick by Alhazred misses
and Rus counters with a body kick.
Alhazred swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rus lands with a kick to the ribs.
An inside leg kick lands from Rus.
Rus scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rus throws a low kick, looking for Alhazred's leg but Alhazred calmly moves out of range.
Rus throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rus throws a leg kick but Alhazred sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rus tries to clinch there but Alhazred circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kix Rus dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Alhazred tries a head kick but it misses.
Alhazred throws an overhand right that lands on Rus's shoulder, as Rus tries to avoid the shot.
Alhazred fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rus throws a solid leg kick but Alhazred takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rus.
Rus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alhazred checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slow jab from Alhazred misses its intended target.
Alhazred misses with a low kick.
Alhazred misses with a low kick.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alhazred misses with a head kick.
Rus lands a front kick.
Rus throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rus checks a leg kick.
Alhazred misses with an uppercut.
Good leg kick by Rus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rus is looking to clinch.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Rus scores with a push kick.
Rus wants to clinch.
A good leg kick by Rus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rus scores with a spinning back kick!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alhazred checks a leg kick.
Rus throws a leg kick which misses Alhazred's front leg but catches the back leg as Alhazred tries to avoid it.
Alhazred checks a leg kick.
Rus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alhazred takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alhazred throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rus lands a front kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rus - that will leave a mark!
Rus thumps Alhazred with a low kick.
Rus throws a leg kick that misses.
A solid body kick from Rus.
Rus cracks the inside of Alhazred's front leg.
Alhazred chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rus can pounce on him.
Rus pushes Alhazred away with a front kick.
Good leg kick by Rus there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Alhazred avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alhazred moves out of range of the leg kick from Rus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rus moves into the clinch successfully.
Rus 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.
Rus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alhazred wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alhazred blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alhazred on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alhazred looking to slow down the pace here.
Rus trying to land knees to the body.
Alhazred avoiding damage as Rus throws knees to the body.
Alhazred on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rus tries a knee to the head but Alhazred blocks it.
Rus looking to throw knees to the head but Alhazred is blocking nicely.

Alhazred escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kix Rus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 47:48

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