PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ecko Souvongkhamchanh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanaan Rasheem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kanaan Rasheem is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Souvongkhamchanh
vs
Rasheem

185 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

186 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ecko Souvongkhamchanh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kanaan Rasheem!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasheem tries to close the distance and clinch but Souvongkhamchanh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Souvongkhamchanh swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Souvongkhamchanh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rasheem.
Rasheem swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a shot to the body.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Souvongkhamchanh.
Souvongkhamchanh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a head kick but Rasheem moves out of range.
Souvongkhamchanh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Souvongkhamchanh.
Souvongkhamchanh just misses with a punch to the body.
Souvongkhamchanh plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Souvongkhamchanh feints and then cracks Rasheem's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rasheem down.
Rasheem shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Souvongkhamchanh defends it nicely.
Souvongkhamchanh looks to land a combination but Rasheem avoids it well.
Rasheem keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souvongkhamchanh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Souvongkhamchanh connects with a high kick.
Ecko Souvongkhamchanh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rasheem scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Ecko Souvongkhamchanh has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souvongkhamchanh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rasheem scores with a decent looking hook.
Rasheem blocks a head kick by Souvongkhamchanh.

Rasheem darts in and clinches Souvongkhamchanh up against the cage.

Rasheem gets control of Souvongkhamchanh's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rasheem will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souvongkhamchanh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Souvongkhamchanh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Souvongkhamchanh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rasheem keeping full guard, as Souvongkhamchanh tries to pass.
Rasheem is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a big right hand that misses.
Souvongkhamchanh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Souvongkhamchanh looking to pass the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A solid leg kick lands there for Souvongkhamchanh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasheem throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Souvongkhamchanh chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rasheem avoids the head kick by Souvongkhamchanh.
Rasheem blocks a head kick by Souvongkhamchanh.
Rasheem avoids the head kick by Souvongkhamchanh.
Souvongkhamchanh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rasheem is looking to clinch.
Souvongkhamchanh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rasheem takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rasheem doesn't manage to clinch there - Souvongkhamchanh circles away.
Ecko Souvongkhamchanh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rasheem wants to clinch up but Souvongkhamchanh keeps it at a distance.
A clash of legs there as Rasheem blocks the low kick.
A leg kick checked by Souvongkhamchanh.
Rasheem tries to clinch up but Souvongkhamchanh circles away and keeps his distance.
Souvongkhamchanh misses with a leg kick.
Souvongkhamchanh goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Kanaan Rasheem has been cut.
Rasheem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rasheem takes the fight into the clinch.
Souvongkhamchanh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rasheem avoids it.

Souvongkhamchanh manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Souvongkhamchanh.
A head kick misses from Souvongkhamchanh.
Souvongkhamchanh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rasheem shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Souvongkhamchanh defends it nicely.
Rasheem takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rasheem shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Souvongkhamchanh sprawls well. Souvongkhamchanh wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rasheem gets slowly back to his feet.
Ecko Souvongkhamchanh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kanaan Rasheem.
Souvongkhamchanh lands a body shot.
Souvongkhamchanh lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a head kick that misses.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a sloppy head kick and Rasheem moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Souvongkhamchanh. That snapped Rasheem's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasheem fails to land the takedown.
Souvongkhamchanh scores with a head kick.
Souvongkhamchanh changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Souvongkhamchanh will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Souvongkhamchanh.
Souvongkhamchanh tries a head kick but it misses.
Souvongkhamchanh displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Souvongkhamchanh tests Rasheem's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a head kick that misses.
Nice sprawl there from Souvongkhamchanh as Rasheem shoots in.
Souvongkhamchanh is looking to wear down Rasheem with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a sloppy head kick and Rasheem moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souvongkhamchanh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice combination there by Souvongkhamchanh.
An inside leg kick lands from Souvongkhamchanh.
Rasheem blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ecko Souvongkhamchanh dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Souvongkhamchanh pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Rasheem shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Souvongkhamchanh napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rasheem slows the pace down.
Souvongkhamchanh wants to get back to his feet.

Rasheem is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Souvongkhamchanh has escaped the position, nice work there.
Souvongkhamchanh gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souvongkhamchanh wants to get back to full guard.
Rasheem missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rasheem seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Souvongkhamchanh looking for submissions off his back.
Still in half guard, Rasheem seems content to control.

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.

Rasheem is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Souvongkhamchanh wants to get back to full guard.
Souvongkhamchanh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rasheem.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Souvongkhamchanh thows a leg kick but Rasheem checks it

and Rasheem counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Souvongkhamchanh keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Souvongkhamchanh is trying to stand back up but Rasheem is controlling him
Rasheem sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Souvongkhamchanh defending well though.
Souvongkhamchanh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rasheem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasheem thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Souvongkhamchanh's head.
Rasheem takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Souvongkhamchanh kicks Rasheem off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Souvongkhamchanh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Rasheem scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rasheem is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Souvongkhamchanh will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Souvongkhamchanh tries to improve position but can't.

Rasheem tries for a kimura but Souvongkhamchanh is defending well.
Souvongkhamchanh sneaks back into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Souvongkhamchanh is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rasheem pulls his head out easily.
Rasheem has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Rasheem stands up from half guard.
Rasheem throws the kick towards the body but Souvongkhamchanh avoids it.
Souvongkhamchanh lands with an uppercut that bounces Rasheem off the cage and back into rage.
Souvongkhamchanh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Souvongkhamchanh misses with a leg kick.
Souvongkhamchanh just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rasheem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rasheem wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kanaan Rasheem showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Souvongkhamchanh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Souvongkhamchanh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rasheem avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rasheem avoids the head kick by Souvongkhamchanh.

Rasheem closes the distance and pushes Souvongkhamchanh back into the cage.
Souvongkhamchanh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rasheem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souvongkhamchanh avoids it.
Rasheem looking to slow down the pace here.
Souvongkhamchanh working Rasheem over with knees to the body.

Rasheem pulls guard effortlessly.
Souvongkhamchanh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rasheem takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Souvongkhamchanh drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rasheem manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Souvongkhamchanh has Rasheem in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasheem trying to control the position from guard on top but Souvongkhamchanh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Rasheem content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Souvongkhamchanh has locked up a guillotine! Souvongkhamchanh's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Rasheem is holding on here and Souvongkhamchanh must be using up a lot of energy. Rasheem has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Souvongkhamchanh gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ecko Souvongkhamchanh!