PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Druin Kahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Cuervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kahn
vs
Cuervo

170 cm
25
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
136 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™
Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Druin Kahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Cuervo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuervo scores with a hook to the body. Kahn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kahn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cuervo is fending him off so far but Kahn persists. Nope, Cuervo circles away and we're back to standing.
Kahn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cuervo.
Kahn tries to clinch up but Cuervo circles away and keeps his distance.
Kahn shoots in looking for a takedown. Cuervo tries to sprawl out of it but Kahn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cuervo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cuervo misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Cuervo misses.
Cuervo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kahn manages to avoid it.

Kahn rushes Cuervo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cuervo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahn tries to pull guard but Cuervo holds him up against the cage and eventually Kahn drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Druin Kahn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kahn tries to pull guard but Cuervo won't allow it.
Kahn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cuervo smiles and moves away.
Kahn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jose Cuervo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cuervo looks to land a right hand but Kahn moved out of range.
Cuervo throws out a loose jab but Kahn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuervo slaps away a takedown attempt from Kahn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kahn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo throws a jab when Kahn was well out of range.
No joy there for Kahn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cuervo lands a jab.
Kahn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice body punch from Cuervo.
Kahn walks into a stiff left hand from Cuervo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuervo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A cross from Cuervo lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cuervo misses with a body shot.
Kahn walks into a jab.
Cuervo punishes Kahn's body with a nice straight punch.
Cuervo avoids the body shot from Kahn.
Cuervo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A punch lands to the side of Kahn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kahn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cuervo.

Kahn is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Cuervo engages and cracks Kahn with a massive lead left hook - Kahn tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Cuervo is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jose Cuervo!