PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Kumsaloti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manny Kumsaloti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kumsaloti
vs
Price

194 cm
21
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

201 cm
26
255 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Kumsaloti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Price!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price wants to slow Kumsaloti down by chopping away at his legs.
Kumsaloti misses with a hook
and Price counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Price walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Max Price has been cut.
Price misses with an uppercut
and Kumsaloti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Price thinking.
Kumsaloti stuffs the takedown attempt from Price. Price gets slowly back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price throws a poor cross that misses
and Kumsaloti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Price misses with a body shot
and Kumsaloti counters with a nice uppercut.

Kumsaloti drops his shoulder and cracks Price with a huge uppercut! Price goes down! Can Kumsaloti finish him?

That has opened up Max Price's cut even more.
Kumsaloti trying to control the position from guard on top but Price is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kumsaloti slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kumsaloti trying to control the position but Price is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price dodges the ground and pound from Kumsaloti.
Kumsaloti trying to control the position but Price is working away.
Kumsaloti advances to mount.
Kumsaloti looking to finish with strikes here!
Kumsaloti can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Price is looking to escape.
Kumsaloti throwing strikes here but Price is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Price holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kumsaloti tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kumsaloti throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Kumsaloti has hold of Price's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Price manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Price is squirming around, avoiding Kumsaloti's attempts to control the action.
Kumsaloti cracks Price with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kumsaloti working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Max Price's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Max Price's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Manny Kumsaloti!