PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kay Nine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rohan Azrei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rohan Azrei will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nine
vs
Azrei

177 cm
20
179 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Wolfpack Blood Labs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kay Nine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rohan Azrei!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azrei misses with a hook.

Nine closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Azrei quickly recovers to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nine in particular looking to stall.
Nine works his foot free and advances to mount.
Azrei is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Nine controlling from the full mount.
Azrei really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Azrei is trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nine pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nine tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Azrei holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nine has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Azrei's face.
Azrei is trying to stand up.
Azrei is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nine lands a heavy elbow.
Nine with a couple of short strikes.
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!
Nine working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nine content just to control the position here.

Nine is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Azrei can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Azrei holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azrei avoids a series of strikes thrown by Nine.
Nine 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.
Nine tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Azrei is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Nine dominating with strikes here.
Azrei squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nine cracks Azrei with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kay Nine!
Kay Nine decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.