PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Cheung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neho Kipei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cheung has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Eddie Cheung looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cheung
vs
Kipei

165 cm
23
213 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

185 cm
22
219 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eddie Cheung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Neho Kipei!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kipei fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cheung avoids it really well and circles away.
Cheung is breathing heavily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kipei.

Cheung gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kipei to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kipei landing some decent shots from guard.
Kipei lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kipei cracks Cheung with a solid left hand.
Kipei pushing down on Cheung's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cheung on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cheung tries to get out of the position.
Kipei lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ground and pound from Kipei.
Kipei working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kipei slips a nice elbow through Cheung's hands, connecting with Cheung's forehead.
Kipei has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cheung is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kipei scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kipei seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kipei passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kipei lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cheung hang on?
Kipei landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kipei is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cheung can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cheung might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kipei landing punches.
Kipei working Cheung over with strikes here.
Kipei dominating with strikes here.
Cheung is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kipei landing strikes from the mount and Cheung is in trouble!
Kipei unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Cheung wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Kipei celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neho Kipei!
A pretty intense looking Neho Kipei took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.