PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salim Al Muri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LeChoke Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salim Al Muri could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to LeChoke Kingston's chin.

Al Muri
vs
Kingston

188 cm
19
219 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
198 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Salim Al Muri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, LeChoke Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Muri throws a right hand that Kingston ducks under and follows up with a left that Kingston also avoids with ease.
Kingston tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kingston looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Al Muri throws the left hand but Kingston avoids the punch easily.
Al Muri tries to land a leg kick but Kingston saw it coming and moves away.
Kingston is looking to clinch.
Al Muri throws a body punch but Kingston moves out of range.
Al Muri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al Muri misses with a wild combination.
Kingston tries to close the distance and clinch but Al Muri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Al Muri throws the kick towards the body but Kingston avoids it.
Kingston wants to clinch.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Kingston or perhaps it was just good defense by Al Muri which made him look bad.
Kingston throws a leg kick but Al Muri sees it coming and moves out of range.

Al Muri looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kingston not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Al Muri has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Al Muri with a nice head shot there.
Al Muri is looking to work some ground and pound but Kingston has wrist control.
Al Muri keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kingston's head.
Al Muri working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Kingston has his foot on Al Muri's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Al Muri works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Muri is in close to Kingston's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Al Muri looking to sit in guard and control but Kingston gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kingston is fighting to break Al Muri's control of his arms but Al Muri is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Al Muri tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kingston trying to control but Al Muri is working from the bottom.
Al Muri tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Muri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Muri tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Al Muri looking to score a takedown here. Kingston is defending well but Al Muri drives through and ends up in Kingston's guard.
Kingston keeping moving, preventing Al Muri from controlling successfully.
Al Muri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kingston works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Al Muri lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Al Muri lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Kingston is rocked!
Al Muri seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kingston is still in real trouble! Can Al Muri finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Muri postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Kingston covers up, he's hurt! Al Muri keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Al Muri and the ref steps in to end the fight! Al Muri can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salim Al Muri!