PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Drake Aubrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manya Kizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aubrey comes to the cage accompanied by Over - Drake. Kizz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Go Hard Or Go Home kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Drake Aubrey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Aubrey
vs
Kizz

178 cm
36
167 lbs
35 - 16 - 1

184 cm
30
185 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 35 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Drake Aubrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Manya Kizz!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aubrey just misses with a punch to the body.

Kizz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kizz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aubrey is trying to get back to full guard.
Kizz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Aubrey is working hard here to advance position.
Kizz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kizz lands strikes from half guard.
Kizz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kizz working the head and body with strikes.
Kizz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aubrey is looking to improve his position.
Kizz stalling.
Aubrey trying to control but Kizz postures up.
Aubrey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kizz on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizz with the ground and pound but Aubrey uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Aubrey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kizz is one step ahead there.
Aubrey keeping moving, preventing Kizz from controlling successfully.
Kizz throwing strikes from guard but Aubrey blocks nicely.
Kizz preventing the sweep.
Kizz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kizz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kizz lands a couple of elbows.
Aubrey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kizz is working Aubrey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kizz chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizz with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aubrey wants to get back to his feet but Kizz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Aubrey on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Aubrey tries to get out of the position.
Kizz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kizz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aubrey is keeping the position for now.
Kizz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kizz preventing the sweep.
Kizz lands a couple of elbows.
Aubrey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kizz throws a big elbow that misses.
Aubrey controlling Kizz's posture.
Kizz throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kizz is looking to pass into half guard but Aubrey pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Aubrey is in guard.
Kizz keeping moving, preventing Aubrey from controlling successfully.
Kizz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Aubrey trying to control the position from guard on top but Kizz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

We're going to have a standup here because Drake Aubrey wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Kizz moves into the clinch.
Kizz blocks a body shot from Aubrey.
Aubrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aubrey managing to block the knees to the body from Kizz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aubrey is trying to push Kizz away but Kizz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Aubrey misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Kizz breaks the clinch.
Drake Aubrey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aubrey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drake Aubrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Aubrey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aubrey struggles to land a body shot inside as Kizz controls his hands.
Kizz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aubrey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aubrey avoiding damage as Kizz throws knees to the body.

Kizz has picked Aubrey up - he's going for a ride! Kizz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Kizz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ground and pound from Kizz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kizz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aubrey defending well though.
Aubrey is not content to let Kizz control the position.
Kizz working over Aubrey with some ground and pound. Aubrey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manya Kizz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

That kick from Kizz tenderised Aubrey's leg. Aubrey is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aubrey throws a leg kick
and Kizz counters with a nice leg kick.
Aubrey throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Kizz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Aubrey wants to control but Kizz is keeping busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kizz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kizz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Kizz there.
Aubrey taking some punishment here, with Kizz in his half guard.
Aubrey tries to roll over but Kizz keeps him under control.
Kizz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kizz is nestled in close to Aubrey, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kizz connects with a nice short shot to Aubrey's temple.
Ground and pound from Kizz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizz drops an elbow to the side of Aubrey's head.
Kizz is trying to control the action in half guard but Aubrey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Aubrey trying to control from the bottom.
Kizz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kizz lands with a punch from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kizz is looking to advance position but Aubrey won't allow it.
Kizz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kizz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Aubrey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aubrey blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kizz.
Kizz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kizz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kizz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kizz avoids the attempt from Aubrey to control.
Kizz prevents Aubrey from getting the reversal.
Kizz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Aubrey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Aubrey is rocked!
Kizz lands a big shot there that rocks Aubrey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Aubrey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kizz postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Aubrey badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Kizz around the waist but Kizz pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Kizz is the winner by TKO! Kizz jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manya Kizz!
Manya Kizz took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Brute for their support in the buildup to the fight.