PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kool Keith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vanapa Animai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Animai has chosen Here comes the hotstepper as his entrance music. Kool Keith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Keith
vs
Animai

198 cm
22
205 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

186 cm
27
212 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kool Keith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vanapa Animai!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Animai dodges the punch combination from Keith.
Animai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Keith uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Animai has time to react.
Keith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Animai.
Animai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Animai closes this distance looking for a takedown but Keith circles away.
Animai tries for a takedown but Keith circles away easily
and Keith counters with a left and a right that stings Animai.
Kool Keith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vanapa Animai.
Animai tries to move into range but Keith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Animai fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Animai fails with the takedown

and Keith counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Animai!

Animai is rocked!

Animai actively working from the bottom here.
Animai is trying to stand.
Animai wants to improve his position but Keith is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Keith gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Keith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Keith.
Animai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Keith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Animai's hands.
Animai fails to land the takedown.
Animai looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking cross lands there for Keith.
Animai throws a jab but it's blocked by Keith.
Animai backs away from a small jab... but Keith lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Animai crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Keith with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Kool Keith!
Kool Keith retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Kool Keith, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.