PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kitfo Faye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abbath Immortal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Kitfo Faye has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Faye
vs
Immortal

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BADGER MILK!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kitfo Faye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abbath Immortal!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immortal lands the left hand.

Immortal gets caught flat footed, as Faye shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Faye throwing strikes from guard but Immortal blocks nicely.
Immortal is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Faye is controlling him.
Immortal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Faye!
Immortal avoids the attempt from Faye to control.

Immortal goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Faye turns into him and now he's in Immortal's guard.
Immortal wants to hit a switch here but Faye passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Immortal there!
Faye looking to control but Immortal is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faye thowing shots but they're missing.
Faye can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Immortal is looking to escape.
Faye thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Immortal wants to control but Faye is having none of it.
Faye misses with a head shot.
Faye misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Immortal blocking the ground and pound.
Immortal sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Faye 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.
Faye is trying to control the action in half guard but Immortal is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Faye is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Immortal is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Immortal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Immortal is trying to stand.
Faye is keen to just control but Immortal is a slippery customer.
Faye is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Faye trying to control but Immortal is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Immortal tries to bum rush Faye with a series of wild strikes but Faye uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Faye shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Immortal but Immortal pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Immortal tries to bum rush Faye with a series of wild strikes but Faye uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Immortal doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Faye counters with a single leg into guard. Immortal didn't expect that.
Faye is breathing heavily.
Immortal wants to sweep here but Faye controlling him for the moment.
Faye wanted to stand there but Immortal had control of the position.
Faye throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Immortal works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faye trying to control the position from guard on top but Immortal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Immortal is pulling down on Faye's head to control his posture.
Immortal working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Immortal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Faye pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Immortal is keeping the position for now.

Faye gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Faye closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Immortal struggling a bit here.
Immortal is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Faye off and has taken his back!
Faye tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kitfo Faye dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Faye scores with a nice body kick.
Immortal throws a head kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Immortal. No joy for Faye on that attempt.
Faye throws a leg kick which misses Immortal's front leg but catches the back leg as Immortal tries to avoid it.
Faye shoots and misses
and Immortal counters with a stiff right hand.
Kitfo Faye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Immortal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faye swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Faye fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faye slips a jab and a cross from Immortal.
Faye misses with a takedown

and Immortal counters with a nice double leg into side control. Faye won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kitfo Faye. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Immortal has hold of Faye's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Faye seems comfortable defending it but Immortal has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Faye is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Faye is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Immortal couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Abbath Immortal!