PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toa Kiuga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heathcliff Huxtable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kiuga might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wish. Huxtable has chosen Night and Day as his entrance music. Heathcliff Huxtable looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Kiuga
vs
Huxtable

193 cm
28
285 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

196 cm
24
265 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toa Kiuga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heathcliff Huxtable!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Huxtable shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Huxtable was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
An elbow from Huxtable crashes against the mat.
Kiuga dodges the ground and pound from Huxtable.
Huxtable with the ground and pound but Kiuga regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Kiuga regains full guard. Nicely done.
Huxtable throws an elbow that misses. Kiuga uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Huxtable's guard. Nice move by Kiuga!
Huxtable looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kiuga is one step ahead there.
Kiuga trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Huxtable tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Huxtable is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huxtable is trying to keep Kiuga in close.
Huxtable looks winded!
Kiuga won't allow Huxtable to sweep him here.
Huxtable controlling Kiuga's posture.
Huxtable working a defensive guard here.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Heathcliff Huxtable wasn't active enough on the ground.
Huxtable changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kiuga tries to avoid it but Huxtable manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kiuga to the ground. Kiuga escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Huxtable takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Heathcliff Huxtable has been cut.
Huxtable tries for a takedown but Kiuga sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kiuga lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiuga pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Huxtable back to the cage. Kiuga follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Heathcliff Huxtable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kiuga lands with a good body shot.
Huxtable takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kiuga closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Huxtable! Kiuga dives in looking to finish! Huxtable is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toa Kiuga!
Toa Kiuga very nearly forgot to thank TFP Graphics - Pit Inc amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.