PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alec Namiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Maywho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Namiki
vs
Maywho

165 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

164 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Urban Savage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alec Namiki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carl Maywho!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters circling a little - Namiki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Namiki enables Maywho to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Namiki manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Namiki controls Maywho momentarily but Maywho frees himself.
Namiki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Maywho!
Namiki wants to control the pace but Maywho is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Namiki controlling from the full mount.
Namiki trying to control but he's not successful this time.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Alec Namiki just wasn't active enough.

Namiki has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maywho turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Maywho manages to end up in side control.
Maywho lands an elbow.
Namiki is looking for a sweep.
Maywho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Maywho fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maywho throws an elbow but Namiki slips to the side and avoids it well.
Maywho in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maywho trying to control the position but Namiki is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maywho controls the position.

Carl Maywho has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Maywho shoots for a double leg takedown but Namiki sprawls well. He's pushed Maywho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Namiki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Namiki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alec Namiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Namiki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maywho looks winded!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Namiki misses with a knee strike.
Namiki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maywho avoids it.
Namiki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Namiki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maywho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maywho is trying to drag Namiki to the mat but Namiki just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Namiki looking to throw knees to the head but Maywho is blocking nicely.
Namiki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Carl Maywho has been cut.
Namiki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maywho tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Namiki smiles and moves away.
Alec Namiki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Maywho.
Maywho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Namiki.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Namiki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Namiki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Namiki throws a front kick that sends Maywho stumbling back into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Namiki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Namiki, right into the meat.
Namiki scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alec Namiki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Maywho's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Namiki thumps Maywho with a low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Maywho crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Namiki - the referee stops the clock and Maywho gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Namiki. Maywho manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Namiki throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Maywho.
Carl Maywho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Namiki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Namiki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Namiki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maywho if he has to take too many more of those.
Crunch! Namiki slams his shin into Maywho's torso.

Namiki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Maywho, pushing him back against the cage.
Namiki with a knee to the head.
Namiki working Maywho over with knees to the body.
Namiki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maywho's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maywho is breathing heavily.
Maywho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Namiki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maywho's face.
Maywho has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Namiki.
Maywho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Namiki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maywho is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Namiki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Namiki.
Maywho avoiding damage as Namiki throws knees to the body.
Namiki scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Namiki obliges.
Namiki landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Namiki.
Namiki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maywho can do to turn this around?
Namiki scores a nice knee to the body.
Maywho takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Namiki lands a knee to the body.
Namiki lands a nice knee to the body.
Alec Namiki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Namiki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Namiki obliges.
Namiki landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Namiki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maywho.
Namiki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Namiki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Namiki.
Namiki landing knees to the head.
Namiki scores with a knee to the head.
Namiki with a knee to the head.

Maywho is rocked!
Maywho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maywho is still on wobbly legs! Can Namiki finish him?
Namiki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Namiki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Namiki with a knee to the head.
Namiki crunches a lovely knee into Maywho's ribcage.
Maywho takes a knee to the side of the body.
Namiki crunches a lovely knee into Maywho's ribcage.
Maywho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Namiki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maywho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Namiki scores with a knee to the head.
Maywho takes a knee right on the jaw!
Namiki lands a knee to the body.
Namiki working Maywho over with knees to the body.
Namiki with a knee to the head.
Namiki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maywho's face.
Maywho drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Namiki gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Namiki lands a good knee to the midsection. Maywho won't want to take too many of those.
Namiki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maywho's face.
Namiki misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Namiki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Namiki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Namiki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maywho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Namiki crunches a lovely knee into Maywho's ribcage.
Namiki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Namiki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Namiki keeps control of Maywho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Namiki.
Namiki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maywho fails to pull guard.
A knee to the head by Namiki.
Namiki with a knee to the head.
Namiki connects with a knee to the head.
Namiki landing knees to the head.
Namiki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maywho's face.
Namiki connects with a knee to the head.
Namiki lands a knee to the head.
Namiki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Namiki looking to throw knees to the head but Maywho is blocking nicely.
Namiki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Namiki scores with a knee to the head.
Namiki misses with a knee to the head.
Namiki tries a knee to the head but Maywho blocks it.
Namiki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maywho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Namiki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Namiki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Namiki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Namiki tries to land a knee to the head but Maywho blocks with his arms.
Namiki throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Namiki lands a knee to the head.
Namiki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Namiki tries a knee to the head but Maywho blocks it.
Namiki is pressed up against the cage. Maywho has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Namiki down to the mat. Namiki avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alec Namiki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Maywho.
Namiki connects with a high kick.
Namiki throws a nice head kick!
Alec Namiki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Namiki lands a head kick. Maywho smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Namiki - that will leave a mark!
A solid leg kick lands there for Namiki.
Namiki connects with a high kick.
Namiki lands a head kick. Maywho smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Maywho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Namiki lands with a kick to the ribs.
Namiki circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Maywho drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Namiki follows Maywho to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alec Namiki!
A victorious Alec Namiki thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.