PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arana Kahui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kahui comes to the cage accompanied by Mustasch - Dogwash. The crowd seem to be enjoying Norris's choice of entrance music: The Night by Kromestatik. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kahui
vs
Norris

193 cm
28
221 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

195 cm
31
220 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

No Contest Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arana Kahui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grant Norris!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kahui thows a leg kick but Norris checks it
and Norris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kahui misses with a low kick.
Norris misses with a series of wild punches.
Kahui slips a jab and a cross from Norris.
The fighters circling - Norris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Norris has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kahui is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Some wild striking there from Kahui.
Kahui throws a leg kick that misses.
Kahui digs a good hook to Norris's body.
Kahui misses with a leg kick.
Norris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norris misses with a two punch combination.
Kahui looks to land a combination but Norris avoids it well.
Kahui has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Norris misses with an uppercut.
Norris tries to move into range but Kahui moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Kahui finds it's way through Norris's defenses.
Norris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kahui to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris looks to land a combination but Kahui avoids it well.
Kahui misses with a series of wild punches.
Kahui throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kahui misses with a straight left.
Kahui tries to bum rush Norris with a series of wild strikes but Norris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kahui with a jab.
Kahui keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kahui throws a nice looking combination but Norris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kahui lands a glancing blow to the side of Norris's head.
Kahui lands with a good body shot.
Norris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kahui takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kahui is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norris swinging wildly here.
Kahui misses with a wild combination.
Kahui blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahui throws a right hand that misses
and Norris counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kahui's knee momentarily.
Norris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Norris goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kahui lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Norris backs up against the cage.
Kahui is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norris throws a sloppy head kick and Kahui moves out of range easily.
Kahui buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kahui tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kahui throws a leg kick that is checked
and Norris counters with a right hand to the body.
Kahui misses with a low kick.
Norris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kahui.
Kahui is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Norris scores with a head kick. Kahui tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Norris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Norris misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Kahui misses the target.
Norris throws a series of punches but Kahui avoids them all with ease.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kahui.
Kahui tries to land a leg kick but Norris saw it coming and moves away.
Kahui pivots, looking for a leg kick but Norris is out of range and Kahui settles back down.
Kahui tries a low kick but Norris avoids it.
Kahui misses with a straight left.
Kahui misses with a leg kick
and Norris counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Arana Kahui seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kahui waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Norris.
Kahui showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Norris.
Kahui lands the left hand.
Kahui throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Norris throws a lazy right hand but Kahui sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kahui throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Norris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Kahui misses.
Kahui throws a combination that misses
and Norris counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris moves out of range of the strikes.
Norris throws a head kick that misses.
Kahui wants to clinch.
Norris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Norris does no damage.
Kahui misses with a double jab.
Kahui throws a right and a left that Norris avoids nicely.
Kahui swinging wildly here.
Kahui does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Norris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kahui swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kahui throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Norris drops Kahui with a beautiful combination! Kahui stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Norris is looking for the KO!

Kahui is rocked!
Kahui is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Norris cracks Kahui with a left hook right on the temple and Kahui goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Norris lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Kahui is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Grant Norris!
Post fight, Grant Norris took to the microphone: 'Every win, I get closer to achieving my goal...being recognized as what I am. What I am? I'm the Best in the World. '.