PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Kulot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Majors Paaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paaine has chosen F*ck Authority-Pennywise as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kulot
vs
Paaine

185 cm
28
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

191 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ron Kulot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Majors Paaine!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulot tries a head kick but it misses.

Paaine darts in and clinches Kulot up against the cage.
Paaine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paaine.

Paaine breaks the clinch.
Kulot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Paaine.
Kulot connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Paaine tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Paaine gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kulot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kulot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kulot gets underhooks to prevent Paaine's takedown attempt.
Paaine tries to land a knee to the head but Kulot blocks with his arms.
Kulot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paaine is defending well for now.
Paaine takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kulot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kulot lands an uppercut.
Paaine looks winded!
Kulot lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but Paaine blocks it.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but Paaine blocks it.
Kulot tries to land a knee to the head but Paaine blocks with his arms.
Kulot landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kulot lands a knee to the head.
Kulot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kulot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Kulot.
Paaine misses with a knee to the head.
Paaine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kulot misses with a knee strike.
Kulot landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Kulot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kulot.
Paaine misses with an elbow over the top.
Paaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kulot lands a right hand.
Kulot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paaine blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kulot scores with a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Kulot.
Kulot landing knees to the head.
Paaine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kulot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kulot lands a body shot.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paaine looking to throw knees to the head but Kulot is blocking nicely.
Kulot unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kulot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kulot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kulot lands a nice knee to the body.
Kulot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kulot crunches a lovely knee into Paaine's ribcage.
Kulot lands a knee to the body.
Paaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kulot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paaine's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paaine misses with a knee to the head.
Kulot scores with a shot to the side of Paaine's head.
Kulot avoiding damage as Paaine throws knees to the body.
Paaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kulot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Good body shot from Paaine.
Kulot throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kulot misses with a knee to the head.
Kulot misses with a punch to the body.
Kulot throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paaine misses with a knee to the head.
Paaine looking for a takedown.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paaine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kulot with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paaine with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kulot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulot connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Kulot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulot avoiding damage as Paaine throws knees to the body.
Kulot pushes Paaine back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kulot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paaine misses with a knee to the head.
Kulot is working Paaine over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kulot.
Kulot scores with a knee to the head.
Kulot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kulot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paaine blocks it with crossed arms.
Kulot pushes Paaine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Paaine wants a takedown but no success here.
Ron Kulot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Majors Paaine.
Kulot lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Kulot.
Kulot landing knees to the head.
Kulot misses with a knee to the head.
Kulot struggles to land a body shot inside as Paaine controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Kulot dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paaine clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ron Kulot has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kulot is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kulot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kulot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paaine can do to turn this around?
Paaine misses with a knee strike.
Kulot misses with a knee to the head.
Paaine misses with an elbow strike.
Kulot landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paaine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kulot looking to throw knees to the head but Paaine is blocking nicely.
Kulot lands a right hand.
Kulot connects with a knee to the head.
Paaine is breathing heavily.
Kulot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulot looking to throw knees to the head but Paaine is blocking nicely.
Kulot misses with a knee strike.
Kulot lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paaine backwards.
Kulot landing knees to the body.
Kulot is working Paaine over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulot lands a knee to the body.
Kulot managing to block the knees to the body from Paaine.
Kulot misses with a knee to the head.
Paaine misses with a knee strike.
Kulot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but Paaine blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Kulot.
Paaine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Paaine.
Paaine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Paaine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Paaine looking to throw knees to the head but Kulot is blocking nicely.
Paaine misses with a knee strike.
Paaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kulot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kulot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kulot lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paaine misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulot missing with knees to the body.
Paaine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paaine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paaine looking to throw knees to the head but Kulot is blocking nicely.
Kulot's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Kulot looking to throw knees to the head but Paaine is blocking nicely.
Paaine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Paaine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kulot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kulot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paaine tries to land a knee to the head but Kulot blocks with his arms.
Kulot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kulot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Paaine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kulot is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kulot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paaine blocks it with crossed arms.
Kulot with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kulot obliges.
Paaine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kulot lands a right hand.
Kulot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kulot lands with a left to the head.
Paaine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paaine has Kulot pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kulot manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Paaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kulot tries to land a knee to the head but Paaine blocks with his arms.
Kulot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paaine blocks it with crossed arms.
Paaine is trying to break free.
Paaine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paaine has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kulot is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kulot lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kulot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paaine lands a nice uppercut.
Kulot looking to throw knees to the head but Paaine is blocking nicely.
Paaine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paaine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Paaine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
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!
Paaine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Paaine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kulot's brow.
Kulot connects with a nasty looking knee right to Paaine's face.
Kulot misses with a knee strike.
Kulot blocks the elbow strike.
Paaine wants to take the fight to the mat but Kulot manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ron Kulot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Majors Paaine.
Kulot throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paaine misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kulot tries to land a knee to the head but Paaine blocks with his arms.
Paaine putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kulot in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Paaine looking for a takedown.
Paaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Paaine takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Kulot dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Paaine checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice body kick from Kulot.

Kulot tries to keep at a distance but Paaine has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kulot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kulot avoids it.
Kulot tries to land a knee to the head but Paaine blocks with his arms.
Kulot misses with a knee strike.
Kulot blocks the elbow strike.
Kulot misses with a knee to the head.
Paaine misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kulot tries to throw a body punch but Paaine avoids it by throwing Kulot back against the cage.
Paaine looking to throw knees to the head but Kulot is blocking nicely.
Paaine tries to land knees in the clinch but Kulot avoids the damage to the body.
Kulot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kulot utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Paaine missing with knees to the body.
Paaine avoiding damage as Kulot throws knees to the body.
Paaine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paaine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Paaine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kulot blocks it with crossed arms.
Kulot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kulot lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Paaine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Paaine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kulot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kulot using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kulot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kulot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kulot unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kulot connects with a knee to the head.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kulot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kulot scores with a knee to the head.
Paaine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paaine takes a knee right on the jaw!

Paaine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kulot clinches up with Paaine and pushes him back against the cage.
Paaine lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kulot backwards.
Kulot tries to land knees in the clinch but Paaine avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Kulot.
Paaine is trying to break free.
Kulot landing knees to the body.
Kulot lands a good knee to the midsection. Paaine won't want to take too many of those.
Kulot misses with a knee to the head.
Kulot misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulot avoiding damage as Paaine throws knees to the body.

Paaine turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Paaine manages to end up in side control.
Kulot is pushing Paaine's head away, looking to escape. Paaine manages to hold on to the position though.
A lull in the action here.
Kulot is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The referee asks Paaine politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Paaine prefers to stall for the moment though.

Paaine tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Majors Paaine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Paaine is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kulot has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paaine tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kulot is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Paaine is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kulot is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ron Kulot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kulot takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Majors Paaine.
I think Kulot has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Kulot!
During a confident post fight interview, Ron Kulot thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.