PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Kumsaloti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kumsaloti comes to the cage accompanied by Spoogie-Pree Me Suh. Saint has chosen Be Aggresive by Faith No More as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kumsaloti
vs
Saint

194 cm
33
220 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

188 cm
35
210 lbs
32 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Kumsaloti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Saint tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saint looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kumsaloti jabs at Saint's body.
Kumsaloti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saint blocks a low kick nicely.
Saint misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saint lands a front kick.
Saint swats away the attempt to clinch by Kumsaloti.
Kumsaloti with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kumsaloti closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Saint quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kumsaloti thows a huge punch but Saint dodges it nicely.
Kumsaloti slips a nice elbow through Saint's hands, connecting with Saint's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kumsaloti thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Saint's head.
Saint is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Kumsaloti is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kumsaloti decides to stand and escape the position.

Saint scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Saint keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Saint throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kumsaloti is looking to escape.

Saint is working for a kimura but Kumsaloti is defending it quite comfortably.
Saint trying to mount his opponent but Kumsaloti defends it.
Saint misses with a head shot. Kumsaloti uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kumsaloti pushes Saint off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Saint shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Saint was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
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!
Saint working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kumsaloti is trying to buck Saint off.
Saint is looking to take a break and control but Kumsaloti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kumsaloti tries to escape but Saint is in control.
Kumsaloti being controlled for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Saint just content to control the position.
Saint working the head and body with strikes.
Saint scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kumsaloti is not content to let Saint control the position.

Saint goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Kumsaloti rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Saint's guard! Nice work there by Kumsaloti!
Saint tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saint looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Kumsaloti stands up and waves to Saint to follow him.
A punch combination from Kumsaloti misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint dodges the punch combination from Kumsaloti.
Saint fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Saint walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kumsaloti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saint swats away the attempt to clinch by Kumsaloti.
Saint throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Saint closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kain Saint will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kumsaloti tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kumsaloti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saint with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kumsaloti to score with a decent uppercut.
Saint misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kumsaloti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kumsaloti throws a shot to the body.
Kumsaloti avoids the body shot from Saint.
Saint checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Saint lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Manny Kumsaloti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Saint.

Kumsaloti instigates a clinch.

Kumsaloti manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kumsaloti looks to land a combination but Saint avoids it well.
Saint misses with a two punch combination.
A shot to the liver by Kumsaloti. Beautiful body shot.
No joy there for Kumsaloti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Saint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saint lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kumsaloti will feel that in the morning.
Saint takes a swing at Kumsaloti's ribcage but misses.
Kumsaloti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kumsaloti fails to land with a series of punches.

Kumsaloti instigates a clinch.
Kumsaloti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Saint is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kumsaloti pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Kumsaloti pulls Saint into guard.
Kain Saint has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kumsaloti seems keen to control Saint's posture.
Saint trying to control but Kumsaloti is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kumsaloti wriggles free and stands up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kumsaloti rushes Saint and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Kumsaloti.
Kumsaloti gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Saint.
Manny Kumsaloti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kain Saint.

Kumsaloti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saint steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kumsaloti.
Kumsaloti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kumsaloti lands with a cross.
Kumsaloti fails to land with a series of punches.

Saint fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kumsaloti to the ground. Saint is now in Kumsaloti's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumsaloti is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
My spies in The Seven Sins Grappling Academy inform me that Saint has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Kumsaloti keeping moving, preventing Saint from controlling successfully.
Kumsaloti is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Saint with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kumsaloti is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Saint is working Kumsaloti over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kumsaloti wants to get back to his feet but Saint is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Saint wants to control from the top but Kumsaloti keeps moving.
Saint works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kumsaloti wants to get back to his feet.
Saint is looking to take a break and control but Kumsaloti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saint prevents Kumsaloti from standing back up.
Kumsaloti is refusing to be controlled, as Saint sits in half guard.

Saint is working for a kimura but Kumsaloti is defending it quite comfortably.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kumsaloti wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Kumsaloti dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Saint shoots in looking for a takedown but Kumsaloti manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Saint's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Saint with a poor takedown
and Kumsaloti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saint tries a head kick but it misses.
Saint looks for the body kick but Kumsaloti saw that one coming.
Saint fails with the takedown.
Manny Kumsaloti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kain Saint.
Kumsaloti looks to land a combination but Saint avoids it well.
Kumsaloti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saint closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kumsaloti circles away.
Kumsaloti misses with a combination
and Saint counters with an outside leg kick.
Kumsaloti misses with an uppercut.
Kumsaloti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Saint throws the kick towards the body but Kumsaloti avoids it.
Saint 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kumsaloti swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kumsaloti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kumsaloti throws a leg kick that misses.
Saint displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kumsaloti.
Kumsaloti defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Saint.
Saint takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kumsaloti avoids the head kick by Saint.
Kumsaloti tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saint fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kumsaloti is out of range.
Saint throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saint throws a nice looking combination but Kumsaloti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saint tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kumsaloti defends well and Saint ends up having to push Kumsaloti into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Saint can't get the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kumsaloti gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Saint.
Saint tries to score a body lock takedown but Kumsaloti shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Kumsaloti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saint has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kumsaloti finds it's way round the side to connect with Saint's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kumsaloti tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kumsaloti plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kumsaloti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saint's sensitive parts.
Kumsaloti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kumsaloti tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kumsaloti shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Saint defends it nicely.
Kumsaloti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Saint shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kumsaloti is looking to escape.
Saint drops an elbow to the side of Kumsaloti's head.
Saint sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kumsaloti defending well though.
Saint sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kumsaloti defending well though.

Saint is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Saint landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Saint prevents Kumsaloti from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saint is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Saint has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kumsaloti is trying to stand back up but Saint is controlling him
Saint is keen to just control but Kumsaloti is a slippery customer.
Saint prevents Kumsaloti from standing back up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kumsaloti with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Saint is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kumsaloti preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kumsaloti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saint.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Manny Kumsaloti.
I think Kumsaloti 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Kumsaloti!
A victorious Manny Kumsaloti thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Kain Saint spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll come back a better fighter, better person. Thank you all for coming out and supporting me'.