PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Rimes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Kaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rimes's entrance music is Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rimes
vs
Kaz

204 cm
31
217 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

186 cm
29
175 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

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 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Optimus Rimes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Kaz!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rimes is looking to clinch.
Kaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Kaz throws out a counter right but Rimes avoids it with no problem.
Rimes 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.
Rimes wants to clinch.
Rimes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kaz lands a right hook to the body.
Rimes throws a body kick that misses.
Rimes throws a chopping leg kick but Kaz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kaz lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rimes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kaz.
Rimes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rimes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kaz.
Kaz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kaz keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rimes fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Kaz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rimes lands with an uppercut that bounces Kaz off the cage and back into range.
Kaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rimes scores with a jab to the head.
Kaz lands an overhand right.
Rimes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kaz staying out of range there.
Kaz throws a big counter head kick but Rimes avoids it with no problem.
Rimes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kaz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rimes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kaz.
Kaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rimes misses with a lunging right hand
and Kaz counters with a leg kick.
Kaz looks for the body kick but Rimes saw that one coming.
Rimes seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kaz misses with a hook.
Kaz misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaz digs a good hook to Rimes's body.
A punch lands to the side of Kaz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot lands for Kaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rimes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rimes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
A short uppercut from Rimes.
Kaz leaning against his opponent.
Kaz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rimes tries to land a knee to the head but Kaz blocks with his arms.
Rimes lands a left hand.
Rimes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaz prevents a body shot from Rimes.
Kaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaz lands a shoulder strike.
Rimes lands a right hand.
Kaz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rimes with a knee to the head.
Rimes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rimes.
Kaz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rimes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kaz lands a good knee to the midsection. Rimes won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Kaz.
Rimes lands with a left to the head.
Kaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rimes lands a shot to the body.
Rimes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kaz leaning against his opponent.
Kaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Rimes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Rimes.
Rimes prevents a body shot from Kaz.
Kaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rimes lands a shoulder strike.
Rimes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
Kaz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rimes pushes Kaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rimes has a couple of punches blocked by Kaz.
Rimes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaz blocks an uppercut.
Kaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rimes blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaz digs a right hand underneath Rimes's ribcage. Rimes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right handed body shot lands from Rimes.
Kaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rimes has a couple of punches blocked by Kaz.
Rimes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rimes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kaz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rimes managing to block the knees to the body from Kaz.
Kaz is trying to maintain a safe position but Rimes gets an underhook and turns Kaz into the cage.
Rimes is leaning against Kaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rimes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rimes.
Kaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rimes misses with a knee strike.
Kaz pushes Rimes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kaz missing with knees to the body.
Kaz blocks a body shot from Rimes.
Rimes tries to throw a body punch but Kaz avoids it by throwing Rimes back against the cage.
Kaz connects with a knee to the head.
Rimes misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Max Kaz will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kaz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rimes misses with a left hand
and Kaz counters with an outside leg kick.
Kaz tries a head kick but it misses.
Rimes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kaz manages to circle out of the way.
Rimes feints and then cracks Kaz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kaz down.
Kaz throws out a leg kick but Rimes moves out of range and Kaz only half commits.
Max Kaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rimes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Rimes gets a clinch.
Optimus Rimes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kaz blocks an uppercut.
Rimes lands a nice shot to the body.
Rimes looking to throw knees to the head but Kaz is blocking nicely.
Rimes lands with a short shot to the head.
Kaz lands an elbow just above Rimes 's eye.
Rimes works on Kaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Kaz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaz looking to slow down the pace here.
Rimes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kaz blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Rimes managing to block the knees to the body from Kaz.
Kaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rimes is defending well for now.
Kaz blocking some punches.
Kaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kaz missing with knees to the body.
Kaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kaz throws an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Rimes.
Rimes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kaz.
Kaz is breathing heavily.
Rimes works on Kaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Rimes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kaz avoids it.
Rimes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
Rimes lands a shoulder strike.
Rimes lands a right hand.
Rimes scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Rimes.
Kaz takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Max Kaz has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Rimes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rimes scores with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Rimes scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Rimes.
Rimes tries a body shot but Kaz blocks it.
Rimes works on Kaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Rimes managing to block the knees to the body from Kaz.
Kaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rimes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kazs head.
Rimes tries to work over Kaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rimes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kaz working aggressively here.
Kaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rimes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rimes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kaz misses with the head strike.

Rimes drops Kaz with a big knee straight up the middle! Kaz is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Kaz is rocked!
Rimes cracks Kaz with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Kaz falls to his knees and Rimes doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Optimus Rimes!
Optimus Rimes took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Top Dogs for their support in the buildup to the fight.