PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sung Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjan Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ho
vs
Kush

171 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

156 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sung Ho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arjan Kush!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ho.
Ho goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Ho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kush tries a body shot but Ho blocks it.

Ho breaks from the clinch.
Ho shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kush defends it nicely.
Kush changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ho shoots in but no luck this time.
Ho fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sung Ho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kush darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ho blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ho wants to improve his position but Kush is controlling well.

Kush is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ho keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kush lands a nice short elbow.
Ho has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kush is working away from the top position though.
Kush winds up and cracks Ho with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kush content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kush landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kush lands with a punch from half guard.
Kush is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Ho is rocked!

It looks like Sung Ho has been cut.
Kush controlling the pace.
Oh Ho is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kush looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ho with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kush has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kush lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Ho quite badly. Ho pulls Kush in close trying to recover. Kush postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Ho on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Ho doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arjan Kush!