PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cabaas Ashkir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kieta Vivian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ashkir might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to HALL OF FAME. Kieta Vivian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ashkir
vs
Vivian

176 cm
25
147 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ace of Spades

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cabaas Ashkir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kieta Vivian!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vivian will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vivian has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ashkir is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Vivian leaves Ashkir with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ashkir looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No luck for Vivian with that takedown attempt.
Ashkir fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cabaas Ashkir. 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.
Vivian misses with a combination
and Ashkir counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Vivian is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashkir wants to clinch up but Vivian keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from Vivian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Ashkir has taken the fight to the clinch.

Vivian has Ashkir pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Vivian pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Ashkir tumbling to the mat - Vivian dives into Ashkir's guard.
Ashkir tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Vivian thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Vivian drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Vivian jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ashkir looking to control.

Vivian thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Vivian drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Vivian seems to have locked his on tight now - Ashkir screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Vivian, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Kieta Vivian!
During a confident post fight interview, Kieta Vivian thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Cabaas Ashkir stepped up to the mic, saying 'congrats, deserved but I will be back'.