PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atlas Kivi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dead comes to the cage accompanied by Death March - Motionless in White. Kivi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Metallica - Ride the Lightning. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dead
vs
Kivi

183 cm
25
169 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

175 cm
40
160 lbs
32 - 25 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Atlas Kivi!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dead ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dead throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kivi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dead with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Dead.
Dead swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dead looks to land a right hand but Kivi moved out of range.
Dead lands a slapping body shot.
Kivi stuns Dead with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dead displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kivi throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Dead.
Kivi moves into range and connects with a jab.
A lazy left from Dead finds it's target.

It looks like Atlas Kivi has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Dead lands a big head kick that sends Kivi tumbling to the mat! Dead takes a step backwards and waves Kivi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kivi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dead misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dead throws a hook to the side of Kivi's head but Kivi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dead listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kivi checks a leg kick nicely.
Dead defending well as Kivi loads up on a big left hand.
Dead avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead takes one on the button.
Dead throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dead misses with a left hand
and Dead takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dead connects with a nice looking jab.
Kivi tries to move into range but Dead moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That has opened up Atlas Kivi's cut even more.
Dead misses with a wild body shot.
Dead misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kivi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dead looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dead throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dead misses with a hook. Kivi ducked under it nicely.
Kivi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dead.
Dead throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kivi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Dead. Those never looked like landing.
Dead throws a combination that misses

and Kivi counters with a takedown into side control.

Dead sneaks out the side door and pushes Kivi away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dead misses with a combination
and Kivi counters with a one-two to the body.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dead lands a nice shot to the body.
Dead connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kivi connects with a body shot that sends Dead's belly button to the back.

Dead lands a left and a right that send Kivi crashing to the mat, dazed. Dead thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kivi is rocked!

The cut above Atlas Kivi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Dead uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kivi.
Kivi is still on wobbly legs! Can Dead finish him?
Dead throws a hook but Kivi blocks it.
Dead lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kivi seems to have recovered his senses.
Kivi blocks a low kick nicely.
Kivi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dead throws a head kick that misses
and Kivi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dead takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dead doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kivi.
Dead throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kivi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kivi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dead smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dead misses with a left hand
and Kivi counters with a stiff right hand.
Dead swinging wildly here.
Dead is looking to land body kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kivi! But no joy.
Dead throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kivi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kivi moves out of range of the leg kick from Dead.
Dead misses with a low kick.
Dead throws a head kick that misses
and Kivi counters with a left to the body.
Dead lands with an overhand left.
Kivi lands a jab-cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Dead misses the target.
Kivi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dead.
Kivi misses with a hook. Dead ducked under it nicely.
Kivi delivers a nice body kick.
Dead throws a poor cross that misses
and Kivi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dead tried to score with a low kick but Kivi checks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kivi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dead misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kivi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kivi misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from Kivi.
Dead misses with a straight left.
Dead takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dead throws a combination that misses
and Kivi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dead misses with a combination
letting Kivi counter with a right hand.
Dead throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dead blocks a jab.
Dead misses with a hook. Kivi ducked under it nicely.
Dead takes one to the side of the head.
Dead takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dead throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kivi moves out of range of the body kick from Dead.
Dead misses with an uppercut
and Kivi counters with a two punch combo.
Kivi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kivi misses with an uppercut. Dead saw that one coming.
Kivi just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Better Dead dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Atlas Kivi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dead misses with the combination.
Kivi ducks under a wild hook from Dead.
Kivi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kivi fakes the leg kick and cracks Dead in the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kivi.
Better Dead is winning the standup battle so far.
Kivi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dead is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kivi can do to turn this around?
Dead dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kivi. That did some damage!
Kivi throws a body shot but no joy.
Dead throws a big shot that misses.
Kivi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A bone on bone clash there as Kivi blocks the leg kick.
The fighters circling - Dead throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dead misses with a hook.
Kivi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Kivi. That snapped Dead's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kivi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kivi scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead misses with a left hand
and Kivi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dead swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dead swings widly with a right hand
and Kivi counters with a stiff right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kivi.
Dead cracks the inside of Kivi's front leg.
Dead throws a leg kick
and Kivi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dead jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kivi throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick by Dead misses
letting Kivi counter with a right hand.
Dead throws a low kick, looking for Kivi's leg but Kivi calmly moves out of range.
Dead throws a right hand that misses
and Kivi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dead looks to throw the jab but Kivi is out of range.
Dead misses with a right hand
letting Kivi counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kivi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dead is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dead ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kivi moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Kivi misses.
Kivi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Kivi.
Dead fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Kivi misses.
A little feinted left hand from Dead on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kivi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dead.
Nice jab there from Dead.
Dead misses with a combination
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Dead takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kivi connects with the punch.
Dead takes a swing at Kivi's ribcage but misses.
Dead misses with an uppercut. Kivi saw that one coming.
Dead stuns Kivi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A low kick from Dead misses

and Kivi counters with a takedown into side control.
Dead tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Dead showing good submission defense here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kivi lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Kivi.

Kivi is cranking Dead's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Dead! He's tightened the choke and Dead is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Atlas Kivi!
Atlas Kivi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Better Dead stepped up to the mic, saying 'I was a little off today...o.k. I'm always a little off.'.