PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kami Kazi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kami Kazi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kazi
vs
Perez

178 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

182 cm
24
182 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kami Kazi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benny Perez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kazi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Perez's head.
Perez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kazi scores with a sloppy right hand. Perez should have avoided that one.

Perez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perez trying to pass the guard but Kazi defending well.

Perez is working for a kimura but Kazi is defending it quite comfortably.

Kazi kicks off Perez and gets to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kazi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perez. That did some damage!
Perez shoots for a takedown but Kazi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kazi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Perez just manages to avoid it.
Perez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez moves out of range of the body kick from Kazi.
Kazi is looking to slow Perez down with leg kicks.
Perez tries for a takedown but Kazi circles away easily
and Kazi counters with a stiff right hand.
Kazi scoring well with a low kick there.
Perez tries for a takedown but Kazi circles away easily
and Kazi counters with a straight right hand.
Kami Kazi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benny Perez.
Perez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kazi counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazi dips to his left and cracks Perez with an uppercut!

Perez is rocked!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kazi.
Perez wants to counter with a clinch but Kazi pushes him away.
Perez dives in for a single leg takedown but Kazi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kazi circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Perez drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Kazi follows Perez to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kami Kazi!
Kami Kazi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.