PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cletus Kasady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cletus Kasady has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kasady
vs
Khan

185 cm
28
190 lbs
4 - 16 - 1

185 cm
25
201 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cletus Kasady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Khan!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan misses with a hook. Kasady ducked under it nicely.
Kasady slips a straight right by Khan.
Khan slaps away a takedown attempt from Kasady, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Kasady's head but Kasady sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan throws a poor cross that misses
and Kasady counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kasady wants to land a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Kasady's shoulder, as Kasady tries to avoid the shot.

Kasady drives through with a takedown into Khan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kasady stands and throws Khan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kasady happy to just control the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasady working away.
Khan gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasady blocks Khan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Kasady controlling his opponent.
Khan is working to get back to half guard.

Kasady has isolated one of Khan's arms. Khan looking to fight him off but Kasady twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cletus Kasady!
Cletus Kasady was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.