PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Kita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Shermann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kita comes to the cage accompanied by Aleja Gwiazd. Shermann has chosen Nirvana - Dumb as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kita
vs
Shermann

195 cm
26
286 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

186 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damian Kita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harold Shermann!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shermann closes the distance and clinches up with Kita, looking for a takedown. Shermann pushes Kita against the cage but Kita circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Kita as Shermann shoots in.
Shermann shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kita pinned against the cage. Kita gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Damian Kita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harold Shermann.
Kita looks to land a combination. Shermann sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Harold Shermann has been cut.
Kita throws a leg kick that is checked

and Shermann decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kita's guard.

Kita manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kita has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Shermann uses from the top position.
Shermann wants to control from the top but Kita keeps moving.

Kita looking for a guillotine here but Shermann defends easily.
Shermann passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kita regains half guard.
Shermann prevents Kita from improving his position.
Shermann scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kita trying to control but Shermann postures up.
Shermann landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shermann lands with a punch from half guard.
Kita wants to control but Shermann is keeping busy.
Kita is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at ReVoLuT!oN !sL@nD GYM, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Shermann working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shermann seems to be looking for submissions.
Well, if Shermann is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Kita moves into full guard.
Shermann stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kita swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Kita had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shermann defends it easily.
Shermann keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kita's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shermann cracks Kita with a solid left hand.
Shermann trying to move into half guard but instead Kita has managed to sweep!

Kita wants to control from the top but Shermann keeps moving.
Kita is looking to work some ground and pound but Shermann has wrist control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shermann can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kita loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shermann managing to control the position.
Shermann punching to the body, from the bottom.
Shermann has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shermann has his feet on Kita's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Kita tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shermann paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kita leaves Shermann with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kita fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shermann throws a series of punches but Kita moves out of range.
Kita lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Shermann backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Kita dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harold Shermann's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kita tests Shermann's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shermann misses with a lunging right hand
and Kita counters with a nice body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Kita there.

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

Shermann is rocked!
Kita could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Shermann looks up at the clock. Bad move! Kita lands a right hand from hell, dropping Shermann. Kita pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damian Kita!
A very excited looking Damian Kita made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.