PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pranav Kumaran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceasar Memphis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kumaran
vs
Memphis

180 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

178 cm
25
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pranav Kumaran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ceasar Memphis!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Memphis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kumaran takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kumaran fails with an attempt to clinch.

Memphis drives through and clinches with Kumaran against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kumaran.

Memphis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Memphis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kumaran is looking for a counter combo.
Memphis throws a right hand that Kumaran ducks under and follows up with a left that Kumaran also avoids with ease.
Kumaran misses with a head kick.
It seemed like Memphis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Memphis drives through and clinches with Kumaran against the cage.
Nice body punch from Memphis - that landed with a thud.
Memphis lands a hook that snaps the head of Kumaran backwards.
Kumaran throws an elbow but it misses.
Memphis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Memphis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Memphis.
Memphis swings wildly with an uppercut but Kumaran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Memphis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Memphis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kumaran takes an elbow to the forehead.
Memphis scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Memphis.
Kumaran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Memphis.
A nice left hand lands by Memphis.
Memphis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Memphis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kumaran backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Memphis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Memphis lands with a left to the head.
Memphis lands a shoulder strike.
Memphis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Memphis lands with a left to the head.
Memphis lands a left hand.
Memphis gets through Kumaran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Memphis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kumaran.
A hook to the body from Memphis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Memphis on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Memphis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Memphis lands an elbow inside.
Memphis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Memphis is stalling here.
Memphis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Memphis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Memphis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kumaran backwards.
Memphis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Memphis digs a right hand into Kumaran's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kumaran's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Memphis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kumaran is trying to break the clinch but Memphis is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Memphis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Memphis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kumaran's hands.
Kumaran tries to clinch up
and Memphis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kumaran is breathing heavily.
Memphis lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Kumaran falls backwards - clearly groggy! Memphis dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ceasar Memphis!
During a confident post fight interview, Ceasar Memphis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.