PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Amhed Pour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ri Ku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pour
vs
Ku

162 cm
24
141 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
137 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Amhed Pour!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ri Ku!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pour digs a good body shot into Ku's ribs.
Pour ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ku moves away.
It seemed like Ku was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pour tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ku was well out of range. Poor timing from Pour.
Ku moves out of range as Pour strikes.
Ku steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Pour misses with a right hand
and Ku counters with a good, hard body kick but Pour shrugs it off.
Pour lands an overhand right.
Pour takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pour throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ku looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ku lands a nice shot that snaps Pour's head back.
Pour waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ku.
Ku looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ku fakes the leg kick and cracks Pour in the body.
Ku's coach down at Cozad MMA Hilo was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ku's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Pour misses with a straight right.
Pour pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ku avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ku moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ku lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pour on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pour fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pour takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ku swats away the attempt to clinch by Pour.
Pour just misses with a punch to the body.
Pour is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ku's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pour swings for the body but Ku moves out of range.
Ku moves out of range of the strikes.
Ku is looking for the big counter here.
Ku swinging wildly here.
A jab from Ku misses.
Ku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pour avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pour is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ku.
Ku misses with the combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ku wants to break free but Pour has control.
Pour lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ku backwards.

Ku manages to break the clinch.
Pour throws out a loose jab but Ku uses good head movement to avoid it.

Pour rushes Ku and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ku blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ku blocking some punches.
Pour tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ku.
Ku tries to break free but Pour pushes him back against the cage.
Ku blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pour misses with a knee strike.
Pour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ku breaks from the clinch.

Pour closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Ku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ku throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
No joy there for Ku, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pour takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pour lands with a good body shot.
Ku misses with a wild combination.
Pour throws out a loose jab but Ku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ku ducks under a wild hook from Pour.
Ku scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ku throws a jab but it's blocked by Pour.
Pour misses with a straight left.
Pour moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pour sizes up Ku with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Ku misses its intended target.
Pour misses the shot to the body.
Pour blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pour throws a looping overhand right but Ku ducks down to avoid it.
Pour misses the jab.
Ku looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pour cracks Ku with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ku takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pour looks to land a right hand but Ku moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Ku on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ku throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Pour has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Pour forces Ku back against the cage and clinches.
Ku tries to break the clinch but Pour is controlling the position.
Ku has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Ku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ku looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pour throws a jab when Ku was well out of range.
Ku lands with an uppercut that bounces Pour off the cage and back into range.
Pour waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ku.
Pour throws an off balance right hand
letting Ku counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ri Ku dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pour misses the shot to the body.
Ku unleashes a big counter combination but Pour bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pour just misses with a punch to the body.
Pour will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Pour swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ku counters with a stiff right hand.
Pour misses with a looping right.
Ku looks to land a combination but Pour avoids it well.
Pour throws a big shot that misses.
Ku looks to land a left hand but Pour moved out of range nicely.
Ku throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Pour counters with a nice uppercut.
Pour lands the left hand.
Pour throws a hook to the side of Ku's head but Ku sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pour throws a lazy right hand but Ku sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ku uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pour.
Pour with a hook.
Ku throws a right hand that Pour ducks under and follows up with a left that Pour also avoids with ease.
Ku throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pour is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ku throws a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pour misses with a hook
and Ku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ku misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pour throws a looping overhand right but Ku ducks down to avoid it.
Ku connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pour momentarily.
Ku throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pour clobbers Ku with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pour moves out of range of the strikes.
Ku misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pour changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pour misses with a body punch
and Ku counters with a nice uppercut.
Pour scores with a decent looking hook.
Ku throws a series of punches but Pour moves out of range.
Ri Ku is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ku avoids the body shot from Pour.
Ku lands a jab to the nose.

Pour closes the distance and clinches.
Pour effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pour throws a punch but it's blocked by Ku.
Ku is trying to push Pour away but Pour has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ku is looking to break free of the clinch but Pour has double underhooks.
Pour keeps control of Ku as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Pour.
Pour throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kus head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A head punch on the inside from Pour fails to land.
Pour has a couple of punches blocked by Ku.
Pour keeps control of Ku as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pour will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ku up against the cage.
Ku is trying to break the clinch but Pour is controlling him.
Pour swings wildly with an uppercut but Ku uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ku blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ku is trying to break the clinch but Pour is controlling him.
Ku blocking some punches.

Ku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pour scores with a nice right hand.
Pour swings for the body but Ku moves out of range.
Ku pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ku fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pour on the side of the head.
Amhed Pour seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ku looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Ku gets tackled into the cage by Pour. Pour maintains the clinch.
Ku tries to break free but Pour pushes him back against the cage.
Pour lands an uppercut.
Ku can't break the clinch.
Ku wants to get back to striking at distance but Pour won't allow it.
Pour misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pour.
Ku wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pour.
Pour keeps control of Ku as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Ku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pour throws the left hand but Ku avoids the punch easily.
Ku scores with a nice body kick.
Pour throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ku gets tackled into the cage by Pour. Pour maintains the clinch.
Ku has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Ku manages to break the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pour.
Ku scores with a one two! Pour had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Ku.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Amhed Pour will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Ku misses with the combination.
Ku throws a one two combo.
Ku rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pour moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Ku gets tackled into the cage by Pour. Pour maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pour.

Ku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pour fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pour throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pour rushes Ku and presses him up against the cage.
Pour misses with some punches.

Ku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ku keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pour.
Ri Ku seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Pour moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pour creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice shot by Ku.
Pour fails with an attempt to clinch.

Pour clinches up against the cage.

Ku breaks the clinch.
Pour ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pour misses with a body shot
and Ku counters with a left and a right that stings Pour.
Pour slips a jab and a cross from Ku.
Pour slips under a jab.
Ku pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pour back to the cage. Ku follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pour throws a shot from downtown. Ku moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pour lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slow jab from Pour misses its intended target.
Ku lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ku displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pour throws out the jab.
Ku throws out a counter right but Pour avoids it with no problem.
Ku defending well as Pour loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Ku, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Pour closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ku wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pour lands with a short shot to the head.
Ku wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A shot in the inside from Pour.
Pour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Ku breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ku moves away from the strike by Pour.
Ku lands with a right hand.
Ku slips a jab from Pour.
Pour tries to clinch there but Ku circles away.
Ku tries to bum rush Pour with a series of wild strikes but Pour uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ku throws a push kick but Pour slaps the foot to one side.
Pour misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pour throws a lazy right hand but Ku sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pour takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Ku tries to keep at a distance but Pour has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pour is stalling here.
Pour misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ku.
Ku blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ku.

Ku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pour misses with an uppercut.
Ku lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pour moves out of range of the body kick from Ku.
Sloppy strikes from Ku. Those never looked like landing.
Ku throws a right and a left that Pour avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ku fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pour on the side of the head.
Ku blocks a jab.
Ku misses with an attempted mid kick.

Pour moves into the clinch.

Ku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pour rushes Ku and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pour lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ku backwards.
Pour lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pour swings wildly with an uppercut but Ku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ku is looking to break free of the clinch but Pour has double underhooks.
Pour has a couple of punches blocked by Ku.
Ku wants to get back to striking at distance but Pour won't allow it.
Pour misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Amhed Pour.
I think Pour has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amhed Pour!