PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Kita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Blaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kita's entrance music is Aleja Gwiazd. A fine choice. Damian Kita could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Scott Blaker's chin.

Kita
vs
Blaker

195 cm
27
279 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

200 cm
27
280 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scott Blaker!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaker connects with a single shot there.

Kita rushes Blaker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Kita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Kita 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blaker drops his hands momentarily and Kita takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kita throws out a loose jab but Blaker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kita misses with a wild body shot.
Kita throws a body punch but Blaker moves out of range.

Kita shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Kita was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaker tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Kita presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Blaker wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kita.
Blaker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kita has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A nice elbow there by Kita.

Kita is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Blaker has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Blaker is looking to get to half guard.
Blaker felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaker manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Kita missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Kita seems to be looking for submissions.
Kita definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Kita is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Blaker doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kita.
Blaker tries to roll over but Kita keeps him under control.

Blaker actively working from the bottom here.
Kita prevents Blaker from improving his position.
Kita looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaker is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Blaker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kita is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blaker is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kita defends well.

Blaker has his foot on Kita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kita works his way back into a safe position though.
Kita throwing strikes from guard but Blaker blocks nicely.
Kita trying to control but Blaker is working from the bottom.

Blaker has his feet on Kita's thighs here. He's pushed Kita off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Kita screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Scott Blaker!
In defeat, Damian Kita stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will be back!'.