PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kassim Suluhu (ranked 2995 p4p, 154 weight class) and Perdue Willshire (ranked 8574 p4p, 333 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Suluhu
vs
Willshire

165 cm
23
145 lbs
5 - 8 - 1

172 cm
20
142 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 5 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kassim Suluhu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Perdue Willshire!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Suluhu shoots in and bounces Willshire off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Willshire wants to stand up but Suluhu is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suluhu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Willshire is keeping the position for now.
Willshire trying to control the position.
Willshire wants to get back to his feet but Suluhu passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suluhu controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Suluhu stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Willshire to get to his feet.

Suluhu gets a double leg takedown into Willshire's guard.
Willshire can't keep his opponent in guard - Suluhu advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Suluhu landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Willshire tries to kick Suluhu off but Suluhu keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Willshire scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Suluhu manages to mount him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suluhu takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Willshire is bucking up trying to escape but Suluhu cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Suluhu is landing with some decent strikes but Willshire is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Suluhu looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOOM! Suluhu connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suluhu controlling the pace for now.
Suluhu has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Suluhu is landing with some decent strikes but Willshire is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Willshire takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Suluhu landing punches.

Willshire is rocked!
Suluhu loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Willshire scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Suluhu land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Suluhu stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kassim Suluhu!
After the fight, Kassim Suluhu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.