PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Candy Routure (ranked 8433 p4p, 231 weight class) and Bad Kharma (ranked 7733 p4p, 222 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kharma's choice of entrance music: Kharma Kills by-BURY TOMORROW. Candy Routure has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Routure
vs
Kharma

191 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

202 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Candy Routure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bad Kharma!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Routure slips a straight right by Kharma.
Routure seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Routure could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kharma's jab looks to have found its range, popping Routure under the eye.

It looks like Candy Routure has been cut.
Kharma looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Routure throws a poor cross that misses
and Routure takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Routure jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Routure closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Routure.
Kharma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Routure blocks a body shot from Kharma.
Routure lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kharma backwards.
Routure misses with a hook from the clinch.
Routure leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kharma.
Kharma lands a hook that snaps the head of Routure backwards.
Kharma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kharma pressing his opponent against the cage.
Routure working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Routure slows down the pace here.
Routure gets through Kharma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Kharma is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Routure pushes Kharma against the cage and as Kharma bounces back, Routure cracks him with a massive overhand right that sends him crashing to the mat! Routure follows up with more strikes but Kharma was out from that first, devastating punch! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Candy Routure!
In defeat, Bad Kharma stepped up to the mic, saying 'Oooh kharma kills.....'.