PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Guerrero (ranked 374 p4p, 50 weight class) and Hoaka Kalama (ranked 1413 p4p, 174 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Guerrero might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My Time Is Now. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Guerrero
vs
Kalama

167 cm
26
178 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

170 cm
26
171 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eddie Guerrero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hoaka Kalama!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerrero ducks under a wild hook from Kalama.

Kalama shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Guerrero manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Kalama looking to pass the guard.
Kalama works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Guerrero trying to control from the bottom.
Kalama looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Guerrero wants to get back to full guard but Kalama has mounted him!
Guerrero can't escape the position.

Guerrero defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kalama.
Guerrero is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Kalama working for a guillotine from mount but Guerrero is in no mood to give up.
Guerrero is in all sorts of trouble here.

Kalama is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Guerrero is surviving well by controlling Kalama's body position as best he can.
Kalama seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Guerrero is holding on tight.
Guerrero is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero regains half guard.
Guerrero wants to control but Kalama is keeping busy.

Guerrero is defending against the submission attempts here by Kalama.
Guerrero is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kalama's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kalama's back!
Kalama grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
You can see the frustration on Kalama's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Guerrero scores with punches and elbows.
Guerrero softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Guerrero scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Kalama is looking for a way out.
Guerrero scores with strikes from the back.

Kalama is rocked!
Guerrero definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guerrero has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Kalama.
Kalama is still in real trouble! Can Guerrero finish him?
Kalama tries to roll but Guerrero sticks to his back.
Can Kalama hold on?! Guerrero is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Guerrero scoring with big shots to the body. Kalama is looking for a way out. A despairing look towards the ref and the official steps in to stop the fight. Kalama was obviously done but didn't want to tap out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Guerrero!
Our winner, Eddie Guerrero, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.