PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mwenye Kwadwo (ranked 908 p4p, 122 weight class) and Yez Pleez (ranked 1504 p4p, 204 weight class). Pleez has chosen Animal i have become as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kwadwo
vs
Pleez

180 cm
27
205 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

185 cm
27
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
RESISTANCE

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mwenye Kwadwo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yez Pleez!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pleez walks into a stiff left hand from Kwadwo.
Pleez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kwadwo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pleez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kwadwo is looking to counter punch.

Pleez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kwadwo blocks an elbow strike.
Pleez misses with a knee strike.
Kwadwo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pleez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Mwenye Kwadwo has been cut.
Pleez looking to throw knees to the head but Kwadwo is blocking nicely.
Kwadwo tries a body shot but Pleez blocks it.
Kwadwo presses Pleez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pleez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pleez lands an elbow just above Kwadwo 's eye.
Pleez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kwadwo blocks the elbow strike.
Kwadwo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pleez backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pleez misses with an elbow over the top.
We've been informed that Pleez has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwadwo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pleez swings wildly with an uppercut but Kwadwo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kwadwo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pleez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pleez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kwadwo's brow.
Kwadwo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kwadwo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pleez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pleez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pleez tries a knee to the head but Kwadwo blocks it.
Kwadwo scores with a hook to the body.
Kwadwo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kwadwo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Kwadwo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've been told by Kwadwo's head coaches at Shark Tank MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Pleez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kwadwo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kwadwo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pleez manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Kwadwo.
A combination from Kwadwo does no damage.

Pleez rushes Kwadwo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pleez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kwadwo avoids a wild elbow strike from Pleez.
Pleez blocks a body shot from Kwadwo.
Pleez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kwadwo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pleez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kwadwo backwards.
Pleez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pleez prevents a body shot from Kwadwo.
Pleez misses with the head strike.
A short right from Kwadwo.
Pleez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pleez pushes off an throws an elbow but Kwadwo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pleez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pleez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kwadwo's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pleez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kwadwo takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Kwadwo.
Kwadwo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Kwadwo.
Pleez misses with an elbow over the top.
Pleez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A shot in the inside from Kwadwo.
Pleez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kwadwo scores with a shoulder strike.
Pleez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kwadwo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pleez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pleez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pleez throws an elbow but misses.
Pleez misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Kwadwo scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pleez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pleez misses with a knee to the head.
Kwadwo avoids the elbow strike from Pleez, against the cage.
Pleez misses with a knee to the head.
Pleez misses with a punch on the inside.
Pleez misses with a knee strike.
Pleez throws an elbow that misses.
Pleez throws an elbow but it misses.
Pleez swings wildly with an uppercut but Kwadwo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kwadwo blocks the elbow strike.
Kwadwo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kwadwo lands a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Kwadwo.
Pleez misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pleez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kwadwo's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kwadwo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kwadwo sends Pleez crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Kwadwo is motioning to the referee to let Pleez up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Pleez is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mwenye Kwadwo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mwenye Kwadwo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pleez wants to clinch
and Kwadwo counters with a right hand to the body.
Kwadwo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pleez.

Pleez moves into the clinch.
Kwadwo avoids a wild elbow strike from Pleez.
Pleez throws an elbow but it misses.
Kwadwo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pleez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pleez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pleez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kwadwo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pleez throws an elbow but misses.
Kwadwo dodges an elbow strike from Pleez.
Kwadwo lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Kwadwo.
Pleez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pleez throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwadwo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kwadwo is leaning against Pleez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yez Pleez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kwadwo leaning his opponent against the cage.

Kwadwo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kwadwo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Kwadwo lands a left and a right that send Pleez crashing to the mat, dazed. Kwadwo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Pleez is still on wobbly legs! Can Kwadwo finish him?
Pleez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pleez is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pleez lands with a shot to the body.
Pleez wants to clinch but Kwadwo slips to the side
and Kwadwo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A shot to the liver by Kwadwo. Beautiful body shot.

Kwadwo lands a big right hand that sends Pleez crashing to the mat! Kwadwo stays standing though and waves Pleez back to his feet!
Yez Pleez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kwadwo lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mwenye Kwadwo!
A very excited looking Mwenye Kwadwo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.