PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pikel Bouldershoulder (ranked 3945 p4p, 5342 weight class) and Doush Kanu (ranked 511 p4p, 606 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bouldershoulder
vs
Kanu

170 cm
18
170
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
175
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pikel Bouldershoulder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Doush Kanu!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bouldershoulder staying out of range there.
Bouldershoulder fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kanu avoids it really well and circles away.
Bouldershoulder doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kanu counters with a nice uppercut.
Kanu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bouldershoulder.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pikel Bouldershoulder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bouldershoulder goes for a double leg but Kanu avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kanu continues to drive forward.

Kanu gets caught napping as Bouldershoulder dives in and scores a takedown. Kanu manages to retain guard.
Bouldershoulder keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kanu's head.
Kanu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bouldershoulder connects with a couple of short punches.
Kanu wants to sweep but no luck.
Bouldershoulder postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouldershoulder is working Kanu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bouldershoulder wants to control from the top but Kanu keeps moving.
Bouldershoulder is working Kanu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kanu has his hands on Bouldershoulder's head, controlling the position.
Bouldershoulder working some strikes from top position.
Kanu wants to sweep but no luck.

Kanu working for a triangle but Bouldershoulder defends it easily.
Bouldershoulder with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bouldershoulder 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.
Bouldershoulder lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouldershoulder with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bouldershoulder scoring with some ground and pound.
Bouldershoulder content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've been hearing that Bouldershoulder has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Kanu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bouldershoulder doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bouldershoulder manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bouldershoulder trying to control but Kanu is working from the bottom.
Bouldershoulder landing some decent shots from guard.
Bouldershoulder scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bouldershoulder postures up and lands a big shot to Kanu's brow.

Kanu is rocked!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bouldershoulder working some strikes from top position.
Kanu is still in real trouble! Can Bouldershoulder finish him?
Bouldershoulder forces his way into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bouldershoulder working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bouldershoulder lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouldershoulder is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Kanu is hurt! He's hurt bad - Bouldershoulder fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Kanu from any more punishment! Congratulations to Bouldershoulder! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pikel Bouldershoulder!