PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kollaa River (ranked 1676 p4p, 3970 weight class) and Juan Luna (ranked 205 p4p, 449 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think River might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to For Heavy Metal we will die!. Luna is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Noypi by Bamboo. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

River
vs
Luna

185 cm
25
165
5 - 2 - 0

171 cm
32
162
12 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Heavy Metal Drugs
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kollaa River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Luna!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
River tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by River.
Luna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice cross by River.
Luna takes a jab right on the kisser.
River shoots for a takedown but Luna saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Luna throws a hook but River avoids it easily.
As Luna backs away, River returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Luna misses with a hook to the body
and River counters with a straight right hand.
River throws a right and a left that Luna avoids nicely.
Kollaa River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Luna.
River throws a sloppy head kick and Luna moves out of range easily.
Luna swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
River keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
River connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
River lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Juan Luna has been cut.
River connects with a looping right hand.

Luna is rocked!
River connects with an inside leg kick.
Luna is still on wobbly legs! Can River finish him?
We've been hearing reports that River has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Look low, kick high! River uses the oldest trick in the book to send Luna tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! River is absolutely delighted - when Luna wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kollaa River!
Kollaa River decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Juan Luna was interviewed post fight and said 'A man can be destroyed but not defeated... I will pickup the pieces that I learned today and will grow from it.'.