PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovidio Kiran (ranked 764 p4p, 2305 weight class) and Daniel Himes (ranked 114 p4p, 275 weight class). Kiran kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Katmandu. The crowd seem to be enjoying Himes's choice of entrance music: Oasis - Supersonic. Daniel Himes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kiran
vs
Himes

189 cm
24
210
11 - 2 - 0

190 cm
31
210
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
CHURCH OF ZOIDBERG - FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ovidio Kiran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Himes!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiran throws a jab but it's blocked by Himes.
Himes throws a big counter head kick but Kiran avoids it with no problem.
Kiran misses the jab.
Himes feints a counter leg kick.
Kiran looks to score with a jab to the body but Himes is just out of range.
Himes moves out of range as Kiran strikes.
Kiran misses with an uppercut.
Kiran tries to clinch up but Himes circles away and keeps his distance.
Himes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Kiran. Those never looked like landing.
Himes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kiran throws the left hand but Himes avoids the punch easily.
Himes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kiran with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiran steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Himes. That one must have hurt.
Kiran throws an overhand right that lands on Himes's shoulder, as Himes tries to avoid the shot.
Kiran throws a leg kick but Himes moved away.
Himes avoids the body shot from Kiran.
Himes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Himes blocks a leg kick.
Kiran wants to land a leg kick but Himes is out of range.
Himes appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kiran misses with a right hand
and Himes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Himes looks to throw the jab but Kiran is out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Himes.
Kiran moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Daniel Himes has been cut.

Kiran has taken the fight to the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kiran working aggressively here.
Kiran lands a shoulder strike.

Kiran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Himes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Himes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Himes throws a leg kick but Kiran sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kiran attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kiran swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Himes counters with a good low kick that Kiran was not able to check.
Ovidio Kiran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kiran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Himes manages to avoid it.
Kiran backing away here, and Himes unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Himes misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kiran lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Himes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kiran doesn't manage to clinch there - Himes circles away.
Himes throws a fast counter high kick but Kiran manages to duck under it in time.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Himes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kiran has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kiran and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Himes ducks under a wild hook from Kiran.
Himes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Himes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kiran looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kiran just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiran swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Himes counters with a nice uppercut.
Himes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Himes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kiran.
Despite the aggression on Himes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kiran scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Himes slips under a jab from Kiran.
Nice body kick from Himes.
Himes lands a nice looking body shot.
Kiran loads up on a big right hand but Himes slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Himes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiran.
Himes scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Himes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That has opened up Daniel Himes's cut even more.
Himes swats away the attempt to clinch by Kiran.
Kiran fails to land with a series of punches.
Himes thinks about the counter body kick.
Kiran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Himes.
Himes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kiran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Himes misses with a series of wild punches.
Kiran misses with an uppercut
and Himes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ovidio Kiran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Himes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kiran fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kiran moves forwards but Himes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kiran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Himes was well out of range. Poor timing from Kiran.
Himes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Himes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Himes misses with an uppercut.
Himes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Kiran rushes Himes and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Kiran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiran avoiding damage.
Kiran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Kiran.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kiran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Kiran's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kiran leaning his opponent against the cage.
Himes prevents a body shot from Kiran.

Kiran manages to break the clinch.
Kiran throws a hook but Himes avoids it easily.
Kiran misses with a straight left.
Himes follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Kiran misses with an uppercut. Himes saw that one coming.
Himes tries a quick counter leg kick but Kiran is wise to it.
Nice cross by Kiran.
Himes checks the leg kick nicely there.
It seemed like Himes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Himes checks a low kick from Kiran.
A nice side step and Himes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kiran jabs Himes right on the nose. Himes blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiran misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kiran throws an off balance right hand
and Himes counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Himes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Himes just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiran wants to clinch up but Himes keeps it at a distance.
Himes replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kiran blocks it well.
Himes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiran swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Himes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kiran tries to clinch there but Himes circles away.
Kiran throws a right hand that misses
and Himes makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kiran really felt that one!
Ovidio Kiran is winning the standup battle so far.
Kiran moves in looking to clinch but Himes pushes him off.
It seemed like Himes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Himes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Himes staying out of range there.
Himes flicks out a counter leg kick but Kiran steps away.
Himes slips under a jab.
Kiran on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kiran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Himes can do to turn this around?

Kiran closes the distance and pushes Himes back into the cage.
Kiran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiran misses with the head strike.

Kiran breaks from the clinch.
Himes misses with a head kick.
Kiran throws a poor cross that misses
and Himes counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Himes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiran.
Kiran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Himes paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Himes looks to land a body kick but Kiran moved away.
Kiran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Kiran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Kiran misses.
Himes feints a counter leg kick.
Kiran throws a jab but it's blocked by Himes.
Kiran checks a low kick from Himes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Himes instigates a clinch.
Kiran struggles to land a body shot inside as Himes controls his hands.
Kiran misses with a body punch.
Himes trying to stall but Kiran improves his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ovidio Kiran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Himes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Kiran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Kiran moves into the clinch.
Kiran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Himes tries a knee to the head but Kiran blocks it.

Himes breaks the clinch.
Kiran misses with a shot to the body
and Himes counters with a nice leg kick.
Kiran throws a leg kick but Himes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Himes steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Himes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kiran counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Himes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kiran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Himes throws a big shot that misses.
Kiran feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Himess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kiran motions for Himes to come forward. Kiran throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Himes feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiran scores with a jab. Himes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Kiran pushes Himes up against the cage in a clinch.
Kiran lands with a short shot to the head.

The cut above Daniel Himes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Kiran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kiran misses with a looping right.
Kiran misses with a low kick as Himes jumps back.
Himes swats away the attempt to clinch by Kiran.
Himes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Himes keeps the fight on the outside.
Himes blocks a jab.
Himes tries a quick counter leg kick but Kiran is wise to it.
Kiran throws a leg kick but Himes checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Himes throws a low kick but Kiran avoids it.
Donk. Kiran catches Himes right on the button with a cross.
Himes cracks Kiran with an open hand slap.
Himes lands a head shot.
Kiran takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Himes misses with a low kick.
Kiran does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A punch combination from Himes misses.
Himes misses with a leg kick.

Himes tries to keep at a distance but Kiran has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kiran manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ovidio Kiran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Himes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Himes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Himes has Kiran pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Himes is trying to break the clinch but Kiran has him pressed against the cage.
Himes missing with knees to the body.
Himes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kiran misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kiran has had enough of the clinch but Himes keeps him there for the moment.
Daniel Himes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Himes wants to break free but Kiran has control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ovidio Kiran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kiran has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ovidio Kiran!
After the big win, Ovidio Kiran made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Apothecary and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.