PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Bowen Jr (ranked 3814 p4p, 3100 weight class) and Vahid Azari (ranked 407 p4p, 342 weight class). Vahid Azari has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bobby Bowen Jr's chin.

Bowen Jr
vs
Azari

180 cm
26
167
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
27
160
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

MKFC

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bobby Bowen Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vahid Azari!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azari throws a looping overhand right but Bowen Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Bowen Jr lands a nice hook to Azari's body. Azari takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Azari does it's job there.
Azari throws a lazy right hand but Bowen Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Azari tries to get set, Bowen Jr tries to push him back and clinch up but Azari manages to avoid the attempt.
Azari throws a jab but it's blocked by Bowen Jr.
Azari throws the left hand but Bowen Jr avoids the punch easily.
Bowen Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azari throws out the jab.
Azari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bowen Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azari lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Azari throws a sloppy body shot
and Bowen Jr counters with a right hand to the body.
Azari throws the left hand but Bowen Jr avoids the punch easily.
Azari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bowen Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Azari.
Azari throws a hook but Bowen Jr blocks it.
Bowen Jr drops his hands momentarily and Azari takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azari moves away from the strike by Bowen Jr.
Azari takes a swing at Bowen Jr's ribcage but misses.
Vahid Azari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen Jr misses the shot to the body.
Azari swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bowen Jr.
Azari scores with a nice strike.

Bowen Jr is rocked!
Azari throws a shot from downtown. Bowen Jr moves away and avoids it.

Bowen Jr clinches up with Azari and pushes him back against the cage.
Bowen Jr working hard to break the clinch.
Azari tries a body shot but Bowen Jr blocks it.
Bowen Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Azari working aggressively here.
Azari swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowen Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bowen Jr stalling against the cage.
Bowen Jr blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bowen Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Azari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bowen Jr's elbow.
Azari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azari lands a left hand.
Azari struggles to land a body shot inside as Bowen Jr controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azari.
Bowen Jr stalling against the cage.
Bowen Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azari.
Azari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Azari swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azari.
Azari scores with a shoulder strike.
Bowen Jr taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bowen Jr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bowen Jr seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Azari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bowen Jr blocks an uppercut.
Azari misses with a punch on the inside.
Bowen Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Azari.
Bowen Jr blocks an uppercut.
Bowen Jr blocking some punches.
Azari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bowen Jr prevents a body shot from Azari.
Bowen Jr blocking some punches.
Azari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bowen Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bowen Jr blocking some punches.
Azari swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowen Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bowen Jr takes a shot to the head.
Bowen Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Azari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Azari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Azari has a couple of punches blocked by Bowen Jr.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Azari keeps control of Bowen Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vahid Azari dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Azari misses with an uppercut. Bowen Jr saw that one coming.
Bowen Jr drops down looking for a counter takedown but Azari sprawls and moves away.
Azari misses with a jab to the body
and Bowen Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Azari's corner calls for a 1-2. Azari obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fighters circling - Azari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bowen Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Azari catches Bowen Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oh Bowen Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
and Azari counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Bowen Jr! He's just covering up as Azari starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vahid Azari!
After winning the bout, Vahid Azari thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.