PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cornelius Myers (ranked 1316 p4p, 996 weight class) and Koba Dvalishvili (ranked 176 p4p, 129 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Myers
vs
Dvalishvili

175 cm
29
155
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
28
165
9 - 4 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Conviction
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 Las Vegas, Cornelius Myers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koba Dvalishvili!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Myers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dvalishvili.
Myers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Myers throws a big shot that misses.
Myers throws a lazy right hand but Dvalishvili sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Myers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dvalishvili with a jab.
Dvalishvili scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dvalishvili fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dvalishvili throws a sloppy head kick and Myers moves out of range easily.
Myers seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Myers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dvalishvili gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Koba Dvalishvili has been cut.
Dvalishvili uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Myers.
Myers checks a leg kick.
Dvalishvili scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

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

Dvalishvili is rocked!
Dvalishvili is looking to chop away at Myers's legs.
Dvalishvili is still on wobbly legs! Can Myers finish him?
Dvalishvili throws a leg kick
and Myers rattles Dvalishvili with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Dvalishvili tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Myers dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Dvalishvili stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Cornelius Myers!
A relieved looking Cornelius Myers thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.