PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Totoy Kekman (ranked 23145 p4p, 22902 weight class) and Red Yabai (ranked 283 p4p, 292 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kekman
vs
Yabai

170 cm
25
135
0 - 6 - 0

158 cm
25
139
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Totoy Kekman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Red Yabai!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yabai misses with an uppercut
and Kekman counters with a left and a right that stings Yabai.
Yabai connects with a crisp jab.
Yabai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kekman.
Kekman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yabai.
Yabai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kekman tries to clinch up
and Yabai counters with a nice uppercut.
Kekman wants to clinch.
Yabai let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kekman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kekman moves forwards but Yabai connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kekman tries to clinch up

and Yabai counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Kekman down! Yabai is looking to finish but Kekman is intelligently defending himself.

Kekman is rocked!
Yabai postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oh Kekman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yabai lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yabai working some strikes from top position.
Kekman wants to stand up but Yabai is controlling him.
Yabai passes Kekman's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Yabai takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Yabai drops an elbow to the side of Kekman's head.

Yabai wants to work for an arm triangle but Kekman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kekman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yabai scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yabai lands a big elbow - Kekman is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Yabai!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Red Yabai!
Our winner, Red Yabai, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.