PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Razkan Karmax (ranked 639 p4p, 486 weight class) and Welter Weight (ranked 82 p4p, 63 weight class). Karmax's entrance music is BloodSports. A fine choice. Weight has chosen They say that I'm Crazy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karmax
vs
Weight

184 cm
31
177
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
41
177
38 - 19 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Razkan Karmax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Welter Weight!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weight lands a jab to Karmax's midsection.
Karmax connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karmax throws a good cross that connects.
Karmax lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Weight. Karmax does a little dance to reset his feet.
Weight just misses with a punch to the body.
Weight moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Karmax lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Welter Weight has been cut.
Weight moves out of range of the leg kick from Karmax.
Weight throws a combination that misses
and Karmax counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Karmax avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karmax with a nice calf kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weight moves away from the strike by Karmax.
Weight wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Karmax thows a leg kick but Weight checks it
enabling Weight to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Razkan Karmax has been cut.
Karmax throws a leg kick which misses Weight's front leg but catches the back leg as Weight tries to avoid it.
Weight misses with a straight right.

Karmax closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karmax thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Weight's head.
Karmax not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Weight pushes Karmax off looking to stand but Karmax dives back in and keeps control.
Karmax thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Weight's head.
Karmax throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weight tries to roll over but Karmax keeps him under control.
Karmax looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karmax wants to control but Weight is keeping him busy.
Karmax missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Karmax is thwarting Weight's attempts to control the position.
Karmax wants to lay and pray for a moment but Weight keeps working.
Karmax is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Karmax drops an elbow to the side of Weight's head.
Weight gets back to full guard.
Karmax postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weight avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Weight has Karmax pulled in close to control his posture.
Karmax throws an elbow that misses. Weight uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Karmax's guard. Nice move by Weight!

Weight won't allow Karmax to sweep him here.
Karmax is looking to sweep but instead, Weight has passed into half guard.
Karmax tries to get to full guard but Weight has control of the leg.

Weight looks to get to his feet but Karmax has hold of an arm. He's persisting with trying to stand up and Karmax certainly isn't letting go of the arm! Karmax seems to be the aggressor now - he's rolled into the armbar and extended it - Weight is clearly in a lot of pain. He's tapping! He's tapping! What an ending! One minute you're in a dominant position, the next you've got a notch in the loss column - that's why we all love this sport!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Razkan Karmax!
During a confident post fight interview, Razkan Karmax thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.