PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bedri Ayax (ranked 3958 p4p, 3964 weight class) and Musa Keita (ranked 412 p4p, 413 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ayax
vs
Keita

182 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bedri Ayax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Musa Keita!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keita lands with a nice body kick.
Ayax swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Keita throws a counter combo.
A head kick misses from Ayax.
Keita unleashes a big counter combination but Ayax bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ayax tries to clinch but Keita moves out of range.
Keita connects with a leg kick.
Keita throws a shot from downtown. Ayax moves away and avoids it.

Keita clinches up against the ropes.
Keita misses with an elbow strike.
Ayax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keita.
Ayax tries to break the clinch but Keita is controlling the position.

Ayax breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Keita gets a clinch.
Keita wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ayax is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Keita is defending well for now.
Keita wants to get back to striking at distance but Ayax won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keita misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ayax.

Keita breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ayax moves out of range of the body kick from Keita.
Ayax is looking to land body kicks.
Keita looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Keita clinches.
Keita goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Keita manages to break the clinch.
Keita throws a leg kick but Ayax moved away.

Keita closes the distance and clinches.

Ayax breaks the clinch.
Ayax misses with a series of wild punches.
Ayax throws a combination that misses

and Keita moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayax wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Ayax breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Keita gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ayax tries to land a knee to the head but Keita blocks with his arms.

Ayax breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ayax avoids a kick to the body.

Keita moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keita tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Keita breaks the clinch.

Ayax tries to keep at a distance but Keita has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ayax is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Keita is keeping busy.

Ayax manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Musa Keita comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Keita has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 9:10
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 9:10
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Musa Keita!
A relieved looking Musa Keita thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.