PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kush Kezman (ranked 4246 p4p, 4140 weight class) and Arman Naji (ranked 437 p4p, 419 weight class). Naji has chosen La Serenissima as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kezman
vs
Naji

185 cm
18
190
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Dangerous knees
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kush Kezman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arman Naji!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kezman looks to land a body kick but Naji moved away.
Naji takes a swing at Kezman's ribcage but misses.
Naji closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kezman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Naji throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kezman counters with a nice body kick.
Nice body kick there by Kezman.
Kezman throws out a loose jab but Naji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naji misses with a hook. Kezman ducked under it nicely.
Naji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kezman was well out of range. Poor timing from Naji.
Kezman appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kezman seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kezman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kezman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Naji takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Arman Naji has been cut.
Kezman scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kezman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Naji looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naji fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Kezman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Naji.
Kezman with the inside leg kick.
Naji misses with a looping right.
A good leg kick by Kezman.
Naji throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kezman half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kezman digs a good hook to Naji's body.
Kezman throws a front kick that sends Naji stumbling back into the ropes.
A big left from Naji misses.
As Naji backs away, Kezman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Naji has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kezman.
Kezman throws an off balance right hand
and Naji counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Naji throws a head kick that misses
and Kezman counters with a solid body kick.
Naji misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kezman looks for the body kick but Naji saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kezman thumps Naji with a low kick.
Kezman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kezman misses with an attempted mid kick.
A good leg kick by Kezman.
Kezman is looking to score with low kicks.
Kezman throws a sloppy head kick and Naji moves out of range easily.
Kezman misses with a hook to the body
and Naji counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Naji pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Naji works over Kezman's head and body with a nice combination.
Kezman misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kezman misses the shot to the body.
Naji misses the shot to the body.
Kezman half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kezman is looking to wear down Naji with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Naji lands with a cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kush Kezman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arman Naji's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Naji swings for the body but Kezman moves out of range.
Kezman half committed to a counter leg kick.
Naji throws out a loose jab but Kezman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naji avoids the head kick by Kezman.
Naji thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kezman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kezman looks to land a body kick but Naji moved away.
Kezman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Naji, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Naji misses with an uppercut
and Kezman counters with a low kick, right behind Naji 's knee.
Kezman looks to land a body kick but Naji moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naji slips a jab from Kezman.
Naji let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Naji ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kezman.
Naji scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naji dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kezman throws a hook to the side of Naji's head but Naji sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Naji throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kezman counters with a thumping low kick.
Kezman slips a straight right by Naji.
Naji misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Naji is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kezman connects with a leg kick.
Kezman blocks a head kick by Naji.
Kush Kezman is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Kezman.
Kezman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Naji tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Kezman.
Kezman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kezman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Naji is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kezman. Naji shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naji uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kezman.
A countering left hand to the body from Naji misses.
Kezman throws a leg kick which misses Naji's front leg but catches the back leg as Naji tries to avoid it.
Kezman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kezman misses with a wild body shot.
Kezman connects with a body shot.
Kezman connects with an inside leg kick.
Arman Naji is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kezman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kezman thows a leg kick but Naji checks it
and Naji connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kezman lands with a nice body punch.
Naji throws a shot from downtown. Kezman moves away and avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kush Kezman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arman Naji's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Kezman fakes the leg kick and cracks Naji in the body.
Kezman avoids the body shot from Naji.
Kezman appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kezman throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kezman connects with an inside leg kick.
Naji's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kezman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kezman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kezman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kezman throws a head kick but Naji moves out of range.
You can see that Naji has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Kezman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Naji counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kezman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Naji.
Naji throws the left hand but Kezman avoids the punch easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kezman. That's going to slow Naji down.
Kezman scores with a nice body kick.
Kush Kezman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Kezman.
Naji takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Naji misses with a hook
and Kezman counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kezman pushes Naji away with a front kick.
Kezman jabs at Naji's body.
Naji on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kezman. Kezman obviously looking to wear him down.
A big right from Naji misses.
It looked like Kezman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Arman Naji has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Naji throws a poor cross that misses
and Kezman counters with a nice low kick that buckles Naji's knee momentarily.
Naji throws a right and a left that Kezman avoids nicely.
Naji swings for the body but Kezman moves out of range.
Naji looks to land a left hand but Kezman moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kezman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Naji misses with a body punch
and Kezman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naji on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kezman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Naji gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kezman.
Kezman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Naji takes a step back to recover.
Naji throws an off balance right hand
and Kezman counters with a head kick.
Naji on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kezman. Kezman obviously looking to wear him down.
Kezman lands a nice shot to the body.
Naji misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Naji throws a hook to the side of Kezman's head but Kezman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kezman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Naji thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kezman half committed to a counter leg kick.
A good leg kick by Kezman.
Kezman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kush Kezman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kezman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kush Kezman!
In his post fight interview, Kush Kezman started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.