PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Kayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jadimbu Muliva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kayo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Judith . Muliva has chosen In Flames - The Quiet Place as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kayo
vs
Muliva

184 cm
28
210 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

178 cm
23
217 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bubba Kayo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jadimbu Muliva!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Kayo.
Muliva misses with a takedown attempt - Kayo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Muliva throws a nice looking combination but Kayo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Muliva, as that shot connected.
Muliva ducks under a wild hook from Kayo.

Muliva feints and as Kayo raises his hands in defense, Muliva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kayo keeping full guard, as Muliva tries to pass.
Muliva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kayo wants to sweep here but Muliva controlling him for the moment.
Kayo controls Muliva momentarily but Muliva frees himself.
Muliva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Kayo can't keep his opponent in guard - Muliva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Muliva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kayo keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muliva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kayo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Kayo wants to get back to his feet.
Kayo trying to control but Muliva postures up.
Muliva works his way into full mount!
You get the feeling that Kayo really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Kayo is desperately trying to improve his position but Muliva has a good base and remains in mount.
Muliva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Muliva controlling from mount.
Let's hope that Muliva has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kayo is looking to improve his position but Muliva isn't that keen on the idea.
Muliva trying to control but Kayo is having none of it.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Muliva working for a submission but Kayo is keeping him at bay.
Muliva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Muliva controlling from mount.
Kayo wants to hold on but Muliva pushes him away.
Kayo tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Muliva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Kayo regains half guard.
Muliva is thwarting Kayo's attempts to control the position.
Kayo wants to improve his position but Muliva is controlling well.
Kayo wants to control but Muliva is keeping busy.
Muliva throwing shots but Kayo is blocking nicely.
Kayo manages to get to full guard.
Kayo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Muliva!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kayo raining down shots from the mount!

Kayo goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Muliva turns into him and now he's in Kayo's guard.
Muliva won't allow Kayo to sweep him here.
Kayo trying to keep a closed guard but Muliva is proving a slippery customer.
Kayo keeping moving, preventing Muliva from controlling successfully.
Kayo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jadimbu Muliva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Muliva slips a jab from Kayo.
Kayo throws a nice looking combination but Muliva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good standup being displayed there by Kayo as he connects with a hook.
A big right from Muliva misses.

Muliva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kayo is looking to improve his position but Muliva isn't that keen on the idea.
Muliva thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Muliva is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Kayo is surviving well by controlling Muliva's body position as best he can.

Muliva is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kayo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kayo shrugs it off.
Muliva scoring with strikes but Kayo is staying in there.

Muliva is working for a guillotine from mount but Kayo frees his head quite easily.
Muliva is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kayo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kayo manages to get to full guard.
Muliva throwing strikes from guard but Kayo blocks nicely.
Muliva stopping the sweep attempt from Kayo.
Kayo throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Muliva is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Kayo is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Kayo has escaped and now he's on top!
Kayo scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kayo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Kayo is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Muliva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Muliva has escaped and now he's on top!
Muliva preventing the sweep.
Kayo is working hard here to advance position.
Kayo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Muliva preventing the sweep.
Kayo is trying to keep Muliva in close.

Muliva drops back looking for a leg! Kayo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kayo manages to kick Muliva off! Muliva jumps back into Kayo's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kayo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kayo looking to control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kayo misses with a low kick.
Kayo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kayo looks to land a right hand but Muliva moved out of range.
Kayo wants to land a leg kick but Muliva is out of range.
Muliva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kayo lands with a kick to the temple. Muliva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Muliva slips a straight right by Kayo.
Muliva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muliva fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kayo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Muliva misses with an uppercut. Kayo saw that one coming.
Nice sprawl there from Kayo as Muliva shoots in.
Kayo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
No joy there for Muliva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Muliva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kayo.
Muliva scores with a hook to the body. Kayo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kayo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muliva slips a jab from Kayo.
Muliva throws a hook but Kayo blocks it.
Donk. Kayo catches Muliva right on the button with a cross.

Muliva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kayo did well to prevent Muliva getting side control.
Kayo trying to control but Muliva postures up.

Muliva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Kayo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Muliva pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bubba Kayo will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Muliva misses with a straight left.
Kayo misses with a combination

and Muliva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kayo wants to improve his position but Muliva is controlling well.
Kayo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Muliva is working away from the top position though.
Kayo is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Muliva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Muliva is taking a breather. Kayo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Kayo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kayo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Muliva is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Muliva is looking to take a break and control but Kayo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayo is looking to improve his position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Muliva finds it's way through Kayo's defenses.
Muliva dodges the punch combination from Kayo.
Muliva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kayo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kayo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bubba Kayo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Muliva gets a takedown into half guard.

Muliva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Muliva works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kayo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kayo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Muliva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kayo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kayo wants to hold on but Muliva pushes him away.

Muliva has isolated one of Kayo's arms. Kayo looking to fight him off but Muliva twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jadimbu Muliva!