|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titus Kahoohalphala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell comes to the ring accompanied by Badass by Saliva. Jason Mitchell could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Titus Kahoohalphala's chin.
|
|
|
185 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
|
195 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
|
Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut |
| |
|
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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Mitchell! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Titus Kahoohalphala! The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mitchell moves to clinch but Kahoohalphala breaks away and Kahoohalphala counters with a nice body shot. Mitchell fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kahoohalphala sprawls well initially but Mitchell persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Kahoohalphala keeping hold of Mitchell's head, controlling as best he can. Mitchell seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kahoohalphala does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Kahoohalphala moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kahoohalphala is on top in guard.
Kahoohalphala keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mitchell's head. Kahoohalphala with a nice head shot there. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Kahoohalphala postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Kahoohalphala working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Mitchell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kahoohalphala.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kahoohalphala content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Kahoohalphala throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mitchell works some decent striking defense from the bottom. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Kahoohalphala throws a big right hand that misses. Kahoohalphala lands a couple of elbows. Kahoohalphala landing with the ground and pound. Kahoohalphala postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Kahoohalphala is in close to Mitchell's body, working some short punches and elbows. Kahoohalphala landing with the ground and pound. Kahoohalphala throwing strikes from guard but Mitchell blocks nicely. Kahoohalphala is working Mitchell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mitchell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kahoohalphala. Kahoohalphala content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Kahoohalphala's corner is telling him to maintain position. Kahoohalphala has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kahoohalphala landing some decent shots from guard. Mitchell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Mitchell being controlled here, momentarily. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Kahoohalphala scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Kahoohalphala postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Kahoohalphala working some strikes from top position. Kahoohalphala working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mitchell's head. Kahoohalphala postures up.
Kahoohalphala working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mitchell's head. Kahoohalphala loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Kahoohalphala lands a couple of decent looking shots. Kahoohalphala connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kahoohalphala keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mitchell's head. Kahoohalphala throwing strikes but missing. Mitchell is breathing heavily. Mitchell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kahoohalphala working some strikes from top position. Kahoohalphala is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Kahoohalphala trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Mitchell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kahoohalphala on the ground. Kahoohalphala lands a couple of digs. Kahoohalphala missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Kahoohalphala landing with the ground and pound. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. Kahoohalphala is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Kahoohalphala is looking to work some ground and pound but Mitchell has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kahoohalphala advances to half guard. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kahoohalphala lands a nice short elbow. Kahoohalphala lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Nice strikes from Kahoohalphala there. Mitchell is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kahoohalphala scores with a couple of nice shots. Kahoohalphala scoring with strikes to the body and head. Kahoohalphala is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mitchell is rocked! Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kahoohalphala in particular looking to stall. Mitchell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Oh Mitchell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Kahoohalphala lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Mitchell! More strikes land and this one is all over! Kahoohalphala jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Titus Kahoohalphala!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
|