PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Al Kaholic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miko Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Kaholic comes into the arena with Cant Be Touched blaring out of the sound system. Maia is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bulls on Parade. Miko Maia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Al Kaholic
vs
Maia

225 cm
34
272 lbs
30 - 11 - 0

196 cm
28
267 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Al Kaholic !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miko Maia!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Kaholic checks the leg kick.
Maia misses with a looping left.
Al Kaholic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Maia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Al Kaholic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maia's knee momentarily.
Maia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Al Kaholic .
Al Kaholic lands with a kick to the temple. Maia shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Al Kaholic blocks a jab.
Nice jab there from Al Kaholic .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Kaholic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maia.
Al Kaholic scores with a head kick.

It looks like Miko Maia has been cut.
Maia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Al Kaholic avoids it really well and circles away.
Maia throws a hook to the side of Al Kaholic 's head but Al Kaholic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Kaholic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia fails to land the takedown.
A lazy left from Al Kaholic finds it's target.
Al Kaholic slips a jab and a cross from Maia.
Maia takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maia fails to land the takedown.
Al Al Kaholic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miko Maia.
Maia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maia misses the jab.
Maia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Al Kaholic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia looks to land a left hand but Al Kaholic moved out of range nicely.
Miko Maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Kaholic thuds a left hand into Maia's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maia throws an off balance right hand
and Al Kaholic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Al Kaholic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maia.
Al Kaholic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Al Kaholic lands a nice hook to Maia's body. Maia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Al Kaholic moves away from the strike by Maia.
Al Kaholic throws a low kick but Maia moves out of range easily.
Al Kaholic 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Maia under the eye.
Maia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Al Kaholic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maia's knee momentarily.
Maia misses with a straight left.
Al Kaholic staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fighters circling - Maia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maia misses the jab.
Al Kaholic swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.
Al Kaholic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maia on the side of the head.
Maia is trying desperately to land a takedown but Al Kaholic is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Maia.
Al Kaholic swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.
Maia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Maia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Maia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Kaholic checks the leg kick.
A low kick from Al Kaholic misses
and Maia counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia moves away from the strike by Al Kaholic .

Maia gets tackled into the cage by Al Kaholic . Al Kaholic maintains the clinch.
Al Kaholic scores with a shoulder strike.
Maia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Al Kaholic crunches a lovely knee into Maia's ribcage.
Maia looks gassed!
Al Kaholic gets through Maia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Al Kaholic blocking some punches.
Al Kaholic is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A head punch on the inside from Maia fails to land.
Al Kaholic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maia jumps guard but Al Kaholic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Maia goes for a takedown in the clinch but Al Kaholic prevents it.
Maia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short body shot lands from Al Kaholic as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Al Kaholic .
Al Kaholic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Al Kaholic .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Al Kaholic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miko Maia's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Al Kaholic .
Maia is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Al Kaholic misses with a two punch combination.
Al Kaholic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Maia finds it's way round the side to connect with Al Kaholic 's head.
Maia swings for the body but Al Kaholic moves out of range.
Al Kaholic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maia can do to turn this around?
Al Kaholic staying out of range there.
Maia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Kaholic was well out of range. Poor timing from Maia.
Al Kaholic tries to clinch but Maia moves out of range.
Al Kaholic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maia.
A decent looking cross lands there for Al Kaholic .
Al Kaholic slaps away a takedown attempt from Maia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Maia takes a swing at Al Kaholic 's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Kaholic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Al Kaholic is winning the standup battle so far.
Al Kaholic connects with a body shot that sends Maia's belly button to the back.
Maia is breathing heavily.
Maia throws an off balance right hand
and Al Kaholic counters with a low kick, right behind Maia 's knee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maia. Al Kaholic does a little dance to reset his feet.

Al Kaholic shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Al Kaholic is stalling in the full guard.

Al Kaholic has gone for a leg lock! Maia slips out almost immediately though and dives into Al Kaholic 's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Kaholic trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Al Kaholic is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Maia defends well.
Maia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Al Kaholic is looking for a triangle but Maia pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Al Kaholic pulls Maia in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Maia throws a big right hand that misses.
Maia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Maia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Al Kaholic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Al Kaholic pulls Maia in close to his closed guard and prevents Maia from doing any damage or advancing position.
Al Kaholic will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Maia trying to move into half guard but instead Al Kaholic has managed to sweep!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Kaholic is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Al Kaholic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Al Kaholic wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Al Kaholic connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Kaholic sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Maia's guard.
Al Kaholic wants to take a breather but Maia is having none of it.
Al Kaholic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Maia trying to control here.
Maia wants to improve his position but Al Kaholic is controlling well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Kaholic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Al Kaholic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Al Kaholic wants to pass to mount but Maia is defending the position.
Al Kaholic throwing shots but Maia is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Al Kaholic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miko Maia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Maia swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Al Kaholic counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maia's knee momentarily.
Maia throws an overhand right that lands on Al Kaholic 's shoulder, as Al Kaholic tries to avoid the shot.
Al Kaholic staying out of range there.
Al Kaholic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Al Kaholic stuffs the takedown attempt from Maia. Maia gets slowly back to his feet.
Maia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Al Kaholic scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Kaholic is staying tight to Maia's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Maia struggling a bit here.
Maia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Al Kaholic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Maia to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Kaholic is staying tight to Maia's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Maia defending against the ground and pound.

Al Kaholic is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Maia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Al Kaholic works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Maia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Al Kaholic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Miko Maia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Kaholic working the head with strikes.
Al Kaholic working the head with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Kaholic misses with the ground and pound.
Maia is not content to let Al Kaholic control the position.
Al Kaholic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Al Kaholic trying to control the action but Maia is working from the bottom.
Al Kaholic moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Kaholic scores with punches from side control.
Al Kaholic is putting a hurting on Maia here, landing some big shots from side control.
Al Kaholic is looking to take a break and control but Maia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Al Al Kaholic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Al Kaholic throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Maia manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Al Kaholic manages to get to full guard.
Al Kaholic wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Kaholic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maia is one step ahead there.
Maia tries to free his leg and advance position but Al Kaholic is retaining full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Kaholic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Al Kaholic controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maia is working to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Al Kaholic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Al Kaholic 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Al Kaholic !
Al Al Kaholic took some time post fight to say the following; 'I want to thank Leif for taking this third fight between us he has been a great Opp. '.