PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nico Carri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorel Kulot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorel Kulot struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Nico Carri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carri
vs
Kulot

174 cm
20
162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nico Carri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jorel Kulot!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulot cracks Carri with a good jab.

Carri clinches.
Carri lands a knee to the head.
Kulot tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carri avoids it.
Our sources have told us that Carri has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Kulot misses with a knee strike.
Carri lands an elbow that stopped Kulot in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Jorel Kulot has been cut.
Knees to the body from Carri.
Kulot connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulot tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Carri.
Kulot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kulot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carri landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kulot looks winded!
Carri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kulot misses with a punch on the inside.
Kulot tries to land knees in the clinch but Carri avoids the damage to the body.
Kulot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carri blocks it with crossed arms.
Carri lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Carri.
Carri putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kulot in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carri content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kulot takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulot takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carri scores with a knee to the head.
Carri unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kulot lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carri crunches a lovely knee into Kulot's ribcage.
Carri lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Kulot is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carri.
Kulot is still on wobbly legs! Can Carri finish him?
Carri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kulot's defenses.
Carri has Kulot pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Kulot is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Carri - that's hurt Kulot badly! Oh, another knee lands and Kulot is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Kulot doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Nico Carri!