PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adlan Amagov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aiden August (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Amagov
vs
August

178 cm
26
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
176 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adlan Amagov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aiden August!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
August lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
August's coach down at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on August's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
August blocks a jab.
August clobbers Amagov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Amagov, right into the meat.
August shoots in looking for a takedown but Amagov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing August's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jab from August.

Amagov rushes August and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amagov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
August blocks the elbow strike.
August is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Amagov is keeping busy.

Amagov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Amagov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Amagov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Amagov slaps away a takedown attempt from August, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aiden August seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from August is defended easily by Amagov.
Adlan Amagov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aiden August.
Amagov tries a head kick but it misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amagov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
August stalling in the clinch but Amagov improves position.
August blocks an elbow strike.

Amagov breaks from the clinch.

Amagov tries to sprawl but August drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Amagov's coaches at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
August throwing shots but Amagov is blocking nicely.
August tries to pass to full mount but Amagov defends it.
August has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Amagov working to try and regain half guard.
August postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Amagov looks a forlorn figure.
Amagov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for August on the ground.
August throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
August dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
August dominating with strikes here.
August unloading with bombs!
Amagov is in all sorts of trouble here.
August with shots to the head and body - Amagov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Amagov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Amagov is rocked!
Amagov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Amagov tries to get out of the position.
August scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Amagov?
Oh Amagov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
August cracks Amagov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
August loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Amagov scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from August land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. August stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aiden August!
Aiden August seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.