PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hossein Vaziri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Myron Klewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klewis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Black. This should be fireworks!

Vaziri
vs
Klewis

183 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

213 cm
26
275 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Dissolution Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hossein Vaziri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Myron Klewis!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Vaziri. No joy for Klewis on that attempt.
Vaziri stuffs the takedown attempt from Klewis. Klewis gets slowly back to his feet.
Vaziri misses with a series of wild punches.

Klewis shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Vaziri is trying to defend but Klewis finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Klewis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Klewis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vaziri's head.
Vaziri wants to control but Klewis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klewis slips a nice elbow through Vaziri's hands, connecting with Vaziri's forehead.
Vaziri is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Klewis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Klewis prevents Vaziri from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klewis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Klewis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Klewis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Klewis slips a nice elbow through Vaziri's hands, connecting with Vaziri's forehead.
Nice strikes from Klewis there.
Klewis lands strikes from half guard.
Vaziri taking some punishment here, with Klewis in his half guard.
Klewis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Klewis lands a nice short elbow.
Klewis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaziri wants to get back to his feet.
Vaziri is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Klewis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Vaziri on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vaziri tries to get out of the position.
Ground and pound from Klewis.
Klewis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Klewis working over Vaziri with some ground and pound. Vaziri looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vaziri on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Klewis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klewis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Klewis lands strikes from half guard.
Vaziri is looking to get back to full guard here but Klewis has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Klewis looks up at the clock and then as Vaziri takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Klewis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Klewis moves into full mount!
Klewis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Klewis landing strikes from the mount.

Klewis looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Klewis lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Klewis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vaziri tries to buck Klewis off but he can't manage it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klewis raining down hammerfists from mount.
Vaziri is bucking up trying to escape but Klewis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Klewis lands with some strikes.
Vaziri sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Klewis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vaziri with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Klewis decides to return to a standing position.
Klewis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vaziri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vaziri bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Myron Klewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Klewis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Klewis with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Myron Klewis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Klewis throws a wild body kick that Vaziri sees coming a mile off.

Klewis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Klewis cracks Vaziri with a solid left hand.
Klewis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Klewis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Klewis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Klewis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vaziri looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Vaziri looking to control.
Klewis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Klewis gets to his feet - Vaziri follows without any prompting.
Vaziri leaves Klewis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vaziri tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klewis takes one to the chin there.
Hossein Vaziri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vaziri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vaziri wants to clinch but Klewis slips to the side

and Klewis counters by clinching up.
Vaziri missing with knees to the body.
Vaziri lands a knee to the head.
Vaziri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Klewis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Vaziri is defending well.
Klewis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vaziri avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hossein Vaziri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myron Klewis.
Klewis looking for a takedown.
Vaziri throws a knee to the head but misses.

Klewis has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Vaziri uses from the top position.
Klewis throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Klewis throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Klewis throwing short punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klewis keeping moving, preventing Vaziri from controlling successfully.
Klewis throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Vaziri knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Klewis on the ground.
Vaziri trying to control but Klewis is working from the bottom.

Klewis looking for a triangle here. Vaziri is fighting it but it looks tight! Klewis pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Vaziri is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Myron Klewis!
In his post fight interview, Myron Klewis started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.