PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kains (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Beano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beano has chosen Chop Suey as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kains
vs
Beano

175 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Kains!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Big Beano!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Beano misses.
Kains looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Beano misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Beano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kains circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Beano.
Beano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beano takes a swing at Kains's ribcage but misses.
Kains on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beano.
Beano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beano looks to score with a jab to the body but Kains is just out of range.
A punch combination from Beano misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kains looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Beano throws a combination. Kains tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Beano looks to land a left hand but Kains moved out of range nicely.
Beano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Beano cracks Kains with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Beano looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Kains shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Beano pushes Kains off and gets back to his feet.

Kains closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kains lands in his opponent's guard.

Beano looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Beano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Beano keeping full guard, as Kains tries to pass.

Kains is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Beano is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Beano has escaped and now he's on top!

Beano decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kains, up you get!
Kains takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Beano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beano just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kains takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Beano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kains rather than just go for the knockout.
Beano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beano misses with a two punch combination.

Kains moves into the clinch.

Beano decides to pull guard.
Kains loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Beano wriggles free and stands up.
Beano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kains shoots in looking for a takedown. Beano tries to sprawl out of it but Kains keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Beano manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kains slips a jab and a cross from Beano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kains circles away quickly and effectively.
Beano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kains looks for a takedown but Beano sprawls well.
Beano misses the shot to the body.
Beano throws a right and a left that Kains avoids nicely.
Kains fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Beano avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Kains. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Beano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beano throws a hook but Kains avoids it easily.
Beano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kains.
Kains takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Beano dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kains gets the takedown into side control.

Beano throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Beano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kains manages to avoid it.
Beano cracks Kains with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Big Beano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Beano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beano throws out a loose jab but Kains uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danga de danga de dang - Kains scores with a four punch combination!
Beano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Beano throws a combination that misses

and Kains counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Beano!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kains looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kains scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Beano?
Kains has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Beano tries to reverse the position but Kains maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kains is landing with some decent strikes but Beano is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kains prevents Beano from getting the reversal.
Kains could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kains misses with a head shot.
Beano suckers Kains into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Beano is now in Kains's guard!

Kains is working an open guard so Beano takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A punch combination from Beano misses.
Beano missing with a left hand there. Kains was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kains circles away quickly and effectively.

Kains instigates a clinch.
Kains misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beano is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kains gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beano is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kains gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Kains gets control of Beano's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kains will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kains controls Beano momentarily but Beano frees himself.
Kains looking to control but Beano passes into half guard.

Beano decides to stand up.

Kains shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kains was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kains is landing with some decent strikes but Beano is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Beano is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kains thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beano is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Kains working Beano over with strikes here.
Kains looking to finish with strikes here!
Kains looking to ground and pound but Beano is blocking nicely.
Beano avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kains.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kains throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Beano bucks Kains off and manages to get back to his feet!
Beano misses with a two punch combination.
Kains lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beano circles away quickly and effectively.
Beano misses with a combination

and Kains counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Beano!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beano is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kains throwing strikes but Beano bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Kains missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kains accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kains throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Beano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kains stops Beano from standing up.
Kains trying to control the position from guard on top but Beano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kains moves away from the strike by Beano.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beano throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the body from Beano misses

and Kains counters with a shoot takedown. Beano fights it but they end up in guard.
John Kains overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kains looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kains dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Beano tries for a takedown but Kains circles away easily

and Kains counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Beano manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Beano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kains.
Beano misses with a wild combination.
Beano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beano misses with an uppercut. Kains saw that one coming.
Beano falls off balance throwing a combination

and Kains counters with a takedown into side control.
Kains trying to control the action but Beano is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kains throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Beano is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kains is controlling him well.

Kains swings around for an armbar but Beano sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kains's guard.
Beano lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kains is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Beano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kains counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kains.
Beano throws a jab when Kains was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Kains drives through with a takedown into guard.
Beano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kains wants to control from the top but Beano keeps moving.
Kains throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kains throws and elbow that misses. Beano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kains's guard. Nice move by Beano!

Beano decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Beano throws out a loose jab but Kains uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beano thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kains thumps Beano with a low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Beano as Kains shoots in.
Beano misses with a combination

and Kains counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kains.
Kains trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Beano wriggles free and stands up.
Kains dives in and grabs Beano's left leg, looking for a takedown. Beano pushes down on Kains's head and hops out.
Beano throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kains.
Beano stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Kains. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kains was well out of range. Poor timing from Beano.

Beano gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kains to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kains trying to control but Beano is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kains accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Beano wriggles free and stands up.
Kains showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beano.
Beano misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kains feints and as Beano raises his hands in defense, Kains changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beano wants to stand up but Kains is controlling him.

Kains drops back looking for a leg! Beano is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Beano manages to kick Kains off! Kains jumps back into Beano's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Kains showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kains has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Kains!