PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between stephen gerrard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Kernes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kernes has chosen Reign Supreme - Persevere And Overcome as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

gerrard
vs
Kernes

185 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

193 cm
25
275 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, stephen gerrard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Kernes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kernes wants to clinch.
gerrard looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kernes tries to clinch up but gerrard circles away and keeps his distance.
Kernes tries to clinch but gerrard is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kernes tries to close the distance and clinch but gerrard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kernes throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kernes tries to clinch up but gerrard circles away and keeps his distance.
gerrard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kernes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kernes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kernes lands with a kick to the temple. gerrard shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like stephen gerrard has been cut.
Kernes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kernes drops gerrard with a beautiful combination! gerrard stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kernes is looking for the KO!

gerrard is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kernes wants to clinch.
gerrard takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
gerrard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kernes throws a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kernes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kernes fails to land with a series of punches.
Jay Kernes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kernes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
gerrard takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kernes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kernes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kernes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by gerrard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Kernes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on stephen gerrard's cut.
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.

Kernes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
gerrard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kernes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kernes tries to clinch but gerrard moves out of range.
Kernes tries to clinch up.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether gerrard might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kernes tries to close the distance and clinch up but gerrard swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kernes tries to clinch there but gerrard circles away.
Kernes tries to clinch there but gerrard circles away.
stephen gerrard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kernes moves in looking to clinch but gerrard pushes him off.

Kernes lands a big head kick that sends gerrard tumbling to the mat! Kernes takes a step backwards and waves gerrard back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh gerrard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kernes lands a nice looking body kick.
gerrard seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whack! Kernes lands a heavy head kick that drops gerrard. The ref tackles Kernes to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because gerrard was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Jay Kernes!