PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kennith Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Nose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hester kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Undone by: All That Remains. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hester
vs
Nose

172 cm
19
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

White Gorilla Nutrition

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kennith Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Red Nose!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hester scores with a spinning back kick!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nose.
Hester shoots in and drives through. Nose sprawls well.
Nose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hester.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hester displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Nose is rocked!

It looks like Red Nose has been cut.
Hester misses with a straight right.
Hester is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nose is still on wobbly legs! Can Hester finish him?
Nose avoids the head kick by Hester.
Hester tries to clinch there but Nose circles away.
Nose keeps the fight on the outside.
Nose seems to have recovered his senses.
Hester misses with the combination.
Hester doesn't manage to clinch there - Nose circles away.
Hester is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nose.

It looks like Kennith Hester has been cut.Nose tries to clinch up but Hester circles away and keeps his distance.

Nose moves into the clinch successfully.
Hester is trying to break free.
Nose dodges an elbow strike from Hester.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nose is keeping busy.
Hester wants to break free but Nose has control.
Hester lands a right hand.
Hester tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nose just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hester wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nose can't break the clinch.
Hester prevents the takedown attempt.
Hester misses with the head strike.
Nose is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nose tries to land knees in the clinch but Hester avoids the damage to the body.
Nose looking to throw knees to the head but Hester is blocking nicely.

Hester breaks the clinch.
Nose shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hester as he jumps to the side.
Kennith Hester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Red Nose.
Nose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nose looks gassed!
Hester throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice takedown defense from Hester. No joy for Nose on that attempt.
Hester tries to clinch up.
Nose scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hester throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nose has a takedown stuffed.
Nose throws a shot from downtown. Hester moves away and avoids it.
Nose fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to land a leg kick but Nose saw it coming and moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hester, right into the meat.
Hester takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nose misses with a leg kick.
Hester checks a leg kick.

Nose rushes Hester and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hester avoiding damage as Nose throws knees to the body.
Nose has Hester pressed against the cage.
Nose tries to land knees in the clinch but Hester avoids the damage to the body.
Nose wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nose misses with an elbow strike.

Nose turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Nose cracks Hester with a big right hand but Hester just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nose working the ground and pound from side control.
Nose wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hester keeps working.
Nose looks up at the clock and then as Hester takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nose smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nose trying to control the position but Hester is working away.
Nose in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nose scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hester to see if he's OK.
Nose scores with punches from side control.
Nose in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
A lull in the action here.
Hester is not content to let Nose control the position.

Nose is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hester has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hester is not content to let Nose control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nose works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nose in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hester is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Nose in side control, just content to control the action for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nose laying and praying for a moment but Hester takes advantage and regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Nose dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nose misses with a leg kick
and Hester makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hester looks to land a combination but Nose avoids it well.
Nose wants to slow Hester down by chopping away at his legs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hester.
Nose shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hester as he avoids it easily.
Nose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hester.
Nose closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hester counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kennith Hester is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hester bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Hester gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hester working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hester lands an elbow inside that Nose shrugs off.
Nose takes an elbow to the temple.
Hester lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nose backwards.
Nose is breathing heavily.
Hester lands a knee to the body.
Hester with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nose tries to stall but Hester uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nose keeps control of Hester as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hester manages to break the clinch.

Nose tries to keep at a distance but Hester has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hester with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nose drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nose avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
Nose wants to get back to striking at distance but Hester won't allow it.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester lands an elbow that stopped Nose in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hester.
Hester looking to slow down the pace here.
Hester stops a takedown attempt from Nose.
Kennith Hester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Red Nose.
Hester crunches a lovely knee into Nose's ribcage.
Nose stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hester tries a knee to the head but Nose blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nose takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nose wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nose trying to land knees to the body.
Hester managing to block the knees to the body from Nose.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Nose breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hester will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nose scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nose wants to clinch up but Hester keeps it at a distance.
Hester throws a jab but it's blocked by Nose.
Hester tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Nose counters with a straight right hand.
An inside leg kick from Nose misses.

Hester takes the fight into the clinch.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Nose is blocking nicely.
Hester looking to slow down the pace here.
Nose changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hester fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nose stuffs the takedown attempt from Hester. Hester gets slowly back to his feet.
Hester scoring well with a low kick there.
Nose pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hester is out of range and Nose settles back down.
Hester has a takedown stuffed.
Nose slips a jab and a cross from Hester.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester doesn't manage to clinch there - Nose circles away.
Hester misses with a double jab.
Nose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hester shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nose as he avoids it easily.
Nose misses with a leg kick
and Hester counters with a good low kick that Nose was not able to check.
Hester fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hester throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nose fails to land the takedown.
Hester throws a right and a left that Nose avoids nicely.
Hester misses with a double jab
and Nose counters with a good, hard body kick but Hester shrugs it off.
Hester throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hester misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nose is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hester.
Hester swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Nose holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hester wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Hester avoiding damage as Nose throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester keeps control of Nose as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nose wants to get back to striking at distance but Hester won't allow it.
Hester lands a knee to the head.

Nose breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Hester, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hester pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hester throws a hook to the side of Nose's head but Nose sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kennith Hester is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nose looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nose throws a combination that misses
and Hester counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nose is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nose fails to land the takedown.

Nose clinches up against the cage.

Nose has picked Hester up - he's going for a ride! Nose dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Hester is trying to stand up here but Nose is controlling him well.

Nose is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hester pushes Nose off looking to stand but Nose dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kennith Hester dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nose throws a right and a left that Hester avoids nicely.
Nose bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hester moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
No joy there for Hester, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hester looks to clinch

and Nose moves into the clinch.

Hester breaks the clinch.
Hester throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nose shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hester misses with a lunging right hand
and Nose counters with a leg kick.
Hester misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hester wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Nose misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nose looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hester misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Nose has managed to clinch.
Hester landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nose misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hester.
Hester lands a knee to the body.
Nose using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hester prevents Nose from breaking the clinch.
Nose misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hester.
Nose wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hester scores a nice knee to the body.

Nose works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Nose has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nose pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hester is keeping the position for now.
Nose slips nicely into half guard.
Nose seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nose thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hester's head.
Nose trying to mount his opponent but Hester defends it.
Hester pushes Nose off looking to stand but Nose dives back in and keeps control.
Nose trying to control from half guard but Hester is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nose trying to mount his opponent but Hester defends it.

Nose is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hester is just riding it out for now. Nose eventually gives up the hold.
Nose is looking to advance position but Hester won't allow it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hester swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Nose counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nose.
Nose tries to pull guard but Hester holds him up against the cage and eventually Nose drops back down to his feet.

Hester pulls Nose into guard.
Nose postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nose trying to control the position from guard on top but Hester is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nose's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nose trying to control the position from guard on top but Hester is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nose works over Hester with some ground and pound from guard.
Hester wants to get back to his feet but Nose is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nose content to stall in guard here.
Nose forces his way into half guard.
Hester is trying to stand.
Nose is looking to take a break and control but Hester is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nose missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nose prevents Hester from standing back up.
Hester regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Nose.
Nose trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Hester manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Hester looking to sit in guard and control but Nose gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hester keeping moving, preventing Nose from controlling successfully.
Hester is trying to keep Nose in close.

And that's the end of the fight!
Red Nose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nose has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Red Nose!