PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kane kaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domenic Amato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

kaine
vs
Amato

170 cm
22
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Likes ground

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kane kaine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Domenic Amato!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
kaine swings for the body but Amato moves out of range.
kaine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Amato drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
kaine wants to sweep but no luck.
kaine keeping moving, preventing Amato from controlling successfully.
Amato stops kaine from standing up.
Amato is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
kaine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
kaine is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Amato distracts kaine with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
kaine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
kaine stuns Amato with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Amato throws a half hearted mid kick.
Amato on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Amato darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

kaine looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kaine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
kaine is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
kaine tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
kaine trying to hold on to Amato's head to control him but Amato postures up.
kaine is trying to get back to full guard.
kaine trying to control here.
kaine tries to roll over but Amato keeps him under control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No joy there for kaine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
kaine is breathing heavily.
kaine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Amato misses with a low kick.
Amato tries to clinch there but kaine circles away.
Amato on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kane kaine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
kaine tries to bum rush Amato with a series of wild strikes but Amato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Amato tries a low kick but kaine avoids it.
kaine scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
kaine takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Kane kaine has been cut.
No joy there for kaine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Amato scores with a takedown into kaine's guard.
kaine looking for a sweep. Not yet kaine, not yet.
Amato slips nicely into half guard.
Amato slips a nice elbow through kaine's hands, connecting with kaine's forehead.

Amato is working for a kimura but kaine is defending it quite comfortably.
kaine misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
kaine gets back to full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

kaine looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
kaine is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
kaine has his hands on Amato's head, controlling the position.
kaine is trying to control the position from the bottom.
kaine managing to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
kaine is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Amato is trapped and kaine is scoring with shots to the head and body.

Amato preventing the rear naked choke attempt from kaine.
kaine scores with punches from the back.
kaine trying to control momentarily.

kaine working for a choke but Amato is defending well.
kaine has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Amato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Domenic Amato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kane kaine's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

kaine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Amato.
kaine scores with a one two! Amato had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
kaine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

kaine gets caught flat footed, as Amato shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
kaine controls Amato momentarily but Amato frees himself.
kaine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Amato trying to control the position from guard on top but kaine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Amato is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Amato tries to free his leg and advance position but kaine is retaining full guard.
kaine looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Amato throws a lazy uppercut
and kaine counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
kaine throws a sloppy head kick and Amato moves out of range easily.
kaine throws a one two combo.
kaine lands a jab-cross combination.

kaine pushes Amato up against the ropes in a clinch.

Amato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

kaine scores with a takedown into Amato's guard.
Amato is trying to control the position from the bottom.
kaine trying to control but Amato is working from the bottom.
kaine slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
kaine wants to pass the guard but Amato is keeping the position.
kaine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amato is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
kaine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Amato tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
kaine jabbing away but nothing is landing.

kaine scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
kaine is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Amato!
Amato is squirming around, avoiding kaine's attempts to control the action.
kaine with a couple of short strikes.
Domenic Amato has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
kaine with shots to the head and body - Amato looks very uncomfortable down there.
kaine landing strikes from the mount.
kaine controlling the pace for now.
kaine putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amato tries to hold on but kaine postures up.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, kaine cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Amato can do anything to dispel that myth.
Amato is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Amato is squirming around, avoiding kaine's attempts to control the action.
kaine lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Amato is looking to get to half guard.
kaine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Amato looks a forlorn figure.

kaine goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Amato turns into him and now he's in kaine's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Amato avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
kaine is trying to keep Amato in close.
kaine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Amato's guard.
kaine wants to control from the top but Amato keeps moving.
Amato utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
kaine postures up and lands a big shot to Amato's brow.
Amato looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
kaine postures up.
kaine 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.
Amato is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
kaine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kane kaine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kane kaine's cut.
That's time! kaine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

kaine throws a right hand that Amato ducks under and follows up with a left that Amato also avoids with ease.
Amato drops kaine with a left and a right! Oh, kaine is hurt - Amato dives into side control looking to finish!

kaine is rocked!
Amato scoring with punches from side control.
Oh kaine is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Amato in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Amato is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, kaine has escaped the position, nice work there.
kaine seems to have got his legs back now.
kaine tries to improve position but can't.
Amato is working kaine over with some ground and pound from side control.
Amato working the head and body with strikes.
kaine is trying to control Amato's posture but Amato avoids it.
kaine looking for a sweep but Amato has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amato wants to control the pace but kaine is squirming around nicely.
Amato pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amato lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Amato tries to control but kaine wriggling away.
Amato punishing his opponent with strikes.
Amato wants to control the pace but kaine is squirming around nicely.
Amato with good strikes from the mount here!
kaine sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
kaine is pressing down on Amato's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

kaine had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Amato is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. kaine Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Amato's back instead.
Amato rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
kaine slips a nice elbow through Amato's hands, connecting with Amato's forehead.

kaine seems to be working for a kimura but Amato defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
kaine working over Amato with some ground and pound. Amato looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Amato is pressing down on kaine's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

kaine stands and steps away. Amato gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Excellent takedown into side control there by kaine.
Amato gets back to half guard.
kaine wants to control but Amato is keeping him busy.
Amato wants to control but kaine is keeping busy.
Amato trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but kaine manages to pass to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amato is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Amato tries to lock up and control but kaine gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
kaine looking to control and managing it successfully.
kaine breaks from Amato's wrist control and lands an elbow.

kaine is working for a guillotine from mount but Amato frees his head quite easily.
kaine prevents Amato from getting the reversal.
Amato is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Amato flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Amato is trying to escape the mount.

That's four 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.
kaine throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Amato is looking to get to half guard.
kaine looking to control but Amato is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

kaine swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Amato is now in kaine's guard. A big mistake from kaine there, giving up the dominant position!
Amato must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
kaine is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
kaine looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
kaine punching to the body, from the bottom.
Amato connects with a couple of short punches.
kaine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Amato's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Domenic Amato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Amato 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Domenic Amato!