PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogun BDown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

BDown
vs
Kennedy

185 cm
28
220 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shogun BDown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

BDown closes the distance and pushes Kennedy back into the cage.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and BDown avoids it.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kennedy.
Kennedy being controlled against the cage.
Kennedy tries to land knees in the clinch but BDown avoids the damage to the body.
BDown lands with a right to the head.
BDown blocks the elbow strike.
BDown lands a body shot in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kennedy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
BDown blocks an elbow strike.
Kennedy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but BDown is keeping busy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kennedy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BDown trying to stall but Kennedy improves his position.
Kennedy scores with a shot to the side of BDown's head.
The referee is keeping an eye on BDown - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BDown stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kennedy looks gassed!
BDown scores with a shot to the side of Kennedy's head.
Nice body punch from BDown - that landed with a thud.
BDown avoids the elbow strike from Kennedy, against the cage.
Nice body punch from BDown.
BDown lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BDown stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
BDown looking to stall.
BDown taking a breather.
BDown working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from BDown.
BDown scores with a nice hook to the head.
BDown slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy misses with an elbow over the top.
BDown lands with a short shot to the head.
BDown wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Shogun BDown.
Kennedy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

BDown darts in and clinches Kennedy up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from BDown.
Kennedy misses with an elbow over the top.
BDown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
BDown taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kennedy swings wildly with an uppercut but BDown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and BDown avoids it.
Kennedy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kennedy is pushing BDown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The referee is keeping an eye on BDown - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BDown misses with a body punch.
Kennedy is stalling here.
BDown blocks an elbow strike.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but BDown blocks with his arms.
BDown blocks the elbow strike.
BDown works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
BDown is leaning against Kennedy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
BDown crunches a lovely knee into Kennedy's ribcage.
BDown is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from BDown.
BDown lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BDown landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like John Kennedy has been cut.
BDown tries a knee to the head but Kennedy blocks it.
BDown lands a right hand.
BDown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
BDown lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by BDown.
BDown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
BDown lands an uppercut.
BDown connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BDown trying to control the position but instead, Kennedy has worked for underhooks and has pushed BDown into the cage.
BDown looking to throw knees to the head but Kennedy is blocking nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kennedy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shogun BDown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Kennedy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

BDown lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Kennedy crumples to the floor! BDown milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Shogun BDown!