PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Rogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Kendall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Rogan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chris Kendall's chin.

Rogan
vs
Kendall

185 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

176 cm
24
173 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Rogan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Kendall!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogan shoots in but Kendall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kendall walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Chris Kendall has been cut.
Kendall tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rogan swivels and escapes.
Rogan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Rogan clinches.
Kendall misses with a punch on the inside.
Rogan prevents a body shot from Kendall.
Kendall misses with a hook to the ribs.

Rogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kendall connects with a right hand. Rogan shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rogan is defended easily by Kendall.
Rogan misses the jab.
Rogan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kendall bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rogan's head backwards.
Rogan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kendall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kendall thumps Rogan with a low kick.
Rogan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kendall was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogan.
A low kick from Rogan misses
and Kendall counters with a thumping low kick.
Joe Rogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rogan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Rogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogan connects with a nice looking jab.
Rogan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kendall cracks Rogan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rogan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rogan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kendall but Kendall pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kendall misses the jab.
Kendall lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kendall jabs Rogan to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kendall, as that shot connected.
Rogan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kendall lands a glancing blow to the side of Rogan's head.

It looks like Joe Rogan has been cut.
Kendall jabs Rogan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kendall dips to his left and cracks Rogan with an uppercut!
Rogan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rogan throws a jab but it's blocked by Kendall.
Rogan checks the leg kick.

Rogan manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Kendall on his heels. He'll look to pass Kendall's guard now, I'm sure.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Kendall keeping moving, preventing Rogan from controlling successfully.

Kendall scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Rogan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rogan shoots in but Kendall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rogan throws an off balance right hand
and Kendall counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rogan thinking.
Kendall connects with a leg kick. Rogan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rogan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rogan is breathing heavily.
Rogan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rogan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rogan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kendall throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rogan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kendall.
Kendall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rogan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rogan throws a sloppy head kick
and Kendall counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kendall sprawls well. Kendall wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rogan gets slowly back to his feet.
Kendall throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rogan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kendall scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rogan in his tracks.
Rogan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kendall goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Joe Rogan's cut is getting worse.
Kendall blocks a jab.
Rogan throws a head kick that misses
and Rogan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kendall avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kendall. That's going to slow Rogan down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kendall lands a nice looking body shot.
Kendall jabs Rogan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kendall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Kendall dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kendall scores with a decent looking hook.
Kendall lands a slapping body shot.
Kendall slips under a jab from Rogan.
Rogan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rogan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rogan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kendall.
A cross from Kendall lands.
Rogan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kendall.
Kendall lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kendall with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kendall throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rogan on the side of the head.
Kendall scores with a jab to the body.
Kendall connects with a body shot.
Kendall lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kendall connects with a body shot that sends Rogan's belly button to the back.
Chris Kendall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kendall wants to slow Rogan down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rogan just misses with a punch to the body.
Rogan lands with a nice combination. Kendall backs away looking to recover.
Rogan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kendall throws out the jab.
Rogan shoots in for a double leg but Kendall sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rogan throws a leg kick
and Kendall counters with a stiff right hand.

Joe Rogan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rogan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kendall as he avoids it easily.
Kendall jabs at Rogan's body.
Rogan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, jab by Kendall - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kendall punishes Rogan's body with a nice straight punch.
Kendall lands an overhand right.

Rogan is rocked!
Kendall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kendall checks a leg kick nicely.
Kendall moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oh Rogan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Joe Rogan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Kendall! Rogan is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Kendall! Chris Kendall retains his welterweight title!
Chris Kendall really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KAISER logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.