PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moses Kealekapuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington has chosen Queen - I Want It All as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kealekapuna
vs
Washington

188 cm
29
221 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

185 cm
29
223 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moses Kealekapuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leonard Washington!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kealekapuna fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kealekapuna misses with a leg kick
and Washington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Washington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kealekapuna.
Kealekapuna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Washington manages to avoid it.
Washington connects with a looping right hand.

Kealekapuna closes the distance and clinches.
Kealekapuna blocking some punches.
Washington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Washington blocks a body shot from Kealekapuna.
Kealekapuna throws a punch but it's blocked by Washington.
Washington digs a right hand into Kealekapuna's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kealekapuna's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kealekapuna blocks an uppercut.
Washington digs a right hand into Kealekapuna's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kealekapuna's gas tank.

Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kealekapuna defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Washington.
Washington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kealekapuna thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kealekapuna has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Washington.
Leonard Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Washington lands with a straight right. Kealekapuna didn't see that one coming.
Kealekapuna misses with a low kick.
Washington connects with a body shot.
Kealekapuna throws a lazy head kick
and Washington counters with a nice body shot.
Kealekapuna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington.
Washington throws a jab but it's blocked by Kealekapuna.
Washington throws a leg kick which misses Kealekapuna's front leg but catches the back leg as Kealekapuna tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Washington lands a nice hook to Kealekapuna's body. Kealekapuna takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Washington misses with the combination.
Washington misses with a body shot.
Washington just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Washington fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kealekapuna avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Washington.
Washington scoring well with a low kick there.
Kealekapuna thows a leg kick but Washington checks it
and Washington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Washington lands with a cross.
Washington misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Washington.
Washington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kealekapuna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kealekapuna throws a leg kick that is checked
and Washington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kealekapuna. Washington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kealekapuna throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Washington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington blocks a head kick by Kealekapuna.
Washington swinging wildly here.
Washington is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kealekapuna had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kealekapuna moves out of range as Washington strikes.
Kealekapuna misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kealekapuna tries a head kick but it misses.
Kealekapuna tries a low kick but Washington avoids it.
Kealekapuna tries to clinch but Washington moves away
and Washington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Washington blocks a head kick by Kealekapuna.
Washington lands the left hand.
Washington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kealekapuna moves away.
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kealekapuna swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kealekapuna is looking to clinch but Washington is avoiding it.
Washington lands a jab to the head.
Kealekapuna digs a good hook to Washington's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington lands a really nice looking cross but Kealekapuna seems unphased.
Kealekapuna scores with a leg kick.
Moses Kealekapuna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kealekapuna scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Washington blocks a low kick nicely.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Washington looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Washington lands with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Washington stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kealekapuna throws a hook to the side of Washington's head but Washington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kealekapuna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Washington moves away.
Kealekapuna avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Washington dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kealekapuna misses with a body punch
and Washington counters with a nice uppercut.
Washington throws a hook to the side of Kealekapuna's head but Kealekapuna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kealekapuna throws a leg kick but Washington sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kealekapuna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Washington manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Washington misses its intended target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Washington.

Kealekapuna is rocked!
Kealekapuna lands a glancing blow to the side of Washington's head.
Kealekapuna throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington cracks Kealekapuna with a good jab.
Oh Kealekapuna is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A punch combination from Washington misses.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kealekapuna misses with a low kick.
Kealekapuna misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Washington counters with a single leg into guard. Kealekapuna didn't expect that.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kealekapuna is on top in guard.
Kealekapuna looking to pass the guard.
Washington manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kealekapuna manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kealekapuna is keeping the position for now.
Kealekapuna seems to have got his legs back now.
Washington throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kealekapuna works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Washington passes Kealekapuna's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kealekapuna is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Washington tries to pass to full mount but Kealekapuna defends it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kealekapuna gets full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kealekapuna is on top in guard.
Washington manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington lands a heavy elbow.
Washington is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Kealekapuna goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Washington!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Leonard Washington!
A very excited looking Leonard Washington rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.