PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devin Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kool Keith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Styles might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wrecking Ball. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Styles
vs
Keith

187 cm
36
206 lbs
37 - 17 - 0

198 cm
32
205 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 37 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Devin Styles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kool Keith!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keith uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Styles throws a body shot but no joy.
Keith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Keith works the jab nicely.
Keith throws a lazy uppercut
and Styles counters with a nice low kick that buckles Keith's knee momentarily.
Styles lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keith. That's going to slow Styles down.
Keith connects with an inside leg kick.
Keith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Styles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Keith misses.
Styles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keith throws a low kick but Styles avoids it.
Keith misses with a double jab.
Keith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Styles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Keith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Styles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Keith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Styles.
Keith is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Styles throws a hook but Keith avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith throws out a leg kick but Styles moves out of range and Keith only half commits.
Styles was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Keith feints and then cracks Styles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Styles down.
Styles motions for Keith to come forward. Styles throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Keith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Styles moves away.
Keith defending well as Styles loads up on a big left hand.
Keith tries a quick counter leg kick but Styles is wise to it.
Keith looks to score with a jab to the body but Styles is just out of range.
Styles is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keith.
Keith feints a counter leg kick.

Keith has managed to clinch.
Keith swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Styles breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Styles misses.
Keith darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Keith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Styles's hands.
Styles misses the shot to the body.
Keith throws a leg kick
and Styles counters with an outside leg kick.
Keith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Styles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Styles finds it's way through Keith's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Styles there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Styles avoids a kick to the body.
Keith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice body kick from Styles.
Keith shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Keith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Styles digs a good body shot into Keith's ribs.
A punch lands to the side of Keith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot lands for Styles.

It looks like Kool Keith has been cut.
Keith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Styles connects with a leg kick. Keith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Styles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keith's sensitive parts.

Keith clinches with his opponent.
Styles lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Keith.
Keith misses with a punch to the body.
Keith throws a punch but it's blocked by Styles.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Styles.
Styles tries a body shot but Keith blocks it.
Keith tries a body shot but Styles blocks it.
Keith lands a body punch in the clinch.

Styles breaks the clinch.
Keith feints and then cracks Styles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Styles down.
Keith misses with a looping left.
Keith throws the kick towards the body but Styles avoids it.
Keith throws a chopping leg kick but Styles manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kool Keith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keith tries to close the distance and clinch but Styles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Styles swats away the attempt to clinch by Keith.
Styles thinks about countering with a body kick.
Styles throws a sloppy head kick and Keith moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Styles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Keith avoids the head kick by Styles.
Keith throws out a counter right but Styles avoids it with no problem.
Keith is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Keith, right into the meat.
Styles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Styles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Keith's calf.
Keith has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Styles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Styles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Styles fires out a quick counter leg kick but Keith just manages to avoid it.
Styles connects with a leg kick. Keith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Keith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Styles misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Styles.
Styles moves out of range as Keith strikes.
Keith misses with a low kick.
As Keith backs away, Styles returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Devin Styles will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kool Keith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Keith throws a jab when Styles was well out of range.
Styles jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Keith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Styles.
And Keith tries to counter it with a takedown but Styles pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Keith lands with an uppercut that bounces Styles off the cage and back into range.
Styles lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Keith misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the body from Keith misses
and Styles counters with an inside leg kick.
Keith misses with a left hand
and Styles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Styles on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Styles lunges at Keith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Keith's hand.
Keith avoids a kick to the body.
Keith attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Styles wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Keith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Styles lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Styles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Keith closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles throws a punch but it's blocked by Keith.
Styles blocks a body shot from Keith.
Keith takes a shot to the head.
Styles scores with a shot to the side of Keith's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Styles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Styles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Styles.
Styles blocking some punches.
Styles blocking some punches.
Styles blocking some punches.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Styles controls the action.
Styles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keith misses with the head strike.
Keith misses with a body punch.
Keith misses with some punches.

Styles breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Keith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Styles is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Keith misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith tries to land a body kick
and Styles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Keith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Styles counters with a body kick that stops Keith in his tracks momentarily.
Keith is breathing heavily.
Styles tries to land a front kick but Keith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Keith misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Styles counters with an outside leg kick.
Styles swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Keith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Styles counters with a low kick, right behind Keith 's knee.
A jab from Styles does it's job there.
Styles looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keith moves forwards but Styles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Styles checks a leg kick.
Styles lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Keith walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Styles checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jab from Styles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Keith clinches up against the cage.
Styles pushes Keith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Styles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keith feints and then cracks Styles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Styles down.
Styles works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Keith tries a head kick but it misses.
Styles throws a body kick that misses.
Styles goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Keith misses with a looping right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keith.
Styles cracks the inside of Keith's front leg.
Styles scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Keith doesn't seem bothered though.
Styles moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Styles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Styles looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keith checks a low kick from Styles.
Keith swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Styles counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Keith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Keith thuds his right hand into Styles's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Styles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Keith can do to turn this around?
Keith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Styles to score with a decent uppercut.
Keith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Styles.
Keith throws a jab but it's blocked by Styles.
Keith misses with a combination
and Styles counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Styles with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Styles takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Styles walks into a jab.
Styles fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Keith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Styles moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devin Styles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kool Keith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Keith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Styles connects with an inside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Keith.
Keith only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Styles cracks Keith with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Styles has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Keith to stand back up!
Keith walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Styles checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Keith attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Styles cracks Keith with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Keith looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Styles finish him?

Keith is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Styles connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Keith out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Devin Styles!
After winning the bout, Devin Styles thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.