PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Judea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judea is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I want to be a woman - Monty Python. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kakoullis
vs
Judea

184 cm
36
206 lbs
42 - 12 - 0

189 cm
32
204 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good 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 42 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Judea!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Kakoullis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Judea scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kakoullis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym Beam in the buildup to the fight.
Kakoullis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Judea takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Judea. Kakoullis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Judea slips under a jab from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A big right from Judea misses.
Judea lands a front kick.
Kakoullis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kakoullis throws the kick towards the body but Judea avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big left from Kakoullis misses.
Kakoullis throws a low kick, looking for Judea's leg but Judea calmly moves out of range.
Kakoullis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kakoullis throws a head kick that misses.
Kakoullis lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judea scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kakoullis doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice defenses there by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nice uppercut lands for Judea. That snapped Kakoullis's head back.
Judea lands with a straight right. Kakoullis didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kakoullis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judea manages to avoid it.
Kakoullis throws a body kick that misses.
Judea throws a jab when Kakoullis was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kakoullis.
Judea steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kakoullis. That one must have hurt.
Judea takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Judea connects with a body shot.
Kakoullis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kakoullis.
Judea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kakoullis.
Crunch! Kakoullis slams his shin into Judea's torso.
Judea checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kakoullis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kakoullis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kakoullis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Judea tried to score with a low kick but Kakoullis checks it.
Kakoullis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judea.
Kakoullis loads up on a big right hand but Judea slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judea throws a nice outside leg kick.
Judea takes one to the side of the head.
Kakoullis just misses with a punch to the body.
Kakoullis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judea's sensitive parts.
Judea lands a nice looking body kick.
Judea misses with a body kick.
Kakoullis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Judea blocks the body kick.
Nice shot lands for Kakoullis.
The fighters circle momentarily. Judea darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Judea uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Judea takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kakoullis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Judea cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Judea tries to work over Kakoullis's front leg with a kick but Kakoullis checks it.
Kakoullis appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kakoullis blocks a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Kakoullis blocks the leg kick.
Judea misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea throws a right hand that misses
and Kakoullis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Judea blocks a low kick nicely.
Kakoullis avoids the body shot from Judea.
Kakoullis throws a shot from downtown. Judea moves away and avoids it.
Kakoullis's corner calls for a 1-2. Kakoullis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kakoullis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kakoullis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Judea throws a low kick, looking for Kakoullis's leg but Kakoullis calmly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Judea. Kakoullis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kakoullis throws a body punch but Judea moves out of range.
Kakoullis avoids the head kick by Judea.
Judea misses with a hook to the body
and Kakoullis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A solid leg kick lands there for Judea.
Kakoullis throws the kick towards the body but Judea avoids it.
Kakoullis throws a shot to the body.
Kakoullis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judea throws a body punch but Kakoullis moves out of range.
Judea throws a half hearted mid kick.
A quick step to the side and Kakoullis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judea lands with a kick to the temple. Kakoullis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kakoullis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kakoullis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kakoullis misses with an uppercut
and Judea counters with a low kick, right behind Kakoullis 's knee.
Kakoullis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kakoullis fakes the leg kick and cracks Judea in the body.
Kakoullis cracks Judea with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Judea throws a jab but it's blocked by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Judea thuds a left hand into Kakoullis's body.
Judea wants to land a leg kick but Kakoullis is out of range.
Judea moves out of range as Kakoullis throws a body kick.
Kakoullis is looking to slow Judea down with leg kicks.
Kakoullis swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kakoullis with a jab.
Judea swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sotiris Kakoullis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Judea throws a head kick that misses.
Judea slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kakoullis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kakoullis. That's going to slow Judea down.
Kakoullis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Judea! But no joy.
Judea defending well as Kakoullis loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Judea misses.
Judea's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kakoullis swings for the body but Judea moves out of range.
Judea takes a swing at Kakoullis's ribcage but misses.
Kakoullis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Judea can do to turn this around?
Kakoullis throws a solid leg kick but Judea takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kakoullis.
Judea tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kakoullis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Judea looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kakoullis, right into the meat.
Kakoullis scoring well with a low kick there.
Judea moves out of range of the strikes.
Kakoullis throws a low kick but Judea moves out of range easily.
Judea misses with a leg kick
and Kakoullis counters with a thumping low kick.
Judea throws a body punch but Kakoullis moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judea lands with a good body shot.
Judea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Judea misses with an uppercut.
Judea checks the leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Kakoullis.
Judea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kakoullis's calf.
Kakoullis throws an overhand right that lands on Judea's shoulder, as Judea tries to avoid the shot.
Kakoullis throws out a leg kick but Judea moves out of range and Kakoullis only half commits.
Judea swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Judea looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kakoullis looks to score with a jab to the body but Judea is just out of range.
Judea misses with a low kick.
Judea looks to score with a jab to the body but Kakoullis is just out of range.
A quick step to the side and Kakoullis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Judea misses with a straight right.
Judea delivers a nice body kick.
Kakoullis with a hook.
Kakoullis throws a head kick that misses.
Judea misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis throws a body kick that misses.
No joy there for Kakoullis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kakoullis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kakoullis avoids the body shot from Judea.
Kakoullis tried to counter with a leg kick but Judea avoided it.
Judea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kakoullis.
Judea attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Judea has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Judea.
Judea fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kakoullis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Judea circles away quickly and effectively.
Kakoullis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Judea moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kakoullis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Judea takes a step back to recover.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Judea crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kakoullis - the referee stops the clock and Judea gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kakoullis. Judea manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Judea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kakoullis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kakoullis half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kakoullis thumps Judea with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea slips a jab and a cross from Kakoullis.
Judea now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Judea might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kakoullis has got the better of the exchanges.
Kakoullis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Judea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kakoullis. Judea shrugs it off though.
Judea throws a combination that misses
and Kakoullis counters with a nice body shot.
Kakoullis throws a low kick but Judea moves out of range easily.
Judea doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kakoullis connects with a nice looking jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kakoullis. Judea shrugs it off though.
Judea is breathing heavily.
Kakoullis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Judea misses with a looping left.
Judea tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kakoullis was well out of range. Poor timing from Judea.
A solid body kick from Kakoullis.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Judea throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Judea has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis misses with a body shot.
Kakoullis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis lands a nice looking body kick.
Kakoullis connects with an inside leg kick.
Judea closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kakoullis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kakoullis is looking to land body kicks.
Judea doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kakoullis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judea.
Good leg kick by Kakoullis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Judea cracks the inside of Kakoullis's front leg.
Kakoullis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Judea slips a straight right by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis throws a leg kick which misses Judea's front leg but catches the back leg as Judea tries to avoid it.
Judea connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kakoullis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Judea is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kakoullis with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judea fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kakoullis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sotiris Kakoullis is winning the standup battle so far.
Kakoullis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Judea fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kakoullis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Judea works Kakoullis's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sotiris Kakoullis dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A lazy left from Kakoullis finds it's target.
Kakoullis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Judea.
Kakoullis tries to land a front kick but Judea steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Judea misses with a hook.
Judea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judea moves out of range of the body kick from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis dodges the punch combination from Judea.
Judea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kakoullis misses with a hook. Judea ducked under it nicely.
Kakoullis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Judea clobbers Kakoullis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea misses with a body punch
and Kakoullis counters with a thumping low kick.
Judea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Judea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kakoullis.
Kakoullis thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Judea if he has to take too many more of those.
Judea connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kakoullis.
Judea throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kakoullis counters with a nice uppercut.
Kakoullis misses with a body shot.
Kakoullis thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Judea if he has to take too many more of those.
Judea takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kakoullis misses with the combination.
Kakoullis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judea throws out the jab.
Judea misses the body punch
and Kakoullis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Judea throws a leg kick that misses.
Kakoullis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Judea lands with a hook. Kakoullis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kakoullis cracks Judea with a right hand to the side of the head.
Judea throws a hook but Kakoullis avoids it easily.
Kakoullis moves out of range of the leg kick from Judea.
Kakoullis scores with a sloppy right hand. Judea should have avoided that one.
Judea turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judea looks to land a left hand but Kakoullis moved out of range nicely.
Stan Judea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sotiris Kakoullis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kakoullis cracks the inside of Judea's front leg.
Judea looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kakoullis misses with a kick to the body.
Judea throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kakoullis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Judea's knee momentarily.
Kakoullis avoids the body shot from Judea.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kakoullis.
Kakoullis lands a nice shot to the body.
A cross from Kakoullis lands.
Kakoullis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judea.
Judea misses with a jab to the body
and Kakoullis counters with a nice body kick.
Judea takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kakoullis.
Judea takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kakoullis ducks right into an uppercut from Judea.

It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut.
Nice body kick from Kakoullis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kakoullis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Judea takes a step back to recover.
Judea missing with a left hand there. Kakoullis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick lands from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kakoullis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kakoullis jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kakoullis thuds his shin into the meat of Judea's side.
Judea pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kakoullis is out of range and Judea settles back down.
As Judea backs away, Kakoullis returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kakoullis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Judea under the eye.
Judea tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kakoullis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Judea takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kakoullis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judea.
Kakoullis cracks the inside of Judea's front leg.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Judea lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kakoullis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kakoullis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Judea throws out a leg kick but Kakoullis moves out of range and Judea only half commits.
Judea has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judea misses the shot to the body.
Kakoullis feints and then cracks Judea's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Judea down.
Kakoullis jabs at Judea's body.
A leg kick checked by Kakoullis.
Judea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kakoullis moves away.
Judea sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kakoullis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kakoullis connects with a leg kick. Judea looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kakoullis.
Kakoullis stuns Judea with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A lazy body kick from Judea
and Kakoullis makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kakoullis misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kakoullis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kakoullis thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Judea if he has to take too many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Judea misses the target.
Kakoullis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sotiris Kakoullis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kakoullis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sotiris Kakoullis!
Sotiris Kakoullis decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.