PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Kingsly (ranked 5045 p4p, 530 weight class) and Dan Roberts (ranked 7817 p4p, 632 weight class). Dan Roberts has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tyler Kingsly's chin.

Kingsly
vs
Roberts

188 cm
21
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyler Kingsly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kingsly rushes Roberts and presses him up against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Kingsly has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Roberts wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Roberts tries a body shot but Kingsly blocks it.
Roberts is looking to break free of the clinch but Kingsly has double underhooks.
Roberts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberts blocks an elbow strike.
Roberts is stalling here.
Roberts stalling the fight.
Roberts wants to break free but Kingsly has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kingsly.

Kingsly breaks the clinch.
Kingsly fails to land with a series of punches.
Roberts lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Roberts darts in and clinches Kingsly up against the cage.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roberts tries to break free but Kingsly pushes him back against the cage.

Kingsly breaks the clinch.
Kingsly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Roberts.
As Roberts looks to move away, Kingsly throws a big counter combo but Roberts just gets out of the way.
Kingsly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roberts throws a leg kick but Kingsly checks it.
Kingsly misses with a two punch combination.
As Kingsly backs off Roberts throws a huge counter combo but Kingsly manages to avoid it all.
An inside leg kick lands from Kingsly.
Kingsly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kingsly.
Kingsly scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kingsly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roberts raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Roberts.
Kingsly went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts misses with a wild combination.

Kingsly gets tackled into the cage by Roberts. Roberts maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kingsly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kingsly pushes off an throws an elbow but Roberts leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kingsly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Roberts blocks an elbow strike.
Kingsly lands a good knee to the midsection. Roberts won't want to take too many of those.
Kingsly tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Kingsly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberts slips a jab and a cross from Kingsly.
Roberts unleashes a big counter combination but Kingsly bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberts circles away quickly and effectively.
Kingsly thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Roberts if he has to take too many more of those.
Roberts misses with the combination.
Kingsly appears to be looking for a big counter.
Roberts stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kingsly.

Roberts clinches up with Kingsly and pushes him back against the cage.
Kingsly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kingsly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roberts's efforts to push away.
Roberts prevents a body shot from Kingsly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is trying to force a seperation but Kingsly has the dominant position.
Roberts avoiding damage as Kingsly throws knees to the body.
Kingsly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kingsly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roberts lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberts dodges an elbow strike from Kingsly.
Kingsly just leaning against Roberts, taking a breather.
Kingsly misses with an elbow strike.
Kingsly has Roberts pressed against the cage, preventing Roberts from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Roberts blocks an elbow strike.
Kingsly misses with a knee strike.
Kingsly looking to stall.
Roberts tries to break the clinch but Kingsly is controlling the position.
Roberts blocks the elbow strike.
Roberts wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Roberts wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kingsly lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Kingsly dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Roberts defending well as Kingsly loads up on a big left hand.

Roberts takes the fight into the clinch.
Roberts can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Kingsly.
Tyler Kingsly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kingsly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Kingsly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kingsly throws a right hand that Roberts ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberts also avoids with ease.
Roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kingsly circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingsly scores with a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Kingsly scores with a four punch combination!
Kingsly scores with a head kick.
Kingsly swats away the attempt to clinch by Roberts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kingsly.
Kingsly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Roberts.
Roberts pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roberts is looking to clinch but Kingsly is avoiding it.
Kingsly seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Kingsly.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingsly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kingsly went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Roberts has Kingsly up against the cage in a clinch.
Roberts effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kingsly controlling the action here for a moment.
Roberts can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Roberts's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kingsly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roberts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kingsly backwards.

Kingsly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kingsly misses with a looping left.
Kingsly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kingsly closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kingsly counters with a one-two to the body.
Kingsly moves out of range of the leg kick from Roberts.
Kingsly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roberts is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Roberts lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kingsly misses with a hook
and Roberts counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kingsly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberts circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberts slips a jab and a cross from Kingsly.
Roberts misses with a double jab
and Kingsly counters with a nice uppercut.
Kingsly fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kingsly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kingsly misses with a few strikes there.
Roberts unleashes a big counter combination but Kingsly bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kingsly takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kingsly looks to land a combination but Roberts avoids it well.
Roberts ducks under a wild hook from Kingsly.
Roberts is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kingsly's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kingsly duly obliges.
Roberts lands with a nice combination. Kingsly backs away looking to recover.
Kingsly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyler Kingsly is winning the standup battle so far.
Kingsly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyler Kingsly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Kingsly dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kingsly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kingsly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roberts raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Kingsly.
Roberts is looking to land body kicks.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Roberts as he connects with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kingsly.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Kingsly scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roberts.
Kingsly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Kingsly.
Roberts avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick from Roberts misses.

Roberts clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsly tries to stall but Roberts uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Roberts wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kingsly has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts is trying to push Kingsly away but Kingsly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roberts tries to throw a body punch but Kingsly avoids it by throwing Roberts back against the cage.
Roberts wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Roberts.
Kingsly tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.

Kingsly manages to break the clinch.
Kingsly slips a straight right by Roberts.
Roberts misses with a body kick.

Kingsly takes the fight into the clinch.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyler Kingsly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Roberts - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Roberts is trying to break the clinch but Kingsly has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kingsly has Roberts pressed against the cage, preventing Roberts from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Kingsly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberts slips a jab and a cross from Kingsly.
Roberts throws a head kick that misses.
Kingsly seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kingsly swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Kingsly does no damage.
Roberts unleashes a big counter combination but Kingsly bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kingsly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kingsly misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Roberts to counter with a crisp jab.
Kingsly misses with the combination.
Roberts goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Roberts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dan Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingsly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tyler Kingsly.
Well Kingsly 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Kingsly!