PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lani Kirby (ranked 2433 p4p, 273 weight class) and Honda Housey (ranked 1858 p4p, 232 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Lani Kirby has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lani Kirby seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Kirby
vs
Housey

182 cm
25
175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

165 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lani Kirby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Honda Housey!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirby scores with a one two! Housey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Housey takes a swing at Kirby's ribcage but misses.
Kirby tries to clinch but Housey moves out of range.
Housey is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Kirby closes the distance and clinches.
Housey tries to pull guard but Kirby forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kirby blocks an uppercut.
Kirby scores with a shot to the side of Housey's head.
Housey wants a takedown.
Kirby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Housey goes for a takedown attempt but Kirby pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lani Kirby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Honda Housey.
Kirby connects with a nice looking jab.
Kirby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Housey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Housey changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

Kirby drives through and clinches with Housey against the cage.
Kirby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Housey backwards.
Housey fails to pull guard.
Housey wants a takedown but no success here.
Housey misses with a body punch.
Kirby cracks Housey with a nice body shot.
Kirby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Housey backwards.
Kirby lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kirby digs a right hand underneath Housey's ribcage. Housey let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kirby works on Housey's body with a couple of short punches.
Kirby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kirby - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Housey tries to pull guard but Kirby won't allow it.
Housey is trying to pull guard but Kirby has him pressed against the cage.
Kirby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Housey backwards.
Housey changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kirby fights it off and pushes away nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kirby fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kirby clinches up with Housey and pushes him back against the cage.
Kirby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Housey backwards.
A short body shot lands from Kirby as the two fighters clinch.
Housey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kirby smiles and moves away.
Kirby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Housey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kirby throws a body punch but Housey moves out of range.
Housey drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kirby defends it well.

Kirby takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby lands with a short shot to the head.
Kirby stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kirby digs a right hand into Housey's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Housey's gas tank.
Kirby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Kirby.
Housey looks winded!
Kirby lands a right hand.
Kirby displaying some good clinch control by pressing Housey up against the cage.
Kirby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kirby dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kirby scores with a shot to the side of Housey's head.
Kirby stalling.
Housey is trying to pull guard but Kirby has him pressed against the cage.
Kirby effectively controlling the action here.
Kirby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!

Housey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kirby ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kirby works the jab nicely.
Housey has a takedown stuffed.
It looked like Kirby wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kirby stuns Housey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kirby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lani Kirby dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kirby with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kirby is looking to clinch.
Housey is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kirby scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kirby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Housey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirby cracks Housey with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lani Kirby is winning the standup battle so far.
Kirby moves in looking to clinch but Housey pushes him off.
Housey keeps the fight on the outside.
Housey tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby lands a head shot.
Kirby is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Kirby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Housey can do to turn this around?
Kirby takes a swing at Housey's ribcage but misses.
Housey is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kirby throws a body punch but Housey moves out of range.
Kirby tries to clinch but Housey is having none of it.
Kirby wants to clinch up but Housey keeps it at a distance.
Kirby swings for the body but Housey moves out of range.
Kirby scores with a body shot.

Housey tries to keep at a distance but Kirby has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby lands with a right to the head.
Housey has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kirby is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Housey manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Kirby has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Housey is proving hard to escape from.
Kirby trying to control the position from guard on top but Housey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Housey seems keen to control Kirby's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby trying to control but Housey is working from the bottom.
Kirby wants to get up but he can't break Housey's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kirby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kirby comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kirby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Housey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Housey changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Kirby is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Kirby tries to clinch up.
Kirby lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby tries to clinch up

and Housey counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kirby!
Kirby tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Kirby is really stuck here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee is taking a good look at Kirby as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Housey!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kirby is really stuck here.
Housey throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kirby could be in trouble here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lani Kirby dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Kirby tries to clinch but Housey moves out of range.
Housey tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Housey's coach down at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Housey's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kirby tries to clinch up but Housey circles away and keeps his distance.
Housey feints the counter takedown.
Housey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kirby lands with a good body shot.
Kirby is looking to wear down Housey with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Housey circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kirby closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Housey tries to pull guard but Kirby holds him up against the cage and eventually Housey drops back down to his feet.
Kirby digs a right hand underneath Housey's ribcage. Housey let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kirby digs a right hand underneath Housey's ribcage. Housey let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Housey fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Housey pulls guard successfully.
Housey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kirby wants to control from the top but Housey keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Housey managing to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Housey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kirby manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby can't keep his opponent in guard - Housey advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kirby on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kirby tries to get out of the position.
Nice strikes from Housey there.
Nice strikes from Housey there.
Kirby is looking for a sweep. Housey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Housey lands strikes from half guard.
Housey drops an elbow to the side of Kirby's head.
Housey working the head and body with strikes.
Housey looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kirby trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Housey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Housey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kirby with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Housey seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kirby does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Housey lands a nice short elbow.

Kirby is rocked!
Housey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Oh Kirby is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Housey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Housey scores with a big shot! Kirby's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Kirby! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Honda Housey!
Honda Housey thanked the fans post fight for their support.