PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Kilby (ranked 3636 p4p, 422 weight class) and Josh Haynes Haynes (ranked 25803 p4p, 695 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Kilby
vs
Haynes Haynes

180 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
195 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nick Kilby !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Josh Haynes Haynes!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Haynes pushes Kilby up against the cage in a clinch.

Haynes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haynes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kilby lands a jab.
Kilby connects with a leg kick. Haynes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kilby tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Haynes.
Kilby throws a head kick that Haynes semi-blocks.

It looks like Josh Haynes Haynes has been cut.
Haynes fails with the takedown.
Kilby pivots, looking for a leg kick but Haynes is out of range and Kilby settles back down.
We've been informed that Haynes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A jab from Kilby misses.
Kilby looks to land a left hand but Haynes moved out of range nicely.
Kilby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kilby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haynes shoots in but no luck this time.
Kilby misses with a straight right.
Haynes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kilby as he jumps to the side.
Nick Kilby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Haynes Haynes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilby scores with the left hand. Haynes knows he should have avoided that one.
Kilby stuffs the takedown attempt from Haynes. Haynes gets slowly back to his feet.
Kilby fires out a quick counter leg kick but Haynes just manages to avoid it.
Kilby scores with the left hand. Haynes knows he should have avoided that one.
Haynes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kilby finds it's way round the side to connect with Haynes's head.
Haynes throws a series of punches but Kilby avoids them all with ease.
Haynes fails with the takedown
and Kilby counters with a nice uppercut.
Kilby seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kilby throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Kilby .
Haynes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kilby cracks Haynes with an open hand slap.

Haynes is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kilby darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Haynes's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Kilby before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nick Kilby !
After winning the bout, Nick Kilby thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.