PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Bartz (ranked 1983 p4p, 1082 weight class) and Leonzar Kennedy (ranked 260 p4p, 151 weight class). Leonzar Kennedy is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bartz
vs
Kennedy

188 cm
21
215
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
215
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Bartz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonzar Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bartz throws a right hand that misses
and Kennedy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Bartz closes the distance and clinches.
Kennedy lands a body punch.
Bartz throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Bartz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kennedy presses Bartz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bartz blocking some punches.
Kennedy throws a punch but it's blocked by Bartz.
Kennedy lands a hook that snaps the head of Bartz backwards.
Kennedy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kennedy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bartz is keeping busy.
Bartz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Bartz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bartz avoiding damage as Kennedy throws knees to the body.
Kennedy gets through Bartz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bartz.
Bartz throws a head punch that misses.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from Bartz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy lands with a light punch inside.
Kennedy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bartz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kennedy can turn it around.
Kennedy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bartz tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kennedy.
Bartz has a couple of punches blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bartz misses with a body punch.
Kennedy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kennedy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kennedy lands a nice uppercut.
Kennedy stalling against the cage.

Kennedy manages to break the clinch.
Bartz closes the distance but Kennedy moves to the side
and Kennedy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bartz blocks a jab.
Bartz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kennedy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy works Bartz's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bartz tries to clinch up.
Bartz tries to clinch but Kennedy moves away
and Kennedy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bartz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bartz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kennedy thuds a left hand into Bartz's body.
Kennedy looks to throw the jab but Bartz is out of range.
Bartz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bartz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bartz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kennedy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Chad Bartz has been cut.
Chad Bartz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bartz tries to close the distance and clinch but Kennedy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kennedy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bartz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bartz moves to clinch but Kennedy breaks away
and Kennedy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bartz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kennedy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bartz clinches.
Kennedy scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kennedy.
Kennedy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bartz misses with a punch on the inside.

Kennedy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bartz is looking to clinch.
Kennedy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kennedy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bartz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kennedy throws a hook but Bartz avoids it easily.

Bartz moves into the clinch.
Bartz tries a body shot but Kennedy blocks it.
Kennedy has a couple of punches blocked by Bartz.
Kennedy lands a right hand.
Bartz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bartz tries to throw a body punch but Kennedy avoids it by throwing Bartz back against the cage.
Kennedy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bartz fails to land.
Kennedy misses with a punch on the inside.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kennedy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bartz blocks an uppercut.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from Bartz.
Kennedy stalls.
Kennedy looking to throw knees to the head but Bartz is blocking nicely.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bartz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bartz trying to land knees to the body.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bartz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bartz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy wants to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leonzar Kennedy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chad Bartz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Bartz has managed to clinch.
Kennedy misses with a knee strike.
Kennedy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bartz has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Bartz.
Kennedy avoiding damage as Bartz throws knees to the body.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but Bartz blocks it.
Bartz cracks Kennedy with a nice body shot.
Kennedy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bartz is keeping busy.
A nice left hand lands by Bartz.

It looks like Leonzar Kennedy has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bartz.
Chad Bartz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kennedy misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartz misses with a punch to the body.
Bartz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bartz has Kennedy pressed against the cage, preventing Kennedy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bartz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kennedy or not.
Kennedy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bartz misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bartz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kennedy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Kennedy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bartz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bartz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Kennedy breaks from the clinch.
Bartz moves in looking to clinch but Kennedy pushes him off.
Kennedy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kennedy looks to score with a jab to the body but Bartz is just out of range.
Kennedy throws a jab but it's blocked by Bartz.

Bartz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kennedy, pushing him back against the cage.
Kennedy blocks a body shot from Bartz.
Bartz has a couple of punches blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy blocks a body shot from Bartz.
A head punch on the inside from Bartz fails to land.
Bartz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kennedy or not.
Kennedy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kennedy is breathing heavily.
Bartz throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bartz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bartz tries to throw a body punch but Kennedy avoids it by throwing Bartz back against the cage.
Bartz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bartz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kennedy's efforts to push away.
Bartz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kennedy blocks an uppercut.
Bartz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bartz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kennedy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kennedy misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bartz.

Kennedy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bartz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kennedy throws out a counter right but Bartz avoids it with no problem.
Bartz looks to throw the jab but Kennedy is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kennedy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bartz moves in looking to clinch but Kennedy pushes him off.
Bartz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kennedy on the side of the head.
Bartz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bartz darts in trying to clinch
and Kennedy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bartz throws a jab when Kennedy was well out of range.
Bartz darts in trying to clinch
and Kennedy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bartz tries to clinch but Kennedy moves out of range.

Kennedy tries to keep at a distance but Bartz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bartz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kennedy.
Kennedy trying to stall but Bartz improves his position.
Kennedy misses with a body punch.
Bartz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kennedy misses with a punch to the body.

Kennedy breaks from the clinch.

Bartz moves into the clinch successfully.
Bartz misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bartz misses with some punches.
Kennedy blocks a body shot from Bartz.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Bartz controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kennedy.
A shot in the inside from Kennedy.
Bartz lands a right hand.

Kennedy manages to break the clinch.
Kennedy misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Bartz dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Bartz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kennedy misses with a hook. Bartz ducked under it nicely.
Kennedy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kennedy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bartz tries to clinch up but Kennedy circles away and keeps his distance.
Bartz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kennedy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bartz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kennedy swings for the body but Bartz moves out of range.
Kennedy swats away the attempt to clinch by Bartz.
A jab from Kennedy misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bartz wants to clinch up but Kennedy keeps it at a distance.
Kennedy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bartz with a body shot.
Bartz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bartz slips under a jab from Kennedy.

Bartz darts in and clinches Kennedy up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bartz has a couple of punches blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kennedy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kennedy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bartz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kennedy tries to stall but Bartz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bartz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kennedy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Bartz controls his hands.
Kennedy blocking some punches.
Kennedy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bartz blocks it with crossed arms.
Bartz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kennedy fails to land.
Bartz misses with some punches.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from Bartz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bartz.
Kennedy looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartz blocks a body shot from Kennedy.
Bartz throws a head punch that misses.
Bartz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kennedy tries to work over Bartz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bartz throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
A knee to the head by Kennedy.
Bartz misses with an elbow over the top.
Bartz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kennedy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bartz backwards.
Bartz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bartz cracks Kennedy with a nice body shot.
Bartz misses with some punches.
Kennedy blocks an uppercut.
Kennedy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from Bartz.
Bartz misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartz blocking some punches.
Bartz misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kennedy.
Kennedy with a knee to the head.
Bartz throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from Bartz.
Bartz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kennedy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kennedy scores with a shoulder strike.
Bartz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bartz lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kennedy.
Kennedy is working Bartz over against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kennedy scores with a shot to the side of Bartz's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kennedy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bartz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bartz swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kennedy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kennedy.
A short uppercut from Kennedy.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bartz misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bartz backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bartz.
Bartz presses Kennedy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kennedy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bartz.
A short body shot lands from Kennedy as the two fighters clinch.
Kennedy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bartz backwards.
Kennedy prevents a body shot from Bartz.
Kennedy lands with a light punch inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kennedy.
Kennedy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Bartz is rocked!
Bartz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonzar Kennedy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kennedy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonzar Kennedy!