PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Edwards (ranked 2266 p4p, 2774 weight class) and Stephan Kinsella (ranked 284 p4p, 341 weight class). Stephan Kinsella will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Edwards
vs
Kinsella

180 cm
25
190
2 - 0 - 0

212 cm
25
193
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bernard Edwards!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stephan Kinsella!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinsella lands a head kick. Edwards smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Edwards throws a body shot but no joy.
Kinsella misses with a straight right.
Edwards punishes Kinsella's body with a nice straight punch.
Kinsella misses with a leg kick
letting Edwards counter with a right hand.
Edwards fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kinsella looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kinsella throws a sloppy head kick and Edwards moves out of range easily.
Kinsella tries to land a leg kick but Edwards saw it coming and moves away.
Edwards has been working on his boxing with his coaches at PhoQus Island Training in the buildup to the fight.
Edwards throws a hook but Kinsella avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kinsella! But no joy.
Kinsella wants to land a leg kick but Edwards is out of range.
Kinsella does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A quick step to the side and Edwards tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Kinsella.
Kinsella misses with a kick to the body.
Edwards walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edwards misses with a shot to the body
and Kinsella counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A low kick lands for Kinsella.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards blocks a head kick by Kinsella.

Edwards has taken the fight to the clinch.
Edwards softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kinsella looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short body shot lands from Edwards as the two fighters clinch.
Edwards stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kinsella tries to pull guard but Edwards forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Edwards.
Kinsella looks winded!
A short left from Edwards.
Edwards pushes Kinsella back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Edwards lands with a right to the head.
Kinsella's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Edwards lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kinsella.
A bit of stalling here from Edwards.
Edwards lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edwards lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kinsella backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Edwards.
Edwards lands a right hand.
Edwards is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kinsella fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards stalling the fight.
Edwards presses Kinsella against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kinsella tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Edwards smiles and moves away.
Bernard Edwards has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephan Kinsella.

Edwards drives through and clinches with Kinsella against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Edwards - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Edwards lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kinsella fails to pull guard.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Edwards.
Edwards lands a right hand.
Kinsella tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Edwards just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Edwards creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Edwards cracks Kinsella with a nice body shot.

Edwards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Edwards misses with a wild body shot.
Edwards is looking to wear down Kinsella with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kinsella misses with a leg kick.
Edwards misses with a hook to the body
and Kinsella cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kinsella throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Edwards. Kinsella does a little dance to reset his feet.
Edwards avoids the head kick by Kinsella.

Edwards lands a left and a right that send Kinsella crashing to the mat, dazed. Edwards thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kinsella is rocked!

It looks like Stephan Kinsella has been cut.

Edwards rushes Kinsella and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kinsella is still on wobbly legs! Can Edwards finish him?
Kinsella jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Edwards walks away with a smile on his face. Kinsella gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kinsella seems to have recovered his senses.
Kinsella avoids the body shot from Edwards.
Kinsella has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Edwards throws an overhand right that lands on Kinsella's shoulder, as Kinsella tries to avoid the shot.
Edwards backing away here, and Kinsella unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
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!
Edwards misses with a looping left.
Edwards swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Edwards closes the distance and pushes Kinsella back into the cage.
Kinsella's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kinsella tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Edwards just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kinsella tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Edwards smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Edwards checks it well.
Kinsella bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kinsella shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kinsella connects with a body shot.

Edwards gets a clinch.
Kinsella tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice body punch from Edwards.
Kinsella is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Edwards to keep the fight standing.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kinsella tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Edwards smiles and moves away.
Kinsella misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kinsella scores with a body shot.
Edwards scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kinsella scoring well with a low kick there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bernard Edwards dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stephan Kinsella'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.

Kinsella defending well as Edwards loads up on a big left hand.
Edwards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Edwards has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kinsella.
Edwards with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kinsella to score with a decent uppercut.
Edwards avoids the head kick by Kinsella.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kinsella.
Nice uppercut lands for Edwards. That snapped Kinsella's head back.
Kinsella misses with a kick to the body.
Kinsella throws a chopping leg kick but Edwards manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Edwards scores with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinsella throws a low kick but Edwards avoids it.
Kinsella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kinsella misses with a hook.
Jab by Edwards.
Kinsella keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Edwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinsella uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edwards.
Edwards fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kinsella manages to avoid it.

Edwards moves into the clinch.
Edwards scores with a shot to the side of Kinsella's head.
Edwards lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kinsella is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Edwards to keep the fight standing.
Edwards holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Edwards lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kinsella is breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Still in the clinch, Edwards scores with a nice short uppercut.
Edwards lands a nice uppercut.
Edwards scores with a nice hook to the head.
Edwards works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Edwards lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edwards working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards pushes Kinsella back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Edwards just leaning against Kinsella, taking a breather.
A short right from Edwards on the inside.
Kinsella is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Edwards breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kinsella. That's going to slow Edwards down.

Edwards has managed to clinch.
Kinsella's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Edwards digs a right hand into Kinsella's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kinsella's gas tank.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Edwards drops Kinsella onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Kinsella is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Edwards throws a big uppercut that drops Kinsella! More strikes from Edwards and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kinsella lies dazed against the cage as Edwards celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bernard Edwards!
Bernard Edwards retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Bernard Edwards thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.