PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bysshe Don (ranked 2441 p4p, 2244 weight class) and Wade Kinsella (ranked 306 p4p, 292 weight class). Don's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Where the Streets Have No Name - U2. Bysshe Don could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wade Kinsella's chin.

Don
vs
Kinsella

193 cm
25
180
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
26
176
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Primal
Island clothing lite

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bysshe Don!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wade Kinsella!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Don throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kinsella ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kinsella swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Don misses with an uppercut
and Kinsella counters with an inside leg kick.
Don works the jab nicely.
Don takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Don connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Don fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kinsella manages to avoid it.
Don definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Don slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Don walks into a left hand.
Kinsella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Don looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Don throws a shot from downtown. Kinsella moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Don.
Kinsella takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kinsella throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Don misses with a hook.
Kinsella ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Don looks to land a left hand but Kinsella moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kinsella! But no joy.
Kinsella uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Don.
Kinsella displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Don throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Don. Kinsella does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kinsella connects with a single shot there.
Kinsella misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kinsella lands with a shot to the body.
Don misses the shot to the body.
Don misses with a body shot
and Kinsella connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kinsella misses with an uppercut.
Don misses with a body punch
and Kinsella counters with a nice low kick that buckles Don's knee momentarily.
Don misses with an uppercut. Kinsella saw that one coming.
Kinsella blocks a jab.
Kinsella doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Don misses with a left hand
and Kinsella connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Don chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kinsella can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Kinsella.
Don fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kinsella manages to avoid it.
Kinsella bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Don lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Don throws a hook but Kinsella avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Kinsella's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Don misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kinsella counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Don misses with a lunging right hand
and Kinsella counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kinsella misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Don on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bysshe Don seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danga de danga de dang - Kinsella scores with a four punch combination!
Kinsella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kinsella fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Don misses with a body shot
and Kinsella counters with a body kick.
Kinsella avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Don throws a lazy right hand but Kinsella sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Don throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kinsella stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Don misses with a lunging right hand
and Kinsella counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kinsella is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Don had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Don misses with a jab to the body
enabling Kinsella to counter with a crisp jab.
Don misses with a hook
and Kinsella counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Don is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Don tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinsella was well out of range. Poor timing from Don.
Don jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kinsella misses with a head kick.
Kinsella has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Kinsella defending well as Don loads up on a big left hand.
Don throws a big shot that misses.
Kinsella throws a head kick but Don moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Don throws a poor cross that misses
and Kinsella counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Don misses with a wild body shot.
Don tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinsella was well out of range. Poor timing from Don.
Don moves forwards but Kinsella connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kinsella bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Don swings widly with a right hand
and Kinsella counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Don throws a poor cross that misses
and Kinsella cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kinsella uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Don.
A looping hook to the body misses from Don. Kinsella does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kinsella throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kinsella lands with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Don rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kinsella counters with a nice uppercut.
Kinsella steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Don.
Kinsella is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Don with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Kinsella dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kinsella uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Don.
The crowd cheers as Kinsella lands an impressive looking overhand right. Don doesn't seem phased though.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kinsella in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kinsella defending well as Don loads up on a big left hand.
Kinsella has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Don finds it's way round the side to connect with Kinsella's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kinsella. Don does a little dance to reset his feet.
Don swings for the body but Kinsella moves out of range.
Don throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kinsella counters with an inside leg kick.
Don waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kinsella.
Kinsella takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kinsella ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Don misses with a hook
and Kinsella counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Don might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kinsella jabs at Don's body.
Don ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kinsella moves away.
Don fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kinsella manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Don is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kinsella.
Don rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kinsella counters with a slapping leg kick.
Don throws a body punch but Kinsella moves out of range.
Don misses with a jab to the body
and Kinsella counters with a stiff right hand.
Don misses with a hook
and Kinsella counters with a nice body kick.
Kinsella keeps Don at a distance using the push kick.
Don tries to move into range but Kinsella moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kinsella scores with a body shot.
Kinsella fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kinsella delivers a nice body kick.
Wade Kinsella seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Don takes a jab right on the kisser.
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!
Nice defenses there by Kinsella.
And Kinsella responds with a good body kick, but Don manages to step out the way in time.
Kinsella shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Don looks to throw the jab but Kinsella is out of range.
Kinsella steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Don misses with a lunging right hand
and Kinsella counters with a good low kick that Don was not able to check.
Don misses with a right hand
and Kinsella counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kinsella blocks a jab.
Kinsella pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Don back to the cage. Kinsella follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kinsella has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Kinsella misses.
Don throws an overhand right that lands on Kinsella's shoulder, as Kinsella tries to avoid the shot.
Don misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinsella.
Don swings widly with a right hand
and Kinsella counters with a solid body kick.
Don waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kinsella.
Don misses with a looping left.
Kinsella throws a good cross that connects.
Don takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Don throws a right hand that misses
and Kinsella counters with a left and a right that stings Don.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Don misses the jab.
Don is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kinsella throws a head kick that Don semi-blocks.

Don is rocked!
Don will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Don steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kinsella. That one must have hurt.
Oh Don is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Don misses the jab.
Kinsella walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Don drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Kinsella swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Don's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wade Kinsella!
Our winner, Wade Kinsella, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Bysshe Don was interviewed post fight and said 'This loss is unacceptable, I blame everyone but myself for this outcome. The refs, the judges, my coaches, every stinkin' person on this island.'.