PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Nuttall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Kundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Nuttall
vs
Kundy

180 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Nuttall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ted Kundy!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kundy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kundy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nuttall misses with a takedown attempt - Kundy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Good leg kick by Kundy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nuttall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nuttall takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nuttall avoids the head kick by Kundy.
Nuttall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kundy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nuttall closes the distance and clinches up with Kundy, looking for a takedown. Nuttall pushes Kundy against the cage but Kundy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kundy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nuttall tries to clinch but Kundy moves out of range.
Kundy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nuttall wants to clinch.

Kundy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kundy stands up out of the half guard.
Nuttall tries for a takedown but Kundy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Nuttall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kundy.
Nuttall moves away from the strike by Kundy.
Nuttall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kundy.
Kundy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nuttall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nuttall avoids the head kick by Kundy.
Kundy lands a high kick!
Nuttall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kundy.
Nuttall dives in and grabs Kundy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kundy pushes down on Nuttall's head and hops out.
Kundy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nuttall as he avoids it easily.
Kundy throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nuttall is breathing heavily.
Nuttall fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuttall throws a head kick that misses.
Kundy lands a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kundy scores with a leg kick.
Nuttall tries for a takedown but Kundy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nuttall avoids the head kick by Kundy.
Kundy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nuttall. That did some damage!
Nuttall avoids the head kick by Kundy.
Nuttall takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Nuttall gets tackled into the cage by Kundy. Kundy maintains the clinch.
Kundy missing with knees to the body.

Kundy breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kundy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kundy lands a head kick. Nuttall smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kundy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nuttall fails with a takedown attempt.
Nuttall takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kundy.

Kundy stands up.
Kundy connects with a solid leg kick.
Nuttall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuttall has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kundy.
Kundy cracks the inside of Nuttall's front leg.
A head kick misses from Kundy.
Nuttall will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nuttall takes a kick to the side of the head.
A combination from Kundy does no damage.
Kundy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nuttall closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kundy circles away.
Kundy tries to clinch there but Nuttall circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kundy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Kundy dominated that 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.

Kundy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nuttall. Kundy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nuttall shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kundy as he jumps to the side.
Nuttall shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kundy sprawls well. Kundy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nuttall gets slowly back to his feet.

Kundy instigates a clinch.
Kundy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nuttall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nuttall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nuttall tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Nuttall. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuttall is trying to pull guard but Kundy has him pressed against the cage.
Kundy trying to land knees to the body.
Kundy scores a nice knee to the body.
Kundy misses with a knee strike.
Kundy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nuttall pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kundy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Kundy.
Nuttall avoiding damage as Kundy throws knees to the body.
Nuttall looking for a takedown.

Kundy manages to break the clinch.
Kundy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kundy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kundy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuttall shoots and misses
and Kundy counters with a good low kick that Nuttall was not able to check.
An inside leg kick lands from Kundy.
Ben Nuttall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kundy shoots in and drives through. Nuttall sprawls well.
Sloppy strikes from Nuttall. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kundy feints and then cracks Nuttall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nuttall down.
Nuttall on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kundy misses with a kick to the body.
Kundy misses with a body kick.
Nuttall tries for a takedown but Kundy circles away easily
and Kundy counters with a leg kick.
Nuttall shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kundy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kundy clinches up against the cage.
Nuttall is trying to pull guard but Kundy has him pressed against the cage.
Kundy working hard to break the clinch.
Kundy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nuttall lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kundy obliges.
Kundy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Nuttall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kundy cracks the inside of Nuttall's front leg.
Kundy dives in and grabs Nuttall's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nuttall pushes down on Kundy's head and hops out.
Nuttall fails with the takedown.
Kundy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuttall tries to clinch but Kundy is having none of it.
Kundy throws a front kick that sends Nuttall stumbling back into the cage.
Nuttall tries a head kick but it misses.
Kundy lands a head kick!
Kundy fails with a takedown attempt.
Kundy throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nuttall misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nuttall crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kundy - the referee stops the clock and Nuttall gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kundy. Nuttall manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Kundy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nuttall has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kundy.
Nuttall moves out of range of the body kick from Kundy.
Kundy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nuttall shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kundy but Kundy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kundy lands a head kick. Nuttall smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kundy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kundy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crunch! Kundy slams his shin into Nuttall's torso.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick by Kundy misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Kundy tries to keep at a distance but Nuttall has taken the fight into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kundy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuttall stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nuttall has Kundy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kundy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kundy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nuttall slows down the pace here.
Kundy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nuttall.

Nuttall jumps into guard, dragging Kundy to the mat.

Kundy stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ted Kundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nuttall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kundy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nuttall gets caught napping as Kundy dives in and scores a takedown. Nuttall manages to retain guard.
Nuttall working a defensive guard but Kundy passes into half guard.
Kundy tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Nuttall wants to get back to full guard but Kundy has passed into side control.
Nuttall struggling a bit here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nuttall is looking to reverse the position.

Kundy stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Kundy lands but Nuttall takes it in his stride.
Nuttall fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Nuttall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kundy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nuttall will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kundy throws a head kick but Nuttall moves out of range.
Kundy connects with a leg kick. Nuttall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ted Kundy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kundy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nuttall has a takedown stuffed.
Kundy throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kundy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kundy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kundy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nuttall is out of range and Kundy settles back down.
Kundy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nuttall pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kundy.
Kundy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Nuttall has managed to clinch.
Ted Kundy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kundy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nuttall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kundy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nuttall lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ben Nuttall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nuttall is trying to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Kundy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kundy 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Ted Kundy!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Ted Kundy!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Ted Kundy!

Ted Kundy wins by unanimous decision!