PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diuk Livernon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Kimble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Stevie Kimble was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Livernon
vs
Kimble

176 cm
25
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diuk Livernon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stevie Kimble!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kimble drives through and clinches with Livernon against the cage.
Livernon looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kimble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Diuk Livernon has been cut.
Kimble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kimble lands a damaging elbow.
Kimble tries to land knees in the clinch but Livernon avoids the damage to the body.
Kimble lands an elbow that stopped Livernon in his tracks for a moment.
Kimble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Livernon's defenses.
Kimble lands a knee to the head.
Kimble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Livernon's defenses.
Kimble trying to land knees to the body.
Kimble gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimble trying to land knees to the body.
Kimble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kimble landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Kimble.
Nice elbow from Kimble.
Kimble landing knees to the head.
Nice elbow from Kimble.
Kimble connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimble putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Livernon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kimble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Livernon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kimble lands a nice elbow.
Livernon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kimble lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kimble.
Kimble misses with an elbow over the top.
Kimble misses with a knee strike.
Kimble with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livernon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kimble misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Kimble.
Kimble gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kimble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Livernon's face.
Kimble lands an elbow just above Livernon 's eye.

Livernon is rocked!
Kimble tries a knee to the head but Livernon blocks it.
Kimble lands an elbow inside.
Oh Livernon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimble tries to land a knee to the head but Livernon blocks with his arms.
Livernon seems to have got his legs back now.
Kimble tries to land a knee to the head but Livernon blocks with his arms.
Kimble tries to land a knee to the head but Livernon blocks with his arms.
Kimble lands an elbow just above Livernon 's eye.
Livernon avoids a wild elbow strike from Kimble.
Livernon blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kimble looking to throw knees to the head but Livernon is blocking nicely.
Kimble looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Kimble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diuk Livernon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kimble throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Livernon tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Kimble is in Livernon's guard.
Livernon keeping moving, preventing Kimble from controlling successfully.
Kimble trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kimble trying to control the position from guard on top but Livernon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Livernon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Livernon doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Livernon thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kimble landing some decent shots from guard.
Livernon keeping moving, preventing Kimble from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Livernon tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Livernon will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kimble wants to pass the guard but Livernon is keeping the position.
Livernon throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kimble stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Livernon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Livernon lands some strikes from the bottom.
Kimble would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kimble must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Livernon striking from the bottom.
Livernon keeping moving, preventing Kimble from controlling successfully.
Livernon trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Livernon striking off his back.
Livernon doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Livernon trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Kimble would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Livernon will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Livernon will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kimble wants to stand but Livernon is controlling his posture from full guard.
Livernon throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Livernon thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kimble looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livernon striking from the bottom here.
Livernon thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kimble is looking to work some ground and pound but Livernon has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kimble scoring with some ground and pound.
Livernon lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Livernon throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Livernon scores with a nice shot.
Livernon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stevie Kimble has got the better of the ground game so far.
Livernon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimble wants to stand but Livernon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kimble wants to pass the guard but Livernon is keeping the position.
Kimble sitting in guard, not really doing much.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Livernon is on top in guard.
Kimble really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Livernon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Livernon postures up in Kimble's guard and throws a big left but Kimble blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Livernon postures up in Kimble's guard and throws a big left but Kimble blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Livernon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Livernon is working Kimble over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Diuk Livernon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diuk Livernon's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kimble clinches up with Livernon and pushes him back against the cage.
Kimble misses with a knee to the head.
Kimble looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stevie Kimble seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kimble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Kimble.
Kimble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Livernon's defenses.
Kimble misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kimble looking to throw knees to the head but Livernon is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimble with a knee to the head.
Livernon avoiding damage as Kimble throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kimble.
Kimble connects with a knee to the head.
Kimble pushes off an throws an elbow but Livernon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kimble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Livernon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kimble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kimble pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Livernon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kimble putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Livernon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kimble looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kimble gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Livernon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Livernon is working for takedown but Kimble is calmly controlling the position for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kimble.
Kimble lands an elbow inside that Livernon shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimble landing knees to the body.
Kimble creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kimble comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kimble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kimble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Livernon's defenses.
Kimble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Livernon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kimble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Livernon's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimble tries to land a knee to the head but Livernon blocks with his arms.
Livernon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kimble pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kimble comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kimble.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kimble.
Kimble tries to land a knee to the head but Livernon blocks with his arms.
Kimble comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kimble with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stevie Kimble comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kimble has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevie Kimble!