PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Kingsbury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Sosnowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenny Kingsbury has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kingsbury
vs
Sosnowski

175 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

The Dark Side
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenny Kingsbury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Sosnowski!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosnowski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sosnowski darts in trying to clinch
and Kingsbury counters with a left to the body.
Kingsbury misses with a body shot.
Kingsbury ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sosnowski moves out of range of the leg kick from Kingsbury.
Sosnowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingsbury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kingsbury throws a sloppy body shot
and Sosnowski counters with a three punch combo that has Kingsbury backing up. Kingsbury nods at Sosnowski to acknowledge the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sosnowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice defenses there by Sosnowski.
Kingsbury throws a jab but it's blocked by Sosnowski.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sosnowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sosnowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kingsbury catches Sosnowski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kingsbury keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsbury swings for the body but Sosnowski moves out of range.
Sosnowski doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kingsbury counters with a nice body shot.
Sosnowski tries to clinch up
and Kingsbury counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sosnowski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kingsbury as he avoids it easily.
Sosnowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kenny Kingsbury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sosnowski.
Sosnowski shoots in for a double leg but Kingsbury sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kingsbury stuffs the takedown attempt from Sosnowski. Sosnowski gets slowly back to his feet.
Sosnowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kingsbury defends it nicely.
Sosnowski wants to clinch up but Kingsbury keeps it at a distance.
Sosnowski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kingsbury.
Sosnowski closes the distance and clinches up with Kingsbury, looking for a takedown. Sosnowski pushes Kingsbury against the cage but Kingsbury circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosnowski shoots in for a takedown but Kingsbury shows good takedown defense.
Sosnowski looks winded!
Kingsbury darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sosnowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kingsbury misses with a low kick.
Sosnowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingsbury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosnowski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kingsbury's waist but Kingsbury gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sosnowski off to one side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sosnowski.
Kingsbury throws a nice looking combination but Sosnowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosnowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kingsbury scores with a decent looking hook.
Kingsbury lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sosnowski backs up against the cage.
Kingsbury lands with a shot to the body.
Kingsbury connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sosnowski. Sosnowski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A punch combination from Kingsbury misses.

Kingsbury tries to sprawl but Sosnowski drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosnowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kingsbury defending well though.
Kingsbury keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kingsbury controlling the position well.
Kingsbury is looking to escape.
Kingsbury wants to control but Sosnowski is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kingsbury is looking to escape.
Kingsbury preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kenny Kingsbury wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Kingsbury gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sosnowski to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kingsbury wants to stand up but Sosnowski is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosnowski is fighting to break Kingsbury's control of his arms but Kingsbury is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sosnowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kingsbury wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

We're going to have a standup here because Kenny Kingsbury wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kingsbury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!
Kingsbury lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Donk. Kingsbury catches Sosnowski right on the button with a cross.
Sosnowski shoots in for a takedown but Kingsbury shows good takedown defense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kingsbury throws a push kick but Sosnowski slaps the foot to one side.
Kingsbury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kingsbury lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Kingsbury dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kingsbury lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingsbury. Sosnowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingsbury connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sosnowski. Sosnowski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sosnowski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kingsbury swings for the body but Sosnowski moves out of range.
Kingsbury throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kingsbury lands with a shot to the body.
Sosnowski closes the distance and clinches up with Kingsbury, looking for a takedown. Sosnowski pushes Kingsbury against the cage but Kingsbury circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kingsbury avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kingsbury connects with a right hand. Sosnowski shakes it off.
Sosnowski misses with a body shot
and Kingsbury counters with a nice body shot.
Kingsbury thows a body shot but no joy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sosnowski.
Sosnowski tries to move into range but Kingsbury moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsbury motions for Sosnowski to come forward. Kingsbury throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kingsbury cracks Sosnowski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sosnowski tries to clinch up but Kingsbury circles away and keeps his distance.
Sosnowski closes the distance and clinches up with Kingsbury, looking for a takedown. Sosnowski pushes Kingsbury against the cage but Kingsbury circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kenny Kingsbury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sosnowski.
Sosnowski is breathing heavily.
Kingsbury throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sosnowski on the side of the head.
Kingsbury scores with a jab to the body.
Kenny Kingsbury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kingsbury throws out a powerful jab.
Kingsbury shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kingsbury leaves Sosnowski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kingsbury keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sosnowski fails with the takedown.
Kingsbury stalks Sosnowski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sosnowski's face. Sosnowski staggers backwards, shaken.
Kingsbury changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosnowski closes the distance and clinches up with Kingsbury, looking for a takedown. Sosnowski pushes Kingsbury against the cage but Kingsbury circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kingsbury connects with a looping right hand.
Kingsbury moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Kingsbury as he connects with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kingsbury.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosnowski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sosnowski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kingsbury circles away.
A leg kick checked by Sosnowski.
Kingsbury throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kingsbury lands with a good body shot.
Sosnowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sosnowski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kingsbury misses with a kick to the body.
Kingsbury throws a front kick aimed at Sosnowski's knee but Sosnowski avoids it well.
Kingsbury lands with a straight right. Sosnowski didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosnowski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sosnowski tries to clinch up but Kingsbury circles away and keeps his distance.
Kingsbury fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sosnowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sosnowski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kingsbury.
Kingsbury attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kingsbury misses with a double jab.
Kingsbury's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sosnowski under the eye.
Sosnowski avoids the body shot from Kingsbury.
Sosnowski wants to clinch but Kingsbury slips to the side
and Kingsbury counters with a left to the body.
Kingsbury lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sosnowski.
Sosnowski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kingsbury cracks a nice hook into Sosnowski's ribs.
Daniel Sosnowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sosnowski checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sosnowski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sosnowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kingsbury defends it nicely.
Kingsbury lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sosnowski misses with a two punch combination.
Kingsbury throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kingsbury throws a front kick aimed at Sosnowski's knee but Sosnowski avoids it well.
Kingsbury scores with a nice right hand.
Kingsbury keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kenny Kingsbury is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kingsbury shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sosnowski eats them both and turns towards Kingsbury to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sosnowski wants to clinch.
Kingsbury circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Kingsbury dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Sosnowski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kingsbury defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sosnowski.
Sosnowski checks a leg kick.
Kingsbury defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sosnowski.
Sosnowski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kingsbury swats away the attempt to clinch by Sosnowski.
Kingsbury circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sosnowski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kingsbury swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sosnowski.
Sosnowski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sosnowski shoots for a double leg takedown but Kingsbury sprawls well. He's pushed Sosnowski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kenny Kingsbury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sosnowski.
Sosnowski checks a low kick from Kingsbury.
Kingsbury ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sosnowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingsbury swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosnowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kingsbury as he jumps to the side.
Sosnowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kingsbury punishes Sosnowski's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsbury lands an overhand right.
Kingsbury throws a leg kick
and Sosnowski counters with a left and a right that stings Kingsbury.
Nice shot by Kingsbury.
Kingsbury lands a jab to the nose.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kingsbury.
Kingsbury changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kingsbury throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sosnowski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kingsbury misses with a leg kick.
Sosnowski closes the distance and clinches up with Kingsbury, looking for a takedown. Sosnowski pushes Kingsbury against the cage but Kingsbury circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kingsbury cracks Sosnowski with a good jab.
Sosnowski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kingsbury lands a nice shot to the body.
Sosnowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sosnowski tries to land a leg kick but Kingsbury saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosnowski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kingsbury jabs at Sosnowski's body.
Sosnowski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kingsbury ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kingsbury misses with a leg kick
and Sosnowski counters with a left and a right that stings Kingsbury.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingsbury lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kingsbury throws a low kick but Sosnowski moves out of range easily.
Kingsbury fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sosnowski on the side of the head.
Kingsbury scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kingsbury is looking to score with low kicks.
Kingsbury scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kingsbury uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sosnowski has time to react.
Kingsbury lands a body shot.
Kingsbury stuffs the takedown attempt from Sosnowski. Sosnowski gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsbury lands with a hook. Sosnowski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kingsbury avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kingsbury throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sosnowski looks for a takedown but Kingsbury sprawls well.
Sosnowski shoots in but no luck this time.
Kingsbury jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sosnowski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Kingsbury. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kingsbury.
Kingsbury with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sosnowski tries to move into range but Kingsbury moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kingsbury tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosnowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Kingsbury.
Kingsbury connects with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsbury jabs Sosnowski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kingsbury with a nice cross.
Sosnowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kingsbury lands a right hook to the body.
Sosnowski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kingsbury finds it's way round the side to connect with Sosnowski's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kingsbury.
Kingsbury cracks Sosnowski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kingsbury lands with a good body shot.
Sosnowski blocks a low kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingsbury clobbers Sosnowski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kingsbury lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sosnowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sosnowski misses with a takedown attempt - Kingsbury sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Daniel Sosnowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kingsbury with a nice cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Kingsbury showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kingsbury, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Kingsbury!