GAMMA: Contenders #101 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Brashears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kingsley's entrance music is Blood Stained Nike's - Complete. A fine choice. Brashears comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Walk by Pantera kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kingsley
vs
Brashears

175 cm
22
160 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

188 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

MMA Animal

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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Kingsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Brashears!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingsley blocks a head kick by Brashears.
Kingsley throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Brashears takes one to the chin there.
Brashears tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brashears throws a sloppy head kick and Kingsley moves out of range easily.
Brashears looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kingsley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brashears slaps away a takedown attempt from Kingsley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Good leg kick by Kingsley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kingsley lands a high kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Brashears.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by Brashears misses
and Kingsley counters with a low kick, right behind Brashears 's knee.
Kingsley avoids the head kick by Brashears.
Kingsley blocks a head kick by Brashears.
Kingsley misses with the combination.
Brashears throws a jab but it's blocked by Kingsley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brashears delivers a nice body kick.
Kingsley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brashears showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kingsley.
Brashears throws a sloppy head kick and Kingsley moves out of range easily.
Kingsley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brashears goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kingsley tries a low kick but Brashears avoids it.
Brashears pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brashears misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brashears takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Brandon Brashears seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kingsley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kingsley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kingsley blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brashears looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kingsley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brashears avoids the head kick by Kingsley.
Brashears walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kingsley.
The fighters circling - Brashears throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A good leg kick by Brashears.
Kingsley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Brashears tries to keep at a distance but Kingsley has taken the fight into the clinch.

Kingsley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brandon Brashears is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kingsley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brashears moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brashears looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brashears throws a head kick but Kingsley moves out of range.
Kingsley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brashears lands with a slapping head kick.
Brashears lands with a straight right. Kingsley didn't see that one coming.
Brashears throws a sloppy head kick
letting Kingsley counter with a right hand.
Kingsley fails to land with a series of punches.
Brashears throws a head kick but Kingsley moves out of range.
Brashears throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kingsley tries to close the distance and clinch but Brashears swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Kingsley.
Kingsley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brashears misses with a head kick.
Brashears avoids a kick to the body.
Kingsley misses with a head kick.
Brashears throws a sloppy head kick and Kingsley moves out of range easily.
Kingsley throws a series of punches but Brashears avoids them all with ease.
Brashears throws a jab when Kingsley was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Kingsley tenderised Brashears's leg. Brashears is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kingsley blocks a head kick by Brashears.
Brashears throws a shot to the body.
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!
Kingsley avoids the head kick by Brashears.
Brashears looks gassed!
Kingsley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Brashears looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brashears swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kingsley counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kingsley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brashears throws a head kick but Kingsley moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kingsley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brashears circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brashears throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brandon Brashears will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brashears walks into a left hand.
Kingsley throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick lands from Kingsley.
Kingsley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brashears throws a head kick that Kingsley semi-blocks.
A shot to the liver by Kingsley. Beautiful body shot.
Brashears pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brashears misses the shot to the body.
Kingsley misses with a low kick.
Kingsley connects with a solid leg kick.
Brashears misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kingsley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brashears swivels and escapes.
Brashears takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
Kingsley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kingsley swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley blocks a head kick by Brashears.
Brashears is breathing heavily.
Brashears ducks right into an uppercut from Kingsley.
Brashears misses with a head kick.
Brashears throws a push kick but Kingsley slaps the foot to one side.
Kyle Kingsley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kingsley lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kingsley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Kingsley as he connects with a hook.
Kingsley scores with a push kick.
Kingsley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good shot there by Kingsley.
Kingsley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kingsley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brashears moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kingsley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Brashears is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kingsley lands a brutal head kick. Brashears looks out on his feet and Kingsley throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Kyle Kingsley!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luki Puki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smith
vs
Puki

180 cm
26
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
20
214 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luki Puki!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Puki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
Puki regains full guard. Nicely done.
Puki trying to keep a closed guard but Smith is proving a slippery customer.
Puki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Smith is one step ahead there.
Puki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Puki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Smith working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Smith's guard.
Puki looking to sit in guard and control but Smith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smith stops Puki from standing up.
Puki is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith passes Puki's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes to full mount!
Puki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith lands a big elbow.
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith lands with some strikes.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Puki bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Smith and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Smith!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
42%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amish Hardcore Irish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Jaminson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardcore Irish comes to the cage accompanied by Devil's Dance Floor. The key to victory for Amish Hardcore Irish has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hardcore Irish
vs
Jaminson

200 cm
24
265 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

195 cm
24
260 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amish Hardcore Irish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Jaminson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Jaminson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jaminson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jaminson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jaminson scores with a leg kick.
Jaminson 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.
Hardcore Irish tries to bum rush Jaminson with a series of wild strikes but Jaminson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jaminson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardcore Irish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaminson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hardcore Irish is breathing heavily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Jaminson breaks the clinch.
Jaminson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardcore Irish paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jaminson throws a head kick but Hardcore Irish moves out of range.
Hardcore Irish circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jaminson darts in trying to clinch
and Hardcore Irish makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jaminson has Hardcore Irish up against the cage in a clinch.
Jaminson lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Amish Hardcore Irish has been cut.
Jaminson effectively controlling the action here.
Jaminson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardcore Irish backwards.

Jaminson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardcore Irish misses with a wild body shot.
Hardcore Irish misses with a two punch combination.
Hardcore Irish scores with a three punch combo!
Hardcore Irish misses with a hook.

Jaminson darts in and clinches Hardcore Irish up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaminson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hardcore Irish's efforts to push away.
A right handed body shot lands from Jaminson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jaminson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jaminson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hardcore Irish misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body kick there by Jaminson.

Jaminson clinches up with Hardcore Irish and pushes him back against the cage.

Jaminson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardcore Irish misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Jaminson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hardcore Irish, pushing him back against the cage.
Hardcore Irish stalling in the clinch but Jaminson improves position.

Jaminson manages to break the clinch.

Jaminson pushes Hardcore Irish up against the cage in a clinch.

Jaminson breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jaminson lands a big head kick that sends Hardcore Irish tumbling to the mat! Jaminson takes a step backwards and waves Hardcore Irish back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Hardcore Irish is rocked!
Hardcore Irish misses with a double jab.
Oh Hardcore Irish is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jaminson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardcore Irish wants to stay close but Jaminson steps back to make room for something. Hardcore Irish seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Jaminson and Hardcore Irish drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dirk Jaminson!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zhang Liao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Lindquist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liao kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rammstein-Feuer Frei!. Lindquist is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wacco Will Kick Your Ass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Liao
vs
Lindquist

203 cm
25
245 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

210 cm
23
280 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zhang Liao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Lindquist!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liao fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Lindquist as Liao shoots in.
The crowd cheers as Lindquist lands an impressive looking overhand right. Liao doesn't seem phased though.
Lindquist works the jab nicely.
Lindquist fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Liao on the side of the head.
Liao looks for a takedown but Lindquist sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhang Liao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liao fails with the takedown

and Lindquist counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lindquist trying to control the action but Liao is working from the bottom.

Lindquist escapes and gets back to his feet.
Lindquist cracks Liao with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice jab there from Lindquist.
Liao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Liao looks to clinch
and Lindquist counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Liao thinking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lindquist.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liao walks into a jab.
Lindquist checks a low kick from Liao.
Lindquist fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Liao.
Robert Lindquist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liao is breathing heavily.
Lindquist connects with a good right hand that stumbles Liao. Liao circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Liao is rocked!
Lindquist has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Liao is holding his hands too far apart here. Lindquist throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Liao is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Robert Lindquist!