PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Johnson (ranked 6648 p4p, 3450 weight class) and Irvine Kinneas (ranked 97 p4p, 61 weight class). Kinneas is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Judas Priest - Electric Eye. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Johnson
vs
Kinneas

189 cm
31
216
26 - 21 - 1

193 cm
36
215
26 - 14 - 1

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Anthony Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Irvine Kinneas!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinneas ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson lands a jab to Kinneas's midsection.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kinneas moves away.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kinneas tries to land a body kick
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kinneas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kinneas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Kinneas moves away and avoids it.
Kinneas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kinneas shapes to counter with a head kick.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kinneas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Irvine Kinneas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kinneas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Kinneas slips a straight right by Johnson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kinneas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinneas was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Kinneas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Kinneas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kinneas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Kinneas misses with the body kick
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Kinneas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Kinneas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnson blocks the leg kick.
Kinneas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Nice shot by Johnson.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Kinneas's ribs.
Kinneas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Kinneas counters with a three punch combo that has Johnson backing up. Johnson nods at Kinneas to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kinneas misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kinneas scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson walks into a straight right hand from Kinneas.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kinneas counters with an outside leg kick.
Kinneas scores with a push kick.
Kinneas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Kinneas.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Kinneas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kinneas.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Kinneas moves away and avoids it.
Kinneas misses with a head kick.
Kinneas throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kinneas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Irvine Kinneas has been cut.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Kinneas throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Irvine Kinneas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Irvine Kinneas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kinneas is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body
and Kinneas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kinneas.
Kinneas tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
Kinneas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Johnson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kinneas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kinneas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Johnson is rocked!
Kinneas throws a head kick that misses.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson 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.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Kinneas throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Kinneas misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Irvine Kinneas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A shot to the liver by Kinneas. Beautiful body shot.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Kinneas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kinneas scores with a kick to the body.

Kinneas looks low and kicks high, catching Johnson right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson misses with a hook.
Kinneas scores with a three punch combo!
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Kinneas is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Kinneas looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
A counter left hand to the body from Johnson misses its target.
Jab, jab by Kinneas - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas slips under a jab.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson is looking to wear down Kinneas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kinneas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Kinneas scores with a kick to the midsection.

Kinneas lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Johnson goes down! The ref sends Kinneas to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Johnson is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

Johnson walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Kinneas rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Johnson has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Kinneas lands an overhand right.
Kinneas just misses with a punch to the body.
Kinneas throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Kinneas counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Johnson goes down! Will Johnson beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's not going to make it! 9,10! He's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Irvine Kinneas!