PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Steven Kennedy (ranked 6370 p4p, 3221 weight class) and Brandon Baldwin (ranked 668 p4p, 437 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Kennedy
vs
Baldwin

183 cm
42
178
25 - 42 - 0

185 cm
36
178
30 - 26 - 1

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

KOMBAT KLOTHING
PWNAGE

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 25 - 42 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Kennedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Brandon Baldwin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Baldwin moves into the clinch.
Kennedy tries to throw a body punch but Baldwin avoids it by throwing Kennedy back against the ropes.

Baldwin breaks the clinch.
Baldwin checks a leg kick nicely.
Kennedy walks into a stiff left hand from Baldwin.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Baldwin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kennedy - the referee stops the clock and Baldwin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kennedy. Baldwin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Baldwin closes the distance and clinches.
Baldwin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Baldwin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Baldwin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baldwin avoids the body shot from Kennedy.
Kennedy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Baldwin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Baldwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kennedy throws a jab but it's blocked by Baldwin.
Kennedy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baldwin throws a right hand that misses
and Kennedy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin fails to land with a series of punches.
Kennedy looks for the body kick but Baldwin saw that one coming.
Baldwin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nice body kick there by Kennedy.
Some wild striking there from Baldwin.
Kennedy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baldwin moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kennedy. That's going to slow Baldwin down.
Baldwin moves out of range of the body kick from Kennedy.
A head kick misses from Baldwin.
Kennedy wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kennedy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kennedy - that will leave a mark!
Baldwin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kennedy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baldwin checks a leg kick.
Baldwin checks a low kick from Kennedy.
Baldwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Kennedy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Baldwin has managed to clinch.
Baldwin looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Baldwin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Kennedy misses
and Baldwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baldwin thumps Kennedy with a low kick.
Baldwin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kennedy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baldwin scrambles back to his feet.
Kennedy throws a leg kick that misses.
Kennedy moves out of range of the strikes.
Kennedy lands a leg kick that knocks Baldwin off balance momentarily.
Kennedy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Baldwin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kennedy's head.
Baldwin throws a poor cross that misses
and Kennedy counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick misses from Kennedy.
No joy there for Baldwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baldwin is looking to clinch but Kennedy is avoiding it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brandon Baldwin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kennedy slips a jab and a cross from Baldwin.
Baldwin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Baldwin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kennedy swats away the attempt to clinch by Baldwin.
Kennedy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kennedy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brandon Baldwin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baldwin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kennedy.
Baldwin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kennedy throws a push kick but Baldwin slaps the foot to one side.
Baldwin blocks a leg kick.
Kennedy is looking to wear down Baldwin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kennedy looks for the body kick but Baldwin saw that one coming.
Brandon Baldwin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kennedy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baldwin.
Kennedy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Baldwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kennedy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kennedy scores with a spinning back kick!
Kennedy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy moves out of range of the body kick from Baldwin.
Baldwin misses with a body kick.
Kennedy misses with a body shot.
Kennedy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baldwin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kennedy.
Kennedy tries to score with a low kick but Baldwin moves his leg out of the way.
Baldwin is looking to chop away at Kennedy's legs.
Kennedy takes a swing at Baldwin's ribcage but misses.
Baldwin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Baldwin moves into the clinch successfully.

Baldwin breaks the clinch.

Baldwin takes the fight into the clinch.
Baldwin taking a breather.
Kennedy has Baldwin pressed against the ropes, preventing Baldwin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baldwin tries to break free but Kennedy pushes him back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kennedy breaks from the clinch.
Baldwin throws a one two combo.
Baldwin misses with a body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baldwin misses with a hook.
Kennedy thumps Baldwin with a low kick.
Kennedy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baldwin.
A big right from Baldwin misses.
Baldwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baldwin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kennedy blocks a head kick by Baldwin.
Baldwin wants to clinch up but Kennedy keeps it at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kennedy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Baldwin - the referee stops the clock and Kennedy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Baldwin. Kennedy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Baldwin avoids the body shot from Kennedy.
Baldwin throws out a counter right but Kennedy avoids it with no problem.
Baldwin connects with a leg kick.
Baldwin is looking to land body kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Baldwin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kennedy scores with a sloppy right hand. Baldwin should have avoided that one.
Baldwin checks a leg kick.
Baldwin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kennedy will feel that in the morning.
Baldwin checks a leg kick.
Baldwin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kennedy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baldwin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kennedy throws a body kick that misses.
Kennedy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kennedy throws a push kick but Baldwin slaps the foot to one side.
Baldwin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kennedy tries to move into range but Baldwin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baldwin lunges at Kennedy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kennedy's hand.
Kennedy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennedy cracks Baldwin with a good jab.
Kennedy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Baldwin, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baldwin throws a wild body kick that Kennedy sees coming a mile off.
Kennedy is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy right hand. Baldwin should have avoided that one.
Baldwin misses with a body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Baldwin.

Baldwin rushes Kennedy and presses him up against the ropes.
Baldwin is looking to break free of the clinch but Kennedy has double underhooks.

Baldwin breaks from the clinch.

Baldwin closes the distance and pushes Kennedy back into the ropes.

Baldwin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kennedy throws a leg kick but Baldwin moved away.
Kennedy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baldwin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kennedy throws a quick counter kick to the body but Baldwin avoids it.

Baldwin clinches up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kennedy manages to break the clinch.
Kennedy digs a good body shot into Baldwin's ribs.
Kennedy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Kennedy closes the distance and clinches.

Kennedy breaks from the clinch.
Baldwin avoids the head kick by Kennedy.
Kennedy tries a head kick but it misses.
Kennedy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Baldwin.
Kennedy throws the kick towards the body but Baldwin avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Baldwin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kennedy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kennedy throws the kick towards the body but Baldwin avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kennedy.

Baldwin staggers Kennedy with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Kennedy looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Steven Kennedy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brandon Baldwin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Kennedy is rocked!
Kennedy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Baldwin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Baldwin 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight for Brandon Baldwin!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Brandon Baldwin!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Brandon Baldwin!

Brandon Baldwin wins by unanimous decision!
After the big win, Brandon Baldwin made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KOMBAT KLOTHING and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.