PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moose McKinley (ranked 3544 p4p, 3366 weight class) and Joey Kebab (ranked 66 p4p, 65 weight class). Joey Kebab is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

McKinley
vs
Kebab

189 cm
25
190
2 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
200
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Vegan Gains

Vegan Gains
PWNAGE™

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moose McKinley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joey Kebab!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McKinley clinches up with Kebab and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kebab.
McKinley scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from McKinley.
Kebab misses with a hook from the clinch.
McKinley is leaning against Kebab and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

McKinley breaks from the clinch.

McKinley clinches.
McKinley has a couple of punches blocked by Kebab.

Kebab manages to break the clinch.

McKinley takes the fight into the clinch.
McKinley lands a nice shot to the body.
McKinley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McKinley lands a nice uppercut.
Kebab blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McKinley blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McKinley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kebab tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from McKinley.
Kebab throws a punch but it's blocked by McKinley.

McKinley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kebab has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McKinley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kebab, pushing him back against the cage.
McKinley stalling in the clinch.
McKinley lands a left hand.

Kebab escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

McKinley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kebab, pushing him back against the cage.
Kebab working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on McKinley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McKinley scores with a shoulder strike.
Kebab swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKinley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McKinley leaning his opponent against the cage.
McKinley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from McKinley.
Kebab has a couple of punches blocked by McKinley.
McKinley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kebab lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McKinley backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKinley tries a body shot but Kebab blocks it.
McKinley lands a shoulder strike.

McKinley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kebab tries to keep at a distance but McKinley has taken the fight into the clinch.

Kebab breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McKinley tries to clinch up but Kebab circles away and keeps his distance.

McKinley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kebab swings wildly with an uppercut but McKinley uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKinley blocks an uppercut.
McKinley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Kebab.
McKinley has Kebab pushed against the cage.
McKinley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kebab backwards.
McKinley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McKinley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kebab backwards.
McKinley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McKinley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kebab up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kebab.
McKinley effectively controlling the action here.
Kebab swings wildly with an uppercut but McKinley uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKinley lands a body shot.
Kebab lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McKinley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McKinley misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, McKinley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kebab working aggressively here.
Kebab swings wildly with an uppercut but McKinley uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McKinley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
McKinley presses Kebab against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McKinley swings wildly with an uppercut but Kebab uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Kebab fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kebab throws a head punch that misses.
Kebab swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kebab lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McKinley effectively controlling the action here.

Kebab pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McKinley lands a nice shot that snaps Kebab's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McKinley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

McKinley gets a clinch.
Kebab misses with the head strike.
Kebab makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McKinley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from McKinley.
Kebab swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKinley misses with a body punch.
McKinley lands a hook that snaps the head of Kebab backwards.
Kebab has a couple of punches blocked by McKinley.
McKinley misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McKinley.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moose McKinley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

McKinley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joey Kebab seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kebab lands a jab to the nose.
Kebab loads up on a big right hand but McKinley slips the punch.
We've been told by McKinley's head coaches at The Barn that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McKinley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kebab can do to turn this around?

McKinley moves into the clinch.
Kebab misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kebab throws a head punch that misses.
Kebab blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McKinley blocks a body shot from Kebab.
Kebab takes a shot to the head.
McKinley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Moose McKinley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short left from Kebab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McKinley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kebab backwards.
A short left from McKinley.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McKinley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by McKinley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKinley taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kebab gets through McKinley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McKinley lands a shoulder strike.
Kebab fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McKinley tries a body shot but Kebab blocks it.
Kebab goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McKinley lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McKinley.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McKinley lands a hook that snaps the head of Kebab backwards.
Kebab working aggressively here.
Kebab tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKinley blocks a body shot from Kebab.
McKinley digs a right hand into Kebab's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kebab's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from McKinley.
McKinley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kebab swings wildly with an uppercut but McKinley uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKinley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kebabs head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKinley slows down the pace here.
A hook to the body from McKinley.
Kebab swings wildly with an uppercut but McKinley uses good head movement to avoid it.

Kebab pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

McKinley closes the distance and pushes Kebab back into the cage.
Kebab fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from McKinley.
Kebab misses with a punch on the inside.
McKinley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kebab misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kebab swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKinley lands with a right to the head.
McKinley blocking some punches.
McKinley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kebab swings wildly with an uppercut but McKinley uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKinley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKinley leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kebab misses with a punch on the inside.
McKinley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kebab backwards.
Kebab tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McKinley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kebab.
Kebab throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by McKinley.
McKinley blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McKinley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKinley.
Kebab working aggressively here.
Kebab throws a head punch that misses.
McKinley is leaning against Kebab and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kebab misses with the head strike.
McKinley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKinley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley slows down the pace here.
McKinley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kebabs head.
Kebab fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kebab misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kebab being controlled against the cage.
McKinley stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKinley.

Kebab escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McKinley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McKinley slips under a jab.
McKinley blocks the body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - McKinley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McKinley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moose McKinley dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

McKinley tries to clinch there but Kebab circles away.
McKinley tries to clinch up but Kebab circles away and keeps his distance.

McKinley closes the distance and clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for McKinley.
Kebab misses with a punch on the inside.
McKinley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from McKinley.
McKinley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from McKinley.
Kebab misses with a punch on the inside.
McKinley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kebab swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kebab misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McKinley scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kebab.
McKinley lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from McKinley.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McKinley lands a shoulder strike.
McKinley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kebab or not.
A nice left hand lands by McKinley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kebab throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for McKinley.
Kebab working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKinley.
McKinley is pushing Kebab up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kebab misses with a body punch.
Kebab throws a punch but it's blocked by McKinley.
McKinley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McKinley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McKinley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kebab up against the cage.
McKinley blocking some punches.
McKinley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kebab tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by McKinley.
Kebab misses with a short punch on the inside.
McKinley is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Joey Kebab has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kebab.
The referee is keeping an eye on McKinley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McKinley blocking some punches.
McKinley controlling the action here for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Moose McKinley.
McKinley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kebab throws a wild body kick that McKinley sees coming a mile off.
McKinley tries to clinch but Kebab moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kebab! But no joy.
McKinley slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McKinley tries to clinch but Kebab moves out of range.
McKinley takes one to the chin there.
McKinley wants to clinch up but Kebab keeps it at a distance.
Kebab throws out a loose jab but McKinley uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKinley wants to clinch.

McKinley clinches up against the cage.
McKinley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McKinley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kebabs head.
McKinley lands a right hand.
McKinley blocks a body shot from Kebab.
A short right from McKinley.
McKinley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kebab misses with a body punch.

Kebab breaks from the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McKinley checks a leg kick.
Kebab misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kebab keeps the fight on the outside.
McKinley doesn't manage to clinch there - Kebab circles away.
McKinley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kebab paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kebab! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKinley tries to clinch but Kebab is having none of it.
Moose McKinley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McKinley tries to clinch but Kebab is having none of it.
Kebab is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice defenses there by McKinley.
McKinley is looking to clinch but Kebab is avoiding it.
Kebab swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

McKinley forces Kebab back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKinley blocking some punches.
Kebab swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKinley just leaning against Kebab, taking a breather.
Kebab fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McKinley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Kebab breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kebab gets tackled into the cage by McKinley. McKinley maintains the clinch.
Kebab is working McKinley over against the cage.
McKinley effectively controlling the action here.
McKinley pressing his opponent against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moose McKinley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McKinley, 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moose McKinley!
Moose McKinley decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.