PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angel Kiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benson Hedges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Kiss
vs
Hedges

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
204 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angel Kiss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benson Hedges!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hedges looks to land a combination but Kiss avoids it well.
Kiss scores with a head kick.
Kiss lands a head kick!
Kiss looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kiss lands a head kick!
Kiss lands a head kick!
Kiss is looking to clinch but Hedges is avoiding it.
Hedges tries to clinch but Kiss is having none of it.
Hedges fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kiss tries to clinch but Hedges is having none of it.
Angel Kiss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hedges lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiss circles away quickly and effectively.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hedges swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kiss lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hedges misses with a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kiss.
Kiss throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hedges.
Nice defenses there by Kiss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Kiss does no damage.

Hedges drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiss tries to escape but Hedges is in control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kiss trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiss is breathing heavily.
Hedges content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kiss connects with a high kick.
Hedges misses with a wild combination.
Kiss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hedges fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kiss throws a nice head kick!
Hedges misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hedges throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kiss works over Hedges's head and body with a nice combination.
A head kick from Kiss lands but Hedges takes it in his stride.
Kiss scores with a head kick.
Hedges takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kiss throws a series of punches but Hedges avoids them all with ease.
Donk. Hedges catches Kiss right on the button with a cross.
Kiss lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kiss scores with a head kick.
Kiss scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kiss lands a head kick. Hedges smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kiss throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kiss lands a head kick!
Hedges takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kiss tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hedges paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kiss lands with a kick to the temple. Hedges shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kiss plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kiss throws a nice head kick!
Angel Kiss is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kiss connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiss throws a head kick that half lands.
Kiss is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hedges.
Kiss lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kiss misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kiss lands with a slapping head kick.
A big right from Hedges misses.
Hedges lands with an uppercut that bounces Kiss off the cage and back into rage.
A combination from Hedges does no damage.
Hedges takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hedges swinging wilding here.

Hedges clinches.
Kiss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hedges has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kiss tries to land a knee to the head but Hedges blocks with his arms.
Hedges prevents Kiss from breaking the clinch.
Kiss misses with a knee strike.
Kiss misses with a knee strike.
Kiss looking to throw knees to the head but Hedges is blocking nicely.
Kiss keeps control of Hedges as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kiss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hedges wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kiss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hedges tries to break the clinch but Kiss is controlling the position.
Kiss tries to land a knee to the head but Hedges blocks with his arms.
Kiss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hedges has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hedges wants to get back to striking at distance but Kiss won't allow it.
Hedges is trying to break free.
Kiss tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kiss looking to throw knees to the head but Hedges is blocking nicely.
Kiss tries a knee to the head but Hedges blocks it.
Kiss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hedges wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kiss misses with a knee strike.
Kiss prevents Hedges from breaking the clinch.
Kiss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kiss tries a knee to the head but Hedges blocks it.
Kiss tries to land a knee to the head but Hedges blocks with his arms.
Hedges has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kiss avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kiss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kiss tries to land a knee to the head but Hedges blocks with his arms.
Kiss keeps control of Hedges as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hedges lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hedges wants to get back to striking at distance but Kiss won't allow it.
Kiss tries to land a knee to the head but Hedges blocks with his arms.
Kiss scores with a knee to the head.
Hedges can't break the clinch.
Kiss tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Angel Kiss will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kiss's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kiss fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hedges misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hedges looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hedges is looking to clinch but Kiss is avoiding it.
Kiss defending well as Hedges loads up on a big left hand.
Kiss lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kiss.
Kiss throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kiss misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiss throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hedges takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kiss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kiss tries to clinch but Hedges moves out of range.
Kiss fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hedges connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiss throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hedges.
Hedges takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kiss defending well as Hedges loads up on a big left hand.
Kiss throws a head kick that half lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kiss lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kiss avoids a punch combination nicely.
Angel Kiss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kiss throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hedges's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Kiss lands but Hedges takes it in his stride.
Kiss looks to land a combination but Hedges avoids it well.
A head kick from Kiss lands but Hedges takes it in his stride.
Kiss lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kiss.
Kiss lands a high kick!
Hedges is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kiss.
Kiss displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kiss lands a head kick. Hedges smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kiss tries a head kick but it misses.
Hedges throws a body punch but Kiss moves out of range.
Kiss moves out of range of the body kick.
Kiss misses with a two punch combination.
Kiss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hedges.
Hedges throws a series of strikes that have Kiss backpedaling.
Hedges takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hedges misses with the combination.
Hedges throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hedges misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hedges jabs Kiss right on the nose. Kiss blinks but takes it well.
Hedges closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hedges throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kiss scores with a three punch combo!
Hedges misses with a wild combination.
Kiss misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hedges takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hedges throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Kiss does no damage.
Hedges circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hedges swats away the attempt to clinch by Kiss.
Kiss lands a high kick!
Kiss wants to clinch.
Kiss throws a sloppy head kick and Hedges moves out of range easily.
Hedges scores with a jab to the body.
Kiss connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiss ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kiss takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kiss showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hedges.
Hedges misses with a two punch combination.
Kiss slips a straight right by Hedges.
Hedges throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiss.
Hedges keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kiss moves away from the strike by Hedges.
Hedges keeps the fight on the outside.
Kiss goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kiss throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hedges counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hedges fails to land with a series of punches.
Hedges throws a series of punches but Kiss avoids them all with ease.
Hedges swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hedges loads up on a big right hand but Kiss slips the punch.
Kiss throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kiss looks to land a combination. Hedges sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hedges misses with a leg kick.

Hedges closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hedges lands in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hedges slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hedges prevents Kiss from getting back to his feet.

Hedges gets to his feet. Kiss looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Hedges scores with a punch to the head.
Kiss pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kiss tries to clinch but Hedges is having none of it.
Hedges swinging wilding here.
Kiss throws a head kick that misses.
Hedges avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Hedges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benson Hedges showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Hedges fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kiss lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Hedges has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kiss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kiss wants to break free but Hedges has control.
Kiss connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hedges's face.

Hedges turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hedges manages to end up in side control.
Kiss is trying to get back to his feet.
Hedges controls the position from side control.

Hedges stands up and beckons Kiss to his feet.
Kiss misses with a head kick.
Hedges throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hedges fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiss manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kiss.
Kiss lands with a kick to the temple. Hedges shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kiss!
Kiss throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hedges.
Kiss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hedges circles away quickly and effectively.
Kiss throws a head kick that half lands.
Kiss misses with a series of wild punches.

Hedges has Kiss up against the cage in a clinch.
Hedges is looking to break free of the clinch but Kiss has double underhooks.
Hedges tries to score a body lock takedown but Kiss shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kiss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kiss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hedges has had enough of the clinch but Kiss keeps him there for the moment.

Hedges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiss tries to close the distance and clinch but Hedges swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hedges moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kiss throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hedges misses with a two punch combination.
Hedges misses the jab.
Hedges wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hedges throws a right and a left that Kiss avoids nicely.
Hedges misses with a wild combination.
Hedges connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kiss momentarily.
Kiss is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hedges with a jab.
A head kick from Kiss lands but Hedges takes it in his stride.
Hedges throws a nice looking combination but Kiss bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hedges loads up on a big right hand but Kiss slips the punch.
Kiss plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kiss throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kiss pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hedges misses with a wild combination.
Kiss throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hedges stalks Kiss and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kiss's face. Kiss staggers backwards, shaken.
Kiss throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kiss lands with a slapping head kick.
Kiss lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kiss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hedges circles away quickly and effectively.
Hedges circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiss scores with a head kick.
Hedges scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hedges throws a series of punches but Kiss moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Kiss.
Hedges throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hedges misses with an uppercut. Kiss saw that one coming.
Kiss misses with a series of wild punches.
Hedges will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hedges misses with a series of wild punches.
Hedges avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hedges takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hedges misses with an uppercut. Kiss saw that one coming.
Kiss throws a right hand that Hedges ducks under and follows up with a left that Hedges also avoids with ease.
Kiss throws a head kick that half lands.
Hedges is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kiss.
Kiss slips a jab and a cross from Hedges.
Some wild striking there from Hedges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kiss connects with a high kick.
Kiss lands a high kick!
Hedges takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kiss on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kiss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hedges swinging wilding here.
Kiss throws a sloppy head kick and Hedges moves out of range easily.
Hedges rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kiss moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hedges takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hedges lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kiss throws a nice head kick!
Kiss misses with a series of wild punches.
Hedges wants to clinch.
Kiss lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kiss misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benson Hedges comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hedges has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benson Hedges!