PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Slip Kid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Jennings will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Kid
vs
Jennings

165 cm
20
134 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Slip Kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Jennings!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jennings wants to clinch.
Jennings shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kid as he jumps to the side.
Crunch! Kid slams his shin into Jennings's torso.
Jennings changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kid tries to avoid it but Jennings manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kid to the ground. Kid escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Jennings clinches up with Kid and pushes him back against the cage.
Kid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jennings wants a takedown.
Slip Kid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Jennings.
Jennings drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kid pulls his leg out and moves away.

Kid moves into the clinch.
Kid scores a nice knee to the body.
Kid lands a right hand.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kid obliges.
Kid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kid prevents the takedown attempt.
Kid landing knees to the head.
Jennings tries to throw a body punch but Kid avoids it by throwing Jennings back against the cage.
Kid scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jennings in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kid is stalling here.

Kid jumps guard and drags Jennings to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kid has his hands on Jennings's head, controlling the position.
Kid looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Kid had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jennings defends it easily.
Jennings lands a couple of elbows.
Jennings cracks Kid with a solid left hand.
Kid looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jennings cracks Kid with a solid left hand.
Jennings is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jennings throwing strikes but missing.
Jennings loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Kid has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jennings can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jennings scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings trying to control but Kid is working from the bottom.
Kid is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jennings postures up in Kid's guard and throws a big left but Kid blocks it.
Kid looking to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kid defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jennings.

Kid rushes Jennings and presses him up against the cage.
Kid leaning against his opponent.
Nice body punch from Kid.
Jennings has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kid avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kid lands a knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Kid.
Kid lands a shoulder strike.
Kid fails to pull guard.
Jennings looking for a takedown.

Kid manages to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid keeping moving, preventing Jennings from controlling successfully.
Kid might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kid striking off his back but it's not causing Jennings any problems.

Jennings got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kid has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jennings has managed to get both his arms back between Kid's legs - danger averted.
Kid is breathing heavily.
Jennings lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jennings throwing strikes from guard but Kid blocks nicely.
Jennings landing with the ground and pound.
Jennings sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kid's guard.
Jennings missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jennings winds up and cracks Kid with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jennings lands strikes from half guard.
Kid tries to get to full guard but Jennings has control of the leg.
Jennings has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jennings scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kid is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Jennings there.
Jennings is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Kid tries to hold on but Jennings pushes him away.
Jennings has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kid's face.
Kid can't escape the position.
Jennings landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jennings breaks from Kid's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slip Kid dominated that round.
That's time! Kid's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kid keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jennings closes the distance and clinches up with Kid, looking for a takedown. Jennings pushes Kid against the cage but Kid circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kid throws a head kick but Jennings moves out of range.
Kid throws a leg kick which misses Jennings's front leg but catches the back leg as Jennings tries to avoid it.
Kid circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kid cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Kid forces Jennings back against the cage and clinches.
Kid tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jennings just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jennings takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jennings tries to work over Kid's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jennings changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kid fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Slip Kid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Jennings.
Kid shoots in for a double leg but Jennings sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Kid pushes Jennings up against the cage in a clinch.
Kid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kid lands a nice knee to the body.
Kid dodges an elbow strike from Jennings.
Kid working Jennings over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jennings wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jennings goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kid prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid works on Jennings's body with a couple of short punches.
Kid prevents the takedown attempt.
Kid will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jennings up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kid.
Kid lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Kid ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kid no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kid throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jennings chips away with some ground and pound.
Jennings working some strikes from top position.

Kid is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jennings content to stall in guard here.
Kid is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Kid looking for a guillotine here but Jennings defends easily.
Jennings stands up over Kid, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jennings keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kid's head.
Jennings is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jennings working some strikes from top position.
Kid will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kid keeping moving, preventing Jennings from controlling successfully.
Jennings scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jennings lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jennings is pushing down on Kid's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kid is fighting to maintain full guard but Jennings has managed to sneak the leg through.
Kid trying to hold on to Jennings's head to control him but Jennings postures up.
Kid is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jennings scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jennings landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kid knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jennings on the ground.

Jennings is working for a submission of some sort.
Kid has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jennings is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jennings stalling.
Jennings drops an elbow to the side of Kid's head.
Kid blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jennings.
Kid keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kid tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Antonio Jennings will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jennings looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kid is fending him off so far but Jennings persists. Nope, Kid circles away and we're back to standing.
Jennings dives in and grabs Kid's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kid pushes down on Jennings's head and hops out.
Kid misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kid. That's going to slow Jennings down.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jennings.
Jennings working the ground and pound.
Kid tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kid striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Kid is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jennings lands a few punches from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jennings has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kid!
Kid tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid is in a horrible position here. Jennings smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kid is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jennings with good strikes from the mount here!
Jennings lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jennings lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kid is looking to improve his position but Jennings isn't that keen on the idea.
Jennings with the ground and pound from mount.
Jennings with shots to the head and body - Kid looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kid tries to hold on but Jennings pushes him away.
Kid is trying to escape the mount.
Jennings with shots to the head and body - Kid looks very uncomfortable down there.

Kid is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kid hang on?
Oh Kid is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kid is looking to get to half guard.
Kid swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jennings with shots to the head and body - Kid looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jennings scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A nice elbow there by Jennings.
Kid takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Jennings's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Jennings!