PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Kain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Buktu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kain comes to the cage accompanied by Irresponsible Hate Anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kain
vs
Buktu

193 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

CHAINSAW SHACK-Merry Christmas to all
CHAINSAW SHACK-Merry Christmas to all

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Kain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tim Buktu!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Buktu.
Buktu leaves Kain with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Buktu tries to close the distance and clinch but Kain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Buktu sprawls well. Buktu wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kain gets slowly back to his feet.
Buktu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buktu misses with a looping left.
Buktu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kain swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Buktu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Buktu. No joy for Kain on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Kain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buktu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buktu is looking to clinch.
Buktu throws out a leg kick but Kain moves out of range and Buktu only half commits.
Buktu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kain is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kain fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Buktu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buktu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kain's brow.
Buktu lands a knee to the head.
Kain drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kain takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Jason Kain has been cut.
Buktu lands a knee to the head.
Buktu tries to land a knee to the head but Kain blocks with his arms.

Kain pulls Buktu into guard.
Kain 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.

Kain escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Buktu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Buktu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buktu with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kain wants to sweep here but Buktu controlling him for the moment.
Buktu postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buktu trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kain's guard.
Buktu stopping the sweep attempt from Kain.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Buktu throws a leg kick which misses Kain's front leg but catches the back leg as Kain tries to avoid it.
Kain is breathing heavily.
Kain keeps the fight on the outside.
Buktu wants to slow Kain down by chopping away at his legs.
Buktu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kain wants to clinch but Buktu slips to the side
and Buktu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kain's knee momentarily.
Horrible takedown by Kain or perhaps it was just good defense by Buktu which made him look bad.
Kain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Buktu can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buktu wants to clinch but Kain slips to the side

and Kain counters with a shoot takedown. Buktu fights it but they end up in guard.
Kain wants to control from the top but Buktu keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buktu lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kain!
Kain takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Buktu lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Buktu lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kain holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Buktu tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kain blocking the ground and pound.
Buktu sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Kain bucks Buktu off and manages to get back to his feet!
Tim Buktu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kain shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Buktu but Buktu pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Buktu cracks the inside of Kain's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buktu is looking to chop away at Kain's legs.
Buktu tries to clinch there but Kain circles away.
Buktu misses with a wild body shot.
Kain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Buktu as he jumps to the side.
Kain swats away the attempt to clinch by Buktu.
Kain gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Buktu counters with a head kick. That will keep Kain thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Buktu feints and then cracks Kain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kain down.
Kain staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Buktu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Buktu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kain throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buktu blocks it with crossed arms.
Buktu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buktu lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Buktu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Kain's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Buktu defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kain.
Buktu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kain.
Buktu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Buktu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kain misses with a series of wild punches.
Buktu throws a front kick aimed at Kain's knee but Kain avoids it well.
Buktu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Kain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kain slips under a jab from Buktu.
Buktu thows a body shot but no joy.
Kain gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Buktu counters with a body kick that stops Kain in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buktu misses with a looping left.
Kain shoots in and drives through. Buktu sprawls well.
Kain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Buktu tries to clinch there but Kain circles away.
Buktu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Buktu moves in looking to clinch but Kain pushes him off.
Buktu tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Buktu.
Buktu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kain moves away.
A nice combination there by Kain.

It looks like Tim Buktu has been cut.
Buktu is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kain avoids a kick to the body.
Buktu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Buktu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Kain closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Buktu to the mat! Buktu manages to get full guard.
Buktu is looking to stand up but Kain isn't so interested in that idea.
Buktu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kain.
Buktu keeping full guard, as Kain tries to pass.
Kain scoring with punches to the head and body.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kain postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Kain drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Buktu dives on top into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buktu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Buktu wants to get up but he can't break Kain's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Kain looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Buktu throwing strikes but missing.
Kain is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Buktu throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kain looking to hit a scissor sweep but Buktu is one step ahead there.
Kain trying to strike off his back.
Buktu wants to get up but he can't break Kain's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Kain looking for a guillotine here but Buktu defends easily.

Buktu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Buktu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kain trying to keep a closed guard but Buktu is proving a slippery customer.
Buktu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Kain dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kain has Buktu up against the cage in a clinch.
Buktu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kain tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Buktu smiles and moves away.

Kain darts in and clinches Buktu up against the cage.
Buktu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kain slowing the pace effectively.
Kain wants a takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buktu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kain's brow.
Buktu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kain trying to land knees to the body.

Kain manages to pull guard.

Buktu stands up and waves to Kain to follow him.
Kain fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Kain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kain misses with a takedown attempt - Buktu sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kain circles away from the clinch attempt

and Kain counters with a takedown into side control.
Buktu is pushing Kain's head away, looking to escape. Kain manages to hold on to the position though.
Buktu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kain.
Kain prevents Buktu from escaping the position.
Kain working the body and head with strikes.
Kain working the head with strikes.

Kain tries for a kimura but Buktu is defending well.
Buktu is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buktu managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kain.
Kain wants to control but Buktu is keeping him busy.
Jason Kain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kain in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Buktu is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kain cracks Buktu with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Kain is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Buktu has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kain is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Buktu is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kain working the ground and pound but Buktu is defending the strikes.
Kain working the head with strikes.
Buktu is looking to reverse the position.
Kain tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Buktu is looking to regain half guard here but Kain keeps moving and retains side control.
Kain scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kain scoring with punches from side control.
Kain sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Buktu is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Kain is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Buktu has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kain wants to control but Buktu is keeping him busy.
Buktu gets back to half guard.
Kain works his way into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Kain showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kain has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Kain!