PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Kistner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devin Urquidez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kistner comes to the cage accompanied by . Devin Urquidez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kistner
vs
Urquidez

176 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Kistner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devin Urquidez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kistner.
Urquidez fails with an attempt to clinch.
That kick from Urquidez tenderised Kistner's leg. Kistner is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kistner fails to land the takedown.
Kistner misses with a takedown attempt - Urquidez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Kistner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kistner misses with a hook.
Kistner fails with a takedown attempt.
Kistner shoots in for a takedown but Urquidez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urquidez throws a front kick that sends Kistner stumbling back into the cage.
Kistner cracks Urquidez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Urquidez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Urquidez wants it to stay on the feet.
Urquidez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Urquidez wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urquidez thows a body kick. Kistner tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kistner steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Urquidez. That one must have hurt.
Kistner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Urquidez.
Kistner works the jab nicely.
Urquidez feints and then cracks Kistner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kistner down.
Kistner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Urquidez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kistner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Urquidez lands a high kick!
Kistner throws a shot from downtown. Urquidez moves away and avoids it.

Urquidez has managed to clinch.
Urquidez connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Urquidez.

It looks like Josh Kistner has been cut.
Kistner is breathing heavily.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Urquidez lands an elbow that stopped Kistner in his tracks for a moment.
Kistner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Urquidez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Urquidez lands a knee to the body.
Kistner takes an elbow to the temple.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Urquidez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urquidez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Urquidez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Urquidez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kistner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kistner takes an elbow to the temple.
Urquidez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Urquidez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Kistner is rocked!
Urquidez has Kistner pushed against the cage.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kistner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Urquidez lands a knee to the head.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Urquidez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Urquidez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kistner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Knees to the body from Urquidez.
Kistner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Urquidez.
Knees in the clinch landing for Urquidez.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Urquidez.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Urquidez lands a knee to the body.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Urquidez obliges.
Urquidez landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Urquidez obliges.
Urquidez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kistner takes an elbow to the temple.
Urquidez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Urquidez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kistner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Urquidez obliges.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Urquidez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kistner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Urquidez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kistner won't want to take too many of those.
Urquidez landing knees to the body.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Urquidez prevents Kistner from breaking the clinch.
Urquidez lands a nice knee to the body.
Kistner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Urquidez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Urquidez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Kistner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Urquidez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devin Urquidez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Kistner's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kistner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Urquidez is fending him off so far but Kistner persists. Nope, Urquidez circles away and we're back to standing.
Kistner shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Urquidez defends it nicely.
Kistner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Kistner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urquidez throws a leg kick which misses Kistner's front leg but catches the back leg as Kistner tries to avoid it.
A solid body kick from Urquidez.
Urquidez lands a head kick!

Urquidez has closed the distance and engaged Kistner in a clinch.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urquidez lands an elbow that stopped Kistner in his tracks for a moment.
Urquidez scores a nice knee to the body.
Urquidez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kistner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow.
Kistner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kistner takes an elbow to the temple.
Kistner takes an elbow to the temple.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kistner takes an elbow to the temple.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kistner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Urquidez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kistner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Urquidez lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Urquidez to work.
Knees in the clinch landing for Urquidez.
Urquidez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urquidez lands an elbow just above Kistner 's eye.
Urquidez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Urquidez lands an elbow that stopped Kistner in his tracks for a moment.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Urquidez obliges.
Kistner wants to get back to striking at distance but Urquidez won't allow it.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Urquidez obliges.
Urquidez controlling the action here for a moment.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Kistner takes an elbow to the temple.
Urquidez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Urquidez.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Urquidez lands an elbow just above Kistner 's eye.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow.
Urquidez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Urquidez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Urquidez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice elbow from Urquidez.
Urquidez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kistner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kistner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Urquidez.
Urquidez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kistner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kistner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Urquidez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Devin Urquidez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Urquidez.
Kistner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kistner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Urquidez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kistner wants to break free but Urquidez has control.
Kistner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Urquidez connects with a knee to the head.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Urquidez throws an elbow but it misses.
Urquidez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kistner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kistner goes for a takedown attempt but Urquidez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kistner misses with a hook. Urquidez ducked under it nicely.
Urquidez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kistner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Josh Kistner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kistner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Urquidez.

Urquidez closes the distance and pushes Kistner back into the cage.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Urquidez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Urquidez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Urquidez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devin Urquidez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Josh Kistner's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Kistner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Urquidez can pounce on him.
A big right from Kistner misses.
Kistner shoots in for a takedown but Urquidez shows good takedown defense.
Urquidez throws a head kick that Kistner semi-blocks.
Urquidez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kistner.
A low kick from Kistner misses
and Urquidez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Urquidez walks into a straight right hand from Kistner.
Urquidez fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Urquidez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kistner, pushing him back against the cage.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside.
Urquidez lands an elbow that stopped Kistner in his tracks for a moment.
Urquidez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kistner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urquidez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Urquidez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez connects with a knee to the head.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Urquidez.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Urquidez.
Urquidez working Kistner over with knees to the body.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Kistner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Urquidez lands an elbow just above Kistner 's eye.
Urquidez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kistner won't want to take too many of those.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside.
Urquidez scores a nice knee to the body.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kistner blocks the elbow strike.
Kistner blocks the elbow strike.
Kistner is working Urquidez over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urquidez scores with a knee to the head.
Kistner is trying to break the clinch but Urquidez is controlling him.
Urquidez scores with a knee to the head.
Kistner avoids a wild elbow strike from Urquidez.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.

Kistner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Urquidez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Urquidez tries to clinch up but Kistner circles away and keeps his distance.
Kistner misses with a combination
and Urquidez counters with a leg kick.
Urquidez wants to clinch up but Kistner keeps it at a distance.
Urquidez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kistner fails with the takedown
and Urquidez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urquidez tries to close the distance and clinch but Kistner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Urquidez connects with a high kick.

Urquidez has closed the distance and engaged Kistner in a clinch.
Urquidez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Urquidez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside that Kistner shrugs off.
Kistner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Urquidez lands a knee to the head.
Urquidez lands an elbow inside.
Kistner wants to stall.
Urquidez scores a nice knee to the body.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kistner's defenses.
Urquidez lands a knee to the body.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Urquidez is pressed up against the cage. Kistner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Urquidez down to the mat. Urquidez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Kistner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urquidez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kistner misses with a takedown
and Urquidez counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kistner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Josh Kistner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Urquidez fakes the leg kick and cracks Kistner in the body.
Urquidez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Urquidez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kistner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Devin Urquidez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Urquidez tries to clinch there but Kistner circles away.
Kistner doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Urquidez counters with a slapping leg kick.
A solid body kick from Urquidez.
Urquidez moves in looking to clinch but Kistner pushes him off.
Urquidez throws a head kick that half lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Devin Urquidez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Urquidez 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devin Urquidez!