PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lawl Cunnin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cunnin
vs
Kingston

193 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
23
265 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lawl Cunnin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunnin tries to clinch up.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunnin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kingston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kingston looks to land a combination but Cunnin avoids it well.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Cunnin is looking to clinch but Kingston is avoiding it.
Cunnin tries to clinch up but Kingston circles away and keeps his distance.
Kingston swinging wildly here.
Kingston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cunnin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cunnin moves in looking to clinch but Kingston pushes him off.
Cunnin dodges the punch combination from Kingston.
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Kingston.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cunnin rushes Kingston and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cunnin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunnin looking to throw knees to the head but Kingston is blocking nicely.
Cunnin connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Kingston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
Cunnin landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kingston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kingston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kingston wants to get back to striking at distance but Cunnin won't allow it.
Cunnin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cunnin is breathing heavily.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Cunnin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kingston's efforts to push away.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kingston wants to break free but Cunnin has control.
Kingston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunnin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kingston tries to break free but Cunnin pushes him back against the cage.
Kingston is trying to break the clinch but Cunnin has him pressed against the cage.
Cunnin looking to throw knees to the head but Kingston is blocking nicely.
Kingston is trying to force a seperation but Cunnin has the dominant position.
Cunnin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kingston blocks it with crossed arms.
Kingston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kingston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingston is looking to break free of the clinch but Cunnin has double underhooks.
Kingston tries to circle away but Cunnin has him pinned against the cage.
Kingston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Kingston is trying to break the clinch but Cunnin has him pressed against the cage.
Cunnin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

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.
Cunnin keeps control of Kingston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kingston is trying to force a seperation but Cunnin has the dominant position.
Kingston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Kingston tries to break the clinch but Cunnin is controlling the position.
Kingston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingston working hard to break the clinch.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Kingston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kingston is trying to force a seperation but Cunnin has the dominant position.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cunnin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kingston blocks it with crossed arms.
Kingston can't break the clinch.
Kingston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kingston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cunnin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kingston tries to break free but Cunnin pushes him back against the cage.
Kingston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingston tries to break free but Cunnin pushes him back against the cage.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Kingston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingston has had enough of the clinch but Cunnin keeps him there for the moment.
Kingston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kingston tries to break the clinch but Cunnin is controlling the position.
Cunnin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kingston working hard to break the clinch.
Cunnin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kingston's efforts to push away.
Kingston is trying to force a seperation but Cunnin has the dominant position.
Cunnin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kingston tries to break free but Cunnin pushes him back against the cage.
Cunnin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cunnin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kingston tries to break the clinch but Cunnin is controlling the position.
Cunnin looking to throw knees to the head but Kingston is blocking nicely.
Kingston tries to circle away but Cunnin has him pinned against the cage.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
Kingston is trying to break the clinch but Cunnin has him pressed against the cage.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Cunnin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cunnin connects with a knee to the head.
Kingston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cunnin has him pressed against the cage.
Kingston tries to circle away but Cunnin has him pinned against the cage.
Cunnin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kingston is trying to break the clinch but Cunnin has him pressed against the cage.
Cunnin misses with a knee strike.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunnin scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cunnin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kingston blocks it with crossed arms.
Kingston is looking to break free of the clinch but Cunnin has double underhooks.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but Kingston blocks it.
Kingston wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cunnin connects with a knee to the head.
Kingston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kingston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kingston is trying to break free.
Cunnin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cunnin scores with a knee to the head.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
Cunnin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cunnin has Kingston pressed against the cage, preventing Kingston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cunnin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kingston working hard to break the clinch.
Kingston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cunnin misses with a knee strike.
Cunnin looking to throw knees to the head but Kingston is blocking nicely.
Cunnin misses with a knee strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kingston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but Kingston blocks it.
Cunnin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kingston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lawl Cunnin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kingston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cunnin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cunnin wants to clinch up but Kingston keeps it at a distance.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Cunnin avoids them all with ease.
Kingston misses with a few strikes there.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Kingston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Cunnin moves out of range.
Cunnin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunnin.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston moves out of range.
Kingston is breathing heavily.
Kingston misses with a body kick.
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Cunnin moves in looking to clinch but Kingston pushes him off.
Kingston keeps the fight on the outside.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston misses with a series of wild punches.
Cunnin tries to clinch up but Kingston circles away and keeps his distance.
Kingston goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cunnin wants to clinch.
Kingston keeps the fight on the outside.
Cunnin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kingston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cunnin tries to clinch up but Kingston circles away and keeps his distance.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cunnin moves in looking to clinch but Kingston pushes him off.
Cunnin fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Kingston finds it's way through Cunnin's defenses.
Kingston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lawl Cunnin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kingston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cunnin is looking to clinch.
Kingston lands a two punch combo.
Cunnin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunnin tries to clinch up.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunnin.
Cunnin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kingston.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Kingston. Those never looked like landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cunnin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cunnin is looking to clinch.
Cunnin wants to clinch.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cunnin tries to clinch up.
Kingston keeps the fight on the outside.
Kingston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston throws a right and a left that Cunnin avoids nicely.
Cunnin moves in looking to clinch but Kingston pushes him off.

Cunnin gets a clinch.
Kingston is looking to break free of the clinch but Cunnin has double underhooks.
Cunnin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Cunnin.
A knee to the head by Cunnin.
Cunnin looking to throw knees to the head but Kingston is blocking nicely.
Kingston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cunnin misses with a knee strike.
Kingston is trying to push Cunnin away but Cunnin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kingston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
Kingston is looking to break free of the clinch but Cunnin has double underhooks.
Kingston tries to circle away but Cunnin has him pinned against the cage.
Kingston wants to get back to striking at distance but Cunnin won't allow it.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
Cunnin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kingston is looking to break free of the clinch but Cunnin has double underhooks.
Kingston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cunnin misses with a knee strike.
Kingston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kingston tries to break free but Cunnin pushes him back against the cage.
Kingston is trying to break the clinch but Cunnin is controlling him.
Cunnin lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kingston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kingston can't break the clinch.
Cunnin misses with a knee strike.
Cunnin keeps control of Kingston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Cunnin.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but Kingston blocks it.
Kingston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Cunnin.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but Kingston blocks it.
Kingston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cunnin landing knees to the head.
Cunnin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but Kingston blocks it.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kingston tries to circle away but Cunnin has him pinned against the cage.
Kingston tries to break the clinch but Cunnin is controlling the position.
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cunnin tries to land a knee to the head but Kingston blocks with his arms.
Cunnin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cunnin misses with a knee to the head.
Cunnin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunnin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kingston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Kingston 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cunnin is looking to clinch.
Cunnin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Kingston.
Lawl Cunnin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cunnin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cunnin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kingston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cunnin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cunnin is looking to clinch but Kingston is avoiding it.
Kingston lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Cunnin wants to clinch.
Cunnin slips a jab and a cross from Kingston.
Kingston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunnin.
Cunnin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston misses with the combination.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cunnin is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cunnin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cunnin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cunnin moves in looking to clinch but Kingston pushes him off.
Cunnin tries to clinch up but Kingston circles away and keeps his distance.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston moves out of range.
Kingston misses with a two punch combination.
Cunnin wants to clinch up but Kingston keeps it at a distance.
Cunnin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cunnin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kingston.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Cunnin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cunnin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cunnin fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cunnin wants to clinch.
Cunnin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cunnin tries to clinch there but Kingston circles away.
Cunnin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston is having none of it.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cunnin tries to clinch there but Kingston circles away.
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Cunnin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cunnin tries to clinch there but Kingston circles away.
Kingston keeps the fight on the outside.
Cunnin wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cunnin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Cunnin moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunnin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cunnin is looking to clinch but Kingston is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Kingston. Those never looked like landing.
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Kingston keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cunnin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cunnin tries to clinch there but Kingston circles away.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kingston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kingston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kingston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cunnin.
Cunnin tries to clinch up.
Cunnin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Kingston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cunnin tries to clinch there but Kingston circles away.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.

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.
Cunnin tries to clinch up.
Cunnin tries to clinch there but Kingston circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Kingston. Those never looked like landing.
Cunnin wants to clinch up but Kingston keeps it at a distance.
Cunnin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kingston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cunnin tries to clinch there but Kingston circles away.
Cunnin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cunnin wants to clinch.
Kingston keeps the fight on the outside.
Kingston misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cunnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cunnin is looking to clinch.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunnin.
Cunnin tries to clinch but Kingston moves out of range.
Cunnin wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Kingston comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kingston 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Kingston!