PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Fists (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Keenan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrick Keenan struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Fists
vs
Keenan

176 cm
22
166 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

183 cm
27
185 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, King Fists!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Keenan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Keenan.
Keenan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Keenan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Keenan lands with a nice combination. Fists backs away looking to recover.
Fists thows a left - swing and a miss!
Keenan defending well as Fists loads up on a big left hand.
Keenan throws a series of punches but Fists avoids them all with ease.
Fists scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fists lands an overhand right.

Fists rushes Keenan and presses him up against the cage.
Fists doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keenan tries a knee to the head but Fists blocks it.
Keenan takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fists lands a shot to the body.
Fists controlling the action here for a moment.
Fists scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Keenan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fists misses with a punch on the inside.
Fists has a couple of punches blocked by Keenan.
Fists struggles to land a body shot inside as Keenan controls his hands.
A short right from Fists.
Fists controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fists lands a body shot.
A body shot lands from Fists.
Keenan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fists digs a right hand underneath Keenan's ribcage. Keenan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fists is pushing Keenan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fists lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fists blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Fists.
Keenan tries to land knees in the clinch but Fists avoids the damage to the body.
Fists lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Fists.
Fists gets through Keenan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fists lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fists blocks the elbow strike.
Fists blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fists creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Fists - that landed with a thud.
Fists lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Fists.
Fists lands with a left to the head.
Keenan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fists lands a body shot.
Fists works on Keenan's body with a couple of short punches.
Keenan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fists digs a right hand into Keenan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Keenan's gas tank.
Fists has a couple of punches blocked by Keenan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Keenan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fists.
Sloppy strikes from Keenan. Those never looked like landing.
Fists lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Keenan misses with a double jab
letting Fists counter with a right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Fists as he connects with a hook.
Keenan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fists counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keenan tries to clinch but Fists moves away
and Fists cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fists misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan avoids the body shot from Fists.
Fists lands a nice hook to Keenan's body. Keenan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fists scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Keenan wants to clinch

and Fists counters by clinching up.
Fists lands a body punch.
Fists lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fists pushes Keenan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fists lands a right hand.
Fists taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan throws an elbow that misses.
Fists lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fists misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fists scores with a shot to the side of Keenan's head.
Fists lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Keenan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fists.
Fists lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Keenan or not.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Keenan looking to throw knees to the head but Fists is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fists on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Fists.
Fists slowing the pace effectively.
Keenan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fists scores with a shot to the side of Keenan's head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fists scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fists throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fists lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keenan backwards.
Fists is stalling here.
Fists digs a right hand underneath Keenan's ribcage. Keenan let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fists's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Keenan missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Fists.
A right handed body shot lands from Fists.
A right handed body shot lands from Fists.
Keenan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fists is defending well for now.
Keenan trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Fists dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Fists lands with a good body shot.
Keenan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fists.
Fists circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fists counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Keenan misses with a double jab

and Fists moves into the clinch.
Fists holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fists lands a body punch.
Fists lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fists is defending well for now.
Fists stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fists is working Keenan over against the cage.
Fists slows down the pace here.
Keenan tries a knee to the head but Fists blocks it.
A body shot lands from Fists.
Fists lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Patrick Keenan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fists avoiding damage as Keenan throws knees to the body.
Fists is pushing Keenan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fists seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Fists is working Keenan over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fists goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Fists.
Fists is working Keenan over against the cage.
Fists dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fists misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keenan missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fists lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four 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.
Keenan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fists lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Keenan or not.
Keenan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fists lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Keenan or not.
Fists softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keenan trying to land knees to the body.
Fists lands a nice shot to the body.
Fists working aggressively here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Keenan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fists avoids it.
Fists avoiding damage as Keenan throws knees to the body.
Fists lands a body shot.
Fists throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

And that's the end of the fight!
King Fists showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fists has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Fists!