PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sam Kristoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter J Kovacs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kovacs has chosen Little Richard: Long Tall Sally as his entrance music. Sam Kristoff has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kristoff
vs
J Kovacs

185 cm
26
150 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

172 cm
19
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Kristoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Walter J Kovacs!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kristoff will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kovacs plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A low kick from Kristoff misses
and Kovacs counters with a thumping low kick.
Kristoff throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kovacs counters with a head kick. That will keep Kristoff thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Kristoff lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kristoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Kovacs is just out of range.
A head kick by Kristoff misses
and Kovacs counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kristoff is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kovacs throws a head kick that misses.
Kristoff misses the shot to the body.
Kristoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovacs moves away.
Kristoff fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kristoff misses with a combination
and Kovacs finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kristoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovacs moves away.
Kristoff moves out of range as Kovacs throws a body kick.
Kristoff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kovacs.
Kristoff misses with a combination
and Kovacs counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kristoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovacs moves away.
Kristoff misses with an uppercut
and Kovacs counters with an inside leg kick.
Kristoff is looking to wear down Kovacs with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A good leg kick by Kovacs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs scores with a spinning back kick!
Kovacs lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kristoff really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kovacs connects with an inside leg kick.
Kovacs fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kristoff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kovacs counters with a low kick, right behind Kristoff 's knee.
Kovacs feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kristoff's calf.
Kovacs misses with a kick to the body.
Kristoff throws a sloppy head kick
and Kovacs counters with an outside leg kick.
Kovacs throws a head kick that misses.
Kristoff throws a lazy head kick
and Kovacs counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kovacs moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kovacs connects with an inside leg kick.
Kristoff is breathing heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kovacs, right into the meat.
Kovacs throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kovacs throws a nice head kick!
Sloppy strikes from Kristoff. Those never looked like landing.
That kick from Kovacs tenderised Kristoff's leg. Kristoff is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kovacs throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs fakes the leg kick and cracks Kristoff in the body.
Kovacs connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kovacs throws a front kick that sends Kristoff stumbling back into the cage.
Kristoff chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kovacs can pounce on him.
Kristoff takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kristoff throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kovacs counters with a nice leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kovacs!
Kovacs lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kovacs lands with a nice body kick.
Kristoff avoids the body shot from Kovacs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter J Kovacs dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kovacs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kristoff 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.
Kristoff is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kovacs slips under a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kovacs. That's going to slow Kristoff down.
Walter J Kovacs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kovacs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Kristoff misses
and Kovacs counters with a big head kick but Kristoff shrugs it off.
Sam Kristoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters circling a little - Kovacs finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kristoff takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kovacs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kristoff.
Kristoff thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kristoff falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kovacs counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kristoff is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kovacs throws a head kick that misses.
Kristoff throws a head kick that misses
and Kovacs counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kristoff throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kovacs counters with an outside leg kick.
Kovacs throws a leg kick which misses Kristoff's front leg but catches the back leg as Kristoff tries to avoid it.
Kristoff misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kovacs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kristoff takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kristoff throws a sloppy head kick
and Kovacs counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Kristoff is rocked!
Sam Kristoff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristoff rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kovacs makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kristoff really felt that one!
Oh Kristoff is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovacs throws a head kick but Kristoff moves out of range.
Kovacs misses with a head kick.
Kovacs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kovacs throws a sloppy head kick and Kristoff moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Kovacs.
Kristoff seems to have got his legs back now.
Kovacs lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kristoff's sensitive parts.
Kovacs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kovacs lands a leg kick that knocks Kristoff off balance momentarily.
A head kick by Kristoff misses
and Kovacs counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kristoff moves away.
Kovacs lands a nice looking body shot.
Kovacs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kovacs. Kristoff shrugs it off though.
Kristoff on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kristoff misses with a body punch
and Kovacs counters with a nice body kick.
Kovacs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kovacs lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kovacs scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristoff takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters circling a little - Kovacs finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kovacs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Kovacs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kovacs.
Kovacs throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kovacs lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kovacs throws a body punch but Kristoff moves out of range.
Kovacs lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kovacs lands a nice looking body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter J Kovacs 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! This is the final round!

A slapping body kick lands there for Kovacs.
Kovacs throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kovacs goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kovacs throws a head kick that half lands.
Kristoff falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kovacs counters with a head kick.
Kovacs scores with a head kick. Kristoff tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kovacs throws a front kick that sends Kristoff stumbling back into the cage.
Kristoff swings for the body but Kovacs moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kovacs pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kristoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kovacs moves away.
Kristoff takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kovacs.
Kristoff will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kovacs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kristoff.
Kovacs scores with a head kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kovacs.
Kristoff throws a lazy head kick
and Kovacs counters with an outside leg kick.
Kovacs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kovacs thuds his shin into the meat of Kristoff's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kristoff misses the shot to the body.
Kovacs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kristoff swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kovacs counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kristoff is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A combination from Kristoff does no damage.
Kovacs throws a front kick that sends Kristoff stumbling back into the cage.
Kovacs ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kovacs misses with a body shot.
Kristoff throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The fighters circle, before Kovacs throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Kristoff's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Kovacs lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Walter J Kovacs!