PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Duke Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daigon Kins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kins is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: R.O.N.E. Duke Justice has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Justice
vs
Kins

167 cm
29
152 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

175 cm
22
158 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

RMC - Rio Mma Clothing

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 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daigon Kins!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Justice.
Kins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Justice looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Justice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kins throws the left hand but Justice avoids the punch easily.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Kins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justice cracks Kins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Justice on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kins moves away.
Justice throws a right and a left that Kins avoids nicely.
Justice fails to land with a series of punches.
Justice fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kins on the side of the head.
Justice throws a sloppy body shot
and Kins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justice throws a lazy body kick
and Kins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kins lands a lovely overhand right.
Justice on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Justice throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Kins to counter with a crisp jab.
Kins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Justice throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Justice.
Justice uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kins.
Daigon Kins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kins walks into a left hand.
Justice looks to land a combination but Kins avoids it well.
Justice takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Justice blocks a jab.
Duke Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice ducks under a wild hook from Kins.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justice lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kins looks to throw the jab but Justice is out of range.
Kins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Justice counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kins misses with a double jab.
Justice thows a body shot but no joy.
Kins looks to land a left hand but Justice moved out of range nicely.
Kins misses with a wild body shot.
Justice lands a nice looking body shot.
Justice misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kins moves away.
Kins misses with an uppercut.
Kins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Justice misses with a hook. Kins ducked under it nicely.
Kins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Justice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kins to score with a decent uppercut.
Justice looks to land a left hand but Kins moved out of range nicely.
Kins stuns Justice with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Justice misses with a body shot
and Kins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justice throws an overhand right that lands on Kins's shoulder, as Kins tries to avoid the shot.
Justice lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Justice lands an overhand right.
Kins lands with a straight right. Justice didn't see that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kins scores with a jab. Justice acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Justice fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kins is out of range.
Justice looks to score with a jab to the body but Kins is just out of range.
Justice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kins misses the jab.
Justice misses with a body shot
and Kins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Justice moves out of range as Kins strikes.
Justice misses the shot to the body.
Kins misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daigon Kins will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Justice.
Kins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Justice slips under a jab from Kins.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Kins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justice throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Justice walks into a left hand.
Kins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daigon Kins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Justice swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Justice swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kins counters with a stiff right hand.
Kins looks to land a left hand but Justice moved out of range nicely.
Kins lands a really nice looking cross but Justice seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kins throws a big shot that misses.
Justice throws a body punch but Kins moves out of range.
A left lands for Kins.
Justice cracks Kins with a good jab.
Kins connects with a jab.
Justice throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justice connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kins looks to land a right hand but Justice moved out of range.
Justice misses with a body punch
and Kins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justice throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice takes a swing at Kins's ribcage but misses.
Justice throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kins.
Kins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Justice.
Kins throws out a loose jab but Justice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kins defending well as Justice loads up on a big left hand.
Kins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kins misses with a looping left.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kins manages to avoid it.
Justice looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Kins. Beautiful body shot.
Justice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheers as Kins lands an impressive looking overhand right. Justice doesn't seem phased though.
Justice is looking to wear down Kins with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Justice scores with a push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kins was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Justice misses the body punch
and Kins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Justice lands with an uppercut that bounces Kins off the cage and back into range.
Kins misses with an uppercut. Justice saw that one coming.
Kins connects with a looping right hand.
Kins throws a one two combo.
Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kins misses with an uppercut.
Justice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kins.
Justice misses with a series of wild punches.
Kins moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice ducks under a wild hook from Kins.
Kins throws a nice looking combination but Justice bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Justice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kins.
Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Justice misses.
Kins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justice moves away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kins!
Justice missing with a left hand there. Kins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kins thuds his right hand into Justice's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justice displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt - Kins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Daigon Kins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Justice shoots in for a takedown but Kins shows good takedown defense.
Justice swings for the body but Kins moves out of range.
Justice looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kins is fending him off so far but Justice persists. Nope, Kins circles away and we're back to standing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Kins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justice misses with a looping left.
Justice uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kins.
Justice walks into a straight right hand from Kins.
Justice just misses with a punch to the body.
Justice looks to score with a jab to the body but Kins is just out of range.
Justice takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Justice defending well as Kins loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Kins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kins lands with a cross.
Justice throws a body punch but Kins moves out of range.
Justice just misses with a punch to the body.
Justice lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Justice.
Justice takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kins lands a really nice looking cross but Justice seems unphased.
Duke Justice is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Justice ducks under a wild hook from Kins.
Kins misses with an uppercut. Justice saw that one coming.
Justice misses with a double jab.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Justice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Justice uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice misses with a body shot.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justice moves away.
Justice lands with a shot to the body.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kins moves away.
Justice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Justice throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Justice displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kins throws out the jab.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kins manages to avoid it.
Kins throws out a loose jab but Justice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kins connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Justice.
Kins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justice defending well as Kins loads up on a big left hand.
Justice lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kins at a distance.
Kins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Justice slips a jab from Kins.
Justice takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Justice tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kins swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Kins jabs at Justice's body.
Justice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Justice takes one to the side of the head.
Kins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice works Kins's body with a nice hook.
Kins cracks Justice with a good jab.
Justice throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kins.
Daigon Kins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Justice throws a body punch but Kins moves out of range.
Kins looks to throw the jab but Justice is out of range.
Justice shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kins sprawls well. Kins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Justice gets slowly back to his feet.
Duke Justice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Justice takes one on the chin but seems OK.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kins misses with a hook.
Justice throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daigon Kins.
Well Kins 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Daigon Kins!