PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kick Puncher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micah Kehoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Puncher
vs
Kehoe

175 cm
21
144 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
149 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kick Puncher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Micah Kehoe!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puncher is looking to slow Kehoe down with leg kicks.
Kehoe misses with a combination
enabling Puncher to counter with a crisp jab.
Micah Kehoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puncher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kehoe is defended easily by Puncher.
Kehoe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kehoe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kehoe throws a jab when Puncher was well out of range.
Kehoe throws a combination that misses
letting Puncher counter with a right hand.
Puncher looks to land a body kick but Kehoe moved away.
Kehoe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Puncher as he jumps to the side.
Kehoe catches Puncher with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Puncher with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kehoe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Puncher momentarily.
Puncher slaps away a takedown attempt from Kehoe, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kick Puncher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micah Kehoe.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Puncher has Kehoe up against the cage in a clinch.
Puncher gets through Kehoe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Puncher tries to land knees in the clinch but Kehoe avoids the damage to the body.
Puncher has Kehoe pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kehoe manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Puncher landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Puncher is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kehoe goes for a takedown in the clinch but Puncher prevents it.
Puncher prevents a takedown attempt there.
Puncher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Puncher with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puncher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puncher tries to land knees in the clinch but Kehoe avoids the damage to the body.
Kehoe managing to block the knees to the body from Puncher.
Puncher looking to throw knees to the head but Kehoe is blocking nicely.
Kehoe tries for a takedown but Puncher manages to get underhooks.
Puncher misses with a knee strike.
Kehoe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Puncher tries to land a knee to the head but Kehoe blocks with his arms.
Puncher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Puncher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kehoe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puncher lands an elbow that stopped Kehoe in his tracks for a moment.
Kehoe managing to block the knees to the body from Puncher.
Kehoe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puncher tries to land knees in the clinch but Kehoe avoids the damage to the body.
Puncher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kehoe blocks it with crossed arms.
Puncher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kehoe.
Nice elbow from Puncher.
Kehoe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Kehoe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Puncher defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kehoe.
Kehoe fails to land with a series of punches.
Kehoe throws a head kick that misses.
Kehoe tries for a takedown but Puncher circles away easily
and Puncher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Kehoe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kehoe showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kehoe has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Puncher works to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puncher seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Puncher might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Puncher is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kehoe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kehoe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Puncher is keeping the position for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puncher is trying to control the position but Kehoe postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kick Puncher dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Puncher scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Puncher.
Kehoe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Puncher as he jumps to the side.
Kehoe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kehoe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Puncher avoids a punch combination nicely.

Puncher clinches.
Puncher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kehoe.
Kehoe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Puncher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kehoe's brow.
Puncher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puncher tries a knee to the head but Kehoe blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kehoe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Puncher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kehoe avoids it.
Puncher pushes off an throws an elbow but Kehoe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Puncher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Puncher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kehoe avoids it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Puncher missing with knees to the body.

Kehoe breaks the clinch.
Kehoe misses with a wild combination.
Puncher tries to land a front kick but Kehoe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kehoe shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Puncher but Puncher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Puncher misses with a wild combination.
Kehoe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Puncher circles away.
Kick Puncher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micah Kehoe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Puncher.
Puncher is looking to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Puncher or perhaps it was just good defense by Kehoe which made him look bad.
Puncher tries to clinch but Kehoe is having none of it.
Good leg kick by Puncher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kehoe shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Puncher sprawls well. Puncher wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kehoe gets slowly back to his feet.
Kehoe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Puncher throws out the jab.
Kehoe fails to land the takedown.
Decent striking displayed by Kehoe there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe thows a leg kick but Puncher checks it
letting Puncher counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Kehoe.
Kehoe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kehoe missing with a left hand there. Puncher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Puncher pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kehoe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Puncher is looking to land body kicks.
Kick Puncher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kehoe ducks under a wild hook from Puncher.
Kehoe just misses with a punch to the body.
Kehoe misses with a kick to the body.
Nice cross by Kehoe.
Puncher scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puncher tries to clinch up.
Kehoe checks a low kick from Puncher.
Puncher scoring well with a low kick there.

Puncher gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kehoe to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kehoe won't allow Puncher to sweep him here.
Kehoe wants to control from the top but Puncher keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kehoe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puncher not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kehoe throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kick Puncher will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Puncher closes the distance and pushes Kehoe back into the cage.
Puncher throws an elbow but it misses.
Puncher misses with a knee to the head.
Puncher unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Puncher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Puncher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Puncher looking to throw knees to the head but Kehoe is blocking nicely.
Puncher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kehoe.
Kehoe drops down looking for an ankle pick but Puncher pulls his leg out and moves away.
Puncher walks into a jab.
Kehoe misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kehoe changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Puncher looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Puncher can't do much from the bottom here.
Kehoe tries to advance to mount but can't.
Puncher can't do much from the bottom here.
Kehoe landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Puncher tries to bench press Kehoe off him but Kehoe keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Puncher's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Who's going to make the next move?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Kehoe is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Puncher has escaped the position, nice work there.
Micah Kehoe has got the better of the ground game so far.
You can see the frustration on Puncher's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kehoe is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Puncher has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puncher is looking to reverse the position.
What's Puncher going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Puncher tries to buck Kehoe off but Kehoe is having none of it.
Micah Kehoe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Puncher is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Puncher on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kehoe is nestled in close to Puncher, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Puncher wants to improve his position but Kehoe is controlling well.

Kehoe is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kehoe tries to pass the half guard into mount. Puncher knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Micah Kehoe.
I think Puncher has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kick Puncher!
Kick Puncher decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.