PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Kirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Street (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kirk
vs
Street

190 cm
32
280 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

225 cm
26
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Kirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ted Street!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Street digs a good body shot into Kirk's ribs.
Street is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Street fails with the takedown

so Kirk counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Street is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kirk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Street works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kirk trying to control but Street is working from the bottom.
Kirk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Street swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Street keeping moving, preventing Kirk from controlling successfully.

Street working for submissions but it's allowed Kirk to get to half guard.
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!
Kirk is keen to just control but Street is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kirk is working for a kimura but Street is defending it quite comfortably.
Street is trying to stand.
Street wants to stand back up but Kirk manages to pass into side control.

Kirk stands up.
Street moves to clinch but Kirk breaks away

and Kirk holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk misses with a body punch.
Street is trying to push Kirk away but Kirk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Street prevents a body shot from Kirk.

Kirk manages to break the clinch.
Kirk is looking to clinch.
Street misses with the combination.
Kirk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Street manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Street throws a right and a left that Kirk avoids nicely.
Street works over Kirk's head and body with a nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Street doesn't manage to clinch there - Kirk circles away.
Street misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirk swings away with a body shot that misses
and Street counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Kirk closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Street did well to prevent Kirk getting side control.
Street is not content to let Kirk control the position.
Street tries to get to full guard but Kirk has control of the leg.
Kirk lands with a punch from half guard.
Kirk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Street is trying to stand back up but Kirk is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Street keeps working.
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!
Street really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kirk. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kirk stalling.

James Kirk has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Street is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kirk sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Kirk throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Street tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Kirk is in Street's guard.
Kirk wants to control from the top but Street keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Kirk dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Street gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kirk counters with a nice kick to the body.
Street misses with a series of wild punches.
Street stalks Kirk and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kirk's face. Kirk staggers backwards, shaken.
Street fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Kirk fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Street to the ground. Kirk is now in Street's guard.
Kirk showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kirk in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kirk's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kirk postures up in Street's guard and throws a big left but Street blocks it.
Kirk might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Street is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Street keeping moving, preventing Kirk from controlling successfully.

Kirk drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kirk jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kirk wants to control from the top but Street keeps moving.
Kirk is really struggling to control Street but he's trying to hold on to the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kirk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk won't allow Street to get back to his feet.
Kirk with a nice head shot there.
Kirk pushes down on Street's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Kirk is looking to take a break and control but Street is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kirk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Kirk decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Kirk dives in and scores a takedown into Street's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street keeping moving, preventing Kirk from controlling successfully.
Street trying to control the position.
Street wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Kirk manages to pass to side control.
Kirk is looking to stall here but Street recovers full guard.

Kirk stands up and waves to Street to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kirk has taken the fight to the clinch.

Kirk has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Street clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Kirk tightening his grip on Street, looking for the choke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Street is trying to get back to his feet but Kirk has full control of the position and if anything, Street has just worked his way into a worse spot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kirk trying to control momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Kirk dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A nice combination there by Street.
Kirk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Street tries to close the distance and clinch but Kirk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Street misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Street goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Street swats away the attempt to clinch by Kirk.
Street fails with the takedown.

Street tries to sprawl but Kirk drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kirk looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Kirk stops Street from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Street is looking to control Kirk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Street avoid being mounted?
Street is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Kirk jumps into side control!
Street takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Street wants to get back to his feet but Kirk is dominant here and he's now got Street's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kirk has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Street has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Kirk connects with a big shot to the side of Street's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kirk biding his time, looking for the opening.
Kirk has the hooks in. Street is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
A lull in the action here.
Kirk avoiding Street 's attempts to control his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kirk looking for the choke but no joy.
Kirk is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Street. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Street is keeping busy.
Street holding both Kirk 's hands and preventing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kirk trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirk is landing with strikes. Street can't take much more of this.
Kirk lands shots from the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Street tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Kirk tries to control but Street wriggling away.
Street tries to control the position but Kirk now has his back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kirk has the hooks in. Street is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Ted Street has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Kirk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kirk trying to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Kirk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kirk, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Kirk!