PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kunta Kente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russ Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Kente
vs
Wilson

168 cm
18
147 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

165 cm
18
151 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kunta Kente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Russ Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kente counters with a nice uppercut.
Kente misses with a two punch combination.
Kente fails to land with a series of punches.
Wilson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kente is looking to clinch but Wilson is avoiding it.
Wilson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kente misses with a hook.
A head kick misses from Wilson.
Kente tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wilson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kente throws a series of punches but Wilson avoids them all with ease.
Kente uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wilson.
Wilson slips a jab and a cross from Kente.
Wilson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wilson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kente was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilson.
Russ Wilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kente instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kente crunches a lovely knee into Wilson's ribcage.
Kente lands an elbow just above Wilson 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kente obliges.
Wilson tries to break the clinch but Kente is controlling the position.
Wilson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kente lands an elbow that stopped Wilson in his tracks for a moment.
Wilson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kente is keeping busy.
Kente lands a nice elbow.
Wilson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kente is pushing Wilson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kente lands an elbow inside that Wilson shrugs off.
Wilson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kente gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kunta Kente has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Russ Wilson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Kente.
Kente lands a damaging elbow.
Kente creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wilson's defenses.
Kente unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wilson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kente prevents it.
Wilson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kente pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wilson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kente checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Kente closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kente digs a right hand into Wilson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wilson's gas tank.
Stalling in the clinch from Kente.
Wilson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kente leaning against his opponent.
Wilson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kente is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kente unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wilson tries to pull guard but Kente holds him up against the cage and eventually Wilson drops back down to his feet.
Kente creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wilson's defenses.
Wilson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wilson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wilson being controlled against the cage.
Kente lands an elbow just above Wilson 's eye.
Kente lands a good knee to the midsection. Wilson won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kente.
Kente has Wilson pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with a body punch.
Wilson is trying to force a seperation but Kente has the dominant position.
Kente lands an elbow just above Wilson 's eye.
Wilson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wilson tries to break free but Kente pushes him back against the cage.
Kente lands a nice elbow.
Kente lands a nice uppercut.
Wilson is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilson is looking to break free of the clinch but Kente has double underhooks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kente landing knees to the head.
Wilson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kente working Wilson over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kunta Kente dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kente closes the distance and clinches.
Wilson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kente after a bit of a struggle.
Nice elbow from Kente.
Wilson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wilson wants a takedown.
Kente lands an elbow inside that Wilson shrugs off.
Wilson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kente gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wilson.
Kunta Kente has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Russ Wilson.
Kente content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kente.
Wilson is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kente landing knees to the body.
Wilson has had enough of the clinch but Kente keeps him there for the moment.
Kente lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kente prevents the takedown attempt.
Kente with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kente lands a nice knee to the body.
Wilson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kente lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kente creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wilson's defenses.
Kente lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wilson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kente walks away with a smile on his face. Wilson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wilson throws a sloppy head kick and Kente moves out of range easily.
Wilson misses with a hook. Kente ducked under it nicely.
Wilson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with a low kick.
Kente keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kunta Kente is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wilson tries to score a body lock takedown but Kente shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kente is stalling here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilson takes an elbow to the temple.
Kunta Kente has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wilson is trying to break free.
Kente lands a nice knee to the body.
Kente lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wilson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kente gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kente landing knees to the body.
Wilson is working for takedown but Kente is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Kente stops a takedown attempt from Wilson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kente stalling.
Kente lands with a left to the head.
Wilson tries for a takedown but Kente manages to get underhooks.
Kente lands a nice knee to the body.
Wilson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kente lands an elbow inside that Wilson shrugs off.
Kente unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wilson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kente prevents the takedown attempt.
Kente lands a knee to the body.
Kente has Wilson pressed against the cage.
Kente landing knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Kente.
Nice elbow from Kente.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is trying to drag Kente to the mat but Kente just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kente putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wilson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kente stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wilson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Kente scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kente lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kente gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wilson.
Kente lands an elbow just above Wilson 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kunta Kente dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Wilson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kente checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wilson blocks a head kick by Kente.
Kente pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kente lands with a shot to the body.
Kente thows a body shot but no joy.
Kente fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wilson misses with a head kick.
Kente is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kente lunges at Wilson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wilson's hand.

Wilson tries to keep at a distance but Kente has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wilson tries to break the clinch but Kente is controlling the position.
Wilson working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kente working Wilson over with knees to the body.
Wilson takes an elbow to the temple.
Kente tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kente prevents the takedown attempt.
Wilson is trying to force a seperation but Kente has the dominant position.
Kente crunches a lovely knee into Wilson's ribcage.
Kente lands a shot to the body.
Kente avoiding damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kente.
Wilson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kente fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kunta Kente is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kente doesn't manage to clinch there - Wilson circles away.
Kente tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wilson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kente.
Wilson swings for the body but Kente moves out of range.

Wilson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kente is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Wilson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Wilson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kente is trying to maintain the position but Wilson is very close to passing his half guard.
Kente is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kente knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wilson on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is nestled in close to Kente, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wilson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wilson working over Kente with some ground and pound. Kente looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wilson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Wilson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wilson trying to control the action but Kente is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is looking to advance position but Kente won't allow it.
Kente keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kente is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kente is looking to control Wilson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kente avoid being mounted?
Kente has hold of Wilson's hands but Wilson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kente trying to hold on to Wilson's head to control him but Wilson postures up.
Russ Wilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kunta Kente is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Wilson seems to be working for a kimura but Kente defends the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Russ Wilson.
I think Kente 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kunta Kente!