PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Gannicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Kaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gannicus kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is let the bodies hit the floor. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Gannicus
vs
Kaine

199 cm
25
214 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

SAVE A FIGHTER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dustin Gannicus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrew Kaine!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gannicus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gannicus misses with a straight right.
Kaine moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Kaine misses.
Gannicus slips under a jab.
Gannicus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gannicus ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kaine works the jab nicely.
Kaine connects with the punch.
Gannicus throws a nice looking combination but Kaine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gannicus scores with a shot to the body.
Gannicus misses with the combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gannicus lands a jab-cross combination.
A jab from Kaine misses.
Gannicus throws a right hand that Kaine ducks under and follows up with a left that Kaine also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Gannicus does no damage.
Gannicus looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaine is just out of range.
Gannicus moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dustin Gannicus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gannicus is breathing heavily.
Kaine scores with a jab to the head.
Kaine lands with a good body shot.
Kaine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gannicus takes a swing at Kaine's ribcage but misses.
Kaine throws out a loose jab but Gannicus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaine lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gannicus misses with a double jab
and Gannicus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gannicus misses with a wild body shot.
Gannicus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaine lands with an overhand left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gannicus scores with a one two! Kaine had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gannicus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kaine throws out the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Kaine. That snapped Gannicus's head back.
Gannicus looks to land a combination but Kaine avoids it well.
Kaine is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gannicus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kaine scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Kaine misses the target.
Gannicus throws out a loose jab but Kaine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gannicus throws a right and a left that Kaine avoids nicely.
Gannicus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Kaine to counter with a crisp jab.
Gannicus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kaine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gannicus.
Gannicus misses with a lunging right hand
and Kaine counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kaine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaine misses with an uppercut.
Gannicus is looking to wear down Kaine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kaine misses the jab.
Kaine moves out of range of the strikes.
Gannicus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kaine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gannicus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kaine misses with a straight right.
Kaine scores with a jab. Gannicus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A swing and a miss from Kaine.
Kaine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good exchange - Kaine coming out on top.
Gannicus ducks under a wild hook from Kaine.
Kaine throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gannicus throws a sloppy body shot
and Kaine counters with a right hand to the body.
Kaine might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kaine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A combination from Gannicus does no damage.
Kaine tests Gannicus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kaine misses with a straight left.
The crowd cheers as Kaine lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gannicus doesn't seem phased though.
Kaine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut there from Kaine.
Kaine misses with an uppercut.
Gannicus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kaine.
Kaine works Gannicus's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Kaine 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.

Kaine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kaine misses with an uppercut. Gannicus saw that one coming.
Donk. Kaine catches Gannicus right on the button with a cross.
Kaine throws an overhand right that lands on Gannicus's shoulder, as Gannicus tries to avoid the shot.
Gannicus swinging wildly here.
Gannicus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kaine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gannicus misses with a combination
and Kaine counters with a right hand to the body.
Gannicus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gannicus misses with a combination
and Kaine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gannicus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gannicus misses with a body shot.
Gannicus throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kaine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaine avoids the body shot from Gannicus.
Kaine jabs at Gannicus's body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kaine.
Kaine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kaine throws a hook to the side of Gannicus's head but Gannicus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kaine connects with a looping right hand.
Kaine lands with a nice body punch.
Nice shot by Kaine.
Kaine digs a good hook to Gannicus's body.
Kaine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Kaine finds it's way through Gannicus's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kaine throws a jab but it's blocked by Gannicus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kaine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gannicus misses with a straight left.
Kaine clobbers Gannicus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kaine thows a body shot but no joy.
Kaine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gannicus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kaine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kaine jabs Gannicus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fighters circling - Kaine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gannicus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kaine jabs at Gannicus's body.
Kaine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kaine takes a swing at Gannicus's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Kaine misses.
Kaine dodges the punch combination from Gannicus.
Kaine throws a jab when Gannicus was well out of range.
Andrew Kaine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gannicus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kaine connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gannicus. Kaine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kaine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kaine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gannicus.
Nice shot lands for Kaine.
Kaine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gannicus momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaine thuds his right hand into Gannicus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Good exchange - Kaine coming out on top.
Gannicus takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kaine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gannicus manages to avoid it.
Gannicus digs a good hook to Kaine's body.
Kaine slips under a jab.
Gannicus misses with a combination
and Kaine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gannicus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gannicus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kaine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gannicus misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Kaine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Good shot there by Kaine.
Gannicus misses with a double jab.
Gannicus tries to bum rush Kaine with a series of wild strikes but Kaine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kaine misses with a straight right.
Kaine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gannicus misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gannicus takes one to the chin there.
Gannicus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kaine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gannicus misses with a double jab
and Kaine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gannicus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gannicus slips under a jab.
Kaine works Gannicus's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gannicus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gannicus takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaine cracks Gannicus with a good jab.
Gannicus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gannicus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gannicus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gannicus misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Kaine misses its intended target.
Kaine thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Kaine misses.
Kaine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gannicus momentarily.
Gannicus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gannicus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kaine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gannicus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaine cracks a nice hook into Gannicus's ribs.
Kaine scores with a hook.
Kaine digs a good hook to Gannicus's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gannicus on the side of the head.
Gannicus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gannicus misses with a body shot.
Kaine scores with a shot to the body.
Kaine scores with a punch to the head.
Gannicus misses with a hook to the body
and Kaine counters with a straight right hand.
Kaine throws a hook but Gannicus avoids it easily.
Kaine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gannicus slips a jab from Kaine.
Gannicus looks to land a left hand but Kaine moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaine lands a slapping body shot.
Kaine fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dustin Gannicus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gannicus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kaine.
Kaine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gannicus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kaine.
Kaine lands with a hook. Gannicus tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gannicus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kaine clobbers Gannicus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kaine ducks under a wild hook from Gannicus.
Gannicus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kaine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kaine misses with a looping right.
Kaine looks to throw the jab but Gannicus is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kaine counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Gannicus does no damage.
Gannicus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kaine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kaine misses with an uppercut.
Gannicus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gannicus slips under a jab from Kaine.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gannicus slips a jab from Kaine.
Kaine throws a right hand that misses
and Gannicus counters with a left and a right that stings Kaine.
Gannicus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Kaine really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gannicus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gannicus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaine manages to avoid it.
Gannicus moves out of range as Kaine strikes.
Gannicus throws out a powerful jab.
Kaine misses with a hook. Gannicus ducked under it nicely.
Gannicus throws a combination that misses
and Kaine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gannicus walks into a jab.
Gannicus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kaine.
Gannicus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gannicus throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Kaine to counter with a crisp jab.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Gannicus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kaine moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kaine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gannicus at a distance.
Gannicus fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaine lands a nice hook to Gannicus's body. Gannicus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kaine scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kaine scores with a body shot.
Kaine jabs Gannicus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Gannicus.
Gannicus throws a lazy right hand but Kaine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kaine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gannicus on the side of the head.
Kaine catches Gannicus with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice uppercut lands for Kaine. That snapped Gannicus's head back.
Kaine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kaine misses the jab.
Kaine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gannicus at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gannicus misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Kaine misses the target.
Kaine loads up on a big right hand but Gannicus slips the punch.
Kaine slips under a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Kaine.
Gannicus misses the shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Gannicus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gannicus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kaine.
Gannicus misses with a combination
and Kaine counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaine stuns Gannicus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kaine lands a body shot.
Kaine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gannicus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kaine.
Kaine with a jab.
Kaine lands with a nice body punch.
Gannicus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kaine circles away quickly and effectively.
Gannicus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kaine throws a good cross that connects.
Kaine's corner calls for a 1-2. Kaine obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gannicus misses with a double jab
and Kaine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kaine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kaine throws an overhand right that lands on Gannicus's shoulder, as Gannicus tries to avoid the shot.
Gannicus misses with the combination.
Kaine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Kaine.
Kaine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gannicus misses with a combination
and Kaine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kaine throws a lazy right hand but Gannicus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gannicus throws a looping overhand right but Kaine ducks down to avoid it.
Gannicus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Kaine dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Kaine misses with an uppercut
and Gannicus counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kaine thinking.
Kaine bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Kaine misses.
Kaine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kaine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gannicus lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kaine at a distance.
Gannicus scores with a body shot.
Kaine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gannicus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gannicus misses with a body punch
and Gannicus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kaine jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kaine walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Kaine connects with a body shot that sends Gannicus's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gannicus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kaine misses the jab.
Gannicus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kaine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gannicus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kaine counters with a left to the body.
Gannicus throws an overhand right that lands on Kaine's shoulder, as Kaine tries to avoid the shot.
Gannicus walks into a jab.
Kaine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gannicus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaine missing with a left hand there. Gannicus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gannicus slips a straight right by Kaine.
Kaine thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaine moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gannicus throws a combination that misses
and Kaine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gannicus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A shot to the body from Gannicus misses
letting Kaine counter with a right hand.
Gannicus misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Kaine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gannicus misses with a double jab.
Kaine scores with a punch to the head.
Gannicus misses with a jab to the body
and Kaine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kaine looks to land a right hand but Gannicus moved out of range.
Kaine lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Gannicus. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Kaine misses the target.
Gannicus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kaine lands with a good body shot.
Gannicus punishes Kaine's body with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Kaine.
Kaine misses with an uppercut. Gannicus saw that one coming.
Kaine throws a body punch but Gannicus moves out of range.
Gannicus throws a body punch but Kaine moves out of range.
Gannicus throws a right and a left that Kaine avoids nicely.
Kaine looks to land a right hand but Gannicus moved out of range.
A combination from Gannicus does no damage.
Kaine scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gannicus doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gannicus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kaine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaine misses with a hook. Gannicus ducked under it nicely.
Kaine throws a hook but Gannicus blocks it.
Gannicus lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gannicus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kaine counters with a left to the body.
Kaine lands with an uppercut that bounces Gannicus off the cage and back into range.
Gannicus swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kaine misses with a hook.
Dustin Gannicus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gannicus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaine moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Kaine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kaine 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 45:50
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Kaine!
Andrew Kaine is the new light heavyweight champion!