PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perez comes into the arena with Kill The Noise Pt. 1 blaring out of the sound system. Kingston has chosen 2pac - I'm Soulja as his entrance music. Nate Kingston acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Perez
vs
Kingston

168 cm
26
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

186 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nate Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingston lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Perez checks a leg kick.
Kingston throws a head kick that misses.
Kingston's corner calls for a 1-2. Kingston obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Perez fails with the takedown
and Kingston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perez shoots in but no luck this time.
Perez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
Kingston scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kingston lands a jab.
Nate Kingston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kingston throws a right and a left that Perez avoids nicely.
Kingston stuffs the takedown attempt from Perez. Perez gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Perez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kingston moves away.
Nate Kingston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kingston misses with a head kick.
Perez drops his hands momentarily and Kingston takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Perez misses with a body shot.
Kingston dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perez. That did some damage!
Kingston lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kingston lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perez circles away quickly and effectively.
Perez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kingston. Kingston obviously looking to wear him down.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Perez. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez throws a leg kick but Kingston sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kingston scores with a hook.
Kingston throws a head kick that misses.
Kingston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Kingston does no damage.
A head kick misses from Kingston.
Kingston keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kingston bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kingston tries a head kick but it misses.
Perez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Perez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kingston looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Perez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Perez wants to control but Kingston is keeping him busy.
Kingston is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Perez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Perez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kingston wants to control but Perez postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston regains half guard.
Kingston is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perez trying to mount his opponent but Kingston defends it.
Kingston has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Perez is working away from the top position though.
Kingston is pressing down on Perez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kingston manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Perez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Perez tries to control the position but Kingston now has his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kingston scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
What can Perez do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Kingston dominated that round.
That's time! Perez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kingston pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kingston scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kingston thows a body shot but no joy.
Kingston thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Perez if he has to take too many more of those.
Perez misses with a low kick.
Kingston feints and then cracks Perez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Perez down.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice cross by Kingston.
Kingston misses with the combination.
Nate Kingston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kingston defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Perez.
Kingston has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Perez takes a swing at Kingston's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez missing with a left hand there. Kingston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kingston buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kingston moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Perez moves out of range of the body kick from Kingston.
Nice shot by Kingston.
Kingston scores with a nice right hand.
Kingston fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice combination there by Kingston.
Perez throws the left hand but Kingston avoids the punch easily.
Kingston is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kingston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kingston.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kingston scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Perez.
Kingston connects with a solid leg kick.
Kingston scores with a three punch combo!
Kingston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Perez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Kingston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kingston scores with a crisp jab that stopped Perez in his tracks.
Kingston falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Perez to counter with a crisp jab.
Kingston pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Perez back to the cage. Kingston follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kingston has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kingston looks to score with a jab to the body but Perez is just out of range.
Kingston throws a push kick but Perez slaps the foot to one side.
Kingston misses with a series of wild punches.
Kingston lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kingston is breathing heavily.
Kingston cracks Perez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perez swings for the body but Kingston moves out of range.
Perez dodges the punch combination from Kingston.
Perez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kingston.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston throws a low kick but it's checked well by Perez.
Kingston throws a right hand that Perez ducks under and follows up with a left that Perez also avoids with ease.
Perez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Perez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kingston.
Kingston misses the shot to the body.
Kingston with a nice cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perez thows a body shot but no joy.
Perez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Kingston showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Kingston moves into range and connects with a jab.
Perez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Perez throws a right hand that Kingston ducks under and follows up with a left that Kingston also avoids with ease.
Kingston misses with a two punch combination.
Kingston closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nate Kingston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kingston uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Perez has time to react.
Kingston scoring well with a low kick there.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Perez moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Kingston misses.
Kingston throws a nice looking combination but Perez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Perez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kingston lands a jab to Perez's midsection.
Kingston throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kingston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice defenses there by Kingston.
Kingston throws a jab but it's blocked by Perez.
Perez shoots for a double leg takedown but Kingston sprawls well. He's pushed Perez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kingston tries a low kick but Perez avoids it.
Perez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A combination from Kingston does no damage.
Kingston throws a good cross that connects.
Kingston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perez.
A combination from Kingston does no damage.
Perez is looking to wear down Kingston with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Perez shoots in for a double leg but Kingston sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Kingston as he connects with a hook.
Kingston throws a push kick but Perez slaps the foot to one side.
Kingston misses with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Kingston misses the target.
Perez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Perez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kingston tries a low kick but Perez avoids it.
Perez just misses with a punch to the body.
Perez dodges the punch combination from Kingston.
Perez throws a body punch but Kingston moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Perez drives through and clinches with Kingston against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice body punch from Kingston.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perez.
Juan Perez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Perez has Kingston up against the cage in a clinch.

Perez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez blocks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston thuds a left hand into Perez's body.
Kingston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kingston throws out a leg kick but Perez moves out of range and Kingston only half commits.
A combination from Kingston does no damage.
Kingston stalks Perez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Perez's face. Perez staggers backwards, shaken.
Perez misses with a right hand
and Kingston counters with a series of strikes. Perez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kingston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perez.
Perez blocks a leg kick.
Perez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kingston defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Perez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perez checks the leg kick nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Kingston comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kingston winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Kingston!
A very excited looking Nate Kingston made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.