PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Austin Worner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Bedford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Johnny Bedford enters the cage!

Worner
vs
Bedford

170 cm
26
146 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

175 cm
24
135 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good knees
Good chin

Good elbows
Granite chin

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Austin Worner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Bedford!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bedford is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Bedford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Worner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bedford manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bedford stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Worner.

Bedford clinches with his opponent.
Worner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bedford pressing his opponent against the cage.

Bedford breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worner avoids the head kick by Bedford.
Worner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bedford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Worner defending well as Bedford loads up on a big left hand.
Worner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Worner scores with a head kick.
Worner throws a push kick but Bedford slaps the foot to one side.
Worner throws a sloppy head kick and Bedford moves out of range easily.
Worner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bedford manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Worner.
Worner avoids the head kick by Bedford.
Bedford walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bedford looks for the body kick but Worner saw that one coming.
Bedford tries a head kick but it misses.
Worner lands a two punch combo.
Worner wants to clinch but Bedford slips to the side

and Bedford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bedford.
Worner tries to circle away but Bedford has him pinned against the cage.
Worner is trying to push Bedford away but Bedford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bedford.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bedford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Worner is defending well for now.

Bedford breaks the clinch.
Bedford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Bedford has closed the distance and engaged Worner in a clinch.
Worner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Bedford breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bedford tries to land a front kick but Worner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Worner tries to close the distance and clinch but Bedford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bedford crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Worner - the referee stops the clock and Bedford gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Worner. Bedford manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Worner throws a combination. Bedford tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bedford misses with a hook.
Worner tries to clinch there but Bedford circles away.

Bedford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bedford effectively controlling the action here.

Bedford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Worner.
Bedford circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedford misses with a two punch combination.
Worner takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Worner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Worner moves in looking to clinch but Bedford pushes him off.

Bedford drives through and clinches with Worner against the cage.

Bedford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Worner tried to score with a low kick but Bedford checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bedford clinches up with Worner and pushes him back against the cage.
Worner looking to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bedford trying to land knees to the body.
Worner avoiding damage as Bedford throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johnny Bedford will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Worner is looking to clinch but Bedford is avoiding it.

Bedford gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Worner working hard to break the clinch.

Bedford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Worner closes the distance looking to clinch

and Bedford moves into the clinch.

Bedford breaks from the clinch.
Bedford waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Worner.
Worner pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Bedford gets a clinch.
Bedford slows down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Bedford fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bedford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Worner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bedford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Worner is looking to clinch but Bedford is avoiding it.
Austin Worner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Worner tries to keep at a distance but Bedford has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bedford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Worner tries to clinch but Bedford moves away

and Bedford counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Worner can't break the clinch.
Bedford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bedford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Worner gets tackled into the cage by Bedford. Bedford maintains the clinch.

Bedford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bedford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Worner.
Worner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Worner fails to land with a series of punches.

Bedford pushes Worner up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bedford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Worner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bedford swats away the attempt to clinch by Worner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Worner. Beautiful body shot.
Worner finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Bedford forces Worner back against the cage and clinches.
Bedford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Worner tries to break the clinch but Bedford is controlling the position.

Bedford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Worner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bedford manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Worner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Worner tries to clinch but Bedford moves away

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Worner blocks it with crossed arms.

Bedford breaks from the clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bedford. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Worner lands with a good body shot.
Worner fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bedford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bedford will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bedford misses with a double jab.
Bedford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Worner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bedford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bedford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bedford wants to clinch up but Worner keeps it at a distance.
Worner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Austin Worner is winning the standup battle so far.
Worner avoids the head kick by Bedford.
Bedford misses with a body shot.
Worner throws a head kick that misses.
Bedford avoids the head kick by Worner.

Bedford moves into the clinch successfully.
Worner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bedford controlling the action here for a moment.
Johnny Bedford seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Worner managing to block the knees to the body from Bedford.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bedford slowing the pace effectively.
Worner is looking to control Bedford's arms but Bedford gets an underhook and turns him. Now Worner has his back to the cage.
Bedford lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bedford displaying some good clinch control by pressing Worner up against the cage.

Bedford manages to break the clinch.
Worner tries to clinch there but Bedford circles away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bedford!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bedford manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Worner misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Worner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bedford.
Worner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bedford momentarily.
Worner tries to clinch

and Bedford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bedford.
Worner is trying to break the clinch but Bedford has him pressed against the cage.

Bedford breaks from the clinch.
Worner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Bedford has Worner up against the cage in a clinch.
Worner takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bedford is pushing Worner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Bedford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Worner tries to clinch but Bedford moves away

and Bedford counters by moving into the clinch.

Bedford breaks from the clinch.
Nice body kick from Worner.
Worner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bedford.
Worner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Worner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slapping leg kick lands for Worner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bedford moves into the clinch.
Bedford lands a nice knee to the body.
Worner letting Bedford take a breather here.

Bedford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bedford gets a clinch.
Worner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bedford has him pressed against the cage.

Bedford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bedford circles away from the clinch attempt.
Worner feints a jab promting Bedford to slip. Worner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bedford slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Bedford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bedford 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Bedford!