PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Rance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kyle
vs
Rance

175 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Kyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Rance!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle dives in and grabs Rance's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rance pushes down on Kyle's head and hops out.
Rance tries to clinch but Kyle moves out of range.
Rance tries to clinch up but Kyle circles away and keeps his distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rance tries to clinch but Kyle is having none of it.

Kyle darts in and clinches Rance up against the cage.
Kyle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rance is keeping busy.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rance utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rance as Kyle tries to tie him up.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Kyle blocks with his arms.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rance working Kyle over with knees to the body.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Rance is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kyle is defending well for now.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Kyle blocks with his arms.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Rance landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kyle is trying to break the clinch but Rance has him pressed against the cage.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Rance keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kyle's efforts to push away.
Kyle is trying to stall.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Kyle blocks with his arms.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Kyle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Rance looks winded!
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rance tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyle avoids the damage to the body.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kyle avoids it.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Kyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kyle is trying to break the clinch but Rance has him pressed against the cage.
Rance unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kyle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kyle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Kyle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kyle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rance tries to clinch there but Kyle circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Rance dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rance fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kyle has Rance up against the cage in a clinch.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Kyle working hard to break the clinch.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Rance.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Kyle blocks with his arms.
Rance missing with knees to the body.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Kyle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Kyle blocks with his arms.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rance is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kyle is defending well for now.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Rance is breathing heavily.
Kyle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kyle avoiding damage as Rance throws knees to the body.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Rance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Kyle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kyle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Kyle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duke Rance seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Kyle takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle looking to stall.
Rance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Rance working Kyle over with knees to the body.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Kyle looking to stall.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Kyle blocks it.
Rance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kyle avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyle tries to circle away but Rance has him pinned against the cage.
Kyle is trying to maintain a safe position but Rance gets an underhook and turns Kyle into the cage.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kyle is trying to break free.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kyle avoids it.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kyle trying to control the position but instead, Rance has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kyle into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Rance showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Kyle shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kyle.
Kyle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Rance gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kyle wants to stall.
Kyle avoiding damage as Rance throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kyle looking to stall.
Kyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rance missing with knees to the body.
Kyle tries to stall but Rance uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kyle seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Rance is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance scores a nice knee to the body.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kyle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Kyle wants to stall.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rance crunches a lovely knee into Kyle's ribcage.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rance keeps control of Kyle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.

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

Kyle clinches.
Kyle avoiding damage as Rance throws knees to the body.

Kyle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kyle darts in and clinches Rance up against the cage.
Kyle managing to block the knees to the body from Rance.
Kyle is looking to control Rance's arms but Rance gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kyle has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rance trying to land knees to the body.
Kyle tries to stall but Rance uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kyle can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nathan Kyle.
Kyle misses with a takedown attempt - Rance sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Kyle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Kyle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kyle fails with the takedown.

Rance instigates a clinch.
Nathan Kyle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duke Rance is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kyle working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Duke Rance.
I've got Rance 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Rance!