PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hettie Kate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kate kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Peanuts Theme. Hettie Kate has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kate
vs
Daniels

172 cm
33
160 lbs
16 - 18 - 0

170 cm
28
155 lbs
13 - 12 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue 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 16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hettie Kate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kate throws out a leg kick but Daniels moves out of range and Kate only half commits.
Kate tries a head kick but it misses.
Kate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab by Kate.
Kate tries a head kick but it misses.
Daniels lands a jab to Kate's midsection.
Kate slips under a jab from Daniels.
Kate scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Daniels slips a jab and a cross from Kate.
Daniels is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kate.
Daniels blocks a low kick nicely.
Kate throws a sloppy head kick and Daniels moves out of range easily.
Hettie Kate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels throws a jab but it's blocked by Kate.
Nice uppercut lands for Daniels. That snapped Kate's head back.
Kate is looking to clinch.
Kate takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kate on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kate fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daniels throws a looping overhand right but Kate ducks down to avoid it.
Daniels throws a big shot that misses.

Kate takes the fight into the clinch.
Daniels misses with some punches.
Kate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kate blocks an uppercut.
Kate lands a knee to the head.
Kate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kate lands an elbow just above Daniels 's eye.
Daniels is trying to break free.
A short uppercut from Kate.
Daniels trying to stall but Kate improves his position.
Kate's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kate lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kate lands a shoulder strike.
Kate keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Daniels's efforts to push away.
Daniels takes an elbow to the forehead.
A bit of stalling here from Kate.
Daniels misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daniels's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daniels working aggressively here.
Kate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kate leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kate lands an elbow just above Daniels 's eye.
Kate crunches a lovely knee into Daniels's ribcage.
Kate lands a nice elbow.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kate landing knees to the body.
Daniels looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate is struggling to control the position.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daniels lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kate holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daniels in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kate.
Daniels letting Kate take a breather here.
Nice body punch from Kate - that landed with a thud.
Kate works on Daniels's body with a couple of short punches.
Daniels is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kate is keeping busy.
Daniels misses with some punches.
Daniels misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daniels throws a punch but it's blocked by Kate.
Kate lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daniels backwards.
Still in the clinch, Kate scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daniels lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kate lands a right hand.
Kate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kate.
Kate holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Daniels fails to land.
Daniels misses with some punches.
Kate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kate.
Daniels wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kate has him pressed against the cage.
Daniels takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kate connects with a knee to the head.

Daniels is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Kate.
Daniels is still on wobbly legs! Can Kate finish him?
Kate will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Daniels up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hettie Kate dominated that 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.

Kate throws a combination. Daniels tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Daniels seems to have recovered his senses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Daniels crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kate - the referee stops the clock and Daniels gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kate. Daniels manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kate tries to clinch there but Daniels circles away.
Kate throws a hook but Daniels avoids it easily.
Kate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kate scores with a kick to the midsection.
Daniels takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kate fails to land with a series of punches.
Daniels takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hettie Kate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daniels avoids the head kick by Kate.
Kate lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sloppy strikes from Daniels. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels scores with a jab to the body.
Daniels throws a lazy right hand but Kate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Daniels bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kate lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daniels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kate was well out of range. Poor timing from Daniels.
Kate throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Daniels swings for the body but Kate moves out of range.
Kate throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daniels.

Kate clinches with his opponent.
Kate blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kate.
Kate lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kate scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kate blocking some punches.
Kate lands a damaging elbow.
Daniels is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kate is keeping busy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kate obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniels is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daniels.
A bit of stalling here from Kate.
Daniels misses with the head strike.
Kate landing knees to the body.
Daniels is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Kate.
Daniels takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kate lands with a right to the head.
Kate stalling.
Kate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daniels in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kate with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate slows down the pace here.
Kate scores with a knee to the head.
Kate lands a nice shot to the body.
Daniels goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daniels.
Daniels takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kate scores with a knee to the head.
Hettie Kate has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kate scores a nice knee to the body.
Kate lands an elbow just above Daniels 's eye.
Nice elbow from Kate.
Kate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daniels's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
Kate lands an elbow that stopped Daniels in his tracks for a moment.
Kate scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Kate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate controlling the action here for a moment.
Kate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daniels can do to turn this around?
Kate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kate lands an elbow inside.
Kate lands an elbow inside that Daniels shrugs off.
A shot in the inside from Kate.
Daniels working hard to break the clinch.
Kate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kate stalling against the cage.
Daniels takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kate pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kate lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hettie Kate dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kate bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Daniels's head backwards.
Kate lands a nice looking body kick.
Daniels misses with a left hand
and Kate counters with a head kick.
Kate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daniels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kate. Daniels shrugs it off though.
Kate misses with a head kick.
Daniels stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kate lands a head kick!
Kate throws a sloppy head kick and Daniels moves out of range easily.
Nice body kick there by Kate.
Kate misses with a double jab
enabling Daniels to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels moves out of range of the body kick.
Kate lands a nice looking body kick.
Kate takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Daniels throws a jab but it's blocked by Kate.

Kate rushes Daniels and presses him up against the cage.
Daniels is trying to break the clinch but Kate is controlling him.
Kate lands an uppercut.
Kate blocking some punches.
Kate lands a body punch.
Daniels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kate lands a damaging elbow.
Daniels takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daniels misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daniels misses with the head strike.
Kate lands a knee to the body.
Daniels takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniels takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kate has Daniels pressed against the cage.
Kate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kate obliges.
Kate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kate lands with a short shot to the head.
Daniels is trying to maintain a safe position but Kate gets an underhook and turns Daniels into the cage.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daniels has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kate.
Kate scores with a hook to the body.
Kate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kate stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Daniels being controlled against the cage.
Kate connects with a knee to the head.
Kate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daniels's defenses.
Kate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate cracks Daniels with a nice body shot.
Kate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kate lands an elbow just above Daniels 's eye.
Kate lands an elbow just above Daniels 's eye.
Daniels looking to slow down the pace here.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kate taking a breather.
Kate scores with a knee to the head.
Kate slowing the pace effectively.
Daniels takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kate lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kate lands a good knee to the midsection. Daniels won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Kate.
Daniels tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kate is struggling to control the position.
Daniels has had enough of the clinch but Kate keeps him there for the moment.
Kate's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jack Daniels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daniels misses with a body punch.
Daniels taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daniels wants to break free but Kate has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Kate.
Kate lands with a short shot to the head.
Hettie Kate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Daniels is trying to maintain a safe position but Kate gets an underhook and turns Daniels into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hettie Kate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kate has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hettie Kate!
After winning the bout, Hettie Kate thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.