PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Kessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaito Rin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kessler might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Yattering - Chase of Thoughts . Rin has chosen Tracktor Bowling - Scars as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kessler
vs
Rin

185 cm
25
203 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

179 cm
26
194 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Kessler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaito Rin!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Rin is predictable there
and Kessler counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kessler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rin moves out of range as Kessler throws a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kessler.
Kessler scores with the left hand. Rin knows he should have avoided that one.
Rin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kessler scores with a push kick.
Rin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kessler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kessler throws a shot from downtown. Rin moves away and avoids it.
Kessler wants to clinch up but Rin keeps it at a distance.
Rin tried to score with a low kick but Kessler checks it.
Kessler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rin can pounce on him.
A lazy left from Kessler finds it's target.
Rin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rin misses with an uppercut
and Kessler counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Rin.
Kessler throws a looping overhand right but Rin ducks down to avoid it.
Rin thuds a left hand into Kessler's body.
Rin throws a big shot that misses.
Rin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kessler lands a high kick!

It looks like Kaito Rin has been cut.
Kessler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rin manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Rin.
Rin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kessler.
Rin cracks Kessler with an open hand slap.
Rin takes a swing at Kessler's ribcage but misses.
Rin blocks a low kick nicely.
Rin throws the left hand but Kessler avoids the punch easily.
Rin scoring well with a low kick there.
Rin dodges the punch combination from Kessler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kessler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rin lands a body shot.
Kessler gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rin blocks a low kick nicely.
Kessler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rin.
A cross from Kessler lands.
Kessler takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kessler works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rin connects with a crisp jab.
Rin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big right from Rin misses.
Kessler looks to score with a jab to the body but Rin is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kessler.
Kessler throws a hook but Rin blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kessler pinned against the cage. Kessler gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kessler throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kessler tests Rin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kessler moves away.
Kessler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kessler connects with a right hand. Rin shakes it off.
Kessler throws out a leg kick but Rin moves out of range and Kessler only half commits.
Kessler moves forwards but Rin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kessler is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab, jab by Rin - just one landing.
Rin throws a hook but Kessler avoids it easily.
Rin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kessler momentarily.
Rin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kessler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kessler lands a glancing blow to the side of Rin's head.
Kessler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kessler counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kessler tries to land a front kick but Rin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rin avoids the body shot from Kessler.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Rin enables Kessler to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Rin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rin working a defensive guard here.
Rin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kessler's guard.
Rin advances to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kessler defending well though.
Kessler holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Kessler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaito Rin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kessler looks to land a left hand but Rin moved out of range nicely.
Nice shot by Kessler.
Kessler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rin.
Kessler misses the jab.
Kessler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rin looks to land a body kick but Kessler moved away.
Rin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kessler.
Jack Kessler is winning the standup battle so far.
Rin misses with a kick to the body.
Rin scores with a leg kick.
Rin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheers as Rin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kessler doesn't seem phased though.
Kessler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kessler looks for the body kick but Rin saw that one coming.
Rin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kessler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rin throws the kick towards the body but Kessler avoids it.
Kessler tries to clinch but Rin moves out of range.
Kessler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Rin misses its intended target.
Rin misses with a body shot.
Kessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rin.
Rin cracks Kessler with an open hand slap.
Rin swings for the body but Kessler moves out of range.
Kessler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rin looks for the body kick but Kessler saw that one coming.
Kessler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kessler slips under a jab.
Rin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kessler is looking to clinch.
Kessler misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kessler throws a leg kick but Rin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kessler throws a leg kick but Rin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rin looks to land a left hand but Kessler moved out of range nicely.
Kessler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kessler shoots in for a double leg but Rin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kessler pushes Rin away with a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rin misses with a kick to the body.
Rin misses the shot to the body.
Kessler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rin takes a swing at Kessler's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Rin misses.
Kessler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rin dodges the punch combination from Kessler.
Kessler lands a leg kick that knocks Rin off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rin.
Kessler connects with a leg kick. Rin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kessler darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kessler shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kessler gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rin throws a right hand that Kessler ducks under and follows up with a left that Kessler also avoids with ease.
Rin clobbers Kessler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kessler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kessler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice combination there by Kessler.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kessler - the referee stops the clock and Rin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kessler. Rin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rin scores with a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Kessler misses

and Rin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kessler's guard.
Rin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rin is looking to work some ground and pound but Kessler has wrist control.
Rin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rin throws a big elbow that misses.
Rin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kessler can't keep his opponent in guard - Rin advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rin scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Rin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kessler is just riding it out for now. Rin eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaito Rin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kaito Rin's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Kessler on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Kessler closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rin to the mat! Rin manages to get full guard.
Rin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kessler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kessler lands a couple of digs.
Kessler with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kessler stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kessler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kessler postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rin keeping moving, preventing Kessler from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kessler is really struggling to control Rin but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Kessler is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Rin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Jack Kessler has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nice defenses there by Kessler.
A leg kick checked by Kessler.
Some wild striking there from Rin.
Kessler slips a straight right by Rin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rin.
Rin misses with a body shot.
Rin moves out of range of the body kick from Kessler.

Kessler rushes Rin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kessler is looking to break free of the clinch but Rin has double underhooks.
Rin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Rin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Kessler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kessler thows a leg kick but Rin checks it
letting Rin counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rin has a takedown stuffed.
Rin shoots in and drives through. Kessler sprawls well.
Rin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kessler was well out of range. Poor timing from Rin.
Kessler misses with a combination

and Rin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kessler's guard.
Kessler keeping full guard, as Rin tries to pass.
Rin trying to control but Kessler is working from the bottom.
Kessler looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rin is one step ahead there.
Rin is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rin trying to control but Kessler is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kaito Rin.
Rin just misses with a punch to the body.
Rin misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Kessler misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kessler misses with a low kick.
Kessler attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kessler checks a low kick from Rin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kessler connects with a right hand. Rin shakes it off.
Rin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kessler swings away with a leg kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jack Kessler.
I think Kessler has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Kessler!
A very excited looking Jack Kessler 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.