PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Kenwey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Thompson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Edward Kenwey's chin.

Kenwey
vs
Thompson

193 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Edward Kenwey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kenwey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Kenwey throws a push kick but Thompson slaps the foot to one side.
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenwey.
Kenwey throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thompson counters with a nice body shot.
Thompson closes the distance and clinches up with Kenwey, looking for a takedown. Thompson pushes Kenwey against the cage but Kenwey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kenwey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kenwey throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
Kenwey throws a series of punches but Thompson avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Kenwey.
Kenwey blocks a head kick by Thompson.
Kenwey needs to keep his hands up - Thompson had a free shot at his head there.
Thompson tries to work over Kenwey's front leg with a kick but Kenwey checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thompson looks to land a combination but Kenwey avoids it well.
Kenwey lands a high kick!
Edward Kenwey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kenwey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thompson circles away quickly and effectively.
Kenwey throws an overhand right that lands on Thompson's shoulder, as Thompson tries to avoid the shot.
Kenwey cracks Thompson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Thompson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Kenwey jabs Thompson right on the nose. Thompson blinks but takes it well.
Edward Kenwey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kenwey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kenwey cracks Thompson with a good jab.
Kenwey misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenwey throws a low kick but Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kenwey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kenwey is breathing heavily.
Thompson misses with a few strikes there.
Thompson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kenwey lands a nice shot to the body.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Thompson scores with a jab to the head.
Kenwey tries a head kick but it misses.
Kenwey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kenwey throws a series of punches but Thompson avoids them all with ease.
Kenwey seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenwey misses with an uppercut
and Thompson counters with a right hand to the body.
Kenwey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thompson misses with the combination.
Kenwey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thompson blocks a low kick nicely.
Kenwey thows a body kick. Thompson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kenwey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Thompson lands a jab.
Thompson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kenwey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson scores with a one two! Kenwey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Kenwey is rocked!
A punch combination from Thompson misses.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kenwey throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Kenwey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a combination

and Kenwey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kenwey.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Kenwey misses with a hook
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but David Thompson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kenwey misses with a straight left.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Kenwey avoids them all with ease.
Kenwey misses with a wild combination.
Kenwey throws a low kick but Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kenwey.
Kenwey is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Edward Kenwey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson moves out of range of the body kick from Kenwey.
Kenwey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kenwey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenwey throws a combination that misses
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Kenwey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Thompson moves into the clinch successfully.

Thompson drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Thompson manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thompson fails to land with a series of punches.
Thompson steps in with a hook that catches Kenwey right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Thompson follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Kenwey looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Thompson!
A very excited looking David Thompson 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.