PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Kemp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Velasquez
vs
Kemp

200 cm
28
276 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

197 cm
40
258 lbs
35 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Cynical Truth Vegas (steel penn)

Cynical Truth Vegas (steel penn)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Kemp!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velasquez slips under a jab from Kemp.

Velasquez rushes Kemp and presses him up against the cage.
Kemp displaying some good clinch control by pressing Velasquez up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Velasquez as Kemp tries to tie him up.
A hook to the body from Velasquez.
Kemp struggles to land a body shot inside as Velasquez controls his hands.
Velasquez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kemp backwards.

It looks like Adam Kemp has been cut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Velasquez prevents a body shot from Kemp.
Velasquez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kemp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kemp tries to work over Velasquez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kemp pushes Velasquez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Velasquez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Velasquez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kemp backwards.
Kemp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Velasquez misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Velasquez.
Kemp misses with the head strike.
Kemp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Velasquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Kemp uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Velasquez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Velasquez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kemp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kemp is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Velasquez.
Velasquez lands a shoulder strike.

Velasquez drops Kemp onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Kemp is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Kemp is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kemp is still on wobbly legs! Can Velasquez finish him?
Kemp blocking some punches.
Velasquez stalls.
Kemp seems to have recovered his senses.
Velasquez has a couple of punches blocked by Kemp.
Velasquez scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kemp.

It looks like Juan Velasquez has been cut.
Velasquez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kemp backwards.
Good body shot from Velasquez.
A bit of stalling here from Velasquez.
Kemp is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Velasquez is keeping busy.
Kemp blocking some punches.
Velasquez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kemp blocking some punches.
Velasquez lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Kemp.
Velasquez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Velasquez misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Velasquez fails to land.
Velasquez effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemp swings wildly with an uppercut but Velasquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Velasquez looking to slow down the pace here.
Velasquez stalling against the cage.
Kemp swings wildly with an uppercut but Velasquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kemp lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Kemp.
Kemp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Velasquez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kemp lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kemp lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kemp doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Velasquez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Velasquez pushes Kemp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Velasquez presses Kemp against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Velasquez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Velasquez lands with a short shot to the head.
Velasquez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Velasquez lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kemp misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Velasquez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Velasquez lands a big right hand that drops Kemp! The killer instinct kicks in and Velasquez finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Velasquez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Velasquez!
A relieved looking Juan Velasquez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.