PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shadow on the Sun. 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.

Man
vs
Kenzie

186 cm
36
180 lbs
39 - 14 - 0

191 cm
40
177 lbs
36 - 20 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ice Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 20 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenzie staying out of range there.
Man bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kenzie throws a lazy uppercut
and Man counters with a series of strikes. Kenzie will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kenzie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kenzie fails to land with a series of punches.
Kenzie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Man tests Kenzie's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Patrick Kenzie has been cut.
Kenzie slips under a jab from Man.
Kenzie misses with a right hand
and Man counters with a one-two to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kenzie connects with a crisp jab.
Patrick Kenzie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man staying out of range there.
We've been informed that Kenzie has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kenzie throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kenzie tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kenzie cracks Man with a right hand to the side of the head.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kenzie.
Man looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Man drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kenzie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Kenzie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kenzie lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed right hand from Man misses the target.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie just misses with a punch to the body.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kenzie.
Man tries to move into range but Kenzie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Man missing with a left hand there. Kenzie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man throws a nice looking combination but Kenzie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kenzie misses with a series of wild punches.
Man scores with a jab. Kenzie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kenzie punishes Man's body with a nice straight punch.
Kenzie tries to bum rush Man with a series of wild strikes but Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Kenzie misses with an uppercut. Man saw that one coming.
Kenzie throws a big shot that misses.
Man misses with a straight right.
Man blocks a jab.
Kenzie throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man throws out a powerful jab.
Kenzie tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Man counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Man throws a sloppy body shot
letting Kenzie counter with a right hand.
Kenzie lands the left hand.
Kenzie catches Man with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Kenzie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kenzie stalling in the clinch but Man improves position.
Man works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Man is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kenzie is keeping busy.
Kenzie tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kenzie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man prevents a body shot from Kenzie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenzie swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Man breaks the clinch.
Kenzie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ice Man will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kenzie's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kenzie misses the shot to the body.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kenzie moves away.
Kenzie slips a jab from Man.
Man shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kenzie sprawls well. Kenzie wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Man gets slowly back to his feet.
Kenzie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kenzie throws out the jab.
Kenzie just misses with a punch to the body.
Kenzie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kenzie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Kenzie works Man's body with a nice hook.
Kenzie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Kenzie wants to clinch.
Man avoids the body shot from Kenzie.
Kenzie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kenzie scores with a sloppy right hand. Man should have avoided that one.
Kenzie jabs at Man's body.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Kenzie slips the punch.
Kenzie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Man gets tackled into the cage by Kenzie. Kenzie maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Man backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Kenzie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kenzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kenzie.
Kenzie throws the left hand but Man avoids the punch easily.
Kenzie misses with a body shot.
Kenzie throws a lazy right hand but Man sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kenzie slips under a jab from Man.
Ice Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie misses with a left hand
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
Man on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenzie.
Man swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kenzie. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kenzie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kenzie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kenzie looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Kenzie wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Man catches Kenzie right on the button with a cross.
Kenzie moves to clinch but Man breaks away
and Man counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie drops his hands momentarily and Man takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kenzie.
Man ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Man finds it's way through Kenzie's defenses.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kenzie throws out the jab.
Kenzie misses with a double jab.

Kenzie gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kenzie swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kenzie tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Patrick Kenzie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kenzie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No joy there for Kenzie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kenzie fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A big right from Man misses.
Kenzie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Kenzie.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Kenzie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Man misses with a wild combination.
Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kenzie.
Kenzie misses with a wild body shot.
Kenzie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Kenzie tries to clinch up.
Man misses with a hook
and Kenzie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Man thinking.

Kenzie pushes Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Kenzie lands a nice uppercut.
Man leaning against his opponent.
Man prevents a body shot from Kenzie.
Kenzie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Man stalling against the cage.
Kenzie misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie tries to stall but Man uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kenzie misses with some punches.
A short right from Kenzie.
Kenzie effectively controlling the action here.
Kenzie tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Kenzie back against the cage.
Kenzie lands a left hand.

Man escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kenzie throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kenzie wants to clinch up but Man keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Kenzie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man staying out of range there.
Man stuns Kenzie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kenzie darts in and clinches Man up against the cage.
Kenzie misses with a punch to the body.
Kenzie prevents a body shot from Man.
Kenzie misses with a punch on the inside.
Kenzie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kenzie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kenzie.
Kenzie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kenzie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Man's efforts to push away.
Kenzie can't find room to land a body shot as Man controls the action.
Man blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenzie trying to control the position but instead, Man has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kenzie into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Kenzie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Man dodges the punch combination from Kenzie.
Man looks to land a right hand but Kenzie moved out of range.

Kenzie clinches.

Man escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kenzie tries to clinch but Man moves away
and Man counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kenzie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Man lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Kenzie goes down and covers up as Man starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ice Man!
Ice Man retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Ice Man thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.