PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Kennison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aron Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kennison comes into the arena with Snot- Stoopid blaring out of the sound system. Chan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Easy Come, Easy Go kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Kennison
vs
Chan

164 cm
29
160 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

180 cm
28
170 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karl Kennison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aron Chan!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kennison scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kennison. Chan does a little dance to reset his feet.

Kennison clinches with his opponent.
Kennison misses with an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Kennison.

Chan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Chan wants to control from the top but Kennison keeps moving.
Kennison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Chan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chan throwing strikes from guard but Kennison blocks nicely.
Chan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chan trying to control but Kennison is working from the bottom.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Aron Chan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Kennison takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kennison is looking to clinch.
Chan lands a nice hook to Kennison's body. Kennison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kennison throws a low kick, looking for Chan's leg but Chan calmly moves out of range.
Chan shoots in looking for a takedown. Kennison tries to sprawl out of it but Chan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kennison manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kennison 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kennison wants to clinch.
Chan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chan fails to land with a series of punches.
Kennison throws a combination that misses

and Chan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kennison's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kennison keeping full guard, as Chan tries to pass.
Chan passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Chan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Chan wants to control but Kennison is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennison is letting Chan control him for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kennison wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kennison is not content to let Chan control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chan working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aron Chan 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.

Kennison walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A lazy left from Kennison finds it's target.
Chan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kennison as he jumps to the side.
Kennison lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kennison misses with a hook. Chan ducked under it nicely.

Kennison has closed the distance and engaged Chan in a clinch.
Kennison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chan takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Kennison.
Chan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kennison lands a hook that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Chan letting Kennison take a breather here.
Kennison lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kennison lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan jumps guard but Kennison turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Karl Kennison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aron Chan.
Kennison lands an elbow inside that Chan shrugs off.
Kennison blocks an elbow strike from Chan.
Kennison working aggressively here.
Kennison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kennison gets through Chan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Kennison.
Kennison scores with a shot to the side of Chan's head.
Chan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kennison effectively controlling the action here.
Kennison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chan pushes off an throws an elbow but Kennison leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Kennison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kennison lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Chan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kennison.
Kennison is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kennison lands a shot to the body.
Kennison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chan's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chan misses with an elbow strike.

Chan pulls guard successfully.
Chan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kennison controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kennison is looking to stand up but Chan won't let him.
Kennison looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Kennison got a little sloppy there for a moment and Chan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kennison has managed to get both his arms back between Chan's legs - danger averted.
Chan keeping moving, preventing Kennison from controlling successfully.

We're going to have a standup here because Karl Kennison wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Chan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kennison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Kennison misses.
Kennison tries to clinch but Chan moves out of range.
Chan moves out of range of the leg kick from Kennison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kennison to score with a decent uppercut.
Kennison misses with the combination.

Chan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kennison lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kennison misses with an elbow over the top.
Kennison lands an elbow just above Chan 's eye.
Chan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kennison lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chan blocks an elbow strike from Kennison.
Chan avoids a wild elbow strike from Kennison.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kennison has a couple of punches blocked by Chan.
Chan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kennison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chan's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Kennison dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Chan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kennison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Kennison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Kennison closes the distance and clinches.
Chan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kennison to keep the fight standing.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Chan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kennison is controlling Chan's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Kennison is trying to stand up here but Chan is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chan seems to be working for a kimura but Kennison defends the submission attempt.
Kennison won't allow Chan to pass to mount.
Kennison pushes Chan off looking to stand but Chan dives back in and keeps control.
Kennison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chan.
Aron Chan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chan slips a nice elbow through Kennison's hands, connecting with Kennison's forehead.
Kennison is refusing to be controlled, as Chan sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Chan wants to control the pace but Kennison is squirming around nicely.
Kennison avoids a series of strikes thrown by Chan.
Chan scoring with strikes but Kennison is staying in there.
Kennison might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan is landing with some decent strikes but Kennison is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Chan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kennison is looking to escape.
Chan controlling the position easily from mount.
Kennison is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennison is squirming around, avoiding Chan's attempts to control the action.
Kennison holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Chan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Chan breaks from Kennison's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kennison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chan looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kennison?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aron Chan really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kennison moves in looking to clinch but Chan pushes him off.
Nice uppercut there from Kennison.
Chan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Kennison drives through and clinches with Chan against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kennison throws an elbow but misses.
Kennison gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chan.
Kennison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Kennison.
Kennison misses with an elbow strike.
Kennison stalling in the clinch.
Kennison gets through Chan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kennison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chan is working for takedown but Kennison is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennison misses with a body punch.
A short right from Kennison.
Kennison blocks the elbow strike.
Kennison pushes off an throws an elbow but Chan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kennison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chan avoids it.
Chan blocks an elbow strike from Kennison.
Kennison throws an elbow but it misses.
Chan jumps guard but Kennison stands there with Chan around his waist. Chan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Karl Kennison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aron Chan.
Kennison lands a nice uppercut.
Kennison blocks a body shot from Chan.
Chan lands with a right to the head.
Chan tries to pull guard but Kennison forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Karl Kennison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kennison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kennison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kennison breaks from the clinch.

Kennison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennison throws an elbow that misses.

Chan works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Chan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kennison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chan trying to control but Kennison is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kennison wants to stand and escape but Chan is having none of it.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Chan working his ground and pound in the gym.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Aron Chan.
Kennison wants to clinch up but Chan keeps it at a distance.

Chan tries to keep at a distance but Kennison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kennison tries to land knees in the clinch but Chan avoids the damage to the body.
Chan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kennison throws a head punch that misses.
Kennison misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Chan pulls Kennison into guard.
Chan working a defensive guard here.
Chan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kennison's guard.
Chan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chan prevents Kennison from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Kennison had his way with Aron Chan in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kennison fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kennison. Chan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kennison dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chan. That did some damage!
A telegraphed right hand from Kennison misses the target.
Chan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kennison slaps away a takedown attempt from Chan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kennison is looking to clinch but Chan is avoiding it.
Kennison throws a leg kick but Chan checks it.
Kennison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karl Kennison is winning the standup battle so far.
Kennison connects with a leg kick. Chan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Aron Chan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Kennison drives through and clinches with Chan against the cage.
Kennison content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennison lands a shoulder strike.
Chan has a couple of punches blocked by Kennison.
Kennison tries to land knees in the clinch but Chan avoids the damage to the body.
Kennison throws an elbow that misses.

Chan manages to pull guard.
Kennison wanted to stand there but Chan had control of the position.
Chan is trying to keep Kennison in close.
Kennison wants to stand but Chan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Chan working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennison wants to stand but Chan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kennison stopping the sweep attempt from Chan.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Good leg kick by Kennison there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kennison misses the jab.
Kennison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chan.
Kennison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Chan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Chan.
Chan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kennison smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kennison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karl Kennison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kennison scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kennison tries to clinch up but Chan circles away and keeps his distance.
Kennison lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chan ducks under a wild hook from Kennison.
Kennison throws a looping overhand right but Chan ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Chan is defended easily by Kennison.
Karl Kennison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aron Chan.
Chan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennison scores with a leg kick.
Kennison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kennison with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kennison.
Kennison throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kennison wants to clinch up but Chan keeps it at a distance.

Kennison has Chan up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kennison pushes off an throws an elbow but Chan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kennison throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Kennison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kennison 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Karl Kennison!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Karl Kennison!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Karl Kennison!

Karl Kennison wins by unanimous decision!
Karl Kennison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Aron Chan had this to say: 'F*** The Police'.