PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lu Kuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Average Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Kuan
vs
Joe

194 cm
31
205 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

185 cm
30
202 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lu Kuan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Average Joe!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Watson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe fails with a takedown attempt.
Joe throws a jab when Kuan was well out of range.

Kuan rushes Joe and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from Kuan.
Kuan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kuan lands with a light punch inside.

Kuan breaks the clinch.
Average Joe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuan lands with a kick to the temple. Joe shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kuan catches Joe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sloppy strikes from Joe. Those never looked like landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kuan. That's going to slow Joe down.
We've been told by Kuan's head coaches at The Shield that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kuan tries to bum rush Joe with a series of wild strikes but Joe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Joe finds it's target.
Kuan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kuan looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Kuan tries to bum rush Joe with a series of wild strikes but Joe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Despite the aggression on Joe's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Joe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuan manages to avoid it.
Kuan throws a low kick but Joe avoids it.
Joe lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kuan backs up against the cage.

It looks like Lu Kuan has been cut.
Kuan misses with a leg kick.
No joy there for Joe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kuan circles away quickly and effectively.
Kuan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kuan misses with a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Joe misses.
Joe looks to land a right hand but Kuan moved out of range.
Kuan misses with a head kick.
Joe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kuan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kuan throws a lazy head kick
and Joe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuan motions for Joe to come forward. Kuan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Joe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kuan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe cracks the inside of Kuan's front leg.
Joe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kuan slips a jab and a cross from Joe.
Joe checks a low kick from Kuan.
Some bone on bone action there as Joe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Joe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kuan dodges the punch combination from Joe.
Kuan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kuan is looking to score with low kicks.
Joe throws a hook but Kuan avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kuan.
Joe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kuan.
Kuan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kuan lands with a straight right. Joe didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kuan.
Kuan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Joe's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kuan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Joe eats them both and turns towards Kuan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kuan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joe now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kuan wants to land a leg kick but Joe is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joe! But no joy.

Kuan clinches up against the cage.

Kuan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Joe misses.
Joe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kuan throws out the jab.
Kuan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Joe back to the cage. Kuan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuan feints a jab promting Joe to slip. Kuan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Joe slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuan manages to avoid it.
Kuan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Joe's head.
Joe connects with a crisp jab.
Joe checks a leg kick.
Joe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joe checks a leg kick.
Joe keeps the fight on the outside.
Joe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kuan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Joe's sensitive parts.
Kuan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kuan.
Kuan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kuan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Kuan pushes Joe off and scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lu Kuan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lu Kuan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kuan lands with a slapping head kick.
Joe scores with a punch to the head.
Joe closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Kuan has managed to clinch.

Joe breaks the clinch.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joe scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuan scores with a head kick.
Joe lands a nice looking body shot.
Kuan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kuan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kuan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lu Kuan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joe looks to land a right hand but Kuan moved out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Joe - that will leave a mark!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe scores with a shot to the body.
Joe throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kuan motions for Joe to come forward. Kuan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Joe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kuan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Decent striking displayed by Joe there.
Nice defenses there by Kuan.

Kuan has managed to clinch.
Kuan lands a left hand.
Kuan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.

Joe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joe.
Joe walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kuan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Joe feints a jab promting Kuan to slip. Joe then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kuan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Lu Kuan's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Kuan finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuan throws a nice looking combination but Joe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kuan tries a head kick but it misses.
Kuan throws a head kick that misses
enabling Joe to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Kuan instigates a clinch.

Joe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Kuan lands but Joe takes it in his stride.
Kuan lands a glancing blow to the side of Joe's head.
Joe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kuan misses with a low kick.
Lu Kuan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kuan throws a sloppy head kick
letting Joe counter with a right hand.
Kuan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joe.

Kuan has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Joe breaks the clinch.
Kuan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Joe.
Kuan throws a head kick that misses.
No joy there for Kuan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kuan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joe lands with a shot to the body.
Joe misses with a takedown attempt - Kuan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Joe lands with a hook. Kuan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Joe blocks a head kick by Kuan.
Joe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donk. Kuan catches Joe right on the button with a cross.
Kuan tries to clinch but Joe moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Joe misses.
The fighters circling - Kuan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joe! But no joy.
Kuan throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kuan moves into range and clinches up with Joe.

Joe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kuan throws a hook but Joe avoids it easily.

Kuan darts in and clinches Joe up against the cage.
Joe is working for takedown but Kuan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Joe wants a takedown.
Lu Kuan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Average Joe.

Kuan breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Kuan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuan wants to clinch up but Joe keeps it at a distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joe! But no joy.
Joe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Joe fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lu Kuan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lu Kuan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuan moves away.
Kuan throws a head kick that half lands.
Joe misses with a straight right.
Kuan slips a jab and a cross from Joe.
Kuan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuan moves away.
Joe bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Joe wants to slow Kuan down by chopping away at his legs.
Kuan throws a counter high kick but Joe was just alert enough to avoid it.
Joe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kuan misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joe blocks a head kick by Kuan.
Kuan moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Joe misses.
Joe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kuan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kuan throws a front kick aimed at Joe's knee but Joe avoids it well.
As Kuan backs off Joe throws a huge counter combo but Kuan manages to avoid it all.
Lu Kuan is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuan fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kuan. That's going to slow Joe down.
Joe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kuan doesn't manage to clinch there - Joe circles away.
Kuan scores with a leg kick.
Joe looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuan is just out of range.
Joe cracks Kuan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Joe lands with a right hand.
Joe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joe feints a jab promting Kuan to slip. Joe then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kuan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kuan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kuan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joe takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuan stalks Joe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Joe's face. Joe staggers backwards, shaken.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Joe checks a leg kick.
Joe connects with a looping right hand.
Kuan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kuan in his tracks.
Kuan connects with a leg kick. Joe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Joe looks to land a right hand but Kuan moved out of range.
Kuan throws a head kick that misses.
Kuan is looking to clinch.
Kuan feints and then cracks Joe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Joe down.
Joe checks a low kick from Kuan.
Joe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Joe misses with an uppercut.
Joe avoids a kick to the body.
Joe takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
An inside leg kick from Kuan misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Joe tenderised Kuan's leg. Kuan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Joe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kuan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kuan moves out of range of the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Kuan misses the target.
Joe misses with the combination.
Joe lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Joe.
Kuan avoids a punch combination nicely.

Kuan closes the distance and clinches.
Kuan scores with a shoulder strike.
Kuan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuan throws a head punch that misses.
Kuan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Joe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kuan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Joe. Joe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuan throws a leg kick but Joe moved away.
Joe throws a counter combo.
Joe takes a kick to the side of the head.

Kuan clinches with his opponent.

Joe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Average Joe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe tries to bum rush Kuan with a series of wild strikes but Kuan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Joe is defended easily by Kuan.
Kuan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joe.
Kuan connects with a high kick.
Lu Kuan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuan moves away.
Kuan is looking to slow Joe down with leg kicks.

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 Lu Kuan.
Well Kuan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lu Kuan!
A very excited looking Lu Kuan 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.