PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mayo Kermode (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Kermode
vs
Washington

185 cm
34
220 lbs
28 - 17 - 0

191 cm
32
213 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mayo Kermode!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabriel Washington!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Washington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kermode misses with a looping left.
Kermode slips under a jab from Washington.
Washington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kermode swings widly with a right hand
and Washington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Washington lands with a straight right. Kermode didn't see that one coming.

Kermode clinches up with Washington and pushes him back against the cage.
Kermode lands a nice uppercut.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Kermode.
Washington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Washington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kermode tries to throw a body punch but Washington avoids it by throwing Kermode back against the cage.
Kermode working aggressively here.
Kermode blocks a body shot from Washington.
Kermode lands a good knee to the midsection. Washington won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington misses with some punches.
Washington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kermode lands a shoulder strike.
Washington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kermode misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Washington jumps guard and drags Kermode to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kermode postures up in Washington's guard and throws a big left but Washington blocks it.
Washington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kermode is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kermode trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kermode controlling from the top position.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Kermode from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Washington pulls Kermode in close to prevent any damage.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Washington's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kermode moves to clinch but Washington breaks away
letting Washington counter with a right hand.
Kermode moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kermode tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Washington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kermode slips a jab from Washington.
Washington sizes up Kermode with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice cross by Washington.
Kermode takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Washington misses with an uppercut. Kermode saw that one coming.
Kermode throws a body punch but Washington moves out of range.
Washington let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington wants to clinch up but Kermode keeps it at a distance.
Kermode lands a nice shot that snaps Washington's head back.
Washington lands a right hook to the body.
Washington sizes up Kermode with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kermode goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kermode bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Washington's head.
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Washington walks into a left hand.
Washington takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kermode misses with a hook
and Washington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Washington pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Kermode moves into the clinch successfully.
Washington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kermodes head.
Kermode crunches a lovely knee into Washington's ribcage.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kermode blocks an uppercut.
Kermode swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kermode lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kermode scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kermode working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Washington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kermode's elbow.
Kermode crunches a lovely knee into Washington's ribcage.
Washington looks winded!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kermode creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kermode using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kermode lands a knee to the body.
Kermode lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kermode lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Kermode.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kermode.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kermode landing knees to the head.
Nice body punch from Kermode - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Kermode.
Kermode lands a nice elbow.
Kermode working Washington over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mayo Kermode dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kermode tries to clinch but Washington moves out of range.
Washington throws out a counter right but Kermode avoids it with no problem.
Kermode tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kermode scores with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kermode scores with a leg kick.
Kermode doesn't manage to clinch there - Washington circles away.
Washington throws a hook to the side of Kermode's head but Kermode sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kermode closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gabriel Washington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kermode fails with an attempt to clinch.
Washington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Washington might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kermode misses with a looping left.
Kermode tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Washington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Washington lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kermode will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayo Kermode seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kermode darts in and clinches Washington up against the cage.
Kermode is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Washington can do to turn this around?
Kermode lands with a short shot to the head.
Kermode with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kermode scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mayo Kermode has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kermode lands an elbow inside that Washington shrugs off.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Kermode.
Kermode tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Kermode.
A short right from Kermode on the inside.
Kermode unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kermode lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to throw a body punch but Kermode avoids it by throwing Washington back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kermode.
Kermode is working Washington over against the cage.
Washington is breathing heavily.
A short right from Kermode.
Kermode tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Kermode lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Kermode blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kermode.
Kermode gets through Washington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kermode lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Gabriel Washington has been cut.
Washington struggles to land a body shot inside as Kermode controls his hands.
Washington takes an elbow to the temple.
Kermode throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Washingtons head.
Kermode softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kermode misses with a knee to the head.
Kermode lands an elbow that stopped Washington in his tracks for a moment.
Kermode digs a right hand into Washington's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Washington's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Kermode.
Kermode using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kermode blocking some punches.
Kermode lands with a left to the head.
Kermode lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Washington is rocked!
Kermode creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Washington with a big uppercut! Washington tries to clinch up but Kermode pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Washington to the mat! Washington covers up and Kermode unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mayo Kermode!
A very excited looking Mayo Kermode 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.