PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kieran Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patton is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: AC/DC - TNT. Jack Patton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Summers
vs
Patton

180 cm
28
175 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

187 cm
26
186 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kieran Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Patton!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Summers lands a lovely overhand right.
Summers misses with a series of wild punches.
Summers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've been told by Summers's head coaches at Fokai Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Summers is looking to land body kicks.
Patton counters with a body kick.
Patton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Summers appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Summers lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers tries a head kick but it misses.

Patton darts in and clinches Summers up against the cage.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Summers.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Patton.
Patton lands a nice elbow.
Summers lands a knee to the body.
Summers pressing his opponent against the cage.
Patton avoiding damage as Summers throws knees to the body.
Patton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Patton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Summers has him pressed against the cage.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.
Patton landing knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Patton tries a body shot but Summers blocks it.
Patton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A right hand to the body from Patton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.

Patton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Summers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Patton misses with a wild combination.
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!
Patton throws a shot to the body.
Patton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Patton gets a clinch.
Patton slowing the pace effectively.
Summers is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Summers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Patton manages to break the clinch.

Patton gets a clinch.
Patton just leaning against Summers, taking a breather.
Summers tries a knee to the head but Patton blocks it.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Summers keeps control of Patton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patton.
Patton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Summers backwards.
Summers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The referee is keeping an eye on Patton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers lands a knee to the body.
Patton throws an elbow but it misses.
A shot in the inside from Patton.

Patton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patton misses with a wild body shot.
Summers throws a big counter combination but Patton scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Donk. Summers catches Patton right on the button with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Summers moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Patton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Summers misses with a punch to the body.
Summers lands with a left to the head.
Nice elbow from Patton.

It looks like Kieran Summers has been cut.
Patton tries a body shot but Summers blocks it.
Summers is working for takedown but Patton is calmly controlling the position for now.
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patton is defending well for now.
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 Kieran Summers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kieran Summers's cut.
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.

Patton has closed the distance and engaged Summers in a clinch.
Patton misses with a punch to the body.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Summers unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers avoids the elbow strike from Patton, against the cage.

Patton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Patton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Summers counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Summers.
Patton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Summers up against the cage.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.

Patton breaks from the clinch.
Patton throws out a powerful jab.
Patton scores with a hook to the body. Summers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Summers pushes Patton up against the cage in a clinch.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Patton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patton lands a slapping body shot.
Patton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Summers rather than just go for the knockout.
Summers tries to clinch up but Patton circles away and keeps his distance.

Patton moves into range and clinches up with Summers.

Patton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Summers misses with a looping right.
Patton is trying to counter with his kicks.

Summers rushes Patton and presses him up against the cage.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Patton.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers stalling in the clinch but Patton improves position.
Patton lands a nice elbow.
Summers is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.
Patton lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Kieran Summers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patton is stalling here.
Summers struggles to land a body shot inside as Patton controls his hands.
Patton avoiding damage as Summers throws knees to the body.
Summers missing with knees to the body.

Patton breaks the clinch.
Patton is looking to chop away at Summers's legs.
Patton thuds his right hand into Summers's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Patton tests Summers's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Summers darts in and clinches Patton up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton avoiding damage as Summers throws knees to the body.
Patton lands a nice elbow.
Summers lands a knee to the body.
Summers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patton.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Patton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Patton using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Summers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Patton's efforts to push away.
Patton tries to circle away but Summers has him pinned against the cage.
Patton stalling in the clinch but Summers improves position.
Patton has Summers pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton being controlled against the cage.
Patton is trying to break the clinch but Summers is controlling him.
Summers looking to throw knees to the head but Patton is blocking nicely.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.

Patton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Summers avoids the head kick by Patton.
Patton with a hook.
Patton throws a nice looking combination but Summers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Summers moves out of range as Patton throws a body kick.
Patton scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patton moves out of range of the body kick.
Patton unleashes a big counter combination but Summers bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Patton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kieran Summers's cut.
That's time! Summers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Patton throws a half hearted mid kick.
Summers avoids the head kick by Patton.
Summers tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Patton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Summers wants to clinch.
A combination from Patton does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers tries to clinch up.

Patton moves into the clinch.
Summers lands a damaging elbow.
Summers landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Patton tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Summers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Patton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patton avoids it.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.
Patton stalling.
Summers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Patton unloads a knee to the mid-section. Summers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Patton breaks the clinch.
Kieran Summers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Summers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Patton has closed the distance and engaged Summers in a clinch.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Patton tries to work over Summers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Patton breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Summers takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Patton closes the distance and pushes Summers back into the cage.

Patton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Summers misses with a head kick.
As Summers backs off Patton throws a huge counter combo but Summers manages to avoid it all.
Summers scores with a kick to the body.

Patton moves into the clinch.

Patton breaks from the clinch.
Summers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton moves out of range of the body kick from Summers.
Patton now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Patton closes the distance and pushes Summers back into the cage.
Summers is struggling to control the position.
Patton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Summers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Patton breaks the clinch.
Jack Patton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patton misses with a body kick.
Summers feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jack Patton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Patton throws a head kick that misses.
Summers went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Patton moves into the clinch successfully.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patton blocks it with crossed arms.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Patton is trying to stall.
Patton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.

Patton manages to break the clinch.
Summers scores with a kick to the midsection.
Patton misses with a two punch combination.
Summers tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Patton manages to circle out of the way.
Summers is looking to land body kicks.
Summers blocks a head kick by Patton.
Patton lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patton scores with a nice right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Patton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Patton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Patton!
Our winner, Jack Patton, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.