PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cann Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Road (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kush has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kush
vs
Road

202 cm
25
275 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

205 cm
26
289 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cann Kush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Will Road!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Road takes the fight into the clinch.
Road softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Road throws an elbow but it misses.
Road goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Road has him pressed against the cage.
Kush prevents a takedown attempt there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kush tries to circle away but Road has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Road tries to land a knee to the head but Kush blocks with his arms.
Kush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Road has him pressed against the cage.
Kush avoiding damage as Road throws knees to the body.
Road cracks Kush with a nice body shot.
Kush blocks the elbow strike.
Kush blocks an elbow strike from Road.
Kush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Road has him pressed against the cage.
Road misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kush looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kush is trying to force a seperation but Road has the dominant position.
A short uppercut from Road.
Road tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kush wants to get back to striking at distance but Road won't allow it.
Road misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Kush's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kush blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kush gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Road lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kush or not.
Road has Kush pressed against the cage, preventing Kush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Road lands an elbow just above Kush 's eye.

It looks like Cann Kush has been cut.
Kush tries to circle away but Road has him pinned against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Road has Kush pressed against the cage, preventing Kush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kush can't break the clinch.
Road with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kush has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Road tries to throw a body punch but Kush avoids it by throwing Road back against the cage.
Road keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kush's efforts to push away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Kush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Road misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kush seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Road scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Road has Kush up against the cage in a clinch.
Road lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Road lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kush or not.
Road doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Road comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kush has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kush is trying to force a seperation but Road has the dominant position.
Will Road seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Road.
Road misses with an elbow strike.
Kush tries to circle away but Road has him pinned against the cage.
Road stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kush gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Road.
Kush is trying to break the clinch but Road is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Kush escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Road instigates a clinch.
Road looking to throw knees to the head but Kush is blocking nicely.
Road misses with an elbow strike.
Road misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Road tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kush avoids a wild elbow strike from Road.
Kush wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kush is trying to break the clinch but Road has him pressed against the cage.
Road throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kush blocks it with crossed arms.
Kush blocks the elbow strike.
Kush looking to stall.
Road looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Road looking for a takedown.
Cann Kush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Road.
Road works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Road tries to work over Kush's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Road keeps control of Kush as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kush throws a punch but it's blocked by Road.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Road misses with an elbow strike.
Road has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Road has Kush pressed against the cage, preventing Kush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Road showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cann Kush'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. This is the final round!

Kush looks to land a combination. Road sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Will Road has been cut.

Road clinches with his opponent.
Kush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Road with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Road scores with a hook to the body.
Kush blocks a body shot from Road.
Kush wants to get back to striking at distance but Road won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Road blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kush wants to break free but Road has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Road works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Road lands an elbow inside that Kush shrugs off.
Kush has had enough of the clinch but Road keeps him there for the moment.
Kush managing to block the knees to the body from Road.
Kush tries to circle away but Road has him pinned against the cage.
Kush blocks an elbow strike from Road.
Nice body punch from Road.
Will Road is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Road tries to land a knee to the head but Kush blocks with his arms.
Kush wants to break the clinch but can't.
Road has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kush after a bit of a struggle.
Road looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kush's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Road pulls guard.
Road has Kush pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road wants to sweep here but Kush controlling him for the moment.
Road is pulling down on Kush's head to control his posture.
Road's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Road wants to stand but Kush is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Road can do anything to dispel that myth.
Road pulls Kush in close to his closed guard and prevents Kush from doing any damage or advancing position.
Let's hope that Road has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kush blocks a head kick by Road.
A combination from Kush does no damage.

Road darts in and clinches Kush up against the cage.
Road lands a nice uppercut.

Cann Kush's cut is getting worse.
Road tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kush avoids it.
Road lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A left hand lands to the body for Road.
Cann Kush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Road keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kush's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Will Road comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Road winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Road!
Will Road was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.