PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannes Haades (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haades's entrance music is Accept - Head Over Heels. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Haades
vs
Kingsley

190 cm
27
210 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

183 cm
30
195 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

PED Nutrition
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannes Haades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kyle Kingsley!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingsley throws a solid leg kick but Haades takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kingsley.
Haades moves out of range of the strikes.
Kingsley throws a leg kick but Haades sees it coming and moves out of range.
Haades throws a push kick but Kingsley slaps the foot to one side.
Haades blocks a head kick by Kingsley.
An inside leg kick lands from Haades.
Haades blocks a head kick by Kingsley.
Haades lands a nice shot to the body.
Haades takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Haades throws a low kick but Kingsley avoids it.
Kingsley misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingsley avoids the head kick by Haades.
Haades moves out of range of the leg kick from Kingsley.
Kingsley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kingsley scores with a jab.
Kingsley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haades throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kingsley doesn't seem bothered though.
Kingsley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haades with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kingsley misses with a hook. Haades ducked under it nicely.
Haades throws a push kick but Kingsley slaps the foot to one side.
Haades lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Haades cracks Kingsley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kingsley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kingsley moves out of range of the body kick.
Kingsley misses with a head kick.
Haades comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haades misses with a series of wild punches.
Kingsley drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Haades defends it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haades scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haades keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kingsley.
Kingsley throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Haades lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A left lands for Haades.
Haades blocks the body kick.
Haades throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kingsley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haades blocks a head kick by Kingsley.
Haades is looking to wear down Kingsley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kingsley tries a head kick but it misses.
Kingsley throws a body shot but no joy.
Kingsley connects with a right hand. Haades shakes it off.
Haades takes a swing at Kingsley's ribcage but misses.
Haades backing away here, and Kingsley unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Some wild striking there from Haades.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Haades's head.
Haades tries to close the distance and clinch but Kingsley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kingsley throws out a loose jab but Haades uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kingsley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haades on the side of the head.
Haades throws a series of punches but Kingsley avoids them all with ease.
Kingsley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Haades with a body shot.
Hannes Haades seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haades throws a right and a left that Kingsley avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kingsley! But no joy.
Haades cracks Kingsley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Haades takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kingsley checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kingsley just misses with a punch to the body.
Kingsley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
No joy there for Haades, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kingsley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haades avoids the body shot from Kingsley.
Kingsley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haades missing with a left hand there. Kingsley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Haades.
Kingsley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Haades there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A jab from Haades does it's job there.
Haades throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kingsley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Haades fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kingsley checks it well.
Haades on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kingsley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingsley motions for Haades to come forward. Kingsley throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kingsley moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannes Haades 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. This is the final round!

Haades uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kingsley.

Haades has managed to clinch.
Haades lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haades.
Haades lands a hook that snaps the head of Kingsley backwards.
Kingsley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haades.
Kingsley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haades avoids it.
Haades misses with a punch on the inside.
Haades tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kingsley's elbow.
Kingsley takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Haades fails to land.
Kingsley throws a punch but it's blocked by Haades.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haades misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kingsley tries to land knees in the clinch but Haades avoids the damage to the body.
Haades throws a punch but it's blocked by Kingsley.

Kingsley breaks the clinch.
Haades changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kingsley misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haades swings widly with a right hand
and Kingsley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Haades's knee momentarily.
Haades missing with a left hand there. Kingsley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kingsley scores with a nice strike.
Kingsley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Haades misses with a looping left.
Haades ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haades swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kingsley with the counter takedown but Haades avoids it easily.
That kick from Haades tenderised Kingsley's leg. Kingsley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Haades throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haades pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kingsley blocks a head kick by Haades.
A head kick misses from Haades.
Haades scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haades will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
A head kick from Haades lands but Kingsley takes it in his stride.
Haades tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kingsley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kingsley connects with an inside leg kick.
Kingsley checks a leg kick nicely.
As Haades backs off Kingsley throws a huge counter combo but Haades manages to avoid it all.
Haades pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haades fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kingsley manages to avoid it.
Kingsley lands a glancing blow to the side of Haades's head.
Kingsley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kingsley blocks the body kick.
Haades fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kingsley on the side of the head.
Kingsley avoids a kick to the body.
And Kingsley tries to counter it with a takedown but Haades pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hannes Haades is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Haades, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kingsley follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Haades misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingsley. Haades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice jab there from Kingsley.
A low kick from Haades is predictable there
and Kingsley counters with a nice kick to the body.
Haades takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Kingsley lands a big head kick that sends Haades tumbling to the mat! Kingsley takes a step backwards and waves Haades back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kyle Kingsley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

It looks like Hannes Haades has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kingsley dips to his left and cracks Haades with an uppercut!
Haades misses with a leg kick.
Kingsley now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Haades misses with a jab to the body
letting Kingsley counter with a right hand.
Haades throws a jab but it's blocked by Kingsley.
Kingsley is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Haades is looking to land body kicks.
Kingsley misses with a hook.
Haades walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haades on the side of the head.
Haades throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haades lands a body shot.
Haades is looking to clinch.
Haades pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kingsley is out of range and Haades settles back down.
Kingsley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haades.
Haades loads up on a big right hand but Kingsley slips the punch.
A big left from Haades misses.
Kingsley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Haades uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kingsley.
Good work by Kingsley as he checks the leg kick.
Haades throws a head kick but Kingsley moves out of range.
Haades catches Kingsley with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kyle Kingsley.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 19:19
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 19:19
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 19:19

The fight is ruled a draw!