PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Corey Haynes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Weathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weathers has chosen Heathens - Twenty One Pilots as his entrance music. 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.

Haynes
vs
Weathers

189 cm
25
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
197 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Great low kicks
Very strong

Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Corey Haynes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jerome Weathers!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Haynes.
Haynes tries to close the distance and clinch but Weathers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Haynes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Haynes cracks Weathers with an open hand slap.
Haynes lands a high kick!

Weathers has Haynes up against the ropes in a clinch.
Haynes tries a body shot but Weathers blocks it.
Weathers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haynes backwards.
Haynes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haynes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haynes is trying to force a seperation but Weathers has the dominant position.
Weathers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haynes's efforts to push away.
Weathers is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Weathers.
Weathers trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weathers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Haynes is trying to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Weathers as Haynes tries to tie him up.
Weathers tries to land knees in the clinch but Haynes avoids the damage to the body.
Weathers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haynes avoids it.
Weathers struggles to land a body shot inside as Haynes controls his hands.
Haynes swings wildly with an uppercut but Weathers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Weathers is struggling to control the position.
Weathers stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are getting on Weathers's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Weathers is working Haynes over against the ropes.
Weathers pushes Haynes back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weathers tries to land knees in the clinch but Haynes avoids the damage to the body.
Weathers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Haynes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Haynes avoiding damage as Weathers throws knees to the body.
Haynes managing to block the knees to the body from Weathers.
Weathers lands a body shot.
Weathers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Weathers lands a left hand that snaps the head of Haynes backwards.
Weathers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haynes tries to break free but Weathers pushes him back against the ropes.
Weathers presses Haynes against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Weathers scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weathers presses Haynes against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Weathers lands a shot to the body.
Haynes managing to block the knees to the body from Weathers.
Weathers lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Weathers dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Haynes moves in looking to clinch but Weathers pushes him off.
Weathers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Haynes tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Weathers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haynes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Weathers looks to land a right hand but Haynes moved out of range.

Haynes moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Weathers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haynes tries to break the clinch but Weathers is controlling the position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Weathers takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Haynes looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weathers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Weathers obliges.
Haynes takes a shot to the head.
Haynes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Haynes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weathers is struggling to control the position.
Weathers tries to land knees in the clinch but Haynes avoids the damage to the body.
Weathers leaning against his opponent.
Weathers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Haynes or not.
Haynes working hard to break the clinch.
Weathers tries to land knees in the clinch but Haynes avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Weathers.
Haynes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Weathers.
Jerome Weathers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Haynes is trying to push Weathers away but Weathers has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Haynes can't find room to land a body shot as Weathers controls the action.
Weathers missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Weathers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haynes is trying to maintain a safe position but Weathers gets an underhook and turns Haynes into the ropes.
Haynes trying to stall but Weathers improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haynes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haynes is leaning against Weathers and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Haynes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Weathers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Haynes tries to break the clinch but Weathers is controlling the position.
Weathers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Weathers avoiding damage.
Haynes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haynes looking to stall.
Haynes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Weathers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haynes.
Weathers is stalling here.
Weathers struggles to land a body shot inside as Haynes controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Weathers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Weathers throws a jab when Haynes was well out of range.
As Weathers looks to move away, Haynes throws a big counter combo but Weathers just gets out of the way.
Haynes missing with a left hand there. Weathers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Weathers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Weathers catches Haynes with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Haynes forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jerome Weathers!
Jerome Weathers spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.