PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Allan Coyoca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Kennedy
vs
Coyoca

185 cm
25
185 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
195 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

M.O. Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Kennedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Allan Coyoca!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kennedy lands with a slapping head kick.
An inside leg kick from Kennedy misses.
Coyoca wants to counter the offense by Kennedy and move into the clinch position.
Kennedy wants to slow Coyoca down by chopping away at his legs.
Coyoca just misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy looks to land a right hand but Coyoca moved out of range.
Kennedy cracks the inside of Coyoca's front leg.
Coyoca misses with a body kick.
Kennedy takes one to the chin there.
Coyoca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kennedy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Coyoca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Coyoca connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coyoca wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kennedy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kennedy looks to throw the jab but Coyoca is out of range.
Kennedy blocks a head kick by Coyoca.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kennedy misses with a shot to the body
and Coyoca counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kennedy thinking.
Sloppy strikes from Coyoca. Those never looked like landing.
Coyoca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Coyoca closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kennedy.
Coyoca lands a nice elbow.
Coyoca tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kennedy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Kennedy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coyoca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coyoca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy misses with a punch on the inside.
Kennedy misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy avoids the elbow strike from Coyoca, against the cage.
Coyoca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Kennedy blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy throws a punch but it's blocked by Coyoca.
Coyoca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kennedy's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coyoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coyoca misses with an elbow over the top.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Coyoca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coyoca lands a shoulder strike.
Kennedy blocks an elbow strike.
Coyoca misses with a punch on the inside.
Coyoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kennedy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kennedy tries to work over Coyoca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca working aggressively here.
Coyoca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Coyoca misses with some punches.
Kennedy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kennedy blocks an elbow strike.
Coyoca throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Coyoca controls his hands.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Kennedy.
Coyoca tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy blocks the elbow strike.
Kennedy can't break the clinch.
Kennedy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca gets through Kennedy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Coyoca throws an elbow that misses.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kennedy.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Coyoca controls his hands.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coyoca throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coyoca throws a head punch that misses.
Coyoca working aggressively here.
Coyoca throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Coyoca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kennedy misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Kennedy.
Kennedy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Coyoca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kennedy or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Kennedy.
Coyoca working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Coyoca fails to land.
Kennedy tries to work over Coyoca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Kennedy blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Coyoca fails to land.
Good body shot from Kennedy.
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kennedy lands a left hand.
Coyoca misses with an elbow over the top.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Kennedy pushes Coyoca back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Kennedy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kennedy lands a nice shot to the body.
Coyoca has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kennedy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Coyoca throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kennedy digs a right hand underneath Coyoca's ribcage. Coyoca let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Coyoca looks winded!
Kennedy lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Kennedy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coyoca.

Kennedy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Allan Coyoca will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kennedy scores with a nice head shot.
Coyoca misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Kennedy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kennedy.
Coyoca thumps Kennedy with a low kick.
Coyoca shoots and misses
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kennedy misses the jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kennedy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Coyoca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kennedy throws a leg kick which misses Coyoca's front leg but catches the back leg as Coyoca tries to avoid it.
Coyoca takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kennedy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
It looks like Kennedy has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Coyoca. Kennedy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kennedy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy throws a leg kick which misses Coyoca's front leg but catches the back leg as Coyoca tries to avoid it.
Kennedy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kennedy lands a body shot.
Coyoca is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kennedy rather than just go for the knockout.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy right hand. Coyoca should have avoided that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kennedy.
Chris Kennedy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coyoca tries to clinch there but Kennedy circles away.
Kennedy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kennedy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy right hand. Coyoca should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Kennedy misses its intended target.
A head kick by Coyoca misses
and Kennedy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Coyoca thinking.
Kennedy looks to land a left hand but Coyoca moved out of range nicely.
Coyoca looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coyoca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Coyoca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kennedy.
Kennedy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Coyoca is out of range and Kennedy settles back down.
Coyoca takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chris Kennedy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coyoca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kennedy.
Kennedy keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Coyoca is defended easily by Kennedy.
Kennedy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kennedy throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Coyoca moves away.
Coyoca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kennedy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kennedy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coyoca with the counter takedown but Kennedy avoids it easily.
Kennedy blocks a jab.
Coyoca takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Coyoca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Coyoca has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Coyoca there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kennedy keeps the fight on the outside.
Kennedy scores with a body shot.
Kennedy misses with a head kick.
Coyoca is looking to clinch.
Coyoca's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Coyoca tries to clinch up
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca looks to land a body kick but Kennedy moved away.
Kennedy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Coyoca under the eye.
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!
Kennedy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coyoca tries to counter with a clinch but Kennedy shakes him off and moves away.
Kennedy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Coyoca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kennedy. Kennedy obviously looking to wear him down.
Kennedy missing with a left hand there. Coyoca was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Coyoca moves into the clinch.
Kennedy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coyoca can do to turn this around?
Kennedy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coyocas head.
Coyoca tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca lands with a right to the head.
Kennedy can't find room to land a body shot as Coyoca controls the action.
Kennedy takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Kennedy dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Kennedy scores with a body shot.
Kennedy misses with the body kick

and Coyoca counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Kennedy kicks off Coyoca and gets to his feet.
Kennedy lands a leg kick that knocks Coyoca off balance momentarily.
Coyoca moves in looking to clinch but Kennedy pushes him off.
Kennedy wants to slow Coyoca down by chopping away at his legs.
Kennedy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Coyoca.
Coyoca let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coyoca shoots for a takedown but Kennedy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kennedy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Coyoca doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kennedy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Coyoca's sensitive parts.

Coyoca has Kennedy up against the cage in a clinch.
Kennedy lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy lands with a right to the head.
Kennedy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kennedy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Coyoca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Kennedy breaks the clinch.
Coyoca throws a sloppy head kick and Kennedy moves out of range easily.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kennedy connects with a leg kick. Coyoca looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kennedy throws a hook but Coyoca blocks it.
Coyoca appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Coyoca avoids the body shot from Kennedy.
Coyoca looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kennedy misses with an uppercut. Coyoca saw that one coming.
Kennedy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coyoca.
Kennedy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kennedy scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Coyoca was well out of range. Poor timing from Kennedy.
Coyoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kennedy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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!
Kennedy lands with a shot to the body.

Coyoca has managed to clinch.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Coyoca lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Coyoca lands an elbow inside that Kennedy shrugs off.
Kennedy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Coyoca looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kennedy avoids a wild elbow strike from Coyoca.
Coyoca pushes Kennedy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Kennedy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That kick from Kennedy tenderised Coyoca's leg. Coyoca is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy misses with a wild body shot.
Kennedy lands with a right hand.
Kennedy with a nice cross.
Kennedy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Coyoca tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kennedy - that will leave a mark!
Kennedy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coyoca slips a jab and a cross from Kennedy.
Coyoca tries to clinch but Kennedy is having none of it.
Kennedy misses the shot to the body.
Coyoca feints a counter leg kick.

Coyoca clinches.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.

Kennedy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca 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.
Coyoca has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kennedy lands a high kick!
Kennedy throws a head kick but Coyoca moves out of range.
Kennedy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kennedy throws a big shot that misses.
Coyoca tries to clinch up but Kennedy circles away and keeps his distance.
Coyoca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kennedy throws out the jab.
Coyoca wants to clinch up but Kennedy keeps it at a distance.
A quick step to the side and Kennedy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kennedy thuds his right hand into Coyoca's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kennedy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coyoca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kennedy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Kennedy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kennedy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Kennedy!