PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Judah
vs
Kingsley

188 cm
27
195 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

183 cm
32
195 lbs
13 - 8 - 5

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 5, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kyle Kingsley!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kingsley's head backwards.
Judah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kingsley cracks Judah with an open hand slap.
Kingsley slips a jab from Judah.
Kingsley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Judah.
Judah lands a right hook to the body.
Judah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kingsley looks to land a right hand but Judah moved out of range.

Judah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kingsley is trying to push Judah away but Judah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Judah.
Kingsley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Judah has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kingsley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Kingsley is blocking nicely.
Judah scores with a hook to the body.
Judah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Kingsley.
A right hook to the body lands for Kingsley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Kingsley in his tracks for a moment.
A short uppercut from Judah.

Kingsley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kingsley takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Judah misses with a leg kick.
Kingsley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Judah has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
An inside leg kick lands from Kingsley.
Kingsley misses with a hook.
It looked like Judah was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kingsley.
Kingsley throws a shot to the body.
Kingsley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Judah misses the body punch
enabling Kingsley to counter with a crisp jab.
Kingsley jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Judah has closed the distance and engaged Kingsley in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kingsley tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kingsley unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Kingsley.
Judah lands a right hand.
Kingsley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but Kingsley blocks with his arms.
Kingsley gets through Judah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kingsley has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
Judah works on Kingsley's body with a couple of short punches.
Judah landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kingsley scores with a shoulder strike.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but Kingsley blocks with his arms.
Kingsley missing with knees to the body.
Kingsley has Judah pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Judah manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Judah misses with a knee strike.
Kingsley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judah avoids it.
Judah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kingsley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judah swings wildly with an uppercut but Kingsley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judah with a knee to the head.
Judah misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Daniel Judah has been cut.
Kingsley throws a head punch that misses.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
Judah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Judah misses with a knee to the head.
Kingsley digs a right hand underneath Judah's ribcage. Judah let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Kingsley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judah sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kingsley lands a jab to Judah's midsection.
Judah thows a leg kick but Kingsley checks it
and Kingsley counters with a thumping low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Judah lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kingsley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kingsley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kingsley throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Judah.
Judah slips under a jab from Kingsley.
Judah throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kingsley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kingsley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Kingsley moves away and avoids it.
Kyle Kingsley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kingsley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kingsley lands a leg kick that knocks Judah off balance momentarily.
Judah throws a body kick that misses.
A cross from Kingsley lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingsley. Judah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Judah throws a leg kick which misses Kingsley's front leg but catches the back leg as Kingsley tries to avoid it.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Kingsley moves away and avoids it.
Kingsley throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kingsley throws a lazy right hand but Judah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Judah takes one on the button.
Kingsley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Kingsley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Judah's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Judah misses with a looping left.
Judah takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kingsley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The fighters circling - Kingsley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kingsley misses with a combination
and Judah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kingsley scores with a jab to the body.
A clash of legs there as Judah blocks the low kick.
Judah swings for the body but Kingsley moves out of range.
Judah misses with a body punch
and Kingsley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingsley feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Judah's calf.
Kingsley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kingsley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Kingsley - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingsley throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah looks to land a right hand but Kingsley moved out of range.
Judah lands with an overhand left.
Kingsley lands a jab to the head.
Kingsley throws a body kick that misses.
Judah throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Kingsley misses its intended target.
Kingsley lands with a right hand.
Kingsley throws a leg kick that misses.
Kingsley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Judah throws a body kick that misses
letting Kingsley counter with a right hand.
Kingsley misses with a right hand
and Kingsley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kingsley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Judah is looking to counter punch.
Kingsley connects with a looping right hand.
Kingsley throws a leg kick but Judah moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingsley throws a lazy right hand but Judah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kingsley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kingsley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judah throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kingsley throws a push kick but Judah slaps the foot to one side.
Kingsley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judah's sensitive parts.
Kingsley checks a leg kick nicely.
Judah throws a lazy body kick
and Kingsley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Judah takes a jab right on the kisser.
Judah on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kingsley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Judah.
A good leg kick by Judah.
Kingsley misses with a head kick.
Judah connects with a body shot.
Judah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from Kingsley misses.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kingsley was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Kingsley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Judah counters with an inside leg kick.
Kingsley blocks a leg kick.
Judah just misses with a punch to the body.
Judah throws a sloppy head kick and Kingsley moves out of range easily.
Judah wants to clinch but Kingsley slips to the side
and Kingsley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kingsley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kingsley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kingsley misses with a hook. Judah ducked under it nicely.
Judah takes one to the side of the head.
Judah slips a jab from Kingsley.
Judah is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kingsley throws a leg kick but Judah moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kingsley was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Kingsley throws a push kick but Judah slaps the foot to one side.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Kingsley moves out of range of the body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Kingsley misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kingsley jabs at Judah's body.
Kingsley blocks a low kick nicely.
Kingsley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Judah tries to clinch there but Kingsley circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kingsley. That's going to slow Judah down.
Kingsley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kingsley lands with a hook. Judah tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Judah defending well as Kingsley loads up on a big left hand.
Judah punishes Kingsley's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Kingsley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daniel Judah's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A shot to the body from Kingsley misses
letting Judah counter with a right hand.
Kingsley misses with a body shot.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
Kingsley throws a head kick that misses.
Kingsley throws a head kick that misses.
Judah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab from Kingsley.
Judah uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kingsley.
As Kingsley tries to get set, Judah tries to push him back and clinch up but Kingsley manages to avoid the attempt.
Judah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kingsley misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingsley goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from Kingsley.
Judah missing with a left hand there. Kingsley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Judah backing away here, and Kingsley unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kingsley misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah throws a head kick that Kingsley semi-blocks.
Kingsley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kingsley swings for the body but Judah moves out of range.
Judah looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Judah takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kingsley misses with a looping right.
Kingsley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kingsley throws a hook but Judah blocks it.
Kingsley cracks a nice hook into Judah's ribs.
Judah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kingsley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Judah tries to land a leg kick but Kingsley saw it coming and moves away.
Judah drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kingsley staying out of range there.
Daniel Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kingsley was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingsley misses with an uppercut. Judah saw that one coming.
Kingsley dips to his left and cracks Judah with an uppercut!
Kingsley connects with an inside leg kick.
Judah takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kingsley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Judah feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kingsley throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Kingsley.
Kingsley throws a leg kick which misses Judah's front leg but catches the back leg as Judah tries to avoid it.
Kingsley thumps Judah with a low kick.
Judah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kingsley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judah turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kingsley looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a lazy right hand but Kingsley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Judah swings for the body but Kingsley moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Judah.
Kingsley throws a nice inside leg kick.
Judah with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kingsley to score with a decent uppercut.
Judah is looking to clinch.
Kingsley fails to land with a series of punches.
Kingsley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kingsley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judah.
Kingsley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kyle Kingsley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kingsley tries to work over Judah's front leg with a kick but Judah checks it.
Kingsley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Judah moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley scores with a head kick.
Judah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Judah scores with a hook.
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!
Judah walks into a straight right hand from Kingsley.
Judah feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kingsley's calf.
Kingsley misses with a wild body shot.
Judah needs to keep his hands up - Kingsley had a free shot at his head there.
Kingsley moves out of range of the body kick.
Kingsley avoids the body shot from Judah.
Kingsley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kingsley lands with a shot to the body.
Judah tries to clinch up but Kingsley circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Kingsley. That snapped Judah's head back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Kingsley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kingsley 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Kingsley!