PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russell Westbrook (ranked 2730 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uli Kunkel (ranked 3847 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunkel has chosen Bubbles - Bidibodi Bidibu as his entrance music. Westbrook has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Westbrook
vs
Kunkel

175 cm
38
170 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

191 cm
29
185 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Russell Westbrook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Uli Kunkel!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kunkel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kunkel is looking to clinch.
Westbrook swings widly with a right hand

and Kunkel counters by clinching up.
Kunkel trying to stall but Westbrook improves his position.
Kunkel wants to stall.
Kunkel is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Westbrook throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kunkel.
Westbrook lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kunkel wants to stall.
Westbrook throws an elbow but it misses.
Kunkel looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westbrook misses with some punches.
Westbrook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Westbrook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kunkel is looking to control Westbrook's arms but Westbrook gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kunkel has his back to the cage.
Westbrook throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uli Kunkel.
Kunkel doesn't manage to clinch there - Westbrook circles away.
Westbrook circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kunkel tries to clinch but Westbrook is having none of it.

Westbrook instigates a clinch.
Westbrook misses with some punches.
Westbrook is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Westbrook lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Uli Kunkel has been cut.
Westbrook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kunkel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Westbrook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kunkel tries to stall but Westbrook uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Westbrook misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Westbrook fails to land.
Kunkel takes a shot to the head.
Kunkel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kunkel is looking to control Westbrook's arms but Westbrook gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kunkel has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kunkel is looking to control Westbrook's arms but Westbrook gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kunkel has his back to the cage.
Kunkel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uli Kunkel.

Kunkel moves into the clinch.
Westbrook lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Westbrook creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Still in the clinch, Westbrook scores with a nice short uppercut.
Westbrook throws a head punch that misses.
Kunkel is trying to maintain a safe position but Westbrook gets an underhook and turns Kunkel into the cage.
Nice elbow from Westbrook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kunkel taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Westbrook as Kunkel tries to tie him up.
Kunkel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Westbrook.
Westbrook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Westbrook scores with a shoulder strike.
Westbrook digs a right hand into Kunkel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kunkel's gas tank.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Westbrook throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kunkels head.
Kunkel blocks an elbow strike.
Kunkel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Westbrook dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uli Kunkel's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kunkel instigates a clinch.
Kunkel takes an elbow to the temple.
Kunkel wants to stall.
Westbrook lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kunkel backwards.
Kunkel takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Westbrook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A shot in the inside from Westbrook.
Westbrook throws an elbow but it misses.
Kunkel leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunkel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uli Kunkel.

Westbrook rushes Kunkel and presses him up against the cage.
Russell Westbrook has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Westbrook is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kunkel can do to turn this around?
Kunkel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Westbrook is keeping busy.
Westbrook pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Westbrook working aggressively here.
Westbrook being controlled against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Westbrook swings wildly with an uppercut but Kunkel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kunkel blocking some punches.
Westbrook lands with a right to the head.
Kunkel wants to stall.
Kunkel effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uli Kunkel.
Kunkel wants to clinch.
Kunkel is looking to clinch.
Kunkel tries to clinch but Westbrook moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Westbrook moves into range and clinches up with Kunkel.
Westbrook working aggressively here.
Westbrook letting Kunkel take a breather here.
Westbrook can't find room to land a body shot as Kunkel controls the action.
Kunkel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Westbrook lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Westbrook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kunkel stalling against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Westbrook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kunkel blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Westbrook.
Westbrook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kunkel trying to stall but Westbrook improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Westbrook creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kunkel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uli Kunkel.
Kunkel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Westbrook manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kunkel wants to clinch up but Westbrook keeps it at a distance.
Kunkel is looking to clinch but Westbrook is avoiding it.
Westbrook swats away the attempt to clinch by Kunkel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Westbrook dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Uli Kunkel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kunkel tries to close the distance and clinch but Westbrook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Westbrook clinches up with Kunkel and pushes him back against the cage.
Westbrook can't find room to land a body shot as Kunkel controls the action.
Westbrook lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kunkel backwards.
Westbrook working aggressively here.
Kunkel blocks an elbow strike.
Kunkel looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kunkel dodges an elbow strike from Westbrook.
Kunkel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Westbrook throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Westbrook lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Westbrook as Kunkel tries to tie him up.
Westbrook lands a right hand.
Westbrook working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Westbrook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Westbrook stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kunkel is trying to stall.
Westbrook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Westbrook.
Kunkel takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kunkel is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Westbrook as Kunkel tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Westbrook.
Kunkel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kunkel is trying to stall.
Westbrook misses with a punch to the body.
Westbrook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kunkel blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kunkel looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uli Kunkel.
Kunkel fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kunkel pushes Westbrook up against the cage in a clinch.
Kunkel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Westbrook is keeping busy.
Kunkel takes a shot to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Kunkel.
Westbrook gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Westbrook misses with an elbow over the top.
Kunkel slowing the pace effectively.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Westbrook as Kunkel tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Westbrook.
Nice body punch from Westbrook.
Uli Kunkel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Westbrook swings wildly with an uppercut but Kunkel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Westbrook lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kunkel backwards.
Westbrook throws a head punch that misses.
Westbrook misses with some punches.
Kunkel just leaning against Westbrook, taking a breather.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kunkel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Westbrook tries a body shot but Kunkel blocks it.
Russell Westbrook is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Westbrook throws a head punch that misses.
Kunkel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Russell Westbrook showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Westbrook has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russell Westbrook!
Russell Westbrook took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, King of Fists for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Uli Kunkel spoke after the fight, saying 'no comment guys'.