PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Karter Kinshaw (ranked 809 p4p, 84 weight class) and Better Dead (ranked 1711 p4p, 184 weight class). Dead comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Death March - Motionless in White kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Better Dead has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kinshaw
vs
Dead

177 cm
30
166 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

183 cm
32
168 lbs
27 - 26 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karter Kinshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dead throws a leg kick
and Kinshaw counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kinshaw tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dead was well out of range. Poor timing from Kinshaw.
Dead fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice cross by Kinshaw.
Dead throws a right hand that Kinshaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Kinshaw also avoids with ease.
Kinshaw looks to land a left hand but Dead moved out of range nicely.
Dead looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kinshaw is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dead lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kinshaw throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dead stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dead misses with a low kick.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dead fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kinshaw checks it well.
Dead uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kinshaw has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kinshaw misses with a hook.
Dead has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dead there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kinshaw lands with a shot to the body.
Kinshaw throws a leg kick which misses Dead's front leg but catches the back leg as Dead tries to avoid it.
Kinshaw staying out of range there.
Dead throws a shot from downtown. Kinshaw moves away and avoids it.
Kinshaw has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead tries to move into range but Kinshaw moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kinshaw turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kinshaw throws a sloppy head kick and Dead moves out of range easily.
Kinshaw takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kinshaw keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dead.
Kinshaw lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Dead gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dead lands a damaging elbow.
Dead misses with a punch on the inside.
Dead tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dead tries to land a knee to the head but Kinshaw blocks with his arms.
Kinshaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kinshaw makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kinshaw tries a body shot but Dead blocks it.
Dead tries to circle away but Kinshaw has him pinned against the cage.
Dead takes a shot to the head.
Dead told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Dead tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dead takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dead blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kinshaw throws a punch but it's blocked by Dead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinshaw lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kinshaw lands with a light punch inside.
Dead tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Kinshaw.
Dead working hard to break the clinch.
Kinshaw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kinshaw lands a hook that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
Kinshaw putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dead in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kinshaw lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kinshaw working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dead working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kinshaw works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kinshaw lands with a light punch inside.
Kinshaw lands with a right to the head.
Dead tries to circle away but Kinshaw has him pinned against the cage.
Dead tries to land a knee to the head but Kinshaw blocks with his arms.
Kinshaw lands a shot to the body.
Kinshaw lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dead lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kinshaw misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dead just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kinshaw's brow.
Kinshaw lands with a short shot to the head.
Kinshaw lands an elbow that stopped Dead in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Kinshaw.
Kinshaw lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kinshaw gets through Dead's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kinshaw avoids the elbow strike from Dead, against the cage.
Kinshaw cracks Dead with a nice body shot.
Kinshaw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kinshaw.
Dead looks winded!
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kinshaw using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dead has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dead jumps guard but Kinshaw turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kinshaw tries to throw a body punch but Dead avoids it by throwing Kinshaw back against the cage.
Kinshaw scores with a shot to the side of Dead's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Kinshaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dead gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dead lands with a short shot to the head.
Dead throws an elbow but it misses.
Kinshaw lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kinshaw lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dead creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kinshaw's defenses.
Kinshaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dead tries a body shot but Kinshaw blocks it.
Kinshaw lands a body shot.
Kinshaw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kinshaw misses with some punches.
Dead blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Kinshaw.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kinshaw.
Dead misses with some punches.
Dead can't find room to land a body shot as Kinshaw controls the action.
Kinshaw misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Dead.
Kinshaw lands a knee to the body.
Kinshaw lands with a left to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kinshaw blocks an elbow strike.
Dead lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kinshaw lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kinshaw.
Kinshaw dodges an elbow strike from Dead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karter Kinshaw dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kinshaw throws a head kick that half lands.
Dead wants to clinch up but Kinshaw keeps it at a distance.
Dead scores with a hook to the body. Kinshaw takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kinshaw throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Kinshaw as he connects with a hook.
Kinshaw is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dead can do to turn this around?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dead.
Kinshaw connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dead tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kinshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dead has closed the distance and engaged Kinshaw in a clinch.

Dead breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dead tries to clinch but Kinshaw moves out of range.
Dead looks to land a combination but Kinshaw avoids it well.
Dead connects with an inside leg kick.
Dead walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dead misses with a low kick.
Kinshaw tries to bum rush Dead with a series of wild strikes but Dead uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kinshaw lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kinshaw throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Dead tries to clinch but Kinshaw moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kinshaw sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karter Kinshaw is winning the standup battle so far.
A cross from Kinshaw lands.

Dead is rocked!
Dead tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kinshaw is able to avoid easily.
Kinshaw's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kinshaw duly obliges.
Dead is still on wobbly legs! Can Kinshaw finish him?
Dead tries to clinch up.
Dead takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Dead.
A counter left hand to the body from Kinshaw misses its target.
Dead thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kinshaw takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dead seems to have recovered his senses.
Kinshaw moves out of range as Dead strikes.
Jab, jab by Kinshaw - just one landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kinshaw.
Dead tries to clinch but Kinshaw moves out of range.
Kinshaw lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dead circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dead! But no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Kinshaw.
The fighters circling - Kinshaw throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Dead rushes Kinshaw and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinshaw makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kinshaw working aggressively here.
Kinshaw throws a punch but it's blocked by Dead.
Kinshaw throws a punch but it's blocked by Dead.
Karter Kinshaw has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kinshaw lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dead throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dead avoids the elbow strike from Kinshaw, against the cage.
Kinshaw scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dead prevents a body shot from Kinshaw.
Kinshaw tries to throw a body punch but Dead avoids it by throwing Kinshaw back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Dead.
Kinshaw misses with a punch on the inside.
Dead working aggressively here.
Dead blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kinshaw lands a shot to the body.
Dead comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kinshaw dodges an elbow strike from Dead.
Kinshaw tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dead avoids it.
Dead takes a shot to the head.
Kinshaw scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dead misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dead throws an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kinshaw as Dead tries to tie him up.
Kinshaw blocks an elbow strike.
Dead looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kinshaw lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dead.
Kinshaw's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dead fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kinshaw lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Better Dead has been cut.
Kinshaw lands an uppercut.
Kinshaw lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
Kinshaw working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kinshaw working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kinshaw scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kinshaw scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Kinshaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dead misses with an elbow over the top.
Kinshaw lands a shot to the body.
Dead is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinshaw scores with a shot to the side of Dead's head.
Kinshaw dips a shoulder and cracks Dead with a mighty uppercut! Dead falls back against the cage and Kinshaw unloads with a barrage of strikes! Dead is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Kinshaw screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karter Kinshaw!
Better Dead spoke after the fight, saying 'I was a little off today...o.k. I'm always a little off.'.