PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Love (ranked 2831 p4p, 244 weight class) and Dan May (ranked 2974 p4p, 251 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Love
vs
May

175 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

186 cm
22
150 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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WarHorse Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan May!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by May!
May avoids the body shot from Love.

May has managed to clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by May.
A shot in the inside from May.
May comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Love wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but May has him pressed against the cage.
May creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A frustrated look appears on Love's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Love is trying to break the clinch but May has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, May just misses with a elbow thrown towards Love's brow.
Love blocks the elbow strike.
Love is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
May throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Love blocks it with crossed arms.

Love manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Love.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a jab, cross combination.
Love falls off balance throwing a combination
and May counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Love misses with a jab, cross combination.
May lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
May wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
A punch combination from Love misses.
May tries to clinch up.
Love misses with a combination
letting May counter with a right hand.
May misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a right hand that misses
and May counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
May showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Love.
May is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

May gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
May pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love looks to land a left hand but May moved out of range nicely.
May is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Love swings and misses with a shot to the body
and May counters with a series of strikes. Love will be more careful next time no doubt.
May misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kevin Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
May is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
May tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Love counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
May tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
May is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Love misses with a body shot.
May unleashes a big counter combination but Love bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Love throws a combination. May tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A big right from Love misses.
As Love backs off May throws a huge counter combo but Love manages to avoid it all.
May displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Love throws out the jab.
May wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
May uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Love misses with a series of wild punches.
May lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love misses with an uppercut.
As Love backs off May throws a huge counter combo but Love manages to avoid it all.
May tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love throws a hook but May blocks it.
May throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kevin Love will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but May was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
Love fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Love backs off May throws a huge counter combo but Love manages to avoid it all.
May tries to clinch
letting Love counter with a right hand.

May rushes Love and presses him up against the cage.
May gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Love is trying to force a seperation but May has the dominant position.
Love is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
May keeps control of Love as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
May lands a knee to the head.
May connects with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
May lands a knee to the body.
May makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
May scores with a knee to the head.
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!
Love dodges an elbow strike from May.
May lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dan May seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
May is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Love is defending well for now.
Love wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but May has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
May lands a right hand.

Love manages to break the clinch.
Love misses with a looping left.

May closes the distance and clinches.
May lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by May.
May keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Love's efforts to push away.
May pushes off an throws an elbow but Love leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
May working Love over with knees to the body.
Love has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
May throws an elbow but it's blocked.
May lands an elbow just above Love 's eye.
May looking to throw knees to the head but Love is blocking nicely.
Love working hard to break the clinch.
May creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Love's defenses.
May has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
May lands an elbow inside that Love shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
May throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
May creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Love is trying to push May away but May has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
May landing knees to the body.
Love wants to break the clinch but can't.
Love is trying to push May away but May has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Love throws a right hand that May ducks under and follows up with a left that May also avoids with ease.
May is looking for the big counter here.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but May moves away.
Love lands a jab to the head.
May misses with a wild combination.
Love lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a two punch combination.
May unleashes a big counter combination but Love bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A punch lands to the side of May 's head but he takes it in his stride.
May keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
May throws a counter combo.

May clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by May.
May tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Love avoids it.
Love is looking to break free of the clinch but May has double underhooks.
May comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
May lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
May swings away with an uppercut that misses.
May is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
May gets through Love's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for May.
A quick uppercut on the inside from May.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
May throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Love is trying to break the clinch but May has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from May.
May lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from May.
May with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
May landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Love's face as he tries to break the clinch.
May throws an elbow but it misses.
Love blocks the elbow strike.
May works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees to the body from May.

Love breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Love.
Love feints a jab promting May to slip. Love then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. May slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan May showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

May has Love up against the cage in a clinch.
Love blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
May keeps control of Love as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Love avoids a wild elbow strike from May.
May lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Love is looking to break free of the clinch but May has double underhooks.
May misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by May.
Love dodges an elbow strike from May.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
May creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Love's defenses.
Love blocks an elbow strike from May.
With the fighters up against the cage, May throws an elbow but misses.
Love blocks an elbow strike from May.
Love takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from May.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love tries to circle away but May has him pinned against the cage.
May lands a damaging elbow.
May lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
May is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
May uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love throws a combination that misses
and May counters with a one-two to the body.
Love stalks May and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into May's face. May staggers backwards, shaken.
Love misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
May displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Love throws out the jab.
Love thows a left - swing and a miss!
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Love misses.
May fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love stalks May and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into May's face. May staggers backwards, shaken.
Love throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and May counters with a two punch combo.
May lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Love throws a series of punches but May moves out of range.
May is looking for the big counter here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
May misses with a series of wild punches.
Love fails to land with a series of punches.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love throws a combination but it was largely blocked by May.
Kevin Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
May keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
May tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Love manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jab by Love.
May is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from May misses.
Kevin Love is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
May unleashes a big counter combination but Love bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
May tries to clinch but Love is having none of it.

May closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A knee to the head by May.
Love tries to break the clinch but May is controlling the position.
May keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Love's efforts to push away.
May throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love wants to get back to striking at distance but May won't allow it.
Love working hard to break the clinch.
May tries to land knees in the clinch but Love avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from May.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan May comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think May has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan May!