PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trip Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Howard Eastman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kenzie
vs
Eastman

154 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Trip Kenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Howard Eastman!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eastman lands with a straight right. Kenzie didn't see that one coming.

Kenzie closes the distance and clinches.
Kenzie tries to land knees in the clinch but Eastman avoids the damage to the body.

Kenzie breaks from the clinch.
Kenzie doesn't manage to clinch there - Eastman circles away.
Eastman tries to bum rush Kenzie with a series of wild strikes but Kenzie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Eastman 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.
Eastman fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Eastman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eastman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kenzie shoots in for a takedown but Eastman shows good takedown defense.
Eastman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kenzie walks into a jab.
Kenzie is breathing heavily.
Kenzie throws a combination that misses
and Eastman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Eastman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Eastman drops Kenzie with a nice combination! Eastman dives into Kenzie's guard, looking to finish!
Eastman works over Kenzie with some ground and pound from guard.
Eastman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kenzie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Eastman with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eastman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Eastman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Eastman gets to his feet - Kenzie follows without any prompting.
Eastman doesn't manage to clinch there - Kenzie circles away.
Eastman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kenzie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Left hook, right uppercut from Eastman.
Kenzie looks for a takedown but Eastman sprawls well.
Kenzie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danga de danga de dang - Eastman scores with a four punch combination!
Eastman scores with a shot to the body.
Eastman scores with a hook to the body. Kenzie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eastman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Eastman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kenzie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Eastman throws a one two combo.
Eastman connects with a crisp jab.
Eastman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trip Kenzie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eastman lands the left hand.
Kenzie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kenzie dodges the punch combination from Eastman.
Kenzie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Eastman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eastman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Kenzie. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Kenzie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Kenzie forces Eastman back against the cage and clinches.
Eastman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kenzie.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eastman works Kenzie's body with a nice hook.
Eastman misses with a double jab
and Kenzie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kenzie looks to clinch
and Eastman counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheers as Eastman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kenzie doesn't seem phased though.
Kenzie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kenzie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Eastman.
Nice jab there from Eastman.
Eastman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Eastman is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kenzie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Eastman. No joy for Kenzie on that attempt.
Eastman misses with a series of wild punches.
Kenzie scores with a leg kick.
Eastman cracks Kenzie with an open hand slap.
Kenzie throws the left hand but Eastman avoids the punch easily.
Eastman is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Kenzie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Eastman scores with a nice right hand.
Eastman wants to clinch up but Kenzie keeps it at a distance.
Howard Eastman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eastman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch but Eastman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eastman swings for the body but Kenzie moves out of range.
Kenzie shoots for a takedown but Eastman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kenzie has a takedown stuffed.
Eastman throws a series of punches but Kenzie avoids them all with ease.
Eastman has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kenzie.
Eastman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kenzie throws a combination that misses
and Eastman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Eastman wants to clinch but Kenzie slips to the side

and Kenzie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kenzie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenzie misses with the head strike.
Kenzie blocks an elbow strike from Eastman.
A nice left hand lands by Eastman.

Kenzie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Howard Eastman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kenzie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Eastman dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kenzie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Eastman wants to clinch up but Kenzie keeps it at a distance.
Jab, jab by Eastman - just one landing.
Eastman throws a nice looking combination but Kenzie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Eastman is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kenzie wants to clinch up but Eastman keeps it at a distance.
Eastman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kenzie's head backwards.
Eastman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kenzie counters with a stiff right hand.
Eastman is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
No joy there for Eastman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kenzie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kenzie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kenzie tries to clinch up
and Eastman counters with a big head kick but Kenzie shrugs it off.
Eastman blocks a head kick by Kenzie.
Eastman cracks a nice hook into Kenzie's ribs.

Kenzie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eastman wants to get back to full guard but Kenzie has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eastman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Eastman is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kenzie breaks from Eastman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kenzie unloads with some shots from mount but Eastman bucks and avoids them well.
Eastman squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Eastman is squirming around, avoiding Kenzie's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kenzie looking to ground and pound but Eastman is blocking nicely.
Kenzie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Eastman tries to hold on but Kenzie postures up.
Kenzie looking to finish with strikes here!
Kenzie throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Eastman because Kenzie loaded up on that one.
Kenzie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie thowing shots but they're missing.
Eastman is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Eastman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Eastman squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kenzie is trying to control here but Eastman has managed to regain half guard.
Eastman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Kenzie stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Eastman to get to his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Eastman.
Kenzie looks to land a combination but Eastman avoids it well.
Kenzie ducks right into an uppercut from Eastman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Kenzie has managed to clinch.
Eastman lands a nice elbow.

Eastman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kenzie misses the shot to the body.
Eastman throws a combination. Kenzie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kenzie shoots in but Eastman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Eastman tries to bum rush Kenzie with a series of wild strikes but Kenzie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kenzie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Eastman closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Eastman throws an elbow but misses.
Kenzie blocks an elbow strike from Eastman.
Come on Kenzie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Eastman tries to land knees in the clinch but Kenzie avoids the damage to the body.
Eastman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kenzie misses with a hook from the clinch.

Eastman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kenzie lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Howard Eastman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eastman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eastman thuds his right hand into Kenzie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Eastman's corner calls for a 1-2. Eastman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Eastman clobbers Kenzie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Eastman is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
Eastman cracks Kenzie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Eastman lands with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Kenzie.
Eastman cracks Kenzie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheers as Eastman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kenzie doesn't seem phased though.
Eastman lands with a cross.
Eastman is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
Eastman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Eastman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Kenzie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Eastman's guard.
Eastman is trying to keep Kenzie in close.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kenzie stands up from Eastman's guard - Kenzie perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eastman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eastman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kenzie. That one must have hurt.
Kenzie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Eastman tries to avoid it but Kenzie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Eastman to the ground. Eastman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A nice combination there by Eastman.
Eastman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kenzie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Eastman takes a step back to recover.
Eastman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Eastman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Eastman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kenzie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Eastman is fending him off so far but Kenzie persists. Nope, Eastman circles away and we're back to standing.
Eastman works over Kenzie's head and body with a nice combination.
The fighters circling - Eastman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Eastman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kenzie.
Kenzie shoots in for a takedown but Eastman shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trip Kenzie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kenzie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eastman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eastman cracks Kenzie with a good jab.
Eastman jabs at Kenzie's body.
Eastman with a jab.
Kenzie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Eastman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Eastman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Eastman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kenzie circles away quickly and effectively.
Eastman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kenzie pushes Eastman up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Eastman throws an elbow but misses.

Kenzie manages to break the clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kenzie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eastman prevents Kenzie from moving into mount.

Kenzie stands up.
Eastman tries a head kick but it misses.
Howard Eastman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kenzie misses with a two punch combination.
Kenzie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eastman throws a head kick that misses.
Howard Eastman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eastman throws a combination. Kenzie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Eastman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Eastman blocks a head kick by Kenzie.
Kenzie tries to clinch but Eastman moves out of range.
Eastman scores with a shot to the body.
Kenzie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Eastman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Eastman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kenzie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Eastman is fending him off so far but Kenzie persists. Nope, Eastman circles away and we're back to standing.
Eastman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Eastman lands a jab.
Kenzie shoots in looking for a takedown. Eastman tries to sprawl out of it but Kenzie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Eastman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kenzie doesn't manage to clinch there - Eastman circles away.
A left and a right from Eastman both land. Nice combination.
Eastman lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kenzie backs up against the cage.
Eastman misses the body punch

and Kenzie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kenzie.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kenzie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Eastman prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Eastman.
Trip Kenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kenzie with a knee to the head.

Eastman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Howard Eastman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Eastman 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howard Eastman!