PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Israel Kinney (ranked 24971 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Boreale (ranked 7132 p4p, 0 weight class). Pat Boreale has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kinney
vs
Boreale

219 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
169 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Israel Kinney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pat Boreale!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boreale tries to land a body kick

and Kinney counters with a nice double leg into side control. Boreale won't be happy with that.
Boreale can't do much from the bottom here.

Kinney tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kinney has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boreale is looking to reverse the position.
Boreale wants to control but Kinney postures up.
Boreale managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kinney.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Boreale's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Kinney is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boreale knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boreale wants to control but Kinney postures up.
Kinney really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kinney looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kinney in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Boreale wants to control but Kinney postures up.
Kinney scores with punches from side control.
Kinney 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.
Kinney working the ground and pound from side control.
Boreale tries to buck Kinney off but Kinney is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kinney working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Kinney will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boreale is trying to control Kinney's posture but Kinney avoids it.
Boreale is trying to improve his position.
Kinney tries to get to his feet but Boreale is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Kinney in his guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Boreale trying to control the position.
Boreale manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kinney manages to get himself to full guard.

Boreale must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kinney striking from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boreale with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boreale is looking to work some ground and pound but Kinney has wrist control.
Boreale trying to control but Kinney is working from the bottom.
Kinney throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kinney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boreale looking to sit in guard and control but Kinney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kinney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boreale works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boreale is trying to control the position but Kinney postures up.
Boreale looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinney content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Boreale is trying to keep Kinney in close.
Kinney is in close to Boreale's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kinney is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Boreale is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kinney wants to stand but Boreale is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kinney postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Israel Kinney dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kinney darts in and clinches Boreale up against the cage.
Kinney holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kinney stalling the fight.
Kinney seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Kinney is struggling to control the position.

Boreale manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Boreale is trying to keep Kinney in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinney is looking to stand up but Boreale won't let him.
Boreale is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boreale keeping moving, preventing Kinney from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinney passes Boreale's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Boreale has hold of Kinney's hands but Kinney slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kinney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boreale with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kinney lands with a punch from half guard.
Boreale is breathing heavily.
Kinney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boreale with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boreale is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kinney's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kinney's back!
Boreale controlling well, preventing Kinney from escaping the position.
Kinney has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boreale avoiding Kinney 's attempts to control his hands.
Boreale is trying to stick to Kinney's back but Kinney is turning into Boreale. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Boreale's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kinney.
Kinney won't allow Boreale to sweep him here.
Kinney postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boreale thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kinney landing with the ground and pound.
Kinney with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boreale wants to sweep here but Kinney controlling him for the moment.
Kinney trying to control the position from guard on top but Boreale is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kinney decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Boreale, up you get!
Boreale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Boreale looks to move away, Kinney throws a big counter combo but Boreale just gets out of the way.

Kinney has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kinney avoiding damage.
Kinney just leaning against Boreale, taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kinney takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinney is stalling here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kinney - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Israel Kinney.

Kinney drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kinney wants to stand and escape but instead Boreale has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Kinney is controlling Boreale's posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boreale wants to get up but he can't break Kinney's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Israel Kinney dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Boreale stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Boreale wants it to stay on the feet.

Kinney looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Boreale is looking to get back to is feet but Kinney passes into side control.
Boreale tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

Kinney swings around for an armbar but Boreale sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kinney's guard.
Kinney is looking to sweep but instead, Boreale has passed into half guard.
Boreale wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kinney keeps working.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kinney manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boreale lands a couple of elbows.
Kinney has a closed guard, preventing Boreale from standing up.
Boreale won't allow Kinney to sweep him here.
Boreale trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boreale trying to control but Kinney is working from the bottom.
Kinney scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Boreale won't allow Kinney to sweep him here.
Kinney is pulling down on Boreale's head. It's preventing any offense from Boreale, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kinney controls Boreale momentarily but Boreale frees himself.
Boreale pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kinney is keeping the position for now.
Boreale trying to control but Kinney is working from the bottom.
Boreale stopping the sweep attempt from Kinney.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A head kick by Boreale misses

and Kinney counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boreale lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kinney content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kinney content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Boreale gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Kinney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boreale trying to control but Kinney is working from the bottom.
Kinney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boreale stopping the sweep attempt from Kinney.
Kinney controlling Boreale's posture.
Kinney is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Boreale trying to control but Kinney is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Boreale bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pat Boreale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kinney has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Israel Kinney!