PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rei Bourke (ranked 1176 p4p, 75 weight class) and Scott Keene (ranked 1370 p4p, 164 weight class). Bourke comes to the cage accompanied by Champion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bourke
vs
Keene

170 cm
31
146 lbs
22 - 3 - 0

180 cm
42
158 lbs
32 - 21 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 22 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rei Bourke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Keene!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keene uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bourke.
Keene blocks a jab.
Keene throws out a counter right but Bourke avoids it with no problem.
Bourke moves out of range as Keene strikes.
Keene throws a right and a left that Bourke avoids nicely.
Bourke dodges the punch combination from Keene.
Bourke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keene keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bourke.
Scott Keene seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keene swinging wildly here.
Bourke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bourke looks to land a left hand but Keene moved out of range nicely.
Bourke fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Keene!
Keene throws a combination. Bourke tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keene dodges the punch combination from Bourke.
Keene takes one to the side of the head.

Oooooh!!! Bourke has knocked Keene down with a huge combo! Bourke steps away and waves a wobbly Keene back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Keene is rocked!

It looks like Scott Keene has been cut.
Keene slips a jab from Bourke.
Keene is still on wobbly legs! Can Bourke finish him?
Keene showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bourke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keene clobbers Bourke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bourke takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Keene seems to have recovered his senses.
Keene misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Bourke misses.
Bourke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bourke throws a right hand that misses

and Keene counters with a nice right hand that sends Bourke toppling to the canvas! Bourke scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Keene finish him?!

Bourke is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keene throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bourke.
Oh Bourke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Keene throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Bourke stumbling backwards into the cage! Bourke bounces back off the cage towards Keene, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Keene lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Keene celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Scott Keene!
A very excited looking Scott Keene made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Rei Bourke was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back in no time.'.