PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nuri Jafar (ranked 405 p4p, 55 weight class) and Carl Kingston (ranked 598 p4p, 77 weight class). Kingston has chosen Creep - Radiohead as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Nuri Jafar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nuri Jafar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jafar
vs
Kingston

175 cm
28
145 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

175 cm
35
145 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
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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 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nuri Jafar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jafar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kingston walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jafar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jafar takes one to the side of the head.
Jafar checks the leg kick.
Jafar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kingston.
Jafar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kingston on the side of the head.
Jafar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jafar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingston looks to land a right hand but Jafar moved out of range.
Kingston tries to land a body kick
and Jafar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kingston does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jafar lands with an uppercut that bounces Kingston off the cage and back into range.
Kingston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jafar.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Jafar.
Kingston moves out of range as Jafar strikes.
Jafar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kingston jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jafar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kingston has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kingston there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jafar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kingston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jafar throws a hook but Kingston blocks it.
Kingston throws a good cross that connects.
Kingston drops his hands momentarily and Jafar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fighters circling - Jafar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kingston slips under a jab.
Jafar misses with an uppercut. Kingston saw that one coming.
Jafar connects with a body shot.
Jafar throws a big shot that misses.
Kingston follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Jafar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kingston fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jafar.
Kingston connects with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jafar throws a big shot that misses.
Kingston tries a quick counter leg kick but Jafar is wise to it.
Kingston avoids the body shot from Jafar.
Kingston fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kingston throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jafar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kingston looks for the body kick but Jafar saw that one coming.
Jafar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kingston.
Good leg kick by Kingston there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jafar. Kingston does a little dance to reset his feet.
A clash of legs there as Jafar blocks the low kick.
Kingston throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jafar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jafar throws a body punch but Kingston moves out of range.
Kingston throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kingston buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jafar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingston misses with a looping left.
Jafar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kingston.
Jafar misses the shot to the body.
Kingston lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kingston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Jafar misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kingston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kingston looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kingston moves out of range as Jafar strikes.
Jafar blocks a low kick nicely.
Jafar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jafar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kingston misses with a low kick.
Kingston with a nice cross.
Jafar throws a shot from downtown. Kingston moves away and avoids it.
Jafar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kingston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kingston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jafar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kingston counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jafar's knee momentarily.
Jab, jab by Kingston - just one landing.
Kingston misses with a looping left.
Jafar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kingston under the eye.
Jafar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jafar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jafar checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jafar staying out of range there.
Kingston connects with a nice looking jab.
Jafar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jafar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It seemed like Kingston was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jafar.
Kingston has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kingston.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jafar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jafar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A punch combination from Kingston misses.
Jafar misses with an uppercut
and Kingston makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Jafar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jafar working aggressively here.
Jafar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kingston lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jafar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jafar throws a punch but it's blocked by Kingston.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carl Kingston will probably get the nod.
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.

Nice defenses there by Kingston.
Kingston throws a front kick aimed at Jafar's knee but Jafar avoids it well.
Jafar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kingston steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Kingston with a nice cross.
A jab from Jafar does it's job there.
Kingston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jafar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kingston with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some bone on bone action there as Jafar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kingston throws a body shot but no joy.
Jafar looks to score with a jab to the body but Kingston is just out of range.
It seemed like Kingston was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jafar tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jafar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jafar looks to score with a jab to the body but Kingston is just out of range.
Kingston feints and then cracks Jafar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jafar down.
Jafar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jafar lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab lands there for Kingston.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jafar misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kingston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jafar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kingston takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Some bone on bone action there as Jafar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kingston misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kingston throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Jafar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kingston.
Jafar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kingston at a distance.
Jafar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kingston defending well as Jafar loads up on a big left hand.
Jafar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jafar connects with a jab.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kingston avoids the body shot from Jafar.
Kingston throws a shot from downtown. Jafar moves away and avoids it.
Kingston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kingston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jafar's sensitive parts.
Kingston misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kingston.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jafar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jafar throws a hook but Kingston blocks it.
Kingston connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jafar momentarily.
Jafar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kingston throws out the jab.
Jafar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kingston getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingston. Jafar does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Kingston.
Jafar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jafar throws a body shot but no joy.
Kingston goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jafar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kingston.
Kingston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jafar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Jafar takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kingston lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kingston breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kingston slips a jab from Jafar.
Jafar wants to clinch up but Kingston keeps it at a distance.
Jafar backing away here, and Kingston unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kingston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jafar manages to avoid it.
Jafar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kingston swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jafar moves out of range of the strikes.

Jafar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kingston, pushing him back against the cage.
Kingston gets through Jafar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jafar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kingston stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Kingston.
Jafar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kingston backwards.
Jafar misses with the head strike.
Jafar lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jafar.

Kingston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kingston on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jafar takes a swing at Kingston's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jafar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kingston throws a hook to the side of Jafar's head but Jafar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jafar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingston cracks the inside of Jafar's front leg.
The fighters circling - Kingston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Jafar misses the target.
Kingston ducks under a wild hook from Jafar.
Carl Kingston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jafar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jafar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kingston thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jafar takes a swing at Kingston's ribcage but misses.
Jafar thuds his right hand into Kingston's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kingston throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jafar counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Kingston misses.
A good leg kick by Kingston.
Jafar misses with a wild body shot.
Kingston slips a jab from Jafar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuri Jafar dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jab, jab by Kingston - just one landing.
Jafar cracks Kingston with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jafar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kingston.
Jafar looks to clinch
and Kingston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jafar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kingston attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jafar throws the left hand but Kingston avoids the punch easily.
Kingston takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kingston moves away from the strike by Jafar.
Kingston shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jafar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kingston throws the kick towards the body but Jafar avoids it.
Jafar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jafar.
Kingston throws a body shot but no joy.
Jafar is looking to counter punch.
Kingston ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jafar just misses with a punch to the body.
Kingston misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Kingston.
Donk. Jafar catches Kingston right on the button with a cross.
Kingston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kingston's corner calls for a 1-2. Kingston obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kingston.

Jafar rushes Kingston and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jafar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jafar misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Kingston.
Jafar lands a shoulder strike.

Kingston breaks the clinch.
Jafar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jafar throws a body punch but Kingston moves out of range.
Kingston throws a body punch but Jafar moves out of range.
Kingston scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jafar doesn't seem bothered though.
Kingston punishes Jafar's body with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jafar blocks a head kick by Kingston.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar throws a shot from downtown. Kingston moves away and avoids it.
Jafar misses with a body shot.
Jafar looks to score with a jab to the body but Kingston is just out of range.
Kingston scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jafar in his tracks.
Kingston throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jafar counters with a nice uppercut.
Kingston doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingston. Jafar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingston takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kingston will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kingston will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Kingston throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kingston lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kingston takes one on the button.
Kingston uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jafar.
Kingston lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jafar. That did some damage!
Kingston delivers a nice body kick.
Kingston throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jafar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jafar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kingston.
Kingston defending well as Jafar loads up on a big left hand.
Kingston throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jafar moves in looking to clinch but Kingston pushes him off.
Kingston thuds his right hand into Jafar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jafar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jafar misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Jafar misses the target.
Jafar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jafar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jafar throws a jab but it's blocked by Kingston.
Jafar is looking to clinch but Kingston is avoiding it.
Kingston has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kingston displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jafar throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Jafar misses the target.
Jafar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kingston pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Jafar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kingston.
Kingston misses with a hook. Jafar ducked under it nicely.
Jafar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jafar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jafar moves out of range of the strikes.
Jafar misses with a body shot.
Good work by Jafar as he checks the leg kick.
Kingston throws a leg kick but Jafar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jafar tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jafar lands with a right hand.
Jafar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kingston feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jafar's calf.
Kingston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kingston looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Carl Kingston.
I think Kingston 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Carl Kingston!
A relieved looking Carl Kingston thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Nuri Jafar spoke after the fight, saying 'He did not follow the script'.