PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Aleex Kayy (ranked 5726 p4p, 5451 weight class) and Joe Armstrong (ranked 89 p4p, 67 weight class). Kayy comes to the ring accompanied by Just Another Level. The crowd seem to be enjoying Armstrong's choice of entrance music: Team America - America, Fuck Yeah!. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kayy
vs
Armstrong

193 cm
19
228
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
240
2 - 1 - 0

Counter fighter
Very quick

Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Aleex Kayy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Armstrong!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kayy slips a jab from Armstrong.
Armstrong has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Armstrong instigates a clinch.
A short right from Kayy.
Kayy throws a head punch that misses.
Armstrong scores with a shoulder strike.
Armstrong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kayy backwards.
Armstrong lands with a right to the head.
Kayy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Armstrong blocks a body shot from Kayy.
Kayy struggles to land a body shot inside as Armstrong controls his hands.
Kayy can't break the clinch.
Kayy tries to throw a body punch but Armstrong avoids it by throwing Kayy back against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Armstrong fails to land.
Armstrong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Kayy wants to get back to striking at distance but Armstrong won't allow it.
Armstrong scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Armstrong.
Armstrong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kayy's elbow.

Kayy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kayy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Armstrong tries to clinch up but Kayy circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Armstrong wants to clinch.
Kayy dips to his left and cracks Armstrong with an uppercut!
A punch lands to the side of Armstrong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Armstrong throws a hook to the side of Kayy's head but Kayy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kayy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Armstrong drives through and clinches with Kayy against the ropes.
Armstrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Armstrong misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kayy fails to land.
Kayy wants to get back to striking at distance but Armstrong won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Armstrong.
Kayy lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Kayy.
Armstrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kayy lands with a short shot to the head.
Armstrong misses with a punch to the body.
Kayy misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kayy.
Armstrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kayy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Armstrong lands a nice uppercut.
Kayy misses with some punches.
Kayy blocking some punches.
Kayy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kayy misses with a punch on the inside.
Armstrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Kayy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kayy.
Armstrong prevents a body shot from Kayy.
Armstrong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kayy or not.
Armstrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joe Armstrong will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Armstrong doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kayy throws a body punch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong slips a jab from Kayy.
Kayy cracks Armstrong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Joe Armstrong has been cut.
Armstrong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Kayy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kayy misses with an uppercut. Armstrong saw that one coming.
Despite the aggression on Armstrong's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Joe Armstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kayy looks to land a left hand but Armstrong moved out of range nicely.

Armstrong tries to keep at a distance but Kayy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Armstrong working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong swings wildly with an uppercut but Kayy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joe Armstrong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Armstrong throws a head punch that misses.
Armstrong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kayy misses with a punch to the body.
Kayy swings wildly with an uppercut but Armstrong uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Armstrong.
Armstrong works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Armstrong.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Kayy controls the action.
Armstrong misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Armstrong fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Armstrong.
Armstrong misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Armstrong.
Kayy wants to get back to striking at distance but Armstrong won't allow it.
Armstrong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kayy throws a head punch that misses.
Armstrong lands with a short shot to the head.
Kayy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Armstrong misses with some punches.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Armstrong lands a body punch.
Armstrong throws a head punch that misses.
Armstrong tries to work over Kayy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Armstrong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Armstrong fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kayy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Armstrong working aggressively here.
Kayy lands a hook that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Kayy controls the action.
Kayy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Armstrong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Armstrong.
Armstrong blocks an uppercut.
Kayy tries a body shot but Armstrong blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Armstrong fails to land.
Kayy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Armstrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kayy takes a shot to the head.
Kayy gets through Armstrong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Kayy.
Armstrong throws a punch but it's blocked by Kayy.
Kayy misses with a body punch.
Armstrong prevents a body shot from Kayy.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Kayy avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Armstrong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Armstrong's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Kayy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Armstrong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Armstrong throws a hook to the side of Kayy's head but Kayy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kayy is looking to counter punch.
Armstrong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kayy moves away.
Donk. Kayy catches Armstrong right on the button with a cross.
Armstrong looks to land a right hand but Kayy moved out of range.
It looked like Kayy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Armstrong.
Kayy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Armstrong.
Armstrong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kayy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Armstrongs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Armstrong clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong lands with a short shot to the head.
Armstrong misses with a body punch.
Kayy digs a right hand underneath Armstrong's ribcage. Armstrong let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Kayy controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Kayy as the two fighters clinch.
Armstrong digs a right hand underneath Kayy's ribcage. Kayy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayy blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kayy.
Armstrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Armstrong misses with the head strike.
Kayy misses with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Kayy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kayy blocks an uppercut.
Armstrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Armstrong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Joe Armstrong is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Still in the clinch, Armstrong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kayy scores with a shot to the side of Armstrong's head.
Kayy misses with the head strike.
Aleex Kayy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Armstrong digs a right hand into Kayy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kayy's gas tank.
Kayy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Armstrong blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kayy misses with a punch to the body.
Kayy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Armstrong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kayy throws a punch but it's blocked by Armstrong.
Kayy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kayy tries to work over Armstrong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Armstrong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kayy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kayy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kayy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kayy's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Armstrong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Armstrong 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Armstrong!
A very excited looking Joe Armstrong 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.
Aleex Kayy was interviewed post fight and said 'Confidence Rumours had it, his father had 16 wives and 82 kids. Surprisingly, Aleex Kayy Jr was one of them in the lists of becoming the Alex K family. Born in China, Beijing, he was fatherless at the time of his youth since his papa be ou'.