PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonzar Kennedy (ranked 1186 p4p, 1375 weight class) and Javier Martinez (ranked 164 p4p, 188 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kennedy
vs
Martinez

188 cm
21
215
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
21
215
7 - 1 - 0

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonzar Kennedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kennedy punishes Martinez's body with a nice straight punch.
Kennedy tries to move into range but Martinez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Martinez rushes Kennedy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kennedy blocking some punches.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as Kennedy controls his hands.
Kennedy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martinez or not.
Martinez tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kennedy obliges.
A short uppercut from Kennedy.
Nice elbow from Martinez.
Martinez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kennedy's brow.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kennedy scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kennedy avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Kennedy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Javier Martinez has been cut.
Martinez looks winded!
A short right from Kennedy.
Kennedy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinezs head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
We've been informed that Martinez has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but Martinez blocks with his arms.
Kennedy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy has Martinez pressed against the cage.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Kennedy controls the action.
Kennedy presses Martinez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kennedy stalling against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kennedy.
Kennedy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kennedy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kennedy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Kennedy breaks the clinch.
Kennedy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kennedy throws an overhand right that lands on Martinez's shoulder, as Martinez tries to avoid the shot.
Martinez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kennedy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Martinez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Martinez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kennedy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Martinez is rocked!
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Kennedy.
Martinez is still on wobbly legs! Can Kennedy finish him?
Martinez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kennedy throws out the jab.
Martinez seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennedy looks to land a left hand but Martinez moved out of range nicely.
Martinez throws out a counter right but Kennedy avoids it with no problem.
Kennedy throws a hook to the side of Martinez's head but Martinez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinez throws the left hand but Kennedy avoids the punch easily.
Kennedy throws a body punch but Martinez moves out of range.
Kennedy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Martinez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kennedy.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kennedy misses with a straight right.
Kennedy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinez.

Martinez drives through and clinches with Kennedy against the cage.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Kennedy.
Kennedy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kennedy lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Kennedy on the inside.
Kennedy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Kennedy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kennedy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martinez has him pressed against the cage.
Kennedy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kennedy's elbow.
Kennedy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Kennedy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martinez tries a body shot but Kennedy blocks it.
Kennedy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kennedy.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Kennedy.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kennedy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martinez or not.
Kennedy tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Kennedy stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kennedy blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Kennedy pushes Martinez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kennedy.
Kennedy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martinez.
Kennedy scores with a shot to the side of Martinez's head.

Kennedy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Kennedy misses its intended target.
Martinez misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a hook.
Kennedy ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
Kennedy throwing a counter right hand but Martinez manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leonzar Kennedy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Javier Martinez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kennedy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martinez throws out the jab.
Martinez misses with a straight right.
Kennedy throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.
Kennedy throws a right and a left that Martinez avoids nicely.
The crowd cheers as Martinez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kennedy doesn't seem phased though.
Martinez looks to land a combination but Kennedy avoids it well.
Kennedy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Martinez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kennedy swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kennedy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kennedy lands an overhand right.
Javier Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kennedy throws a looping overhand right but Martinez ducks down to avoid it.
Kennedy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martinez can do to turn this around?
Kennedy throws out a loose jab but Martinez uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands a jab to the nose.
Kennedy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Martinez in his tracks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kennedy.
Martinez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kennedy.
A big right from Martinez misses.
Martinez throws a lazy uppercut
and Kennedy counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Martinez falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Leonzar Kennedy!