PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nedser Kiely (ranked 2948 p4p, 22277 weight class) and Henry Bowes (ranked 433 p4p, 662 weight class). Kiely comes to the cage accompanied by Hammer Smash Face. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kiely
vs
Bowes

190 cm
29
220
10 - 10 - 0

173 cm
26
169
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

020 Clothing

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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nedser Kiely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry Bowes!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiely manages to avoid it.
Bowes ducks under a wild hook from Kiely.
It seemed like Bowes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bowes connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Nedser Kiely has been cut.
Kiely steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bowes.
Bowes throws a right hand that misses
and Kiely counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bowes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kiely is looking for a counter combo.
Kiely misses with a straight left.
Kiely throws a lazy right hand but Bowes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No joy there for Kiely, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bowes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiely.
Kiely throws a nice looking combination but Bowes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bowes throws out a counter right but Kiely avoids it with no problem.
Kiely thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowes missing with a left hand there. Kiely was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiely misses with a hook. Bowes ducked under it nicely.
Bowes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kiely counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bowes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiely.
A slow jab from Bowes misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely scores with a punch to the head.
Kiely ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kiely throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bowes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bowes lands with a hook. Kiely tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kiely scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kiely closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kiely takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bowes throws a jab but it's blocked by Kiely.
Kiely throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiely swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bowes swings for the body but Kiely moves out of range.
Kiely looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kiely uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bowes.
Kiely displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bowes throws out the jab.
Kiely moves away from the strike by Bowes.
Kiely lands a really nice looking cross but Bowes seems unphased.
Bowes scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowes misses with a hook
and Kiely counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bowes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kiely swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Bowes misses the target.
Bowes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kiely throws a right and a left that Bowes avoids nicely.
Bowes throws out a counter right but Kiely avoids it with no problem.
Bowes misses with a straight left.
Kiely uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bowes.
Bowes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiely.
Kiely misses with a body shot.
Bowes blocks a jab.
Kiely takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kiely throws a jab when Bowes was well out of range.
Bowes misses with a hook
and Kiely counters with a stiff right hand.
Bowes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bowes throws out a counter right but Kiely avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiely keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bowes.
Bowes misses with a hook.
Kiely missing with a left hand there. Bowes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiely walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kiely fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bowes manages to avoid it.
Bowes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiely was well out of range. Poor timing from Bowes.
Bowes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kiely misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowes.
Kiely throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bowes throws a hook to the side of Kiely's head but Kiely sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Kiely wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kiely throws a big shot that misses.
Bowes just misses with a punch to the body.
Bowes misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Bowes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bowes throws a body shot but no joy.
Kiely appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kiely rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bowes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiely scores with a punch to the head.
Kiely looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kiely throws a shot from downtown. Bowes moves away and avoids it.
Donk. Kiely catches Bowes right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowes catches Kiely with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kiely throws a looping overhand right but Bowes ducks down to avoid it.
Bowes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bowes ducks under a wild hook from Kiely.
Kiely misses with a two punch combination.
Kiely takes a swing at Bowes's ribcage but misses.
Bowes avoids the body shot from Kiely.
Bowes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kiely misses with a body shot.
Kiely lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowes circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kiely, as that shot connected.
Kiely misses the shot to the body.
Bowes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nedser Kiely dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kiely's corner calls for a 1-2. Kiely obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Bowes.
Kiely throws a good cross that connects.
Kiely throws a hook to the side of Bowes's head but Bowes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bowes misses with an uppercut. Kiely saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Kiely.
Good exchange - Bowes coming out on top.
Kiely connects with a nice looking jab.
Kiely throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bowes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bowes throws a hook but Kiely blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiely swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little jabbing left from Bowes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice jab there from Kiely.
Nice defenses there by Bowes.
Kiely lands a jab to Bowes's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowes throws a lazy right hand but Kiely sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely tries to bum rush Bowes with a series of wild strikes but Bowes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kiely slips a straight right by Bowes.
Bowes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kiely manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kiely throws a one two combo.
Kiely uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bowes.
Bowes tries to close the distance and clinch but Kiely swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Kiely does no damage.
Kiely looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kiely is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A telegraphed right hand from Bowes misses the target.
Kiely avoids the body shot from Bowes.
Kiely connects with a body shot that sends Bowes's belly button to the back.
Kiely scores with a nice right hand.
Bowes ducks right into an uppercut from Kiely.
Kiely bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bowes's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bowes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bowes misses with a hook
and Kiely connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bowes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiely avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bowes throws a looping overhand right but Kiely ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Kiely on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Bowes might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kiely has got the better of the exchanges.
Kiely slips a jab from Bowes.
Kiely thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bowes misses with a jab to the body
and Kiely counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kiely paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bowes takes one to the chin there.
Good shot there by Kiely.
Kiely falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bowes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kiely keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kiely moves away.
Bowes looks to land a left hand but Kiely moved out of range nicely.
Bowes looks to land a left hand but Kiely moved out of range nicely.
Bowes misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowes throws a big shot that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Kiely there.
Nedser Kiely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowes thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Kiely.
Nedser Kiely is winning the standup battle so far.
Kiely pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bowes missing with a left hand there. Kiely was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Bowes misses its intended target.
Bowes swings for the body but Kiely moves out of range.
Bowes throws a jab when Kiely was well out of range.
Kiely takes one to the side of the head.
Bowes throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Kiely misses.
Bowes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiely jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kiely misses with a hook. Bowes ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiely misses with a looping left.
Kiely scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bowes doesn't seem bothered though.
Kiely misses with a hook. Bowes ducked under it nicely.
Bowes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kiely throws a body shot but no joy.
Bowes is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Kiely misses with a hook.
Bowes throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowes throws a jab but it's blocked by Kiely.
It looked like Kiely wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Bowes misses.
Bowes takes a swing at Kiely's ribcage but misses.
Kiely misses with an uppercut.
Bowes scores with a sloppy right hand. Kiely should have avoided that one.
Kiely ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bowes moves away.
It seemed like Bowes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bowes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kiely uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bowes has time to react.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nedser Kiely dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nedser Kiely's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Good exchange - Bowes coming out on top.
Kiely fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bowes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Kiely wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bowes misses with a wild body shot.
Kiely is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bowes can do to turn this around?
A left lands for Bowes.
Kiely swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Bowes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bowes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kiely lands an overhand right.
Bowes takes one to the side of the head.
Bowes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiely manages to avoid it.
Bowes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bowes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiely.
Kiely misses the jab.
Bowes throws a body shot but no joy.
Bowes looks to land a left hand but Kiely moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiely smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kiely throws a shot from downtown. Bowes moves away and avoids it.
Kiely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bowes was well out of range. Poor timing from Kiely.
Kiely looks to land a left hand but Bowes moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kiely darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Bowes misses.
Kiely takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kiely slips a straight right by Bowes.
Kiely throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kiely misses with a few strikes there.
Bowes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kiely throws out the jab.
Kiely swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bowes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kiely.
Bowes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kiely staying out of range there.
Henry Bowes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiely lands a jab-cross combination.
Bowes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kiely.
Kiely keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiely connects with a single shot there.
Kiely keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kiely lands a jab to Bowes's midsection.
Bowes misses with a hook
and Kiely counters with a right hand to the body.
Kiely tries to bum rush Bowes with a series of wild strikes but Bowes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bowes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bowes lands a body shot.
Bowes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bowes drops his hands momentarily and Kiely takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Kiely misses.
Bowes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Donk. Bowes catches Kiely right on the button with a cross.
Kiely slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kiely throws out a loose jab but Bowes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kiely misses with a two punch combination.
Kiely scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bowes in his tracks.
Kiely misses with a wild body shot.
Bowes connects with a right hand. Kiely shakes it off.
Kiely throws a looping overhand right but Bowes ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Bowes misses the target.
Kiely scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bowes staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowes blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bowes! But no joy.
Kiely lands a slapping body shot.
Kiely throws a right hand that Bowes ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowes also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Bowes.
Bowes throws a jab but it's blocked by Kiely.
Bowes misses with an uppercut.
Bowes looks to score with a jab to the body but Kiely is just out of range.
Kiely misses with a hook
and Kiely takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kiely misses with a hook. Bowes ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bowes! But no joy.
Kiely misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Kiely misses.
Bowes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bowes misses the shot to the body.

Bowes clinches up against the cage.
Bowes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiely lands a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nedser Kiely showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kiely, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nedser Kiely!
Nedser Kiely decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.