PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wade Kinsella (ranked 2101 p4p, 1542 weight class) and Lou Leonard (ranked 278 p4p, 213 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kinsella
vs
Leonard

177 cm
26
176
5 - 3 - 0

225 cm
26
180
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wade Kinsella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lou Leonard!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinsella scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Leonard misses with an uppercut. Kinsella saw that one coming.
Leonard connects with a single shot there.
Kinsella thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leonard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kinsella misses with a hook
and Leonard counters with a nice uppercut.
Leonard looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Leonard misses with an uppercut.
Kinsella looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Leonard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kinsella.
Kinsella throws an off balance right hand
and Leonard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kinsella.
Leonard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kinsella swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Kinsella misses
and Leonard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Leonard is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kinsella thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kinsella is looking to slow Leonard down with leg kicks.
Kinsella feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Leonards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Leonard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leonard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kinsella connects with a solid leg kick.
Wade Kinsella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kinsella throws a lazy uppercut
and Leonard counters with a straight right hand.
Leonard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kinsella counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kinsella misses with a head kick.
Leonard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Leonard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kinsella lands a leg kick that knocks Leonard off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella swings for the body but Leonard moves out of range.
Leonard misses with an uppercut
and Kinsella counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leonard throws a looping overhand right but Kinsella ducks down to avoid it.
Kinsella moves out of range of the strikes.
It appears Kinsella was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kinsella misses with an uppercut
and Leonard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leonard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kinsella.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Leonard! But no joy.
Kinsella scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kinsella waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leonard.
As Kinsella backs off Leonard throws a huge counter combo but Kinsella manages to avoid it all.
Kinsella takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Kinsella is rocked!
Leonard throws out a loose jab but Kinsella uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Kinsella is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kinsella connects with a leg kick.
Kinsella seems to have got his legs back now.
Leonard throws a shot from downtown. Kinsella moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leonard throws out a counter right but Kinsella avoids it with no problem.
Leonard might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Leonard lands a head shot.
Kinsella with a nice calf kick.
Nice shot lands for Kinsella.
Kinsella takes a jab right on the kisser.
Leonard misses the shot to the body.
Leonard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body kick there by Kinsella.
Kinsella misses with a hook to the body
and Leonard counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella throws a head kick that misses
and Leonard counters with a big right hand! Oh Kinsella is in trouble here! Leonard follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lou Leonard!
Lou Leonard spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.