PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Theodor (ranked 4345 p4p, 4344 weight class) and Kyler Kean (ranked 161 p4p, 162 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Theodor
vs
Kean

180 cm
18
171
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
171
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johannes Theodor !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyler Kean!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Theodor cracks a nice hook into Kean's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Kean.
Theodor throws a body shot but no joy.
Theodor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kean.
Theodor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Theodor was well out of range. Poor timing from Kean.
Theodor throws an off balance right hand
and Kean cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kean throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Theodor counters with a stiff right hand.
Kean's jab looks to have found its range, popping Theodor under the eye.
Kean displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Theodor throws out the jab.
Kean swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Theodor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kean.
Kean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Theodor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kean keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Theodor throws a looping overhand right but Kean ducks down to avoid it.
Kean is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kean slips under a jab from Theodor .
Theodor scores with a jab.
Theodor scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kean misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Kean.
Kean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Theodor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Theodor moves out of range of the strikes.
Kean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Theodor .
Kean throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kean darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kean takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kean scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kean swings for the body but Theodor moves out of range.
Theodor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kean.
Theodor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kean.
Kean throws out a loose jab but Theodor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Theodor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kean.
Kean keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Kean.
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!
Theodor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kean.
Kean avoids the body shot from Theodor .
Theodor throws a lazy right hand but Kean sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kean moves out of range as Theodor strikes.
Theodor slips under a jab.
Good shot there by Theodor .
Theodor throws a body shot but no joy.
Kean is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Theodor with a body shot.
Theodor lands a jab to Kean's midsection.
Theodor scores with a nice right hand.
Kean misses with a straight left.
Kean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Theodor was well out of range. Poor timing from Kean.
Theodor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Theodor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kean swings for the body but Theodor moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodor just misses with a punch to the body.
Kean takes a swing at Theodor 's ribcage but misses.
Theodor throws a looping overhand right but Kean ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Theodor . Kean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Theodor moves forwards but Kean connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Kean.
Kean is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Theodor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kean scores with a jab to the head.
Kean loads up on a big right hand but Theodor slips the punch.
Kean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Theodor .
Theodor misses with a body shot.
Kean takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kean lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kean uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Theodor .
A jab from Kean misses.
Kean on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Kean.
Theodor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kean looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Theodor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Theodor throws a lazy uppercut
and Kean connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kean has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Theodor finds it's way round the side to connect with Kean's head.
Theodor looks to land a left hand but Kean moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Theodor . That snapped Kean's head back.
A telegraphed right hand from Theodor misses the target.
Theodor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Theodor swings widly with a right hand
and Kean counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Theodor misses with an uppercut
letting Kean counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Kean does it's job there.
Kean staying out of range there.
Kean lands with a nice body punch.
Kean connects with the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kean takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Theodor misses with a two punch combination.
Kean throws out a counter right but Theodor avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kean. Theodor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kean keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kean scores with a hook to the body. Theodor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Kean.
Kean avoids the body shot from Theodor .
Theodor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Theodor loads up on a big right hand but Kean slips the punch.
Kean misses with a hook.
Theodor throwing a counter right hand but Kean manages to avoid it.
Theodor swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kean counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Theodor misses with a left hand
and Theodor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kean fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Theodor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kean throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Theodor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Theodor .
Kean takes a swing at Theodor 's ribcage but misses.
Theodor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kean scores with a nice strike.
Good standup being displayed there by Kean as he connects with a hook.
Kean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Theodor throws a body punch but Kean moves out of range.
Kean scores with a shot to the body.
Kean is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Theodor .
Theodor bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kean's head backwards.
Theodor just misses with a punch to the body.
Theodor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kean was well out of range. Poor timing from Theodor .
Theodor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kean lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kean, as that shot connected.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kean.
Kyler Kean seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good standup being displayed there by Kean as he connects with a hook.
Theodor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kean drops his hands momentarily and Theodor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab lands there for Kean.
Kean cracks a nice hook into Theodor 's ribs.
A slow jab from Theodor misses its intended target.
Kean let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Theodor lands a nice shot to the body.
Kean misses with a wild body shot.
Kean lands with a right hand.
Kean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kean lands a head shot.
Theodor misses with an uppercut
and Kean counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodor throws a body shot but no joy.
Theodor swings widly with a right hand
and Kean counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Theodor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kean moves away.
Theodor lands a slapping body shot.
A jab from Theodor misses.
A nice side step and Kean releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kean lands with an overhand left.
Kean throws out a loose jab but Theodor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kean lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Theodor swings for the body but Kean moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kean. Theodor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Theodor swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Theodor misses with a left hand
and Kean counters with a right hand to the body.
Kean keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Theodor .
Kean throws out a counter right but Theodor avoids it with no problem.
A jab lands there for Kean.
Theodor swings for the body but Kean moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Theodor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Theodor misses with a body shot.
Kean looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kean swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Theodor .
Kean sizes up Theodor with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kean takes a swing at Theodor 's ribcage but misses.
Kean has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Theodor has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Theodor there as he acknowledges the shot.
The fighters circling - Theodor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kean looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Theodor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kean manages to avoid it.
Kean throws a body shot but no joy.
Theodor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Theodor slips a jab from Kean.
Kean jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kean lands a jab to the nose.
Kean on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Theodor manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kyler Kean showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Theodor missing with a left hand there. Kean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kean looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Theodor lands a lovely overhand right.
Theodor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good shot there by Theodor .
Theodor misses with a left hand
and Kean counters with a straight right hand.
Theodor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Theodor scores with a jab.
Kean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Theodor .
Kean connects with a nice looking jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Theodor might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Theodor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Theodor lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Theodor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kean throws out the jab.
Kean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Theodor .
Theodor misses with a hook.
Kean lands a jab to Theodor 's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kean swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Theodor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Theodor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kean.
A slow jab from Kean misses its intended target.
Theodor missing with a left hand there. Kean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Kean misses.
Kean moves out of range of the strikes.
Theodor scores with a nice strike.
Kean works the jab nicely.
Theodor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kean manages to avoid it.
Kean looks to score with a jab to the body but Theodor is just out of range.
Theodor walks into a stiff left hand from Kean.
Kean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Theodor .
Theodor defending well as Kean loads up on a big left hand.
Kean gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johannes Theodor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theodor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kean.
Theodor lands a jab.
Theodor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kean was well out of range. Poor timing from Theodor .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Theodor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kean connects with a nice looking jab.
Theodor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Theodor missing with a left hand there. Kean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kean ducks under a wild hook from Theodor .
Theodor misses with a body shot.
Kean slips under a jab.
A nice side step and Kean releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Theodor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Theodor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Theodor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kean cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kean avoids the body shot from Theodor .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theodor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Theodor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab from Theodor misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kean! But no joy.
Jab by Kean.
Kean throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Theodor on the side of the head.
Kean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Theodor .
Theodor avoids the body shot from Kean.
Kean throws a body shot but no joy.
Theodor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kean lands a jab to Theodor 's midsection.
Theodor 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kean connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Theodor scrambles back to his feet.
Kean jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kean uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Theodor .
Kean looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kean thuds a left hand into Theodor 's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Kean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kean has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kean there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kean dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Theodor misses the target.
Kean bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Theodor 's head backwards.
Theodor slips a straight right by Kean.
Theodor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kean ducks under a wild hook from Theodor .
Kean missing with a left hand there. Theodor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kean misses with an uppercut. Theodor saw that one coming.
Theodor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Theodor takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Theodor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kean.
A nice side step and Kean releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Theodor throws a body punch but Kean moves out of range.
Theodor misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyler Kean comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kean has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyler Kean!