PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Payton (ranked 435 p4p, 718 weight class) and Leonzar Kennedy (ranked 69 p4p, 109 weight class). Payton kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Andre Nickatina - Yeah. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Payton
vs
Kennedy

194 cm
32
215
19 - 6 - 0

188 cm
32
215
25 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Walter Payton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonzar Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payton throws a jab when Kennedy was well out of range.

Payton clinches up against the cage.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payton avoids it.
Payton slowing the pace effectively.
Kennedy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Payton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kennedy misses with a punch to the body.
Payton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Come on Payton - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Payton scores with a shot to the side of Kennedy's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kennedy.
Payton's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kennedy misses with the head strike.
Kennedy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kennedy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Payton lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Payton cracks Kennedy with a nice body shot.
Kennedy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payton avoids it.
Payton avoiding damage as Kennedy throws knees to the body.
Kennedy misses with a knee to the head.
Payton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Payton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Payton can't find room to land a body shot as Kennedy controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Kennedy.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Payton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kennedy blocks a body shot from Payton.
Kennedy missing with knees to the body.
Payton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kennedy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Walter Payton has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payton.
Payton lands a hook that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy can't find room to land a body shot as Payton controls the action.
Payton definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Payton avoiding damage as Kennedy throws knees to the body.
Kennedy blocking some punches.
A short right from Payton on the inside.
Payton blocks an uppercut.
Kennedy misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Payton.
Payton lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Leonzar Kennedy has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Kennedy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kennedy scores with a shoulder strike.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Payton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kennedys head.
Kennedy misses with some punches.
Payton misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy missing with knees to the body.
Payton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payton avoids it.
Payton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Payton controls his hands.
Payton managing to block the knees to the body from Kennedy.
Payton being controlled against the cage.
Payton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Payton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payton avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Payton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kennedy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Payton's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy blocking some punches.
Kennedy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Payton is defending well for now.
Kennedy misses with some punches.
Payton throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Payton throws an elbow but misses.
Payton lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Payton fails to land.
Payton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kennedy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Payton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kennedy's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Payton.
Payton misses with an elbow over the top.
Kennedy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payton.
Payton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kennedy lands a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Walter Payton will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Payton batters Kennedy with a massive right followed by a huge left! Kennedy is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Payton lands a final crushing right hand to drop Kennedy to the mat with a gruesome thud! Payton is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Walter Payton!
Walter Payton 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.