PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Hinkle (ranked 984 p4p, 1032 weight class) and Kenzo Kulmunki (ranked 156 p4p, 168 weight class). Hinkle comes to the cage accompanied by 3 Hour Tour. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hinkle
vs
Kulmunki

189 cm
28
210
12 - 6 - 0

194 cm
22
211
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

FF Gear

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Hinkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenzo Kulmunki!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulmunki misses the jab.
Hinkle goes for a double leg but Kulmunki avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kulmunki continues to drive forward.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kulmunki! But no joy.
Hinkle has Kulmunki pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kulmunki manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hinkle is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Hinkle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kulmunki is pressed up against the cage. Hinkle has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kulmunki down to the mat. Kulmunki avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kulmunki misses with an uppercut

and Hinkle counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hinkle with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kulmunki keeping moving, preventing Hinkle from controlling successfully.
Kulmunki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hinkle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hinkle's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kulmunki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hinkle passes Kulmunki's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinkle stalling.
Hinkle trying to control from Kulmunki's half guard. Kulmunki has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hinkle throws a big elbow that misses.
Hinkle wants to control from the top but Kulmunki keeps moving.
Hinkle is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hinkle trying to control the position from guard on top but Kulmunki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kulmunki controlling Hinkle's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hinkle trying to control but Kulmunki is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Hinkle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Hinkle misses with a double jab.
Kulmunki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hinkle fails to land the takedown.
Hinkle fails with a takedown attempt.
Kulmunki was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinkle tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kulmunki sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hinkle somewhat.
Hinkle blocks a head kick by Kulmunki.
Hinkle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Hinkle shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hinkle with the ground and pound but Kulmunki uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hinkle not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hinkle has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hinkle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hinkle controlling from the top position.
Hinkle trying to move into half guard but instead Kulmunki has managed to sweep!

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Hinkle dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hinkle fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kulmunki avoids it really well and circles away.
Kulmunki throws out a counter right but Hinkle avoids it with no problem.
Hinkle shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kulmunki appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hinkle misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Kulmunki to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Roy Hinkle has been cut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Hinkle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinkle has a takedown stuffed.
Kulmunki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kulmunki scores with a jab to the body.
Hinkle misses with a takedown attempt - Kulmunki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinkle fails with the takedown.
Kulmunki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kulmunki stuffs the takedown attempt from Hinkle. Hinkle gets slowly back to his feet.
Kulmunki throws out a counter right but Hinkle avoids it with no problem.
Kulmunki stuffs the takedown.
Hinkle avoids the head kick by Kulmunki.
Nice uppercut there from Kulmunki.
Hinkle shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Kulmunki counters with a crisp one two that drops Hinkle! Kulmunki thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Hinkle to his feet! Hinkle is in big trouble!

Hinkle is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinkle walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Kulmunki swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kenzo Kulmunki!
Kenzo Kulmunki decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.