PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edmund Kemper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Klinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edmund Kemper looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Kemper
vs
Klinger

175 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edmund Kemper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Klinger!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klinger wants to clinch.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!

Klinger closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Klinger lands in his opponent's guard.
Kemper has momentary wrist control but Klinger slips an elbow through the middle.
Klinger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Kemper pushes Klinger off and scrambles back to his feet.
Klinger moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kemper shoots and misses

and Klinger moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Klinger is pressed up against the cage. Kemper has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Klinger down to the mat. Klinger avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Kemper shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Klinger's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Klinger is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kemper defends well.
Kemper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Klinger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Klinger trying to strike off his back.
Kemper is looking to work some ground and pound but Klinger has wrist control.
Klinger is trying to control the position but Kemper postures up.
Klinger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kemper throws a strike but Klinger rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Klinger must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kemper trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Klinger's corner is telling him to maintain position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Klinger tries to clinch there but Kemper circles away.
Klinger throws a head kick that misses.

Klinger drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kemper wants to sweep but no luck.
Klinger won't allow Kemper to get back to his feet.
Klinger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kemper wants to stand up but Klinger is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klinger pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kemper is keeping the position for now.
Kemper looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klinger has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kemper is proving hard to escape from.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Kemper darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Klinger has hold of Kemper's hands but Kemper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kemper slips a nice elbow through Klinger's hands, connecting with Klinger's forehead.
Klinger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kemper missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kemper is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kemper lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Klinger taking some punishment here, with Kemper in his half guard.

Kemper is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kemper scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Klinger is trying to stand up here but Kemper is controlling him well.
Kemper has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Klinger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kemper is working away from the top position though.
Klinger is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but James Klinger will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Klinger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Klinger shoots and misses

and Kemper counters with a single leg into guard. Klinger didn't expect that.
Kemper scoring with punches to the head and body.
Klinger is trying to keep Kemper in close.
Kemper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kemper throwing strikes but missing.
Klinger working a defensive guard here.
Klinger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kemper.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kemper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Kemper drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Klinger dives on top into guard.
Klinger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kemper swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinger won't allow Kemper to get back to his feet.
Kemper trying to keep a closed guard but Klinger is proving a slippery customer.
Klinger looking to sit in guard and control but Kemper gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Klinger trying to control the position.
Kemper makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kemper postures up in Klinger's guard and throws a big left but Klinger blocks it.

Klinger had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kemper defends it easily.
Kemper postures up.
Kemper won't allow Klinger to sweep him here.
Kemper throws a big right hand that misses.
Klinger is controlling Kemper's posture.
Kemper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Klinger looking for a guillotine here but Kemper defends easily.
Kemper postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemper chips away with some ground and pound.

Klinger looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kemper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Klinger pulls Kemper in close to prevent any damage.
Kemper postures up in Klinger's guard and throws a big left but Klinger blocks it.
Klinger wants to sweep but no luck.
Kemper scoring with punches to the head and body.
Klinger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kemper.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kemper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kemper is fighting to break Klinger's control of his arms but Klinger is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Klinger closes the distance and clinches.

Klinger pulls guard.
Kemper working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klinger's head.
Kemper throwing strikes but missing.
Kemper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Klinger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kemper.
Kemper working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klinger's head.
Kemper working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Klinger escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kemper gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Kemper drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kemper jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmund Kemper dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kemper keeps the fight on the outside.

Kemper feints and as Klinger raises his hands in defense, Kemper changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kemper makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Klinger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kemper working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Klinger looking for a sweep. Not yet Klinger, not yet.
Kemper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Klinger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Klinger had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kemper defends it easily.
Klinger is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Klinger not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kemper drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kemper jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kemper working some strikes from top position.
Kemper looking to pass the guard.
Kemper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kemper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kemper is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Klinger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kemper.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kemper tries for a takedown but Klinger circles away easily

and Klinger counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kemper won't be happy with that.
Klinger looking to control but instead Kemper has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kemper makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Klinger gets caught flat footed, as Kemper shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kemper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kemper working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klinger's head.
Klinger has momentary wrist control but Kemper slips an elbow through the middle.
Kemper throwing strikes but missing.
Kemper connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kemper's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Klinger has his hands on Kemper's head, controlling the position.
Kemper working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Klinger looking for a triangle here. Kemper is fighting it but it looks tight! Klinger pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Kemper is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). James Klinger!