PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Dourado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kennedy comes to the cage accompanied by The Fall of Troy - F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kennedy
vs
Dourado

180 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

181 cm
22
154 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Will Kennedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcelo Dourado!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennedy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kennedy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kennedy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kennedy tries to clinch up.
Dourado looks to land a left hand but Kennedy moved out of range nicely.
Kennedy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dourado.
Kennedy moves forwards but Dourado connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kennedy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Will Kennedy has been cut.
Jab by Dourado.
Dourado scores with a three punch combo!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennedy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dourado connects with a body shot.
Dourado throws a jab but it's blocked by Kennedy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennedy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dourado. Kennedy does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kennedy drives through and clinches with Dourado against the cage.
Kennedy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Marcelo Dourado has been cut.
Kennedy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dourado has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Kennedy.
Kennedy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dourado has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kennedy lands an elbow inside that Dourado shrugs off.
Kennedy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kennedy landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kennedy.
Kennedy lands an elbow inside.
Dourado tries to break the clinch but Kennedy is controlling the position.
Dourado is trying to break the clinch but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kennedy lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Kennedy.
Kennedy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dourado in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Dourado's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kennedy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kennedy crunches a lovely knee into Dourado's ribcage.
Dourado looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy with a knee to the head.
Kennedy connects with a knee to the head.
Kennedy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kennedy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kennedy lands a good knee to the midsection. Dourado won't want to take too many of those.
Kennedy lands a nice elbow.
Kennedy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dourado blocks it with crossed arms.
Dourado wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but Dourado blocks it.
Kennedy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kennedy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dourado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage.
Dourado tries to circle away but Kennedy has him pinned against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kennedy.
Dourado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage.
Kennedy lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Kennedy.
Kennedy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dourado in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dourado takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dourado takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kennedy unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy crunches a lovely knee into Dourado's ribcage.
Dourado takes an elbow to the temple.
Kennedy with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Marcelo Dourado's cut even more.
Knees to the body from Kennedy.
Kennedy landing knees to the head.
Dourado tries to circle away but Kennedy has him pinned against the cage.
Kennedy lands a good knee to the midsection. Dourado won't want to take too many of those.
Kennedy lands a knee to the head.
Kennedy misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Kennedy.
Kennedy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dourado wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kennedy lands a nice knee to the body.
Dourado takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Kennedy.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kennedy.
Kennedy connects with a knee to the head.
Kennedy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dourado tries to circle away but Kennedy has him pinned against the cage.
Kennedy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dourado's defenses.
Kennedy lands an elbow that stopped Dourado in his tracks for a moment.
Kennedy lands a good knee to the midsection. Dourado won't want to take too many of those.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kennedy blocks an elbow strike from Dourado.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dourado tries to break the clinch but Kennedy is controlling the position.
Kennedy connects with a knee to the head.
Dourado has had enough of the clinch but Kennedy keeps him there for the moment.
Kennedy working Dourado over with knees to the body.
Kennedy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dourado wants to get back to striking at distance but Kennedy won't allow it.
Kennedy lands an elbow just above Dourado 's eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kennedy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but Dourado blocks it.
Dourado is trying to break the clinch but Kennedy is controlling him.
Kennedy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Kennedy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dourado scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kennedy slips a jab and a cross from Dourado.
Marcelo Dourado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dourado keeps the fight on the outside.
Dourado misses the shot to the body.
Kennedy slips a jab and a cross from Dourado.
Kennedy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dourado swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dourado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kennedy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dourado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dourado keeps the fight on the outside.
Will Kennedy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Kennedy gets a clinch.
Kennedy trying to land knees to the body.
Dourado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage.
Dourado doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dourado.
Dourado is breathing heavily.
Dourado is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kennedy looking to throw knees to the head but Dourado is blocking nicely.
Kennedy landing knees to the body.
Dourado tries to break the clinch but Kennedy is controlling the position.
Kennedy blocks an elbow strike.
Kennedy lands a good knee to the midsection. Dourado won't want to take too many of those.
Kennedy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dourado's face.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dourado avoids it.
Will Kennedy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kennedy lands an elbow that stopped Dourado in his tracks for a moment.
Dourado wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kennedy working Dourado over with knees to the body.
Kennedy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dourado's face.
Kennedy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dourado has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kennedy lands an elbow that stopped Dourado in his tracks for a moment.
Kennedy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kennedy tries to land a knee to the head but Dourado blocks with his arms.
Dourado wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kennedy lands a good knee to the midsection. Dourado won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dourado takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kennedy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kennedy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kennedy landing knees to the head.
Kennedy landing knees to the body.
Kennedy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kennedy landing knees to the head.
Kennedy landing knees to the head.
Dourado wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Dourado's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kennedy lands an elbow just above Dourado 's eye.
Dourado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kennedy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dourado tries to break free but Kennedy pushes him back against the cage.
Dourado is trying to break free.
Kennedy scores a nice knee to the body.
Kennedy connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Kennedy.
Kennedy lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dourado's face.
Kennedy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dourado lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kennedy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dourado tries to break free but Kennedy pushes him back against the cage.
Dourado can't break the clinch.
Kennedy misses with a knee to the head.
Dourado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage.
Dourado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dourado takes an elbow to the temple.
Dourado takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kennedy working Dourado over with knees to the body.
Dourado is trying to break the clinch but Kennedy is controlling him.
Kennedy lands an elbow inside.
Dourado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dourado tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kennedy's elbow.
Kennedy has Dourado pressed against the cage, preventing Dourado from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dourado is trying to break the clinch but Kennedy has him pressed against the cage.
Kennedy lands an elbow inside that Dourado shrugs off.
Kennedy has Dourado pressed against the cage, preventing Dourado from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

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.
Kennedy lands an elbow inside that Dourado shrugs off.
Dourado stalling in the clinch but Kennedy improves position.
Kennedy lands an elbow inside that Dourado shrugs off.
Dourado tries to circle away but Kennedy has him pinned against the cage.
Kennedy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Kennedy.
Kennedy scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kennedy obliges.
Kennedy scores a nice knee to the body.
Kennedy working Dourado over with knees to the body.
Dourado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kennedy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kennedy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dourado's face.
Kennedy working Dourado over with knees to the body.
Dourado is looking to break free of the clinch but Kennedy has double underhooks.
Kennedy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kennedy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dourado's face.
Dourado looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Kennedy dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dourado swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kennedy is looking to clinch but Dourado is avoiding it.
Kennedy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left and a right from Dourado both land. Nice combination.
Dourado throws a looping overhand right but Kennedy ducks down to avoid it.
Kennedy moves in looking to clinch but Dourado pushes him off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dourado.
Dourado throws a shot to the body.
Kennedy is looking to clinch but Dourado is avoiding it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennedy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kennedy walks into a left hand.
Kennedy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dourado swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dourado getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Decent striking displayed by Dourado there.
Dourado looks to land a right hand but Kennedy moved out of range.
Kennedy tries to clinch there but Dourado circles away.
A jab from Dourado finds it's way through Kennedy's defenses.
Dourado throws a series of punches but Kennedy moves out of range.
Kennedy is looking to clinch.
Dourado lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kennedy circles away quickly and effectively.
Dourado lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kennedy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dourado avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dourado comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kennedy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kennedy moves out of range as Dourado strikes.
Kennedy wants to clinch up but Dourado keeps it at a distance.
Dourado just misses with a punch to the body.
Dourado throws the left hand but Kennedy avoids the punch easily.
Dourado throws a big shot that misses.
Kennedy moves out of range of the strikes.
Dourado misses with a hook. Kennedy ducked under it nicely.
Kennedy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dourado throws a hook to the side of Kennedy's head but Kennedy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy moves out of range as Dourado strikes.
Kennedy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennedy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Dourado misses.
Kennedy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dourado.
Dourado throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dourado circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dourado circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kennedy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dourado.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennedy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dourado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kennedy was well out of range. Poor timing from Dourado.

That's four 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.
Dourado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dourado throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kennedy moves in looking to clinch but Dourado pushes him off.
Dourado misses with a hook. Kennedy ducked under it nicely.
Kennedy wants to clinch.
Dourado comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dourado throws a hook to the side of Kennedy's head but Kennedy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dourado misses with a hook. Kennedy ducked under it nicely.
Kennedy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcelo Dourado comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kennedy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight for Will Kennedy!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Will Kennedy!
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Will Kennedy!

Will Kennedy wins by unanimous decision!