PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rory Kincade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Grace has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rory Kincade's chin.

Kincade
vs
Grace

162 cm
22
144 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rory Kincade!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Grace!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Kincade.
Grace throws a body punch but Kincade moves out of range.
Grace throws a poor cross that misses
and Kincade counters with a thumping low kick.
Grace fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kincade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Grace.
Grace scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kincade in his tracks.
Grace throws a shot to the body.
Grace misses the shot to the body.
Kincade throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kincade misses with a hook. Grace ducked under it nicely.
Grace fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kincade on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace takes one to the side of the head.
Grace misses with a looping right.
Kincade ducks right into an uppercut from Grace.
Grace on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kincade swings for the body but Grace moves out of range.
Kincade misses with a body kick.
Grace moves out of range of the body kick from Kincade.
Kincade cracks the inside of Grace's front leg.
Kincade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grace tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.
A body shot lands from Grace.
A body shot lands from Grace.
Kincade blocks a body shot from Grace.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kincade is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kincade trying to land knees to the body.
Grace is leaning against Kincade and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace misses with a body punch.
Grace looking to stall.
Kincade with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kincade is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kincade prevents a body shot from Grace.
Kincade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Kincade comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grace tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kincade's elbow.
Grace misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Kincade.
Grace tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.
Grace avoiding damage as Kincade throws knees to the body.
Kincade lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Tim Grace has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kincade.
Kincade lands an elbow just above Grace 's eye.
Kincade gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kincade putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kincade is pushing Grace up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kincade scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kincade's elbow.
Kincade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grace misses with a body punch.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grace tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grace tries to throw a body punch but Kincade avoids it by throwing Grace back against the cage.
Kincade using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tim Grace will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tim Grace's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kincade scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kincade lands a right hook to the body.
Kincade shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kincade connects with a solid leg kick.
Grace just misses with a punch to the body.
Grace misses with a straight left.
Grace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to the body from Grace misses
enabling Kincade to counter with a crisp jab.
Kincade misses with a body kick.
Grace on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincade takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kincade shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grace as he jumps to the side.
Kincade looks to score with a jab to the body but Grace is just out of range.

Kincade closes the distance and clinches.
Grace tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grace misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grace tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kincade creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grace's defenses.
Kincade prevents a body shot from Grace.
Nice body punch from Kincade - that landed with a thud.
Grace tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincade presses Grace against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Grace taking a breather.
Kincade is working Grace over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grace tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grace content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Grace trying to stall but Kincade improves his position.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Kincade.
Grace takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grace takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kincade holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kincade lands a good knee to the midsection. Grace won't want to take too many of those.
Kincade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kincade lands a knee to the body.
Kincade putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kincade is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kincade lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Tim Grace's cut even more.
Grace tries to throw a body punch but Kincade avoids it by throwing Grace back against the cage.
Grace tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grace letting Kincade take a breather here.
Grace working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kincade's elbow.
Grace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Grace.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kincade is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Grace to keep the fight standing.
Grace lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kincade.
Kincade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Kincade missing with knees to the body.
Grace misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kincade blocks a body shot from Grace.
Kincade comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kincade is struggling to control the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kincade obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Kincade dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Grace's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kincade lands a body shot.

Kincade darts in and clinches Grace up against the cage.
Kincade unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grace lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kincade is pushing Grace up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kincade misses with a knee to the head.
Grace scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rory Kincade has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grace is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kincade scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincade letting Grace take a breather here.
Grace receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Kincade blocks a body shot from Grace.
Grace wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tim Grace.
Grace throws an off balance right hand
and Kincade counters with a nice body kick.

Kincade has managed to clinch.
Kincade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grace backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Grace - that landed with a thud.
Kincade leaning against his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincade unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grace lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kincade leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kincade tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kincade lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.
Kincade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kincade as Grace tries to tie him up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kincade obliges.
Grace tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kincade's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kincade.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincade landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kincade slowing the pace effectively.
Grace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grace trying to control the position but instead, Kincade has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grace into the cage.
Grace tries a body shot but Kincade blocks it.
Kincade is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kincade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grace tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kincade works on Grace's body with a couple of short punches.
Kincade tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kincade is struggling to control the position.
Grace can't find room to land a body shot as Kincade controls the action.
Grace stalls.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grace is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Kincade has denied him.
Kincade landing knees to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grace misses with a punch on the inside.
Grace misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Kincade clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Grace's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kincade buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Grace tries to keep at a distance but Kincade has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kincade misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace trying to control the position but instead, Kincade has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grace into the cage.
Kincade stalling in the clinch.
Grace tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kincade unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace is pressed up against the cage. Kincade has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grace down to the mat. Grace avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Grace lands with a nice body punch.
Grace on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Grace looks to score with a jab to the body but Kincade is just out of range.

Kincade gets a clinch.
Grace trying to stall but Kincade improves his position.
Grace lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kincade backwards.
Kincade using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kincade is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Kincade manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kincade misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincade prevents a body shot from Grace.
Grace misses with a body punch.
Kincade softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kincade taking a breather.
Grace throws a head punch that misses.
Kincade digs a right hand into Grace's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grace's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Kincade - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kincade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grace misses with a body punch.
Kincade fails to pull guard.
A body shot lands from Grace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincade misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Kincade is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kincade.
Kincade lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kincade controlling the action here for a moment.
Grace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Grace goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kincade lands a damaging elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kincade.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grace goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grace tries to throw a body punch but Kincade avoids it by throwing Grace back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kincade.
Grace misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kincade connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Kincade.
Kincade tries to throw a body punch but Grace avoids it by throwing Kincade back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Kincade had his way with Tim Grace in that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Grace's cut.
That's time! Kincade's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kincade swings for the body but Grace moves out of range.
Grace chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kincade can pounce on him.
Kincade on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kincade feints and then cracks Grace's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grace down.
Grace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grace throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kincade counters with a slapping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kincade.

Kincade closes the distance and pushes Grace back into the cage.
Grace tries to work over Kincade's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kincade leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace trying to stall but Kincade improves his position.
Grace misses with a body punch.
Grace manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kincade landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kincade dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Grace looking to slow down the pace here.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Kincade.
Kincade prevents a body shot from Grace.
Grace's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grace is pressed up against the cage. Kincade has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grace down to the mat. Grace avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincade throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kincade scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kincade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grace.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kincade. That's going to slow Grace down.
Kincade dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grace fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grace misses the body punch
and Kincade counters with a thumping low kick.
Kincade thumps Grace with a low kick.
Kincade is looking to wear down Grace with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
An inside leg kick lands from Kincade.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace misses with a body shot.
Crunch! Kincade slams his shin into Grace's torso.
Grace waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kincade.

Kincade pushes Grace up against the cage in a clinch.
Kincade scores a nice knee to the body.
Kincade avoiding damage.
Kincade gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Grace tries to throw a body punch but Kincade avoids it by throwing Grace back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kincade lands a damaging elbow.
Grace dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kincade scores a nice knee to the body.
Kincade lands a good knee to the midsection. Grace won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kincade.
Grace is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kincade tries to work over Grace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tim Grace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kincade connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grace has Kincade pushed against the cage.
Grace misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rory Kincade showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kincade has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Rory Kincade!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Rory Kincade!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Rory Kincade!

Rory Kincade wins by unanimous decision!
Rory Kincade retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Rory Kincade, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.