PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Kennison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zibraaz Cava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kennison's entrance music is Hero. A fine choice. Zibraaz Cava has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kennison
vs
Cava

164 cm
20
175 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

191 cm
26
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Karl Kennison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zibraaz Cava!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cava misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cava throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cava misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kennison connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Cava lands a big head kick that sends Kennison tumbling to the mat! Cava takes a step backwards and waves Kennison back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Kennison is rocked!

It looks like Karl Kennison has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kennison misses with a few strikes there.
Cava scores with a kick to the body.
Kennison throws a looping overhand right but Cava ducks down to avoid it.
Cava is looking to chop away at Kennison's legs.
Kennison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Kennison clinches with his opponent.
A short left from Kennison.
Kennison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kennison has Cava pressed against the cage, preventing Cava from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cava prevents a body shot from Kennison.
Cava wants to break free but Kennison has control.
Kennison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kennison lands a body shot.
Cava on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kennison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kennison misses with a punch to the body.
Kennison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cava is trying to break free.
Kennison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kennison throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cava tries to break free but Kennison pushes him back against the cage.
Cava blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cava blocks a body shot from Kennison.
Kennison keeps control of Cava as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kennison misses with a punch to the body.
Kennison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Cava manages to break the clinch.
Kennison tries to clinch there but Cava circles away.
Kennison looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kennison walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cava.
Kennison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cava moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kennison wants to clinch up but Cava keeps it at a distance.
Kennison attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cava throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick lands from Cava.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kennison avoids the head kick by Cava.
Cava buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kennison misses with a head kick.
Kennison throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kennison throws a series of punches but Cava avoids them all with ease.
Cava tries to work over Kennison's front leg with a kick but Kennison checks it.
Cava throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cava throws a head kick but Kennison moves out of range.
Cava buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kennison takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cava scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kennison is breathing heavily.
Kennison throws a head kick that misses.
Kennison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kennison avoids the head kick by Cava.
Cava throws a leg kick but Kennison sees it coming and moves out of range.

Kennison has managed to clinch.
Kennison lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cava backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cava has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cava looking to stall.
Kennison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kennison pushes off an throws an elbow but Cava leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cava avoiding damage as Kennison throws knees to the body.
Kennison can't find room to land a body shot as Cava controls the action.
Kennison swings wildly with an uppercut but Cava uses good head movement to avoid it.

Cava breaks from the clinch.
Cava misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kennison tries to close the distance and clinch but Cava swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kennison lands a slapping body shot.
Zibraaz Cava seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kennison throws a head kick that misses.
Kennison loads up on a big right hand but Cava slips the punch.
Cava fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kennison checks it well.
Kennison avoids the head kick by Cava.
Kennison looks to score with a jab to the body but Cava is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cava misses with a head kick.
Cava looks to land a body kick but Kennison moved away.
Kennison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kennison throws a looping overhand right but Cava ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Kennison blocks the leg kick.
Kennison misses with a head kick.
Kennison moves out of range as Cava throws a body kick.
Kennison misses with a leg kick.

Kennison moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cava tries a knee to the head but Kennison blocks it.
Cava tries to break free but Kennison pushes him back against the cage.
Kennison struggles to land a body shot inside as Cava controls his hands.
Kennison tries a body shot but Cava blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cava misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kennison.
Kennison keeps control of Cava as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cava blocks an uppercut.
Kennison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zibraaz Cava dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Kennison's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kennison gets a clinch.
Cava is trying to force a seperation but Kennison has the dominant position.
Cava wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cava managing to block the knees to the body from Kennison.
Kennison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kennison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cava looking to slow down the pace here.
Kennison tries to work over Cava's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cava can't break the clinch.
Karl Kennison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A frustrated look appears on Cava's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Cava escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kennison takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kennison fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cava.
A head kick misses from Cava.
Kennison connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cava pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kennison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Cava.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cava is looking to slow Kennison down with leg kicks.
Kennison feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cava's calf.
The fighters circling - Kennison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cava takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cava tries to land a leg kick but Kennison saw it coming and moves away.
Zibraaz Cava seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Cava.
Kennison throws an overhand right that lands on Cava's shoulder, as Cava tries to avoid the shot.
Kennison with a nice cross.
Cava ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kennison throws a leg kick that misses.
Cava misses with a head kick.

Kennison clinches up with Cava and pushes him back against the cage.
Kennison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cava in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kennison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cava on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kennison lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cava is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kennison pushes Cava back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennison lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Kennison.
Kennison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kennison missing with knees to the body.
Cava is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kennison is defending well for now.
Kennison working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kennison missing with knees to the body.
Kennison lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kennison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kennison has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kennison has Cava pressed against the cage, preventing Cava from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kennison lands a shot to the body.
Cava avoiding damage as Kennison throws knees to the body.
Kennison gets through Cava's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Kennison.
Cava tries to land knees in the clinch but Kennison avoids the damage to the body.
Kennison working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kennison can't find room to land a body shot as Cava controls the action.
Kennison makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennison tries a body shot but Cava blocks it.
Kennison managing to block the knees to the body from Cava.
Kennison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kennison.
Cava can't break the clinch.
Cava avoiding damage as Kennison throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Kennison.
Kennison prevents Cava from breaking the clinch.
Kennison makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Kennison - that landed with a thud.
Kennison tries a body shot but Cava blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Kennison.
Kennison missing with knees to the body.
Cava's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cava blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kennison misses with a knee to the head.
Kennison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cava managing to block the knees to the body from Kennison.
A nice left hand lands by Kennison.
Kennison lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kennison scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kennison.
Kennison tries to land knees in the clinch but Cava avoids the damage to the body.
Cava tries to circle away but Kennison has him pinned against the cage.
Kennison misses with an elbow over the top.
Kennison tries to work over Cava's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cava managing to block the knees to the body from Kennison.
Kennison can't find room to land a body shot as Cava controls the action.
Kennison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cava blocks a body shot from Kennison.
Cava takes a shot to the head.
Kennison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cava is trying to force a seperation but Kennison has the dominant position.
Kennison trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Kennison dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Karl Kennison's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kennison just misses with a punch to the body.
Kennison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cava manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kennison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kennison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cava in his tracks.
Cava pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cava throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Kennison gets a clinch.
Kennison lands a body punch.

Cava breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cava tries a head kick but it misses.
Cava avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kennison blocks a head kick by Cava.
Cava takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cava is looking to score with low kicks.
Kennison throws a body kick that misses.
Cava misses with a body kick.
Cava slips a jab from Kennison.
A jab from Kennison misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cava throws a head kick but Kennison moves out of range.
Cava throws a head kick but Kennison moves out of range.
Cava blocks a head kick by Kennison.

Kennison gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kennison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kennison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kennison misses with a punch to the body.
Kennison tries to land knees in the clinch but Cava avoids the damage to the body.

Cava breaks the clinch.
Cava throws a head kick but Kennison moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kennison.
Kennison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cava throws a head kick that misses
and Cava takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kennison misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cava takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kennison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cava manages to avoid it.
Kennison misses with a low kick as Cava jumps back.
Kennison tries to close the distance and clinch but Cava swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cava throws a leg kick but Kennison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cava lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kennison throws a low kick but Cava moves out of range easily.

Kennison closes the distance and clinches.
Cava is trying to break the clinch but Kennison is controlling him.
Kennison scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cava is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kennison is defending well for now.
Kennison lands a nice knee to the body.
Cava blocks the elbow strike.
Kennison cracks Cava with a nice body shot.
Kennison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kennison misses with a punch to the body.
Cava misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kennison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennison lands a shot to the body.
Kennison scores with a shot to the side of Cava's head.
Kennison struggles to land a body shot inside as Cava controls his hands.
Kennison lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cava backwards.
Kennison misses with a body punch.
Kennison tries to land knees in the clinch but Cava avoids the damage to the body.
Cava is looking to break free of the clinch but Kennison has double underhooks.
Cava wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cava wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kennison has him pressed against the cage.
Kennison works on Cava's body with a couple of short punches.
Cava blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kennison has Cava pressed against the cage, preventing Cava from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kennison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kennison lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kennison.
Nice elbow from Kennison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kennison gets through Cava's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cava blocks a body shot from Kennison.
Kennison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cava on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cava managing to block the knees to the body from Kennison.
Kennison misses with a punch to the body.
Kennison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kennison digs a right hand underneath Cava's ribcage. Cava let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cava has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kennison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cava is defending well for now.
Cava blocks a body shot from Kennison.
Kennison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kennison struggles to land a body shot inside as Cava controls his hands.
Kennison works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kennison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kennison.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Kennison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kennison 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Kennison!
Karl Kennison was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.