PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Numero Nueve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kingsley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blood Stained Nike's - Complete. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kingsley
vs
Nueve

175 cm
27
160 lbs
10 - 8 - 1

173 cm
34
162 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Kingsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Numero Nueve!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingsley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Nueve makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kingsley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nueve swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kingsley tries to clinch up.
Nueve thuds a left hand into Kingsley's body.
Nueve lands a lovely overhand right.
Nueve swats away the attempt to clinch by Kingsley.

Kingsley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nueve napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kingsley wants to stand but Nueve is controlling his arm.
Nueve sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Nueve manages to get to full guard.
Nueve wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley wants to stand but Nueve has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nueve has Kingsley pulled in close to control his posture.
Kingsley stopping the sweep attempt from Nueve.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nueve circles away from the clinch attempt

and Nueve counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kingsley's guard now.
Nueve stops Kingsley from standing up.
Nueve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nueve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nueve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nueve postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nueve stands up over Kingsley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nueve accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nueve is in close to Kingsley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nueve with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nueve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nueve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nueve with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nueve distracts Kingsley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kingsley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nueve.
Kingsley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nueve connects with a couple of short punches.
Kingsley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kingsley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nueve is controlling him.
Nueve postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nueve with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nueve throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kingsley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kingsley wants to get back to his feet but Nueve is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kingsley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nueve on the ground.
Nueve working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nueve landing some decent shots from guard.
Nueve scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nueve working some strikes from top position.
Nueve lands a couple of elbows.
Kingsley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Nueve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nueve is in close to Kingsley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nueve working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nueve is working Kingsley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Kingsley is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nueve is looking to work some ground and pound but Kingsley has wrist control.
Nueve with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nueve working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oh Kingsley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kingsley wants to stand but Nueve is controlling the position.
Kingsley seems to have got his legs back now.
Nueve content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nueve is in close to Kingsley's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Nueve thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kingsley wants to stand up but Nueve is controlling him.
Nueve loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nueve working some strikes from top position.

Nueve is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nueve connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nueve's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Numero Nueve dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kingsley moves into the clinch.
Kingsley tries to land knees in the clinch but Nueve avoids the damage to the body.
Kingsley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kingsley is trying to break the clinch but Nueve has him pressed against the cage.
Kingsley lands with a light punch inside.
Kingsley misses with an elbow strike.
Kingsley misses with an elbow over the top.
Kingsley pushes off an throws an elbow but Nueve leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Nueve has clasped his hands together around Kingsley's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Kingsley wants to get back to his feet but Nueve drags him back down.
Nueve working the head and body with strikes.
Nueve slows the pace down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nueve landing strikes.
Kingsley is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nueve connects with a decent elbow.
Kingsley is pushing Nueve's head away, looking to escape. Nueve manages to hold on to the position though.
Nueve lands a few punches from side control.
Nueve has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Nueve is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kingsley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nueve landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nueve creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Nueve tries for a kimura but Kingsley is defending well.
Nueve is working Kingsley over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nueve in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Kingsley looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Nueve turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Numero Nueve!
Our winner, Numero Nueve, 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.