PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taiei Kin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Summers
vs
Kin

184 cm
23
175 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
174 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

KAISER

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Summers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taiei Kin!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kin scores with a leg kick.
Summers lands a nice hook to Kin's body. Kin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Summers definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Summers throws a head kick that misses.
Summers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kin is looking for the big counter here.
Kin tries to work over Summers's front leg with a kick but Summers checks it.
Summers takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Summers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kin counters with a stiff right hand.
Kin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Summers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Summers. That did some damage!
Summers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Summers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kin misses the body punch
and Summers counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Kin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Summers.
Summers throws a lazy body kick
and Kin counters with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Summers, right into the meat.
Summers gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Kin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kin.
Summers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kin misses with the head strike.
Summers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Summers scores with a shot to the side of Kin's head.
Summers misses with a punch to the body.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kin crunches a lovely knee into Summers's ribcage.
Kin is trying to stall.
Kin has Summers pressed against the cage.
Kin tries a body shot but Summers blocks it.
Kin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Summers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kin's elbow.
Kin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summers avoids it.
Good body shot from Summers.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Kin misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kin or not.
Kin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Summers blocks it with crossed arms.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Kin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kin tries to work over Summers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Summers seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kin can turn it around.
Summers tries to throw a body punch but Kin avoids it by throwing Summers back against the cage.
Summers misses with the head strike.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Kin lands a right hand.
Kin misses with a short punch on the inside.

Summers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Summers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kin jabs at Summers's body.
Summers walks into a jab.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick and Kin moves out of range easily.
Kin clobbers Summers with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kin tries to clinch but Summers is having none of it.
Kin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kin blocks a low kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Kin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Summers missing with a left hand there. Kin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Summers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Summers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kin blocks the body kick.
A head kick misses from Summers.
An inside leg kick lands from Kin.
Kin just misses with a punch to the body.
Summers ducks under a wild hook from Kin.
A telegraphed right hand from Kin misses the target.
Kin throws a poor cross that misses
and Summers makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good leg kick by Summers there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers slips a jab from Kin.
Kin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Summers.
Kin lands with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Summers.
Nice shot by Summers.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Summers throws a lazy right hand but Kin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Summers.
Alex Summers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kin throws a poor cross that misses
and Summers counters with an outside leg kick.
Summers keeps Kin at a distance using the push kick.
A jab from Kin misses.
Kin is looking to land body kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Kin misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid leg kick lands there for Summers.
Summers tries to land a leg kick but Kin saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alex Summers 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.

Kin misses with a body kick.
Summers is looking to counter punch.
Kin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Summers throws a leg kick but Kin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Summers.
Summers lands a leg kick that knocks Kin off balance momentarily.
Kin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Summers connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Summers.
Kin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Summers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Summers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kin tried to score with a low kick but Summers checks it.
Kin lands with an overhand left.
Summers gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kin counters with an inside leg kick.
Kin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Summers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kin looks to land a right hand but Summers moved out of range.
Summers jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kin lands a leg kick that knocks Summers off balance momentarily.
Summers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Summers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Summers takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Summers scores with a spinning back kick!
Summers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Summers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kin lands with a good body shot.
Summers scores with a spinning back kick!
Kin takes a swing at Summers's ribcage but misses.
Kin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A solid body kick from Summers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Kin.
Kin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kin throws a leg kick but Summers sees it coming and moves out of range.
Summers scores with a leg kick.
Kin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Summers.
Kin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Summers - that will leave a mark!
Kin misses with a low kick as Summers jumps back.
Summers thuds his shin into the meat of Kin's side.
Summers misses with a right hand
and Summers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick and Kin moves out of range easily.
Summers lands a head shot.
Summers moves away from the strike by Kin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alex Summers is winning the standup battle so far.
Kin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kin tries to clinch but Summers is having none of it.
Summers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Summers misses with a kick to the body.
Summers throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Summers explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kin misses with a hook.
A head kick from Summers lands but Kin takes it in his stride.
Summers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Summers throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kin moves out of range of the body kick.
Summers misses with a body kick.
It seemed like Kin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kin moves out of range as Summers throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kin throws a body kick that misses.
Summers throwing a counter right hand but Kin manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Summers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kin thinks about the counter body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Summers throws a hook but Kin blocks it.
Kin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Summers tries to land a front kick but Kin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Summers lands a lovely overhand right.
Summers throws a low kick but Kin moves out of range easily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kin in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A punch lands to the side of Kin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Summers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Summers cracks Kin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Kin is rocked!
Summers lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Kin head around and knocks him out cold! Summers hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alex Summers!
Alex Summers retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Alex Summers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.