PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincenzo Kirby (ranked 8673 p4p, 672 weight class) and Long Thai (ranked 24465 p4p, 718 weight class). Vincenzo Kirby has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kirby
vs
Thai

196 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vincenzo Kirby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Long Thai!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Kirby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kirby tries a head kick but it misses.
Thai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kirby throws a sloppy head kick and Thai moves out of range easily.
Thai tries to counter with a clinch but Kirby shakes him off and moves away.
Kirby throws a sloppy head kick and Thai moves out of range easily.
Thai is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Thai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kirby. Kirby obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kirby connects with an inside leg kick.
Kirby throws a leg kick but Thai checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thai.
Thai wants to counter with a clinch but Kirby pushes him away.
Kirby fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thai is out of range.
Thai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kirby throws a leg kick that is checked

and Thai moves into the clinch.
Kirby tries to break the clinch but Thai is controlling the position.
Thai missing with knees to the body.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Thai trying to land knees to the body.

Thai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kirby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thai takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby lands a front kick.
Thai misses with a head kick.
Thai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kirby throws a leg kick but Thai sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Thai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Long Thai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kirby changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thai tries to avoid it but Kirby manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thai to the ground. Thai escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Thai takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kirby.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirby misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kirby. Kirby obviously looking to wear him down.
Kirby throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kirby wants to land a leg kick but Thai is out of range.
Thai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Some bone on bone action there as Thai checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thai connects with a right hand. Kirby shakes it off.
Some bone on bone action there as Thai checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kirby buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thai misses with a straight left.
Kirby throws a big counter combination but Thai scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby throws a half hearted mid kick.
Thai steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kirby.

Thai has managed to clinch.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kirby is defending well for now.
Kirby tries to break free but Thai pushes him back against the cage.
Kirby tries to break the clinch but Thai is controlling the position.
Thai missing with knees to the body.
Kirby is looking to break free of the clinch but Thai has double underhooks.
Thai can't find room to land a body shot as Kirby controls the action.

Kirby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Thai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Kirby 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.

Kirby misses with a body kick.
Kirby goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Thai connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kirby drops his hands momentarily and Thai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kirby throws a head kick that misses.
Thai throws out a counter right but Kirby avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirby misses with a leg kick
enabling Thai to counter with a crisp jab.
Kirby throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kirby throws out a leg kick but Thai moves out of range and Kirby only half commits.
Thai raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kirby fails to land the takedown.
Thai steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kirby.
Thai lands a leg kick that knocks Kirby off balance momentarily.
Thai misses with an uppercut. Kirby saw that one coming.
Kirby throws a leg kick but Thai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kirby throws a leg kick which misses Thai's front leg but catches the back leg as Thai tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai takes a swing at Kirby's ribcage but misses.
Thai tries a head kick but it misses.
Thai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kirby throws a leg kick but Thai checks it.
Kirby moves out of range of the body kick from Thai.
Kirby motions for Thai to come forward. Kirby throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thai's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kirby tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thai blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirby scores with a nice body kick.
A head kick by Kirby misses
and Thai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kirby.
Kirby thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thai if he has to take too many more of those.
Kirby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thai looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Thai wants to clinch up but Kirby keeps it at a distance.
Kirby seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Thai tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Kirby was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kirby lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vincenzo Kirby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai checks a low kick from Kirby.
Thai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thai misses with a wild body shot.
Kirby is looking to chop away at Thai's legs.
Thai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kirby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Kirby shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kirby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thai can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thai wants to improve his position but Kirby is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Kirby dominated that second round.
That's time! Kirby's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Kirby. That's going to slow Thai down.
Kirby scoring well with a low kick there.
Kirby lands a nice looking body kick.
Kirby connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vincenzo Kirby is winning the standup battle so far.
Kirby throws a leg kick but Thai sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirby turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thai checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Thai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby throws a low kick but Thai avoids it.
Thai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kirby tries to land a front kick but Thai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thai flicks out a counter leg kick but Kirby steps away.

Thai gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kirby to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kirby is stalling in the full guard.
Thai is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirby is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kirby's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Kirby has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
You can see that Thai has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Kirby is looking to land body kicks.
Vincenzo Kirby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kirby tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thai is able to avoid easily.
Thai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kirby throws a head kick that Thai semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirby throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thai wants to counter the offense by Kirby and move into the clinch position.
Kirby looks to throw a body kick
and Thai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thai wants to clinch up but Kirby keeps it at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kirby.
Kirby does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thai moves out of range of the body kick from Kirby.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kirby throws a counter high kick but Thai was just alert enough to avoid it.
Kirby shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thai but Thai pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Thai tries a quick counter leg kick but Kirby is wise to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincenzo Kirby showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kirby, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincenzo Kirby!