PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ao Kuang (ranked 20361 p4p, 878 weight class) and Akimbo Spice (ranked 667 p4p, 123 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kuang
vs
Spice

197 cm
31
213
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
28
223
15 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ao Kuang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Akimbo Spice!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuang takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Spice throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Spice missing with a left hand there. Kuang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A counter left hand to the body from Kuang misses its target.
Spice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Kuang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kuang is looking to score with low kicks.
Spice let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kuang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kuang avoids the head kick by Spice.
Kuang throws a lazy right hand but Spice sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kuang with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kuang throws a body shot but no joy.
Kuang fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Spice looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kuang tries a head kick but it misses.
Spice blocks a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Kuang there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spice darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kuang stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spice.
Spice with a jab.
Spice jabs Kuang right on the nose. Kuang blinks but takes it well.
Kuang avoids the head kick by Spice.
Kuang 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.
Spice fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Spice misses.
Nice body punch from Kuang.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Spice on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Kuang finds it's way through Spice's defenses.
Spice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuang was well out of range. Poor timing from Spice.
Kuang avoids the head kick by Spice.
A little feinted left hand from Kuang on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Spice throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuang feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kuang throws a hook to the side of Spice's head but Spice sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spice moves away from the strike by Kuang.
Spice moves out of range as Kuang strikes.
Nice defenses there by Spice.
Nice defenses there by Spice.

Spice rushes Kuang and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Spice tries to throw a body punch but Kuang avoids it by throwing Spice back against the ropes.
Spice makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Spice.
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!
Spice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kuang tries to work over Spice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Kuang.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kuang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuang cracks Spice with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Kuang - that landed with a thud.
Spice gets through Kuang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spice throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuang.
A head punch on the inside from Spice fails to land.
Spice blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Kuang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spice's head.
Kuang throws a low kick but Spice avoids it.
Spice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuang misses with a hook.
Spice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuang with a nice calf kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Kuang misses the target.
Kuang fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Spice thumps Kuang with a low kick.
Kuang throws a jab but it's blocked by Spice.
Spice misses with a looping left.
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 Ao Kuang will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Kuang with a nice calf kick.
Spice misses with a head kick.
Kuang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kuang lands a high kick!
Spice is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kuang's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spice under the eye.
Kuang tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Spice digs a good hook to Kuang's body.
Kuang missing with a left hand there. Spice was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kuang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Spice on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kuang misses with a left hand
and Spice counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spice throws a head kick that misses
and Kuang counters with a right hand to the body.
Kuang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spice moves away from the strike by Kuang.
Kuang stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spice.
Kuang slips a straight right by Spice.
Kuang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice throws a nice inside leg kick.
Spice thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kuang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Spice misses.
Kuang looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kuang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spice.
Kuang checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kuang swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kuang defending well as Spice loads up on a big left hand.
Kuang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kuang circles away quickly and effectively.
Kuang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spice throws out a counter right but Kuang avoids it with no problem.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kuang!
Spice misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kuang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Spice connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kuang scrambles back to his feet.
Kuang throws a front kick that sends Spice stumbling back into the ropes.
Spice is breathing heavily.
Kuang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spice was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuang.
Spice misses with a hook.
Spice doesn't manage to clinch there - Kuang circles away.
It looked like Kuang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spice finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kuang misses with a body kick.
Spice uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kuang.
Spice bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kuang's head.
Spice cracks Kuang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Spice tries to score with a low kick but Kuang moves his leg out of the way.
Kuang swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Spice tries to clinch up but Kuang circles away and keeps his distance.
And Kuang counters with a quick kick to the body but Spice blocks it.
Kuang misses with a body kick.
Ao Kuang is winning the standup battle so far.
Kuang wants to slow Spice down by chopping away at his legs.
Spice misses with a head kick.
Kuang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Spice ducks under a wild hook from Kuang.
Spice misses the jab.
Spice tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Kuang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Spice throws a body punch but Kuang moves out of range.
Spice attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Spice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ao Kuang 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.

Kuang looks to throw the jab but Spice is out of range.
Spice is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kuang with a body shot.
Spice throws a nice outside leg kick.
Spice throws a leg kick which misses Kuang's front leg but catches the back leg as Kuang tries to avoid it.
Spice's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kuang misses the shot to the body.
Spice looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kuang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuang swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
Kuang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
Kuang blocks a leg kick.
Kuang takes a swing at Spice's ribcage but misses.
Spice takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Spice tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kuang is able to avoid easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuang is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuang lands with a nice body punch.
Spice misses with a hook. Kuang ducked under it nicely.
Kuang avoids the body shot from Spice.
Spice chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spice misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuang counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang wants to land a leg kick but Spice is out of range.
Kuang takes a swing at Spice's ribcage but misses.
Kuang slips a jab and a cross from Spice.
Spice misses with an uppercut.
Spice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kuang lands with a nice body punch.
Kuang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spice moves away.
Spice looks to throw the jab but Kuang is out of range.
Spice feints and then cracks Kuang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kuang down.
Spice slips under a jab.
Spice scoring well with a low kick there.
Kuang misses with a body shot.
Kuang scores with a leg kick.
Kuang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spice.
Kuang attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kuang slips a straight right by Spice.
Kuang quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Spice scores with a jab. Kuang acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuang finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Spice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuang moves away.
Kuang connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spice lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Spice avoids a kick to the body.
Spice lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Spice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kuang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spice connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kuang. Kuang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Spice wants to slow Kuang down by chopping away at his legs.
Kuang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spice counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body kick from Kuang.
Kuang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Spice throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kuang.
Spice swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kuang.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice throws a head kick that misses.
Nice shot lands for Spice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Akimbo Spice just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Spice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kuang lands a nice hook to Spice's body. Spice takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
An inside leg kick from Kuang misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spice.
Kuang throws a body punch but Spice moves out of range.
Kuang checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kuang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spice counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kuang throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Spice misses with an uppercut. Kuang saw that one coming.
Kuang tries to work over Spice's front leg with a kick but Spice checks it.
Spice on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Spice clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spice blocking some punches.
Kuang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spice doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kuang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kuang misses with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuang throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Kuang.
Kuang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spice.

Kuang breaks from the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spice.
Kuang throws a big shot that misses.
Spice lands a really nice looking cross but Kuang seems unphased.
Spice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kuang to score with a decent uppercut.
Spice throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuang scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Spice throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kuang lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Spice has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Spice and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Spice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuang.
Kuang avoids the head kick by Spice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Spice.
A big right from Kuang misses.
Kuang moves out of range as Spice strikes.
Spice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spice lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Spice.
Spice scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kuang is looking to land body kicks.
Kuang with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kuang connects with a nice looking jab.
Spice tries to clinch but Kuang moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spice.
Spice connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spice.
Kuang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ao Kuang will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Kuang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuang ducks under a wild hook from Spice.
Kuang looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kuang dips to his left and cracks Spice with an uppercut!
Spice connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kuang. Kuang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Spice ducks under a wild hook from Kuang.
Spice jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Spice cracks Kuang with an open hand slap.
Spice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuang moves away.
Kuang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kuang takes a swing at Spice's ribcage but misses.
Spice throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kuang counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Spice misses with a hook.
Kuang misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Spice on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Spice walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kuang.
Spice slips a straight right by Kuang.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuang looks to land a right hand but Spice moved out of range.
Spice scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang throws a jab but it's blocked by Spice.
Kuang backing away here, and Spice unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kuang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Spice throws the left hand but Kuang avoids the punch easily.
As Spice backs away, Kuang returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kuang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kuang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spice.
A little feinted left hand from Kuang on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Spice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by Kuang.
Kuang bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Spice is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kuang misses with a head kick.
Spice is looking to clinch but Kuang is avoiding it.
Spice is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kuang connects with an inside leg kick.
Kuang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spice wants to clinch up but Kuang keeps it at a distance.
You can see that Spice has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Spice moves forwards but Kuang connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kuang checks a leg kick.
Kuang half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spice with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spice takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kuang jabs Spice to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kuang looks to land a body kick but Spice moved away.
Kuang scores with a sloppy right hand. Spice should have avoided that one.
Spice attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kuang.
Kuang connects with a leg kick.

Spice rushes Kuang and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kuang blocks an uppercut.
Spice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Akimbo Spice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kuang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Kuang.
Kuang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kuang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spice misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ao Kuang showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kuang 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ao Kuang!