PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Brian Upchurch (ranked 23160 p4p, 4133 weight class) and Iosefa Umaga (ranked 140 p4p, 62 weight class). Upchurch comes to the ring accompanied by Quit Lyin. The crowd seem to be enjoying Umaga's choice of entrance music: Ky-Mani Marley - Warriors. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Upchurch
vs
Umaga

187 cm
32
235
9 - 2 - 1

191 cm
38
248
22 - 7 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Brian Upchurch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Iosefa Umaga!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umaga avoids the head kick by Upchurch.
Upchurch throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Umaga on the side of the head.
Upchurch cracks Umaga with a right hand to the side of the head.
Umaga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Umaga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Upchurch 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 Umaga has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Umaga and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Upchurch moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromUmaga.
A slapping body kick lands there for Upchurch.
Umaga looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Upchurch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Umaga looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Upchurch comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Umaga moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Brian Upchurch has been cut.
Upchurch scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Upchurch scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Umaga tries to keep at a distance but Upchurch has taken the fight into the clinch.
Upchurch missing with knees to the body.
Umaga stalling in the clinch.
Umaga misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Umaga.
Upchurch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Umaga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Umaga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Upchurch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Umaga's defenses.
Umaga misses with some punches.
A short left from Upchurch.
Upchurch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Umaga's elbow.
I was talking to Upchurch's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Umaga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Umaga.
Upchurch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Upchurch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from Upchurch.
Umaga looks winded!
Upchurch lands a body shot in the clinch.
Upchurch with a knee to the head.

It looks like Iosefa Umaga has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Upchurch.
Upchurch scores a nice knee to the body.
Umaga takes a knee to the side of the body.
Upchurch landing knees to the body.
Upchurch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Upchurch scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Upchurch - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upchurch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Umaga backwards.
Upchurch lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Upchurch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Upchurch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Upchurch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Upchurch.
Umaga managing to block the knees to the body from Upchurch.
Upchurch lands a shot to the body.
Upchurch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Upchurch lands a nice elbow.
Upchurch scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Upchurch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Upchurch.
Upchurch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Upchurch missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Upchurch lands a nice elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Upchurch.
Umaga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Umaga takes an elbow to the forehead.
Umaga misses with an elbow strike.
Umaga working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Upchurch dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jab from Upchurch.
Brian Upchurch is winning the standup battle so far.

Umaga ducks into a a hook from Upchurch and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Upchurch throws a right hand that misses
enabling Umaga to counter with a crisp jab.
Upchurch closes the distance but Umaga moves to the side
and Umaga counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Upchurch misses the shot to the body.

Upchurch drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Umaga onto his butt! Umaga pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.

Umaga is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Upchurch tries to bum rush Umaga with a series of wild strikes but Umaga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Umaga drops his guard momentarily, allowing Upchurch to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Umaga! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Upchurch takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Brian Upchurch!