PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Bennett (ranked 3936 p4p, 20133 weight class) and Ao Kuang (ranked 485 p4p, 701 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bennett
vs
Kuang

187 cm
29
203
22 - 7 - 0

197 cm
34
213
7 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ao Kuang!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett lands a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kuang - that will leave a mark!
Kuang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kuang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bennett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuang scores with a jab to the body.
Kuang throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kuang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bennett lands a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bennett checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennett manages to avoid it.
Bennett misses with a looping right.
Bennett misses with a wild body shot.
Bennett takes a swing at Kuang's ribcage but misses.
Bennett staying out of range there.
Kuang has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Bennett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuang ducks under a wild hook from Bennett.
Bennett misses with a hook. Kuang ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang misses with a low kick.
Kuang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kuang throws a front kick aimed at Bennett's knee but Bennett avoids it well.
Bennett feints a jab promting Kuang to slip. Bennett then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kuang slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bennett blocks a low kick nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Bennett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuang tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kuang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bennett.
Bennett cracks Kuang with an open hand slap.
Kuang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bennett misses with a hook. Kuang ducked under it nicely.
Bennett scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bennett lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuang let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bennett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuang was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennett.
Kuang throws an overhand right that lands on Bennett's shoulder, as Bennett tries to avoid the shot.
Kuang throws a body shot but no joy.
Bennett is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bennett with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kuang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kuang swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Bennett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kuang checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kuang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bennett.
Kuang throws a push kick but Bennett slaps the foot to one side.
Kuang slips a jab from Bennett.
Kuang is looking to score with low kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bennett, as that shot connected.
Bennett keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kuang lands with a cross.
Bennett takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bennett just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice shot by Bennett.
A swing and a miss from Bennett.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Bennett dominated that round.
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 pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bennett misses with a wild body shot.
Kuang throws a hook but Bennett blocks it.
Bennett throws a body shot but no joy.
Kuang is looking to land body kicks.
Kuang tries to score with a low kick but Bennett moves his leg out of the way.
Kuang tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennett. Kuang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennett misses with a looping left.
Kuang ducks under a wild hook from Bennett.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennett. Kuang does a little dance to reset his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kuang.
Bennett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bennett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bennett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kuang.
A telegraphed right hand from Bennett misses the target.
Bennett connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennett's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kuang connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bennett scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kuang throws a jab but it's blocked by Bennett.
Bennett checks a leg kick nicely.
Bennett with the inside leg kick.
Bennett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuang manages to avoid it.
Bennett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuang lands a head shot.
Kuang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kuang dodges the punch combination from Bennett.
Kuang wants to slow Bennett down by chopping away at his legs.
Kuang jabs Bennett to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kuang moves away from the strike by Bennett.
Good leg kick by Kuang.
Kuang throws a series of punches but Bennett avoids them all with ease.
Kuang misses with a looping left.
Bennett lands a nice shot that snaps Kuang's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping leg kick lands for Bennett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett misses with an uppercut.
Kuang misses with a kick to the body.
Kuang will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kuang scores with a nice body kick.
Kuang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
John Bennett is winning the standup battle so far.
Kuang fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bennett.
Kuang misses with an uppercut
and Bennett counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuang misses with a shot to the body
and Bennett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuang with a nice calf kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kuang.
Nice body punch from Kuang.
Bennett throws a hook but Kuang blocks it.
Bennett takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennett looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuang is just out of range.
Kuang scores with a jab to the head.
Bennett swings for the body but Kuang moves out of range.
Bennett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ao Kuang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Bennett lands a nice shot to the body.
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuang attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bennett moves out of range of the leg kick from Kuang.
John Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuang.
Kuang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bennett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuang walks into a left hand.
Bennett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kuang.
Kuang throws a leg kick but Bennett moved away.
Bennett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bennett throws a body shot but no joy.
Bennett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuang was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennett.
A big right from Bennett misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett slips a straight right by Kuang.
Bennett misses with the combination.
Kuang throws an overhand right that lands on Bennett's shoulder, as Bennett tries to avoid the shot.
Kuang throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bennett misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang tries to land a body kick
and Bennett counters with a right hand to the body.
Kuang just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuang moves away.
Kuang tries a low kick but Bennett avoids it.
Bennett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bennett thumps Kuang with a low kick.
Bennett walks into a left hand.
Kuang takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kuang throws a solid leg kick but Bennett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kuang.
Bennett moves out of range as Kuang strikes.
Bennett throws a hook but Kuang blocks it.
Bennett throws a jab when Kuang was well out of range.
Kuang follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Kuang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bennett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kuang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bennett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bennett lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kuang gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kuang throws a jab but it's blocked by Bennett.
Kuang connects with a right hand. Bennett shakes it off.
Good work by Bennett as he checks the leg kick.
Kuang wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bennett throws out a powerful jab.
Kuang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennett.
Bennett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kuang misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kuang.
Bennett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuang is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Kuang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kuang thuds his shin into the meat of Bennett's side.
Bennett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennett checks the leg kick.
Bennett looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuang is just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Bennett.
Well Bennett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight for John Bennett!
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for John Bennett!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Ao Kuang!

John Bennett wins by split decision!
After winning the bout, John Bennett thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.