PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael Collins (ranked 3721 p4p, 3280 weight class) and Lazy Bastard (ranked 360 p4p, 331 weight class). Lazy Bastard has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Collins
vs
Bastard

180 cm
37
145
11 - 28 - 0

190 cm
36
156
30 - 34 - 1

World class boxer
Very quick

World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 28 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 34 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lazy Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Collins.
Donk. Bastard catches Collins right on the button with a cross.
Bastard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Collins.
Nice defenses there by Bastard.
A swing and a miss from Bastard.
Collins lands with a hook. Bastard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lazy Bastard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Collins misses.
Collins chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bastard misses with a right hand

and Collins counters by moving into the clinch.

Collins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collins lands a really nice looking cross but Bastard seems unphased.
Bastard swings for the body but Collins moves out of range.
Bastard looks to throw the jab but Collins is out of range.
Collins shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bastard eats them both and turns towards Collins to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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!
Collins throws out a loose jab but Bastard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Collins misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Collins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Collins tries to bum rush Bastard with a series of wild strikes but Bastard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bastard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bastard throws a looping overhand right but Collins ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins misses with a few strikes there.
Collins's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bastard under the eye.
Bastard ducks right into an uppercut from Collins.
Collins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bastard misses with a looping left.
Bastard moves away from the strike by Collins.
Collins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bastard throws a hook to the side of Collins's head but Collins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lazy Bastard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Collins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Collins moves out of range of the strikes.
Collins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bastard.
Collins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Collins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Collins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Despite the aggression on Bastard's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bastard looks to score with a jab to the body but Collins is just out of range.

Collins has closed the distance and engaged Bastard in a clinch.

Collins breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Bastard blocks the leg kick.
Bastard misses with a few strikes there.
Collins lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastard throws an off balance right hand
and Collins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bastard throws a combination that misses
and Collins counters with a left and a right that stings Bastard.

Bastard is rocked!
Bastard throws out a powerful jab.
Bastard is still on wobbly legs! Can Collins finish him?
Sloppy strikes from Bastard. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Collins.
Collins was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bastard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bastard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Collins.
Bastard seems to have recovered his senses.
Bastard throws a hook but Collins blocks it.
Collins tries to work over Bastard's front leg with a kick but Bastard checks it.
Collins misses with a two punch combination.
Bastard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Collins.
Bastard moves out of range of the body kick from Collins.
Collins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Collins slips under a jab.
Collins looks to land a combination. Bastard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Collins slips a straight right by Bastard.
Collins ducks under a wild hook from Bastard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Collins finds it's way through Bastard's defenses.
Collins lands an overhand right.
Bastard takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Collins with a jab.
Bastard slips a jab and a cross from Collins.
Collins lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Collins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Collins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bastard throws the left hand but Collins avoids the punch easily.
Bastard ducks under a wild hook from Collins.
Bastard misses with a double jab.
Bastard slips under a jab.
Bastard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bastard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collins moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Collins tries to bum rush Bastard with a series of wild strikes but Bastard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Collins clips Bastard with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Bastard a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Collins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Collins looks to land a combination but Bastard avoids it well.
Collins sizes up Bastard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Collins scores with a punch to the head.
Bastard lands with a hook. Collins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastard misses with a series of wild punches.
Bastard throws a jab when Collins was well out of range.
Collins tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bastard manages to circle out of the way.
Bastard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Collins seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Collins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Collins throws a nice looking combination but Bastard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bastard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Collins.

Collins closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Bastard crashing to the mat! Bastard uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Collins lands a lovely overhand right.
Bastard lands with a right hand.
Bastard slips a jab and a cross from Collins.
Bastard misses the jab.
Collins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Collins stuns Bastard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Collins moves out of range as Bastard strikes.
Collins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bastard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bastard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Collins fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bastard on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Collins dominated that round.
That's time! Collins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Collins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bastard.
Bastard scores with a body shot.
Michael Collins is winning the standup battle so far.
Bastard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bastard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bastard looks to land a combination but Collins avoids it well.
Bastard takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Bastard is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bastard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Collins.
Bastard throws a nice looking combination but Collins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It looked like Collins wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Collins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bastard can do to turn this around?
A big left from Collins misses.
As Collins backs off Bastard throws a huge counter combo but Collins manages to avoid it all.
Bastard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bastard walks into a left hand.

Collins closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Bastard crashing to the mat! Bastard uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collins defending well as Bastard loads up on a big left hand.
Collins throws a wild body kick that Bastard sees coming a mile off.
No joy there for Collins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bastard blocks a leg kick.
Michael Collins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Collins throws an overhand right that lands on Bastard's shoulder, as Bastard tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins misses with a straight left.
Bastard takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Bastard scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Collins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Collins moves into the clinch.

Collins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Bastard. Those never looked like landing.
Collins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Collins lands a slapping body shot.
Bastard throws a right and a left that Collins avoids nicely.
Collins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bastard dodges the punch combination from Collins.
A punch combination from Bastard misses.
Bastard swings for the body but Collins moves out of range.
Bastard is breathing heavily.
Collins misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Collins. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bastard misses the target.
Bastard throws a hook but Collins blocks it.
Bastard throws the left hand but Collins avoids the punch easily.
Bastard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bastard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Collins misses with a few strikes there.
Collins scores with a one two! Bastard had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bastard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bastard throws a hook but Collins blocks it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Collins.
A jab from Bastard misses.
Collins cracks Bastard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
No joy there for Collins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bastard takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Bastard takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Collins goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bastard misses with an uppercut.
Bastard misses with a few strikes there.
Collins is looking to counter punch.
Bastard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins tries a low kick but Bastard avoids it.
Bastard swats away the attempt to clinch by Collins.
Collins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Collins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bastard staying out of range there.
Bastard moves away from the strike by Collins.
Collins throws a hook but Bastard avoids it easily.
Collins shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bastard eats them both and turns towards Collins to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bastard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Collins is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bastard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Collins's head backwards.
Collins misses with a looping left.
Collins misses with a hook. Bastard ducked under it nicely.
Bastard misses the shot to the body.
Collins tries to bum rush Bastard with a series of wild strikes but Bastard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bastard slips a jab from Collins.
Bastard misses with a hook.
Bastard throws a combination. Collins tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bastard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins tries to clinch there but Bastard circles away.
Bastard pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Collins back to the ropes. Bastard follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Collins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bastard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Collins.
Collins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Collins.
Collins's corner calls for a 1-2. Collins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bastard lands the left hand.

Collins has Bastard up against the ropes in a clinch.

Collins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Collins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Collins tries to bum rush Bastard with a series of wild strikes but Bastard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bastard throws a shot from downtown. Collins moves away and avoids it.
Bastard misses with the combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Collins dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bastard takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Collins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Collins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bastard throws a jab but it's blocked by Collins.
A combination from Collins does no damage.
Bastard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice defenses there by Bastard.
Bastard blocks a jab.
Bastard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Collins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bastard scores with a decent looking hook.
Bastard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collins moves away.
Bastard lands a two punch combo.
Bastard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bastard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Collins.
Bastard let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Bastard.
Bastard avoids the body shot from Collins.
Bastard moves out of range as Collins strikes.

Collins clinches up with Bastard and pushes him back against the ropes.
Bastard swings wildly with an uppercut but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.

Collins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk. Collins catches Bastard right on the button with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Collins.
Bastard slips a straight right by Collins.
Collins doesn't manage to clinch there - Bastard circles away.
Lazy Bastard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bastard misses with a few strikes there.
Bastard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collins moves away.
Bastard swings for the body but Collins moves out of range.
Collins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bastard.
Bastard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bastard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Collins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bastard momentarily.
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!
Bastard defending well as Collins loads up on a big left hand.
Bastard moves forwards but Collins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Collins throws a hook to the side of Bastard's head but Bastard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bastard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collins slips a straight right by Bastard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bastard.
Collins looks to land a combination but Bastard avoids it well.
Collins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bastard thuds a left hand into Collins's body.
Collins throws a right and a left that both miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bastard! But no joy.
Collins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Collins lands a right hook to the body.
Bastard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Collins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bastard lands the left hand.
Nice jab there from Bastard.
Bastard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Collins counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastard misses with an uppercut. Collins saw that one coming.
Bastard scores with a nice right hand.
Collins throws a head kick that misses.
Bastard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bastard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Collins.
Nice uppercut lands for Collins. That snapped Bastard's head back.
Bastard throws a body punch but Collins moves out of range.
Bastard avoids the head kick by Collins.
Bastard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Collins lands a two punch combo.
Collins misses with an uppercut. Bastard saw that one coming.
Bastard tries to move into range but Collins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Michael Collins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Collins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bastard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Collins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Collins 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Michael Collins!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Michael Collins!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Michael Collins!

Michael Collins wins by unanimous decision!
Michael Collins tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.