PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Richard Pryor (ranked 2378 p4p, 4902 weight class) and Tzu Chu (ranked 243 p4p, 407 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pryor
vs
Chu

178 cm
27
147
8 - 5 - 0

155 cm
38
135
11 - 13 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

Great elbows
Granite chin

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Pryor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tzu Chu!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pryor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Pryor.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chu! But no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pryor.
Pryor just misses with a punch to the body.
Pryor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Pryor.
Pryor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chu in his tracks.
Pryor connects with an inside leg kick.
Chu lands a body shot.
Pryor throws a leg kick but Chu moved away.
Jab from Pryor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pryor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chu.
Pryor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chu ducks under a wild hook from Pryor.

Pryor drives through and clinches with Chu against the ropes.
Chu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pryor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Pryor has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Pryor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Pryor dodges an elbow strike from Chu.
Chu working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pryor.
Pryor misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pryor gets through Chu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Pryor.
Pryor lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Pryor.
Chu throws a punch but it's blocked by Pryor.
Pryor tries to land a knee to the head but Chu blocks with his arms.
Pryor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chu swings wildly with an uppercut but Pryor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pryor lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Pryor manages to break the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Chu blocks the low kick.
Pryor lands with a cross.
Chu swinging wildly here.
Pryor throws an overhand right that lands on Chu's shoulder, as Chu tries to avoid the shot.
Chu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pryor moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pryor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chu tries to clinch up but Pryor circles away and keeps his distance.
Chu walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Chu.
Pryor looks to score with a jab to the body but Chu is just out of range.
Chu lands with a right hand.
Pryor throws an overhand right that lands on Chu's shoulder, as Chu tries to avoid the shot.
Good shot there by Chu.
Pryor lands a front kick.
Chu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice body kick there by Pryor.
Chu throws out a leg kick but Pryor moves out of range and Chu only half commits.
Pryor defending well as Chu loads up on a big left hand.
Pryor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chu.
Chu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pryor.
Pryor lands a nice hook to Chu's body. Chu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pryor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pryor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chu.

Chu gets a clinch.
Pryor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pryor misses with some punches.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Pryor breaks the clinch.
Pryor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chu's hands.
Pryor is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu slips under a jab from Pryor.
Chu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Pryor misses its target.
Pryor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pryor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Chu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pryor misses with a right hand
and Chu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pryor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pryor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chu.
Pryor throws a shot from downtown. Chu moves away and avoids it.
Chu staying out of range there.
Good leg kick by Chu.
Chu looks to land a body kick but Pryor moved away.
Richard Pryor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pryor throws a leg kick but Chu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pryor slips under a jab from Chu.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chu swings for the body but Pryor moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pryor.
Chu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pryor finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pryor throws a looping overhand right but Chu ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pryor takes a swing at Chu's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Pryor misses.
Chu just misses with a punch to the body.
Pryor is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pryor.
A little jabbing left from Chu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pryor finds it's way round the side to connect with Chu's head.
Chu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pryor's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chu under the eye.
No joy there for Chu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pryor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chu.
Chu misses with a body kick.
Chu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pryor.
Chu takes a swing at Pryor's ribcage but misses.
Pryor misses with an uppercut
and Chu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pryor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pryor misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chu.
Pryor misses the jab.
Pryor cracks Chu with an open hand slap.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Pryor dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pryor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pryor tries to score with a low kick but Chu moves his leg out of the way.
Chu slips a jab from Pryor.
Tzu Chu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pryor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Richard Pryor is winning the standup battle so far.
Chu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pryor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chu throws out the jab.
Pryor connects with a right hand. Chu shakes it off.
Chu moves out of range of the leg kick from Pryor.

Chu moves into range and clinches up with Pryor.
Pryor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pryor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chu can do to turn this around?
Pryor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pryor lands a nice uppercut.
Pryor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Pryor blocking some punches.
Pryor can't break the clinch.
Richard Pryor has scored more points in the clinch so far.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pryor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pryor lunges at Chu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chu's hand.
Pryor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Chu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chu defending well as Pryor loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pryor throws a big shot that misses.
Pryor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pryor scores with a body shot.
Pryor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chu feints and then cracks Pryor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pryor down.
Pryor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chu.
A punch lands to the side of Chu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pryor.
Chu scoring well with a low kick there.
Pryor throws a lazy right hand but Chu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Chu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A head kick misses from Chu.
Chu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Chu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Chu closes the distance and clinches.
Chu lands an elbow that stopped Pryor in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pryor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chu swings for the body but Pryor moves out of range.
Pryor lands with a right hand.
Pryor ducks under a wild hook from Chu.
Pryor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pryor scores with a jab.
Pryor misses with a wild body shot.
Pryor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Chu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pryor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pryor. Chu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chu misses with a straight right.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pryor.
Chu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pryor throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pryor.
Pryor throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu misses with some punches.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pryor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pryor misses with a punch on the inside.
Chu misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Pryor.
Pryor working aggressively here.
Pryor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pryor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Chu working aggressively here.

Pryor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Chu pushes Pryor up against the ropes in a clinch.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pryors head.
Chu lands a right hand.
Pryor trying to land knees to the body.
Pryor lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pryor working aggressively here.
Pryor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chu tries a body shot but Pryor blocks it.

Pryor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pryor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu slips under a jab.
Pryor misses with a low kick.
Chu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pryor misses with a body kick.
Crunch! Pryor slams his shin into Chu's torso.
Chu lands a jab to Pryor's midsection.
Chu takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Pryor tries to keep at a distance but Chu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pryor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chu has Pryor pressed against the ropes, preventing Pryor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chu tries to work over Pryor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chu misses with some punches.

Pryor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some bone on bone action there as Chu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pryor manages to avoid it.
Pryor lands a jab to Chu's midsection.
Pryor dodges the punch combination from Chu.
Chu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Pryor dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pryor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chu avoids the body shot from Pryor.
Chu ducks right into an uppercut from Pryor.
Pryor throws a jab but it's blocked by Chu.
Pryor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pryor connects with a solid leg kick.
Chu scores with a body shot.
Chu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Chu checks a leg kick nicely.
Pryor jabs at Chu's body.
Chu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick from Pryor misses.
Chu staying out of range there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Chu crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pryor - the referee stops the clock and Chu gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pryor. Chu manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pryor misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Chu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And Chu responds with a good body kick, but Pryor manages to step out the way in time.
Chu slips a jab from Pryor.

Chu moves into the clinch.
Pryor misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pryor breaks from the clinch.
Chu avoids the body shot from Pryor.
Pryor doesn't manage to clinch there - Chu circles away.
Pryor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pryor.
Pryor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chu. Chu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chu tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Pryor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pryor wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pryor works the jab nicely.
Chu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pryor avoids the body shot from Chu.
Chu checks a leg kick nicely.
Pryor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chu thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Chu misses.
Pryor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Chu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pryor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chu.
Chu takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Pryor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Chu clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pryor.
Chu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Pryor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chu is looking to score with low kicks.
Pryor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chu moves away.
Chu slips a jab from Pryor.
Chu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pryor swats away the attempt to clinch by Chu.
Chu moves in looking to clinch but Pryor pushes him off.
Pryor lands a glancing blow to the side of Chu's head.
Chu keeps the fight on the outside.
Pryor cracks Chu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pryor throws a looping overhand right but Chu ducks down to avoid it.
Pryor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pryor misses with a lunging right hand
and Chu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pryor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chu.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pryor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pryor misses with a shot to the body
and Chu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pryor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chu back to the ropes. Pryor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pryor motions for Chu to come forward. Pryor throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pryor throws a lazy uppercut
and Chu counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pryor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chu can pounce on him.
Chu has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pryor.
Chu checks the leg kick.
Chu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pryor if he has to take too many more of those.
Pryor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chu.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pryor throws a right hand that Chu ducks under and follows up with a left that Chu also avoids with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pryor throws an overhand right that lands on Chu's shoulder, as Chu tries to avoid the shot.
Pryor misses the jab.
Chu tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Pryor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pryor throws a low kick but Chu moves out of range easily.
Pryor misses with a right hand
and Chu counters with a nice body kick.
Pryor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu dips to his left and cracks Pryor with an uppercut!
Pryor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chu with the inside leg kick.
Chu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pryor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pryor swings for the body but Chu moves out of range.
Chu is looking to clinch.
Pryor throws a combination that misses
and Chu counters with a right hand to the body.
Chu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pryor takes a step back to recover.
Nice defenses there by Chu.
Pryor throws a body punch but Chu moves out of range.
Pryor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pryor is looking to score with low kicks.
Pryor swats away the attempt to clinch by Chu.
Pryor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chu counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pryor looks to throw the jab but Chu is out of range.
Chu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Pryor.
Chu throws a head kick but Pryor moves out of range.
Tzu Chu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice leg kick lands there from Pryor.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Pryor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pryor 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Richard Pryor!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Richard Pryor!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Richard Pryor!

Richard Pryor wins by unanimous decision!
Richard Pryor bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.