PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Theodore Epicity (ranked 3028 p4p, 6567 weight class) and Sortek Redfist (ranked 390 p4p, 592 weight class). Epicity kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tempest by Deftones. Redfist has chosen Earl Sweatshirt-Chum as his entrance music. Theodore Epicity is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Epicity
vs
Redfist

198 cm
37
204
25 - 10 - 0

188 cm
39
211
37 - 22 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Theodore Epicity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sortek Redfist!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redfist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Epicity.
Epicity has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gunner's School of Combat in the buildup to the fight.
Redfist steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Epicity.
Epicity's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Redfist connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Epicity scrambles back to his feet.
Epicity scores with the left hand. Redfist knows he should have avoided that one.
Redfist chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice defenses there by Epicity.
Redfist has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Redfist doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Redfist throws a right hand that misses
and Epicity counters with a nice uppercut.
Redfist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Redfist lands a slapping body shot.
Epicity cracks Redfist with a right hand to the side of the head.

Epicity instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Redfist misses with a punch on the inside.
Redfist has a couple of punches blocked by Epicity.
Epicity lands with a right to the head.
Redfist lands a left hand that snaps the head of Epicity backwards.
Redfist being controlled against the ropes.
Redfist can't find room to land a body shot as Epicity controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Redfist.
Epicity cracks Redfist with a nice body shot.
Redfist misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Epicity escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Redfist fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Epicity.
Redfist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Epicity swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Epicity takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Epicity doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Redfist blocks a head kick by Epicity.
Redfist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Epicity.
Redfist throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Epicity misses.
A little jabbing left from Redfist on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Redfist misses with a body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Redfist as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redfist.
Epicity is looking to land body kicks.
Epicity throws a jab when Redfist was well out of range.
Redfist tries to move into range but Epicity moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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!
Epicity bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Epicity feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Redfist misses with a hook. Epicity ducked under it nicely.
Redfist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Redfist is looking to slow Epicity down with leg kicks.
Epicity scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Epicity throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice defenses there by Epicity.
Epicity throws a half hearted mid kick.
Redfist slips a jab from Epicity.
Epicity goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Redfist delivers a nice body kick.
Redfist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Epicity.

Redfist closes the distance and pushes Epicity back into the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfist throws a head punch that misses.
Redfist gets through Epicity's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Epicity misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Redfist misses with some punches.
Redfist gets through Epicity's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Redfist misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redfist blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Redfist as the two fighters clinch.
Redfist tries to work over Epicity's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Epicity blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Redfist misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Epicity tries to work over Redfist's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redfist throws a punch but it's blocked by Epicity.
Redfist has a couple of punches blocked by Epicity.
Epicity managing to block the knees to the body from Redfist.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity tries a body shot but Redfist blocks it.
Epicity blocks a body shot from Redfist.
Redfist misses with the head strike.
Redfist can't find room to land a body shot as Epicity controls the action.
Redfist has a couple of punches blocked by Epicity.
Epicity managing to block the knees to the body from Redfist.
Redfist blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Redfist tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redfist misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity managing to block the knees to the body from Redfist.
Redfist doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redfist lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicity blocks a body shot from Redfist.
Redfist misses with a hook from the clinch.
Epicity blocking some punches.
Redfist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sortek Redfist dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Epicity throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Redfist has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Redfist connects with a single shot there.
Redfist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Epicity.
Redfist scores with a jab to the jaw.
Redfist throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Epicity counter with a right hand.
Redfist throws a hook to the side of Epicity's head but Epicity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fight stays on the outside here - Epicity looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Redfist takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Epicity takes a jab right on the kisser.
Redfist lands a nice looking kick to the body. Epicity takes a step back to recover.
A head kick misses from Epicity.
Epicity throws a body shot but no joy.
Sortek Redfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redfist scores with a push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redfist throws a looping overhand right but Epicity ducks down to avoid it.
Redfist misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfist looks to land a right hand but Epicity moved out of range.
Redfist thows a left - swing and a miss!
Epicity half committed to a counter leg kick.
Redfist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Epicity.
Redfist looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Redfist throws a jab when Epicity was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Epicity. Redfist does a little dance to reset his feet.
Epicity lands a nice shot that snaps Redfist's head back.
Epicity on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Redfist. Redfist obviously looking to wear him down.
Epicity slips a straight right by Redfist.
Redfist stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A clash of legs there as Redfist blocks the low kick.
Redfist turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Epicity uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Redfist.
Redfist misses with a left hand
and Epicity counters with a nice body kick.
Redfist with a nice calf kick.
Redfist connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Redfist pivots, looking for a leg kick but Epicity is out of range and Redfist settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Redfist as he connects with a hook.
Redfist fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Epicity checks it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Epicity misses the target.
Redfist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Redfist tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Epicity manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Epicity slips under a jab.
Epicity keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redfist.
Redfist connects with a single shot there.
Epicity ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Redfist moves away.
A bone on bone clash there as Redfist blocks the leg kick.
Redfist swings for the body but Epicity moves out of range.
Redfist dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Epicity. That did some damage!
Epicity uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Redfist.
Redfist stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Redfist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Epicity.
Epicity throws a body shot but no joy.
Redfist tries to work over Epicity's front leg with a kick but Epicity checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfist with a nice cross.
Epicity blocks a jab.
It appears Epicity was looking to counter with a kick there.
Redfist is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Epicity with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Redfist throws a leg kick which misses Epicity's front leg but catches the back leg as Epicity tries to avoid it.
Redfist misses the jab.
Redfist throws a hook but Epicity blocks it.
Epicity throwing a counter right hand but Redfist manages to avoid it.
Epicity tries to clinch but Redfist is having none of it.
Epicity waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Redfist.
Redfist lands a nice leg kick that just misses Epicity's sensitive parts.
Epicity throws a jab when Redfist was well out of range.
Redfist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Epicity.
Redfist wants to clinch.
Epicity misses with a left hand
and Redfist makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redfist throws a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Epicity wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Redfist throws a low kick but it's checked well by Epicity.
Redfist looks to land a body kick but Epicity moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from Epicity misses the target.
Epicity swings away with a body shot that misses
and Redfist counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Epicity moves out of range of the strikes.
Epicity cracks Redfist with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Epicity is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Redfist takes a kick to the side of the head.
Redfist scores with a shot to the body.
Redfist tries to clinch up.
Epicity steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Redfist.
Epicity lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Redfist throws a sloppy body shot
and Epicity cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Epicity. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Epicity.
Redfist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Epicity.
A jab from Epicity misses.
Epicity throws a body punch but Redfist moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sortek Redfist showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Epicity's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Redfist misses with a straight left.
Redfist fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Redfist on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Epicity throws a hook but Redfist blocks it.
Epicity steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Redfist.
Epicity staying out of range there.
Epicity is looking to counter punch.
A good leg kick by Redfist.
Redfist looks to land a body kick but Epicity moved away.
Epicity is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Epicity.
Redfist misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity moves out of range as Redfist strikes.
Epicity looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Good work by Epicity as he checks the leg kick.
A solid body kick from Epicity.
Redfist throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Redfist throws a leg kick but Epicity checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfist waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Epicity.
Redfist uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Epicity.
Epicity lands with a shot to the body.
Redfist ducks under a wild hook from Epicity.
Redfist appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Redfist lands a really nice looking cross but Epicity seems unphased.
Epicity keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Epicity throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Redfist misses with a left hand
and Epicity counters with a two punch combo.
Redfist throws a jab when Epicity was well out of range.
Epicity staying out of range there.
Redfist jabs Epicity to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Epicity lands with a shot to the body.
Epicity scores with a jab to the body.
Epicity misses with a straight left.
Epicity backing away here, and Redfist unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Redfist misses.
Epicity fires out a quick counter leg kick but Redfist just manages to avoid it.
Redfist tests Epicity's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A low kick lands for Redfist.
Redfist lands a jab to the nose.
Epicity slips a jab from Redfist.
Redfist moves out of range of the strikes.
Redfist looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Redfist throws an off balance right hand
and Epicity counters with a nice uppercut.
Epicity moves in looking to clinch but Redfist pushes him off.
An inside leg kick from Epicity misses.
Nice shot by Epicity.
Redfist misses with an uppercut. Epicity saw that one coming.
Epicity pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Redfist tries to clinch but Epicity moves out of range.
Redfist throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sortek Redfist seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Redfist throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfist takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice straight punches there by Epicity. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Epicity.
Redfist takes a swing at Epicity's ribcage but misses.
Epicity throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Redfist looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Epicity looks to throw the jab but Redfist is out of range.
Redfist moves out of range of the strikes.
Epicity has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Redfist.
Theodore Epicity has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Redfist throws a jab when Epicity was well out of range.
Redfist connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Epicity doesn't manage to clinch there - Redfist circles away.
Epicity moves away from the strike by Redfist.
Epicity misses with a kick to the body.
Redfist throws a jab but it's blocked by Epicity.
Epicity misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity misses with a wild body shot.
Redfist bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Redfist misses with a wild body shot.
Redfist cracks Epicity with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epicity pivots, looking for a leg kick but Redfist is out of range and Epicity settles back down.
Redfist looks to score with a jab to the body but Epicity is just out of range.
Redfist chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Redfist tries to clinch but Epicity is having none of it.
Epicity defending well as Redfist loads up on a big left hand.
Redfist misses with a left hand
and Epicity counters with a big head kick but Redfist shrugs it off.
Epicity will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Redfist throws a lazy right hand but Epicity sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Epicity misses with a head kick.
Redfist connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sortek Redfist.
Well Redfist has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sortek Redfist!
Sortek Redfist decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.