PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Guy Leblond (ranked 3660 p4p, 4434 weight class) and Junko Toki (ranked 361 p4p, 404 weight class). Junko Toki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Leblond
vs
Toki

165 cm
24
145
7 - 4 - 1

180 cm
20
145
1 - 1 - 0

Great low kicks
Granite chin

Excellent MT
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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Guy Leblond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junko Toki!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toki tries to clinch but Leblond moves out of range.
Toki tries to clinch but Leblond is having none of it.
Leblond jabs Toki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Junko Toki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toki misses with a body kick.
Toki misses with a jab to the body

and Leblond holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Toki wants to stall.

Leblond breaks the clinch.
Toki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Toki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Leblond swats away the attempt to clinch by Toki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toki misses with a kick to the body.
Leblond swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Toki is looking to clinch but Leblond is avoiding it.
Toki just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLeblond.
Toki takes a kick to the side of the head.
Toki doesn't manage to clinch there - Leblond circles away.
Toki throws a sloppy head kick
and Leblond counters with a nice body kick.
Toki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Leblond takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leblond was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Leblond forces Toki back against the ropes and clinches.
Toki is trying to break the clinch but Leblond is controlling him.

Leblond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leblond thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Toki if he has to take too many more of those.

Leblond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Leblond lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Come on Leblond - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Leblond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leblond throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Toki tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Leblond manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toki misses with a leg kick.
Leblond appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Toki looks winded!
Sloppy strikes from Leblond. Those never looked like landing.
Leblond throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice body kick there by Leblond.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Leblond has taken the fight to the clinch.
Leblond stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Leblond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leblond scores with a shot to the body.

Toki gets tackled into the ropes by Leblond. Leblond maintains the clinch.

Leblond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Leblond drives through and clinches with Toki against the ropes.

Leblond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leblond ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Leblond shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Toki eats them both and turns towards Leblond to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leblond lands a head kick that sends Toki down! Toki is flopping around the mat trying to get back up, leaving the referee no choice but to wave off the fight! Leblond is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Guy Leblond!