PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Seung Joon (ranked 5331 p4p, 22444 weight class) and Lester Neich (ranked 378 p4p, 399 weight class). Joon comes to the ring accompanied by BewhY (비와이) – 가라사대 (GOTTASADAE). Neich has chosen YKWIM? - Yot club as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Joon
vs
Neich

181 cm
20
155
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
31
153
29 - 17 - 1

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fantasy Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seung Joon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Neich!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Neich misses.
Joon throws out a loose jab but Neich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neich was well out of range. Poor timing from Joon.
Neich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Joon throws the left hand but Neich avoids the punch easily.
Neich steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joon.
Joon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Neich takes one to the side of the head.
Joon throws a head kick but Neich moves out of range.
Neich staying out of range there.
Seung Joon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Neich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joon.
Joon misses with a looping left.
Neich is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Joon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Joon lands a jab to the head.
Neich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joon.
Joon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Joon, as that shot connected.
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!
Joon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Neich. Joon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neich misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon misses with a hook.
Neich walks into a left hand.
Joon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Neich's head backwards.
Neich lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Joon throws an overhand right that lands on Neich's shoulder, as Neich tries to avoid the shot.
Neich loads up on a big right hand but Joon slips the punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joon.
Neich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joon.
Joon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Neich tries to counter with a clinch but Joon shakes him off and moves away.

Neich drives through and clinches with Joon against the ropes.
Joon misses with a hook from the clinch.

Joon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joon throws out a loose jab but Neich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Joon looks to land a right hand but Neich moved out of range.
Neich misses with an uppercut. Joon saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neich moves away.
Neich dodges the punch combination from Joon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Neich lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joon doesn't seem phased though.
Neich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Neich looks to score with a jab to the body but Joon is just out of range.
Neich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joon. Neich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joon lands with a good body shot.
Neich moves out of range of the strikes.
Joon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Neich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Neich clinches up with Joon and pushes him back against the ropes.

Joon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neich moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Neich closes the distance and clinches.
Joon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joon backwards.
Neich scores with a shot to the side of Joon's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Neich swings for the body but Joon moves out of range.
Joon misses with a two punch combination.
Neich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joon.
Joon ducks right into an uppercut from Neich.
Neich on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Neich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've been informed that Neich has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Joon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Neich at a distance.
Joon lands a head kick!
Joon throws a one two combo.
Joon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Neich if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joon misses with a looping left.
Neich avoids the head kick by Joon.
A slow jab from Joon misses its intended target.
Joon ducks under a wild hook from Neich.
Joon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Neich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Joon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice uppercut lands for Joon. That snapped Neich's head back.
Joon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich looks to land a left hand but Joon moved out of range nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joon. That's going to slow Neich down.
Seung Joon is winning the standup battle so far.
Joon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Neich counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Neich.

Joon breaks the clinch.
Neich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joon.
Neich takes a swing at Joon's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joon. Neich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joon slips a straight right by Neich.
Neich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joon.
Joon lands a nice shot to the body.
Joon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neich can do to turn this around?

Neich rushes Joon and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Joon breaks from the clinch.
Joon lands the left hand.
Neich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Neich checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon tries a head kick but it misses.
Neich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joon.
Joon sets himself, and Neich steps forward looking for the clinch! Joon avoids it this time.
Neich throws a body shot but no joy.
Joon misses with a straight left.
Neich ducks under a wild hook from Joon.
Neich moves out of range of the strikes.
Neich wants to counter with a clinch but Joon pushes him away.
Neich throws a jab but it's blocked by Joon.
Neich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joon.
Joon is looking to slow Neich down with leg kicks.
Neich throws out a loose jab but Joon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon swings for the body but Neich moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Neich.
Neich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joon was well out of range. Poor timing from Neich.
Joon throws a leg kick but Neich moved away.
Joon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Neich if he has to take too many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Neich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Neich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Joon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Joon lands a glancing blow to the side of Neich's head.
Joon throws a nice looking combination but Neich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Neich throws a hook but Joon blocks it.
Joon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Joon throws a jab but it's blocked by Neich.
Neich throws a jab when Joon was well out of range.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Joon there.
Joon scores with a nice strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joon circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like Joon was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Neich's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Joon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Neich scrambles back to his feet.
Joon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joon sizes up Neich with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joon shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Neich eats them both and turns towards Joon to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joon.
Neich throws a right hand that Joon ducks under and follows up with a left that Joon also avoids with ease.
Neich takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Neich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joon throwing a counter right hand but Neich manages to avoid it.
Neich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joon.
Joon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Neich misses with an uppercut.
Joon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Joon throws a big shot that misses.
Neich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Neich blocks a jab.
Neich looks to score with a jab to the body but Joon is just out of range.
Joon scores with a leg kick.
Joon throws a looping overhand right but Neich ducks down to avoid it.
Joon scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neich.

Neich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Neich misses with a short punch on the inside.

Joon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Neich slips a jab from Joon.
Neich throws a series of punches but Joon moves out of range.
Joon throws an overhand right that lands on Neich's shoulder, as Neich tries to avoid the shot.
Some wild striking there from Joon.
Neich wants to counter with a clinch but Joon pushes him away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Neich.
Neich stuns Joon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neich lands a two punch combo.
Neich's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Joon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Seung Joon did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Joon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neich.
Neich lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Joon.
A telegraphed right hand from Joon misses the target.
Joon lands a leg kick that knocks Neich off balance momentarily.
Joon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Neich.
Neich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Neich misses with a looping left.
Joon throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Neich's head.
Joon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neich.
Neich lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joon misses with a hook.
Neich looks to throw the jab but Joon is out of range.
Joon lands a nice looking body shot.
Neich tries to close the distance and clinch but Joon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Joon misses the target.
Joon cracks Neich with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich cracks a nice hook into Joon's ribs.
Joon throws the left hand but Neich avoids the punch easily.
Joon moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Joon.
Joon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Neich.
Neich misses with a few strikes there.
Joon scores with a hook to the body. Neich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Neich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Joon lands a leg kick that knocks Neich off balance momentarily.
Neich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joon was well out of range. Poor timing from Neich.
Neich throws a lazy right hand but Joon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Neich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joon misses with a leg kick.
Joon throws a hook but Neich blocks it.
Neich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Neich on the side of the head.
Neich misses the shot to the body.
Neich misses with an uppercut. Joon saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neich throws a body punch but Joon moves out of range.
Joon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Joon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neich steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joon.
Joon throws a jab but it's blocked by Neich.
Neich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joon manages to avoid it.

Neich moves into range and clinches up with Joon.
Neich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Neich scores with a shot to the side of Joon's head.
Neich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joon backwards.

Joon breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Joon misses the target.
Neich has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Joon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neich.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Lester Neich will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Joon moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Neich has closed the distance and engaged Joon in a clinch.

Joon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Neich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joon.
Nice shot lands for Joon.
Nice shot by Joon.
Joon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Neich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Neich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Joon, pushing him back against the ropes.
Neich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joon backwards.
Neich pushes Joon back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Joon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Neich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joon throws a hook to the side of Neich's head but Neich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joon cracks Neich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Joon counters with a series of strikes. Neich will be more careful next time no doubt.
Joon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Joon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neich.
Neich throws a hook to the side of Joon's head but Joon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from Neich does no damage.
Neich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joon.
Joon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joon sets himself, and Neich steps forward looking for the clinch! Joon avoids it this time.
Neich throws the left hand but Joon avoids the punch easily.
Neich takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Neich misses with a looping left.
Joon looks to land a left hand but Neich moved out of range nicely.
Joon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Joon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neich.
A looping hook to the body misses from Neich. Joon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neich misses with a two punch combination.
Neich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joon throws a lazy right hand but Neich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Neich.
The fighters circling - Neich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joon misses with a wild combination.
Neich misses the shot to the body.
Joon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Neich lands with a shot to the body.
Joon thuds his right hand into Neich's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Joon takes a swing at Neich's ribcage but misses.
Neich tries to clinch but Joon moves out of range.
Neich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Neich throws a hook but Joon avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Joon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joon.
Lester Neich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joon throws a head kick that Neich semi-blocks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seung Joon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Joon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seung Joon!
Seung Joon is the new featherweight champion!
A victorious Seung Joon thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.