PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Seung Joon (ranked 5404 p4p, 5434 weight class) and Dank Skenojabitch (ranked 365 p4p, 370 weight class). Joon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, BewhY (비와이) – 가라사대 (GOTTASADAE). Dank Skenojabitch acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Joon
vs
Skenojabitch

181 cm
20
155
4 - 0 - 0

165 cm
20
145
2 - 0 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 4 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dank Skenojabitch!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skenojabitch looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Skenojabitch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Joon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Skenojabitch counters with a thumping low kick.
Joon scores with a head kick.
Joon sizes up Skenojabitch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joon thuds his right hand into Skenojabitch's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Skenojabitch slips under a jab.
Skenojabitch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Joon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Joon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joon lands an overhand right.
Joon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skenojabitch. That did some damage!
Joon lands with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Skenojabitch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Seung Joon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Skenojabitch swings widly with a right hand
letting Joon counter with a right hand.
Skenojabitch misses with a straight right.
Left hook, right uppercut from Joon.
Skenojabitch steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Joon. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon blocks the body kick.
Skenojabitch throws a nice looking combination but Joon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little feinted left hand from Joon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A punch combination from Joon misses.
Joon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Joon throws out a loose jab but Skenojabitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon lands a nice shot that snaps Skenojabitch's head back.
Joon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Skenojabitch counters with a nice uppercut.
Joon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Skenojabitch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Joon throws a right hand that Skenojabitch ducks under and follows up with a left that Skenojabitch also avoids with ease.
Skenojabitch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Joon throws the left hand but Skenojabitch avoids the punch easily.
Joon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice uppercut lands for Joon. That snapped Skenojabitch's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skenojabitch moves forwards but Joon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Joon looks to land a combination. Skenojabitch sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joon scores with a hook.
Skenojabitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joon connects with the punch.
Skenojabitch gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Joon looks to throw the jab but Skenojabitch is out of range.
Skenojabitch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slow jab from Skenojabitch misses its intended target.
Skenojabitch misses with a low kick.
Joon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Joon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joon works the jab nicely.
Joon ducks under a wild hook from Skenojabitch.
Joon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joon missing with a left hand there. Skenojabitch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joon works over Skenojabitch's head and body with a nice combination.
Skenojabitch moves out of range as Joon strikes.
Joon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Joon misses with a looping left.
Joon defending well as Skenojabitch loads up on a big left hand.
Skenojabitch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Skenojabitch on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Skenojabitch checks a leg kick.
Joon defending well as Skenojabitch loads up on a big left hand.
Joon scores with a jab. Skenojabitch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Skenojabitch checks a low kick from Joon.
Skenojabitch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fighters circling - Skenojabitch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skenojabitch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joon.
Skenojabitch throws a lazy right hand but Joon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skenojabitch ducks under a wild hook from Joon.
Joon throws a poor cross that misses
and Joon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Joon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon throws a poor cross that misses
and Skenojabitch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Joon throws a good cross that connects.
Skenojabitch has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Joon listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Joon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joon misses with a two punch combination.
Joon misses with an uppercut. Skenojabitch saw that one coming.
Joon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skenojabitch can do to turn this around?
Skenojabitch throws a lazy uppercut
and Joon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Skenojabitch thinking.
Skenojabitch jabs Joon right on the nose. Joon blinks but takes it well.
Skenojabitch misses with a double jab
and Joon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Skenojabitch on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Skenojabitch has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joon.
Skenojabitch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Skenojabitch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Joon. That did some damage!
Skenojabitch slips a jab from Joon.
Joon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Skenojabitch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skenojabitch misses with a straight right.
Joon went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Joon digs a good body shot into Skenojabitch's ribs.
Joon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skenojabitch moves away.
Skenojabitch appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Joon jabs Skenojabitch to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Joon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Skenojabitch throws a shot from downtown. Joon moves away and avoids it.
Skenojabitch throws a right and a left that Joon avoids nicely.
Skenojabitch swinging wildly here.
Joon lands with an uppercut that bounces Skenojabitch off the ropes and back into range.
Joon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Skenojabitch.
Skenojabitch shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Joon misses with a looping left.
Joon throws a sloppy head kick and Skenojabitch moves out of range easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Joon looks to score with a jab to the body but Skenojabitch is just out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Skenojabitch!
A telegraphed right hand from Joon misses the target.
Skenojabitch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joon can pounce on him.
Joon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joon throws a hook to the side of Skenojabitch's head but Skenojabitch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Skenojabitch! But no joy.
A shot to the liver by Joon. Beautiful body shot.
Seung Joon is winning the standup battle so far.
Joon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Skenojabitch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joon.
Joon lands a nice shot that snaps Skenojabitch's head back.
A punch lands to the side of Skenojabitch 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Skenojabitch throws a big shot that misses.
Joon scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Skenojabitch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Skenojabitch tries to score with a low kick but Joon moves his leg out of the way.
Joon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Skenojabitch's head backwards.
Joon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joon misses with a body shot.
Skenojabitch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Joon throws a leg kick which misses Skenojabitch's front leg but catches the back leg as Skenojabitch tries to avoid it.
Joon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Skenojabitch momentarily.
Joon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Skenojabitch doesn't seem bothered though.
Skenojabitch blocks a jab.
Skenojabitch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joon.
Skenojabitch moves forwards but Joon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Joon - just one landing.
Skenojabitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joon.
Joon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skenojabitch was well out of range. Poor timing from Joon.
Joon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skenojabitch.
A low kick lands for Skenojabitch.
Good standup being displayed there by Joon as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joon looks to throw the jab but Skenojabitch is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skenojabitch blocks a jab.
Joon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joon swings for the body but Skenojabitch moves out of range.
Joon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skenojabitch misses with a right hand
and Joon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joon works the jab nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Skenojabitch checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Skenojabitch checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Skenojabitch connects with a body shot that sends Joon's belly button to the back.
A big right from Joon misses.
Skenojabitch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joon throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joon misses with a body shot.
Joon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joon throws a big shot that misses.
Joon moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Skenojabitch takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Joon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Skenojabitch.
Joon throws a hook to the side of Skenojabitch's head but Skenojabitch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Skenojabitch! But no joy.
A jab lands there for Joon.
Joon throws a shot from downtown. Skenojabitch moves away and avoids it.
Joon ducks under a wild hook from Skenojabitch.
No joy there for Skenojabitch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Skenojabitch looks to land a right hand but Joon moved out of range.
Joon is looking to counter punch.
Joon connects with a crisp jab.
Joon connects with the punch.
Skenojabitch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Skenojabitch throws a left and a right that both miss
and Joon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skenojabitch misses with a looping left.
Skenojabitch misses the jab.
Skenojabitch misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circling - Skenojabitch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skenojabitch takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skenojabitch moves out of range as Joon strikes.
Skenojabitch feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon scoring well with a low kick there.
Joon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Joon slips under a jab from Skenojabitch.
Skenojabitch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Skenojabitch throws a lazy right hand but Joon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Joon misses the target.
Skenojabitch is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Skenojabitch misses with the combination.
Skenojabitch takes a jab right on the kisser.
Skenojabitch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joon misses with an uppercut. Skenojabitch saw that one coming.
A cross from Joon lands.
Joon connects with a looping right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Skenojabitch lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Joon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Joon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Skenojabitch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Joon is out of range and Skenojabitch settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon throws a big shot that misses.
Joon checks a low kick from Skenojabitch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skenojabitch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joon.
Joon with a jab.
Skenojabitch ducks under a wild hook from Joon.
Skenojabitch takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Skenojabitch looks to land a left hand but Joon moved out of range nicely.
Joon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Skenojabitch's head.
Joon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skenojabitch moves away.
Skenojabitch avoids the head kick by Joon.
Joon tries to work over Skenojabitch's front leg with a kick but Skenojabitch checks it.
Joon thumps Skenojabitch with a low kick.
Joon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Skenojabitch.
Joon throws a right hand that Skenojabitch ducks under and follows up with a left that Skenojabitch also avoids with ease.
Skenojabitch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Joon misses with a right hand
and Skenojabitch counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon had his way with Dank Skenojabitch in that round.
That's time! Joon'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.

Joon misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Joon. Those never looked like landing.
Joon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skenojabitch punishes Joon's body with a nice straight punch.
Joon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joon swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Skenojabitch to counter with a crisp jab.
Joon misses with a wild body shot.
Joon misses with an uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joon.
Skenojabitch takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Joon misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joon throws a right hand that misses
and Skenojabitch counters with a right hand to the body.
Skenojabitch lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Skenojabitch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Skenojabitch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joon throws a hook to the side of Skenojabitch's head but Skenojabitch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skenojabitch was well out of range. Poor timing from Joon.
Joon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skenojabitch.
Skenojabitch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Joon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Skenojabitch.
Joon lands with a shot to the body.
Joon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Skenojabitch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joon throws out a powerful jab.
Skenojabitch walks into a stiff left hand from Joon.
Dank Skenojabitch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joon scores with a shot to the body.
Joon looks to score with a jab to the body but Skenojabitch is just out of range.
Skenojabitch throws a leg kick that misses.
Joon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Skenojabitch doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A left lands for Joon.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skenojabitch drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Skenojabitch throws a lazy right hand but Joon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Skenojabitch misses.
Skenojabitch takes one to the side of the head.
Joon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A punch lands to the side of Skenojabitch 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Skenojabitch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Skenojabitch on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Skenojabitch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joon throws a series of strikes that have Skenojabitch backpedaling.
Joon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Joon with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joon thuds a left hand into Skenojabitch's body.
Joon throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Skenojabitch misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seung Joon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Joon 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seung Joon!
Seung Joon retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Seung Joon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.