PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pappy Boyington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Geige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boyington
vs
Geige

178 cm
25
148 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
153 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pappy Boyington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dirk Geige!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boyington looks to throw the jab but Geige is out of range.
Boyington swinging wildly here.
A jab from Geige misses.
Boyington ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boyington wants to clinch.
Boyington is looking to clinch but Geige is avoiding it.
Boyington moves in looking to clinch but Geige pushes him off.
Geige swings for the body but Boyington moves out of range.
Boyington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boyington missing with a left hand there. Geige was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Geige digs a good hook to Boyington's body.
Boyington getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Geige misses with a hook.
Geige throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boyington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Geige throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boyington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Geige misses with a body shot.
Geige throws a body punch but Boyington moves out of range.
Geige throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boyington fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Geige checks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Geige. Boyington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Geige misses with a body shot.
Boyington takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geige slips a straight right by Boyington.
Geige connects with the punch.
Boyington tries to clinch but Geige moves out of range.
Geige scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Geige misses the body punch
and Boyington counters with a nice leg kick.
Geige takes a jab right on the kisser.
Geige looks to land a left hand but Boyington moved out of range nicely.
Boyington throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Geige takes a swing at Boyington's ribcage but misses.
Boyington throws a body punch but Geige moves out of range.
A left lands for Boyington.
Boyington staying out of range there.
Boyington connects with a high kick.
Geige takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Boyington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Geige misses with a body shot.
Geige misses with a body punch

and Boyington counters with a head kick that drops Geige to the mat! Geige scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Geige is rocked!
A combination from Boyington does no damage.
Geige is still on wobbly legs! Can Boyington finish him?
Geige takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Geige misses with a wild body shot.
Geige seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice uppercut lands for Boyington. That snapped Geige's head back.
Boyington fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyington throws a lazy right hand but Geige sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Boyington clinches up with Geige and pushes him back against the cage.
Boyington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boyington lands a body punch.
Geige lands a nice shot to the body.
Boyington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Geige blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Geige.
Boyington cracks Geige with a nice body shot.
Geige tries to break free but Boyington pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Geige.
A right handed body shot lands from Geige.
Boyington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A knee to the head by Boyington.
Boyington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boyington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Boyington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Geige lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boyington backwards.

Geige breaks the clinch.
Geige misses with a double jab.
Boyington fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Geige.
Geige looks gassed!
Boyington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Geige swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boyington lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Geige at a distance.
Geige misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Boyington counters with a two punch combo.
Geige cracks Boyington with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyington ducks under a wild hook from Geige.
Geige on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Boyington. Boyington obviously looking to wear him down.
Geige changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Boyington thuds his shin into the meat of Geige's side.
Geige misses with a looping right.
Boyington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boyington lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Boyington lands with a right hand.
Geige walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Boyington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boyington lands an uppercut.
Boyington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Geige blocks it with crossed arms.
Geige wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Geige swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boyington.
Boyington is struggling to control the position.
Boyington scores with a hook to the body.
Boyington lands an elbow inside.
Geige doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boyington taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boyington seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Geige wants to break free but Boyington has control.
The referee calls for Boyington to work.
Boyington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boyington is pushing Geige up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pappy Boyington.
Boyington misses with a hook. Geige ducked under it nicely.
Geige lands with a right hand.
Geige misses with a jab to the body
letting Boyington counter with a right hand.
Boyington slips a jab from Geige.
Nice defenses there by Geige.
Geige throws a hook but Boyington avoids it easily.
Geige lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Geige misses with a series of wild punches.
Geige looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Geige throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boyington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Geige throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Geige uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boyington.
Geige avoids the head kick by Boyington.
Boyington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Geige paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boyington throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Geige.
Decent striking displayed by Geige there.
Boyington scores with a jab. Geige acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Boyington fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Geige is out of range.
Boyington throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Boyington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pappy Boyington is winning the standup battle so far.
Geige throws a body punch but Boyington moves out of range.
Geige throws a jab when Boyington was well out of range.
Geige misses with an uppercut.
Boyington misses with a two punch combination.
Boyington tests Geige's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boyington lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Boyington.
Geige fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Geige lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Boyington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boyington thumps Geige with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geige swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyington misses with a looping right.
A head kick from Boyington lands but Geige takes it in his stride.
Boyington ducks under a wild hook from Geige.
Boyington staying out of range there.
Boyington throws a leg kick but Geige checks it.
Boyington takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dirk Geige seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Geige misses
enabling Boyington to counter with a crisp jab.
Boyington throws a hook but Geige avoids it easily.
Geige throws a looping overhand right but Boyington ducks down to avoid it.
Boyington defending well as Geige loads up on a big left hand.
Geige fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boyington on the side of the head.
Geige scores with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Boyington.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Geige checks a leg kick.
Geige scores with a hook to the body. Boyington takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Geige on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Boyington throws a hook to the side of Geige's head but Geige sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boyington throws a sloppy body shot
and Geige connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boyington walks into a stiff left hand from Geige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Geige misses.
Boyington misses with the combination.
Boyington throws a predictable looking body shot
and Geige counters with a straight right hand.
Boyington moves in looking to clinch but Geige pushes him off.
Geige getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Boyington scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
A big left from Boyington misses.
Boyington ducks under a wild hook from Geige.
Geige lands the left hand.
An inside leg kick from Boyington misses.
Geige keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Geige scores with a jab to the jaw.
Geige misses with a jab to the body
and Boyington makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Geige lands with a cross.
Nice body punch from Geige.
Boyington lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Geige blocks a head kick by Boyington.
Boyington fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left lands for Boyington.
Geige misses with a body shot.
Geige connects with a good right hand that stumbles Boyington. Boyington circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyington takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Boyington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boyington thows a body kick. Geige tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Boyington clinches but Geige breaks the clinch
and Geige counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Boyington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boyington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Geige can do to turn this around?
Geige throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Boyington has managed to clinch.
Geige looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Geige lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boyington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Geige's defenses.
A knee to the head by Boyington.
Geige throws a punch but it's blocked by Boyington.
Geige is trying to break free.
Geige tries to break free but Boyington pushes him back against the cage.
Geige tries to break the clinch but Boyington is controlling the position.
Boyington landing knees to the head.
Boyington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Boyington is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Boyington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Geige's defenses.
Geige has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Geige tries to break the clinch but Boyington is controlling the position.
Boyington tries to land a knee to the head but Geige blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boyington is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Geige as Boyington tries to tie him up.

Geige manages to break the clinch.
Boyington lands the left hand.
Boyington throws an overhand right that lands on Geige's shoulder, as Geige tries to avoid the shot.
Geige throws a body punch but Boyington moves out of range.
Boyington tries to clinch up but Geige circles away and keeps his distance.
Geige throws a jab but it's blocked by Boyington.
Boyington throws a right and a left that Geige avoids nicely.
Boyington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Geige is out of range and Boyington settles back down.
Geige keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Geige misses with a double jab
and Boyington counters with a low kick, right behind Geige 's knee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boyington looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Geige looks to land a right hand but Boyington moved out of range.
Geige swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Geige moves out of range as Boyington strikes.
Boyington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pappy Boyington dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Geige. Boyington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boyington darts in trying to clinch
and Geige counters with a stiff right hand.
Boyington missing with a left hand there. Geige was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Geige misses the shot to the body.
Boyington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Geige fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boyington manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Boyington.
Geige misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Geige. Boyington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Geige slips a straight right by Boyington.
Geige lands a lovely overhand right.
Boyington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boyington misses with the combination.
Boyington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Geige paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boyington blocks a jab.
Boyington throws a body punch but Geige moves out of range.
Boyington looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boyington sizes up Geige with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geige dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boyington slips a straight right by Geige.

Boyington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boyington throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Geige tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boyington cracks Geige with a nice body shot.
Geige on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Geige's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Boyington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Geige is trying to break free.
Boyington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Geige wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boyington has him pressed against the cage.
Geige's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Boyington connects with a nasty looking knee right to Geige's face.
Boyington looking to slow down the pace here.
Geige tries to break free but Boyington pushes him back against the cage.
Geige avoids the elbow strike from Boyington, against the cage.
Boyington has Geige pressed against the cage, preventing Geige from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Geige breaks the clinch.
Boyington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Geige was well out of range. Poor timing from Boyington.
Boyington avoids the body shot from Geige.
Boyington looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Boyington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Geige scores with a crisp jab that stopped Boyington in his tracks.
Geige jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dirk Geige has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Geige circles away quickly and effectively.
Geige bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Geige misses the target.
Boyington throws a leg kick that misses.
Geige lands the left hand.
Boyington throws a series of punches but Geige avoids them all with ease.
Boyington walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Boyington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boyington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Geige misses with a straight right.
Geige swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Boyington lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Geige at a distance.
Boyington thows a body shot but no joy.
Boyington tries to work over Geige's front leg with a kick but Geige checks it.
Geige takes a swing at Boyington's ribcage but misses.
Geige throws a lazy right hand but Boyington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boyington needs to keep his hands up - Geige had a free shot at his head there.
Boyington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Geige.
Nice jab there from Geige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Geige avoids the body shot from Boyington.
Boyington tries to clinch but Geige is having none of it.
Boyington tries to close the distance and clinch but Geige swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Geige comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Geige takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Boyington looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Geige keeps the fight on the outside.
Geige lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Geige staying out of range there.
Geige throws a hook to the side of Boyington's head but Boyington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Geige looks to score with a jab to the body but Boyington is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Geige. Boyington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Geige scores with a nice right hand.
Boyington defending well as Geige loads up on a big left hand.
Geige throws a left and a right that both miss
and Boyington counters with a nice low kick that buckles Geige's knee momentarily.
Geige takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Geige swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boyington throws a hook but Geige blocks it.
Geige takes a jab right on the kisser.
Boyington misses with a looping right.
Boyington cracks the inside of Geige's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Geige stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boyington.
Geige showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boyington.
Boyington throws the left hand but Geige avoids the punch easily.
Geige catches Boyington with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Boyington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Geige with a jab.
Boyington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Geige swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Geige blocks a head kick by Boyington.
Boyington throws a good cross that connects.
Boyington tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boyington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Geige.

Boyington has closed the distance and engaged Geige in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Geige breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boyington blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Geige throws a lazy right hand but Boyington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to de liver by Boyington. Beautiful body shot.
Boyington tries to close the distance and clinch but Geige swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Boyington there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boyington lands with a straight right. Geige didn't see that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pappy Boyington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Boyington 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pappy Boyington!