PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Christian Courage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Courage
vs
Rogers

183 cm
22
207 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Brawler
KO power

Good kicks
Powerful

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 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian Courage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Courage doesn't manage to clinch there - Rogers circles away.
Rogers wants to clinch up but Courage keeps it at a distance.
Rogers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Christian Courage has been cut.
A punch combination from Rogers misses.

Courage has Rogers up against the cage in a clinch.
Rogers avoiding damage.

Courage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rogers throws a lazy head kick
and Courage counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rogers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Courage, pushing him back against the cage.

Courage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Courage clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Courage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rogers moves into the clinch.
Rogers blocks an elbow strike from Courage.

Courage manages to break the clinch.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Courage is looking to clinch.
Rogers looks to land a combination. Courage sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rogers tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Rogers - just one landing.
Courage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rogers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws a right hand that Courage ducks under and follows up with a left that Courage also avoids with ease.
Rogers throws a head kick that half lands.
Rogers cracks Courage with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Courage is rocked!
Courage is looking to clinch but Rogers is avoiding it.
Rogers scores with a hook to the body. Courage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Courage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rogers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rogers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rogers looks gassed!
Rogers steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Courage. That one must have hurt.
Courage scores with a kick to the body.

Courage lands a head kick that bluckles Rogers and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Courage no doubt looking to push for a finish!

It looks like Steve Rogers has been cut.
Courage lands a leg kick that knocks Rogers off balance momentarily.

Courage closes the distance and clinches.
Courage stalls.
Courage tries to land a knee to the head but Rogers blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers avoiding damage as Courage throws knees to the body.
Courage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Courage misses with a knee to the head.
Courage tries a knee to the head but Rogers blocks it.
Courage trying to land knees to the body.
Courage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rogers blocks it with crossed arms.
Courage misses with a knee strike.
Courage slows down the pace here.

Courage breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courage swats away the attempt to clinch by Rogers.

Courage has closed the distance and engaged Rogers in a clinch.
Courage can't find room to land a body shot as Rogers controls the action.

Courage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Courage moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Courage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rogers stalks Courage and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Courage's face. Courage staggers backwards, shaken.
Courage fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Courage should take that round, based on the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Courage moves in looking to clinch but Rogers pushes him off.

Courage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Courage tries a knee to the head but Rogers blocks it.
Rogers tries to break free but Courage pushes him back against the cage.
Courage tries to circle away but Rogers has him pinned against the cage.

Courage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steve Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A lazy left from Rogers finds it's target.
Rogers stuns Courage with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Courage throws a series of punches but Rogers moves out of range.
Courage is looking to clinch but Rogers is avoiding it.
Rogers scores with a decent looking hook.

Rogers rushes Courage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Courage lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Courage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rogers closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Courage moves into the clinch.
Rogers wants to get back to striking at distance but Courage won't allow it.
Courage has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Courage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Courage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Courage has Rogers pressed against the cage, preventing Rogers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Courage trying to land knees to the body.
Rogers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Courage breaks the clinch.
Rogers misses with a wild combination.
Courage tries to clinch there but Rogers circles away.
Courage looks to clinch
and Rogers counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
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!
Courage tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
Courage listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rogers has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Rogers has Courage up against the cage in a clinch.
Courage scores with a knee to the head.
Rogers is breathing heavily.

Courage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rogers moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courage looking to throw knees to the head but Rogers is blocking nicely.
Courage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Courage manages to break the clinch.

Rogers has taken the fight to the clinch.
Courage misses with an elbow over the top.
Courage displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rogers up against the cage.
Courage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Courage misses with a knee to the head.

Courage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courage tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it.
Rogers scores with a hook to the body. Courage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice body kick from Rogers.
Christian Courage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Courage tries to clinch up
and Rogers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rogers scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Courage clinches with his opponent.

Rogers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogers tries to clinch but Courage is having none of it.
Rogers throws a combination. Courage tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Good exchange - Rogers coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Rogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rogers pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Courage back to the cage. Rogers follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Oh Courage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Courage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Courage seems to have got his legs back now.
Rogers throws a combination that misses

and Courage holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Courage working hard to break the clinch.
Courage lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Courage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rogers's brow.
Courage holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Courage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Courage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Courage.
Courage gets through Rogers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Rogers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rogers keeps the fight on the outside.
Courage takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Courage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Courage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses.
Rogers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rogers misses with a leg kick.

Courage forces Rogers back against the cage and clinches.

Courage breaks the clinch.
Rogers misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rogers.
Courage fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Courage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Courage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rogers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rogers tries to clinch but Courage moves out of range.
Rogers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Courage.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rogers counters with a series of strikes. Courage will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Courage is looking to clinch but Rogers is avoiding it.
Courage tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rogers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Courage counters with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Courage.
Rogers blocks a head kick by Courage.
Courage throws a head kick that Rogers semi-blocks.

Courage rushes Rogers and presses him up against the cage.
Courage connects with a knee to the head.
Courage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Courage fails to land.
Rogers can't break the clinch.
Courage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rogers avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is trying to push Courage away but Courage has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Courage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Courage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rogers stalling against the cage.
Courage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rogers avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Courage is trying to stall.
Rogers is trying to break the clinch but Courage has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Courage showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Courage 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Courage!