PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Damian Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harvey Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey Prince will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hands
vs
Prince

182 cm
25
197 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

200 cm
28
195 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY
[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Damian Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Harvey Prince!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince feints a jab promting Hands to slip. Prince then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hands slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Prince with a nice cross.
Hands misses with a straight right.
Prince fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Prince showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hands.
Hands lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hands takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hands is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Prince gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Prince is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Prince cracks Hands with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hands keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prince.
Prince takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prince dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Prince throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hands bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prince misses with a body shot.
Prince throws a right hand that Hands ducks under and follows up with a left that Hands also avoids with ease.
A big right from Hands misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince avoids the head kick by Hands.
Hands displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prince throws out the jab.
Hands lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Prince circles away quickly and effectively.
Prince throws a series of strikes that have Hands backpedaling.
Hands looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
Prince throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Prince misses the target.
Hands is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hands misses with a wild body shot.
Prince moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hands on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Prince misses with a hook.
Prince throws a combination that misses
and Hands counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prince takes a swing at Hands's ribcage but misses.
Prince swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Prince.
Hands misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harvey Prince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prince connects with the punch.
Hands swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hands dodges the punch combination from Prince.
Hands dodges the punch combination from Prince.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but Hands bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Prince does no damage.
Prince swings for the body but Hands moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Hands. Those never looked like landing.
Prince lands a two punch combo.
Prince scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prince scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hands displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prince throws out the jab.
Hands swings for the body but Prince moves out of range.
Hands on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harvey Prince dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Prince throws a series of punches but Hands avoids them all with ease.
Prince throws a series of punches but Hands moves out of range.
Prince misses with a body punch
and Hands counters with a low kick, right behind Prince 's knee.
Hands keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hands moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Prince throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hands sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hands uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Prince.
Prince misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hands ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prince moves away.
Hands pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hands jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harvey Prince seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Prince blocks a jab.
Prince misses with a double jab.
Prince throws a series of punches but Hands moves out of range.
A combination from Prince does no damage.
Hands throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hands slips under a jab from Prince.
Prince has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince's corner calls for a 1-2. Prince obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hands throws a body kick that misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Prince, as that shot connected.
Hands slips under a jab from Prince.
Prince misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hands.
Prince fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hands manages to avoid it.
Prince looks to land a combination but Hands avoids it well.
Hands looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
A left lands for Hands.
Prince slips a jab and a cross from Hands.
Prince looks to score with a jab to the body but Hands is just out of range.
Prince misses with a lunging right hand
and Hands counters with a stiff right hand.
Prince scores with a body shot.
Hands slips a straight right by Prince.
Prince fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prince pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prince misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Prince avoids the head kick by Hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prince swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hands misses with a wild combination.
Hands throws a hook to the side of Prince's head but Prince sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prince throws a right hand that Hands ducks under and follows up with a left that Hands also avoids with ease.
Prince throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hands counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hands looks to throw the jab but Prince is out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hands, as that shot connected.
Prince lands the left hand.
Prince thows a body shot but no joy.
Prince paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hands tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Prince is able to avoid easily.
Prince looks to land a combination but Hands avoids it well.
Hands stalks Prince and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Prince's face. Prince staggers backwards, shaken.
Hands keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Hands dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hands fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prince manages to avoid it.
Prince throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hands sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prince digs a good hook to Hands's body.
Prince misses with a wild body shot.
Hands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prince will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prince missing with a left hand there. Hands was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prince cracks a nice hook into Hands's ribs.
Prince throws a body punch but Hands moves out of range.
Prince bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prince clobbers Hands with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Prince misses with a wild combination.
Hands lands a glancing blow to the side of Prince's head.
Prince on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hands keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince tries to bum rush Hands with a series of wild strikes but Hands uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A shot to the liver by Hands. Beautiful body shot.
Hands slips a jab and a cross from Prince.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hands.
Prince takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Prince throws a right hand that Hands ducks under and follows up with a left that Hands also avoids with ease.
Hands takes one on the button.
Hands throws a head kick but Prince moves out of range.
Hands slips under a jab from Prince.
Hands ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prince moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Prince there.
Hands lands a nice shot that snaps Prince's head back.
Donk. Prince catches Hands right on the button with a cross.
Prince is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Prince looks to land a combination but Hands avoids it well.
Prince throws an off balance right hand
and Hands counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prince takes a swing at Hands's ribcage but misses.
Prince showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Prince fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prince throws an overhand right that lands on Hands's shoulder, as Hands tries to avoid the shot.
Hands dodges the punch combination from Prince.
Hands lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hands throws a big shot that misses.
Prince misses the shot to the body.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but Hands bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hands pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prince loads up on a big right hand but Hands slips the punch.
Sloppy strikes from Prince. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hands keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hands with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prince walks into a stiff left hand from Hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Hands clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hands misses with a straight left.
Hands ducks right into an uppercut from Prince.
Prince loads up on a big right hand but Hands slips the punch.
Hands keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prince ducks under a wild hook from Hands.
Hands lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hands tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prince was well out of range. Poor timing from Hands.
Prince misses the shot to the body.
Hands takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Prince avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hands looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Prince missing with a left hand there. Hands was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prince takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hands lands an overhand right.
Hands cracks Prince with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Prince throws a hook to the side of Hands's head but Hands sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Damian Hands is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands misses with a body shot.
Prince swings for the body but Hands moves out of range.
A big left from Hands misses.
Prince misses with the combination.
Prince scores with a one two! Hands had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Prince is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nice body punch from Hands.
Hands misses the jab.
Hands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prince.
Prince takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Prince is rocked!
Hands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prince.
Prince thows a body shot but no joy.

Prince walks into a big right hand from Hands and goes down! The referee sends Hands to a neutral corner as Prince gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Prince is still on wobbly legs! Can Hands finish him?
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!
Hands weaves into range and cracks Prince right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Prince goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Hands is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Damian Hands!
A victorious Damian Hands thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.