PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between John Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thorvald Stauning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stauning comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rollin- Limp Bizkit kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Giles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Giles
vs
Stauning

165 cm
25
160 lbs
7 - 6 - 2

179 cm
24
165 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, John Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thorvald Stauning!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giles doesn't manage to clinch there - Stauning circles away.
Thorvald Stauning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stauning misses with a double jab
and Stauning takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Giles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

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

Stauning instigates a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Stauning.
Giles wants to get back to striking at distance but Stauning won't allow it.
Giles is trying to break the clinch but Stauning is controlling him.

Stauning pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stauning throws a nice looking combination but Giles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Giles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stauning swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Giles counters with a stiff right hand.

Stauning takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Giles wants to break free but Stauning has control.
Stauning wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Stauning manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stauning scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Giles gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Giles tries to circle away but Stauning has him pinned against the ropes.
Giles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Giles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Stauning tenderised Giles's leg. Giles is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stauning swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Giles holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Giles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stauning swinging wildly here.
Stauning misses with a double jab.
Giles takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stauning lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Giles backs up against the ropes.
Giles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stauning throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Stauning moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stauning blocks an uppercut.

Giles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Giles jabs at Stauning's body.
Giles jabs Stauning right on the nose. Stauning blinks but takes it well.
Giles keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stauning blocks a jab.
Giles cracks the inside of Stauning's front leg.

Giles moves into range and clinches up with Stauning.
Giles has had enough of the clinch but Stauning keeps him there for the moment.
Giles is trying to break the clinch but Stauning is controlling him.
Stauning trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Giles wants to get back to striking at distance but Stauning won't allow it.
Stauning keeps control of Giles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Giles tries to break the clinch but Stauning is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Giles will probably get the nod.
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.

Stauning swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stauning falls off balance throwing a combination
and Giles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Giles takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Giles wants to clinch.
Stauning lands a head kick!
Stauning takes a swing at Giles's ribcage but misses.
Stauning keeps the fight on the outside.

Stauning rushes Giles and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Giles is trying to break the clinch but Stauning has him pressed against the ropes.
Giles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Giles wants to break the clinch but can't.

Giles breaks from the clinch.
Giles fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stauning tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Giles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stauning scores with a hook.
Thorvald Stauning is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stauning misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Giles clobbers Stauning with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Giles moves in looking to clinch but Stauning pushes him off.
Giles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Giles closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giles wants to get back to striking at distance but Stauning won't allow it.

Stauning breaks the clinch.
Stauning throws a nice looking combination but Giles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Giles staying out of range there.
Stauning is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stauning.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thorvald Stauning seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stauning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giles moves away.
Stauning lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Giles circles away quickly and effectively.
Giles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stauning.
Stauning throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Giles scores with a nice head shot.

Stauning moves into the clinch.
Giles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stauning is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stauning wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stauning is trying to push Giles away but Giles has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Giles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stauning has him pressed against the ropes.
Giles wants to get back to striking at distance but Stauning won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Giles will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Giles misses with the combination.
Stauning swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Giles counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Giles.
Giles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Giles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giles tries a head kick but it misses.

Stauning clinches up with Giles and pushes him back against the ropes.
Giles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Giles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Giles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stauning effectively controlling the action here.
A frustrated look appears on Giles's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Stauning escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stauning throws a nice looking combination but Giles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Giles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles works the jab nicely.
Giles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giles throws a head kick but Stauning moves out of range.
Giles lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stauning backs up against the ropes.

Stauning clinches up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stauning.
Giles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Stauning keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Giles's efforts to push away.

Giles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giles moves in looking to clinch but Stauning pushes him off.
Stauning will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stauning tries to bum rush Giles with a series of wild strikes but Giles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stauning swats away the attempt to clinch by Giles.
Stauning throws a hook but Giles blocks it.
Stauning fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Giles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stauning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giles dodges the punch combination from Stauning.
A jab from Giles does it's job there.
Stauning wants to clinch up but Giles keeps it at a distance.
Stauning keeps the fight on the outside.
Stauning throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Giles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Giles tries to clinch but Stauning is having none of it.
Stauning just misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Giles wants to clinch.

Stauning takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Giles clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Giles moves in looking to clinch but Stauning pushes him off.
Stauning looks to land a combination but Giles avoids it well.
Stauning throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stauning checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stauning avoids the head kick by Giles.
Giles lands a right hook to the body.
Stauning tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stauning throws a left and a right that both miss
and Giles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stauning throws a right and a left that Giles avoids nicely.
Stauning swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stauning pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stauning fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Giles is out of range.
Giles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stauning tries to bum rush Giles with a series of wild strikes but Giles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stauning walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stauning takes a swing at Giles's ribcage but misses.
Stauning doesn't manage to clinch there - Giles circles away.
Giles lands a jab to the nose.

Stauning takes the fight into the clinch.
John Giles has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Stauning breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giles cracks Stauning with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

Stauning is rocked!

Giles darts in and clinches Stauning up against the ropes.
Giles is trying to break free.

Stauning pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Giles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Stauning. Those never looked like landing.
Giles catches Stauning napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Stauning crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Giles raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Giles!
In his post fight interview, John Giles started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.