PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Flo Sohard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lui Fai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fai is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lil Wayne - King Carter. Flo Sohard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sohard
vs
Fai

155 cm
19
142 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Basic striking
Very strong

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Flo Sohard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lui Fai!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Fai is predictable there

and Sohard counters by moving into the clinch.
Sohard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sohard prevents Fai from breaking the clinch.
Sohard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sohard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fai is keeping busy.
Fai crunches a lovely knee into Sohard's ribcage.
Sohard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fai wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sohard has him pressed against the ropes.
Sohard leaning his opponent against the ropes.

Fai breaks from the clinch.
Fai scores with a three punch combo!
Sohard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sohard 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.
Fai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sohard moves into the clinch.
Sohard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fai's efforts to push away.

Sohard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fai checks a low kick from Sohard.

Sohard pushes Fai up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fai is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Fai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Fai breaks from the clinch.
Fai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sohard throws a body kick that misses.

Sohard forces Fai back against the ropes and clinches.
Fai is trying to break the clinch but Sohard has him pressed against the ropes.
Fai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sohard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sohard working hard to break the clinch.
Fai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fai is trying to break the clinch but Sohard is controlling him.
Sohard effectively controlling the action here.
Fai is trying to force a seperation but Sohard has the dominant position.
Sohard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Fai breaks from the clinch.
Fai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sohard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fai.
Sohard wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fai gets tackled into the ropes by Sohard. Sohard maintains the clinch.
Fai wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sohard has him pressed against the ropes.
Sohard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sohard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fai.

Fai manages to break the clinch.

Fai closes the distance and clinches.
Fai is trying to break the clinch but Sohard is controlling him.

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

Sohard clinches up with Fai and pushes him back against the ropes.
Fai tries to circle away but Sohard has him pinned against the ropes.
Fai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sohard has Fai pressed against the ropes, preventing Fai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fai misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sohard breaks from the clinch.
Fai misses with a low kick.
Sohard avoids the body shot from Fai.
Fai misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sohard throws a head kick but Fai moves out of range.
Fai is looking to clinch.
Sohard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
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!
Sohard is looking to clinch but Fai is avoiding it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fai.
Sohard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fai.
Fai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sohard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fai tries to clinch up but Sohard circles away and keeps his distance.
Fai tries to close the distance and clinch but Sohard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fai lands a nice looking body kick.
Lui Fai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Fai is trying to push Sohard away but Sohard has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lui Fai dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fai uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fai throws a nice looking combination but Sohard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Fai gets tackled into the ropes by Sohard. Sohard maintains the clinch.
Sohard keeps control of Fai as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Fai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sohard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sohard does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fai misses with a two punch combination.
Fai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sohard tries to land a front kick but Fai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fai fails to land with a series of punches.
Sohard moves in looking to clinch but Fai pushes him off.
Sohard slips a jab and a cross from Fai.

Sohard instigates a clinch.
Sohard can't break the clinch.
Lui Fai seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Sohard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sohard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sohard moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fai moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fai is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fai tries to clinch up but Sohard circles away and keeps his distance.
Fai tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sohard moves into the clinch.
Fai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fai tries to circle away but Sohard has him pinned against the ropes.
Fai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sohard breaks from the clinch.
Fai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fai wants to clinch.
Sohard tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fai.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fai.
Fai tries to clinch but Sohard is having none of it.
Fai tries to clinch up.

Sohard rushes Fai and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Fai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sohard.
Fai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Fai's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Sohard breaks from the clinch.
Fai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
No joy there for Fai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fai connects with a leg kick. Sohard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sohard fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sohard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fai throws a wild body kick that Sohard sees coming a mile off.
Sohard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fai throws a head kick that half lands.
Sohard misses with a head kick.
Fai closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sohard counters with a head kick. That will keep Fai thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sohard tries a low kick but Fai avoids it.
Fai tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Sohard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sohard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fai throws a head kick that Sohard semi-blocks.

Sohard has managed to clinch.
Fai is trying to push Sohard away but Sohard has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sohard with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fai can't break the clinch.
Fai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fai tries to land knees in the clinch but Sohard avoids the damage to the body.

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

Sohard rushes Fai and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sohard slowing the pace effectively.
Fai trying to land knees to the body.
Fai has a couple of punches blocked by Sohard.
Fai is trying to break the clinch but Sohard has him pressed against the ropes.
Fai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fai is trying to push Sohard away but Sohard has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sohard has Fai pressed against the ropes, preventing Fai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sohard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sohard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sohard has Fai pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lui Fai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sohard ducks right into an uppercut from Fai.
Fai throws a one two combo.
Fai throws a quick inside leg kick.

Fai tries to keep at a distance but Sohard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sohard slows down the pace here.
Sohard tries to break the clinch but Fai is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Fai.
A frustrated look appears on Sohard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sohard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Sohard.

Sohard manages to break the clinch.
Fai has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sohard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fai keeps the fight on the outside.
That kick from Fai tenderised Sohard's leg. Sohard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sohard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sohard is looking to clinch but Fai is avoiding it.
Sohard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fai blocks a head kick by Sohard.
Fai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fai connects with a solid leg kick.
Fai avoids the head kick by Sohard.
Sohard throws out a leg kick but Fai moves out of range and Sohard only half commits.
Flo Sohard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sohard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fai is able to avoid easily.
Fai is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sohard has Fai up against the ropes in a clinch.
Sohard is looking to break free of the clinch but Fai has double underhooks.

Fai breaks the clinch.
Fai uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sohard has time to react.
Sohard circles away from the clinch attempt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Fai!

Fai clinches up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fai working hard to break the clinch.
Sohard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sohard slowing the pace effectively.
Fai misses with a body punch.
Fai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sohard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sohard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fai scores with a spinning back kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Fai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fai takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Sohard tries to keep at a distance but Fai has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fai misses with a punch on the inside.
Fai trying to land knees to the body.
Sohard scores a nice knee to the body.
Sohard will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fai can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fai is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sohard is pushing Fai up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lui Fai is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fai is trying to break the clinch but Sohard is controlling him.
Sohard controlling the action here for a moment.
Fai wants to get back to striking at distance but Sohard won't allow it.
Flo Sohard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sohard breaks the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fai.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lui Fai.
Well Fai has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lui Fai!
Post fight, an emotional Lui Fai said 'That should shout him up. Shout out to my manager and all the elite guys I train with. Shout out to the fans and i promise to try and fininsh all my fights. Peace. '.