PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Justin Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Tsushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tsushima has chosen Space Bound as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Anthony
vs
Tsushima

184 cm
30
189 lbs
19 - 8 - 2

184 cm
32
188 lbs
27 - 16 - 3

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Lewis Tsushima!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tsushima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anthony doesn't manage to clinch there - Tsushima circles away.
Tsushima tests Anthony's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anthony throws a series of punches but Tsushima avoids them all with ease.
Anthony avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Anthony.
Anthony ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Anthony uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsushima.
Anthony missing with a left hand there. Tsushima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tsushima lands a right hook to the body.
A big right from Tsushima misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima throws a hook but Anthony blocks it.
Tsushima tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anthony was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsushima.
Some wild striking there from Anthony.
Anthony lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Lewis Tsushima has been cut.
Anthony displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsushima throws out the jab.
Tsushima on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Anthony tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsushima was well out of range. Poor timing from Anthony.
Anthony misses the body punch
and Anthony takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anthony misses with a head kick.
A combination from Anthony does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima missing with a left hand there. Anthony was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anthony throws the kick towards the body but Tsushima avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anthony throws a jab when Tsushima was well out of range.
Anthony tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tsushima swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anthony works Tsushima's body with a nice hook.
Anthony just misses with a punch to the body.
Anthony is looking to score with low kicks.
Anthony swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Anthony, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anthony misses with a hook. Tsushima ducked under it nicely.
Tsushima tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tsushima connects with an inside leg kick.
Anthony lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Anthony.
Anthony is looking to wear down Tsushima with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tsushima fails to land with a series of punches.
Tsushima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anthony tries to clinch there but Tsushima circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anthony.
Anthony tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tsushima swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tsushima fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsushima avoids the body shot from Anthony.
A head kick misses from Tsushima.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anthony will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Anthony swings for the body but Tsushima moves out of range.
Tsushima smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Anthony fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsushima waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anthony.
Anthony misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anthony swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Tsushima to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsushima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsushima avoids the head kick by Anthony.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Anthony dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lewis Tsushima's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tsushima lands with a straight right. Anthony didn't see that one coming.
Tsushima missing with a left hand there. Anthony was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tsushima scores with a head kick. Anthony tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Anthony displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsushima throws out the jab.
Anthony swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anthony thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Anthony misses
and Tsushima counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tsushima looks for the body kick but Anthony saw that one coming.
Tsushima throws a sloppy head kick and Anthony moves out of range easily.
Anthony dips to his left and cracks Tsushima with an uppercut!
Tsushima takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anthony scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony misses with a head kick.
Anthony throws a wild body kick that Tsushima sees coming a mile off.
Tsushima dodges the punch combination from Anthony.
Anthony blocks a head kick by Tsushima.
Sloppy strikes from Anthony. Those never looked like landing.
Anthony looks to land a combination but Tsushima avoids it well.
Anthony blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Tsushima.
Anthony avoids the head kick by Tsushima.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsushima. Anthony does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anthony throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anthony, right into the meat.
Tsushima throws a head kick but Anthony moves out of range.
Anthony misses with a double jab.
Anthony lands a jab to the head.
Tsushima throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anthony sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A cross from Tsushima lands.
Tsushima just misses with a punch to the body.
Anthony lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tsushima is out of range and Anthony settles back down.
Tsushima misses with a hook. Anthony ducked under it nicely.
Tsushima misses with a two punch combination.
Anthony ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tsushima moves away.
Anthony throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tsushima works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anthony explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tsushima moves away from the strike by Anthony.
Anthony tried to score with a low kick but Tsushima checks it.
Tsushima punishes Anthony's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tsushima looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tsushima thows a body shot but no joy.
Anthony throws a hook but Tsushima blocks it.
Tsushima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tsushima throws a jab when Anthony was well out of range.
Tsushima misses with an uppercut. Anthony saw that one coming.
Tsushima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anthony.
Tsushima lands with a slapping head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice uppercut lands for Anthony. That snapped Tsushima's head back.
Anthony avoids the body shot from Tsushima.
Anthony throws a quick inside leg kick.
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 Justin Anthony will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lewis Tsushima's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Anthony connects with a high kick.

Tsushima is rocked!
Anthony catches Tsushima with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Tsushima forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Justin Anthony!
A very excited looking Justin Anthony made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.