PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Matthew White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feyd Rautha Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harkonnen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Headstones-Heart of Darkness kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Feyd Rautha Harkonnen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

White
vs
Rautha Harkonnen

174 cm
24
154 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

167 cm
28
145 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matthew White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Feyd Rautha Harkonnen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harkonnen.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that misses.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White misses the shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Harkonnen.
A lazy body kick from White
and Harkonnen counters with an outside leg kick.
White is looking to slow Harkonnen down with leg kicks.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick but White moved away.
White looks to land a body kick but Harkonnen moved away.
White loads up on a big right hand but Harkonnen slips the punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Harkonnen.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Harkonnen moves out of range easily.
Harkonnen misses with a hook.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Harkonnen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from White lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harkonnen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harkonnen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
Harkonnen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harkonnen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but White is out of range.
White has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Harkonnen.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harkonnen was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
White lands with a nice body kick.
Harkonnen misses with a wild body shot.
Harkonnen tries a head kick but it misses.
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
White misses with a low kick.
White misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harkonnen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
Harkonnen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A low kick from White is predictable there
letting Harkonnen counter with a right hand.
Harkonnen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White looks to throw a body kick
and Harkonnen counters with a straight right hand.
Harkonnen avoids the head kick by White.
Harkonnen throws a big shot that misses.
Harkonnen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
Harkonnen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harkonnen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
White misses with a body shot.
White takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Harkonnen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harkonnen's head.
White moves out of range of the body kick from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
White is looking to slow Harkonnen down with leg kicks.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
White is looking to land body kicks.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harkonnen blocks a head kick by White.
Harkonnen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harkonnen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
White staying out of range there.
Harkonnen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harkonnen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harkonnen's head.
White is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White blocks a head kick by Harkonnen.
White misses with a body kick.

Harkonnen closes the distance and clinches.
Harkonnen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harkonnen prevents a body shot from White.
Harkonnen takes a shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White misses with some punches.
Harkonnen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Harkonnen controls his hands.
Harkonnen lands an elbow that stopped White in his tracks for a moment.
White blocks an elbow strike from Harkonnen.
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 Matthew White 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.

Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harkonnen throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White looking to land some kicks to the body here.
White keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
White tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harkonnen is able to avoid easily.
Harkonnen misses with a body shot.
Harkonnen throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Harkonnen throws a lazy body kick
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Matthew White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harkonnen misses with a leg kick
and White counters with an outside leg kick.
Harkonnen works White's body with a nice hook.
Harkonnen tries a low kick but White avoids it.
White avoids the body shot from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to White's calf.
Harkonnen lands a really nice looking cross but White seems unphased.
White misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and White has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harkonnen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
White thumps Harkonnen with a low kick.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White connects with a crisp jab.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harkonnen.
White ducks right into an uppercut from Harkonnen.
Nice body kick from White.
Harkonnen wants to land a leg kick but White is out of range.
Harkonnen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Harkonnen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
White throws out a loose jab but Harkonnen uses good head movement to avoid it.
White misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses the jab.
Harkonnen misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Harkonnen ducks under a wild hook from White.
Harkonnen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White misses with a low kick as Harkonnen jumps back.
Harkonnen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harkonnen missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White throws a nice looking combination but Harkonnen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White lands with a hook. Harkonnen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws a push kick but White slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick by White misses
and Harkonnen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
White misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harkonnen looking to stall.
White lands with a left to the head.
Harkonnen misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
White scores with a shot to the side of Harkonnen's head.
White misses with the head strike.
Harkonnen letting White take a breather here.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen scores a nice knee to the body.
White is trying to maintain a safe position but Harkonnen gets an underhook and turns White into the ropes.
White takes a shot to the head.
Harkonnen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White.
White lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White misses with some punches.
Harkonnen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but White has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harkonnen.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harkonnen misses with a hook to the ribs.
White managing to block the knees to the body from Harkonnen.
Nice elbow from Harkonnen.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Harkonnen controls his hands.
Harkonnen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
White scores with a nice hook to the head.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harkonnen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harkonnen just misses with a elbow thrown towards White's brow.
Harkonnen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harkonnen blocks an uppercut.
White dodges an elbow strike from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feyd Rautha Harkonnen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Harkonnen drops his hands momentarily and White takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harkonnen at a distance.
A jab lands there for White.
White ducks under a wild hook from Harkonnen.
A jab from Harkonnen misses.
Harkonnen misses the shot to the body.
Harkonnen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harkonnen keeps White at a distance using the push kick.
White pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harkonnen back to the ropes. White follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Feyd Rautha Harkonnen has been cut.
Harkonnen throws a low kick but White avoids it.
Harkonnen misses with a two punch combination.
Harkonnen tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harkonnen throws out the jab.
White blocks a head kick by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
White looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harkonnen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harkonnen throws a wild body kick that White sees coming a mile off.
Harkonnen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to White's calf.
White takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A jab from Harkonnen finds it's way through White's defenses.
Harkonnen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
White catches Harkonnen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
White scores with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White scores with the left hand. Harkonnen knows he should have avoided that one.
Harkonnen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
White buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harkonnen tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
Harkonnen throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White throws a wild body kick that Harkonnen sees coming a mile off.
Harkonnen checks a low kick from White.
White 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.
White will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A head kick from Harkonnen lands but White takes it in his stride.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
White scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harkonnen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White throws a leg kick which misses Harkonnen's front leg but catches the back leg as Harkonnen tries to avoid it.
Harkonnen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
White scores with a shot to the body.
Harkonnen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harkonnen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White cracks Harkonnen with a good jab.
Harkonnen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harkonnen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harkonnen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harkonnen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Harkonnen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White misses with a low kick.
Harkonnen misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Harkonnen moves out of range as White throws a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Harkonnen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
White scores with a sloppy right hand. Harkonnen should have avoided that one.
Harkonnen throws a good cross that connects.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harkonnen tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harkonnen lands a head shot.
White checks a leg kick nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matthew White.
I think White 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Feyd Rautha Harkonnen!
A victorious Feyd Rautha Harkonnen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.