PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Herbst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Lewis St Clair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Clair is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ready to Die. James Herbst has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Herbst
vs
Lewis St Clair

185 cm
24
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
216 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
Very quick

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Herbst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Lewis St Clair!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herbst takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
St Clair throws a sloppy head kick and Herbst moves out of range easily.
St Clair throws the kick towards the body but Herbst avoids it.
Herbst is looking to land body kicks.
Herbst's corner calls for a 1-2. Herbst obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Jon Lewis St Clair has been cut.
St Clair just misses with a punch to the body.
Herbst fails with an attempt to clinch.
Herbst throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St Clair stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
St Clair throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Herbst misses with a leg kick
and St Clair counters with a head kick.
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!
St Clair pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Clair blocks a jab.
St Clair connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
St Clair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Herbst.
Herbst misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Herbst.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair swings for the body but Herbst moves out of range.
St Clair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Herbst takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St Clair scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
St Clair throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Herbst's head.
Herbst throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
St Clair takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herbst bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of St Clair's head.
Herbst ducks under a wild hook from St Clair.
St Clair tries to work over Herbst's front leg with a kick but Herbst checks it.
Herbst tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but St Clair paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crunch! Herbst slams his shin into St Clair's torso.
St Clair looks winded!
Herbst swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Herbst moves into the clinch.
Herbst blocks an uppercut.
St Clair has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Herbst creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
St Clair misses with a body punch.
Herbst lands with a right to the head.
Herbst creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Clair's defenses.
A nice left hand lands by Herbst.
St Clair blocks the elbow strike.
Herbst blocking some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Herbst takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Herbst pushes off an throws an elbow but St Clair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herbst slowing the pace effectively.
St Clair tries a body shot but Herbst blocks it.
St Clair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Herbst's elbow.
Herbst trying to stall but St Clair improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Herbst dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Lewis St Clair's cut.
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.

Herbst misses with a double jab.
St Clair looks to score with a jab to the body but Herbst is just out of range.
St Clair is looking to slow Herbst down with leg kicks.

St Clair gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St Clair avoiding damage as Herbst throws knees to the body.
Herbst looking to throw knees to the head but St Clair is blocking nicely.
Herbst lands a nice elbow.
Herbst trying to land knees to the body.
Herbst missing with knees to the body.
Herbst lands a nice knee to the body.
Herbst comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Herbst controlling the action here for a moment.
St Clair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St Clair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Herbst throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St Clair blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair dodges an elbow strike from Herbst.
Herbst pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short right from St Clair on the inside.
St Clair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St Clair misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Herbst throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Herbst.
Herbst taking a breather.
St Clair misses with a punch to the body.
St Clair stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Herbst lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Jon Lewis St Clair's cut even more.
Herbst blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Clair misses with the head strike.
St Clair on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Herbst misses with a body punch.
St Clair lands a left hand that snaps the head of Herbst backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

St Clair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Clair thows a leg kick but Herbst checks it
and Herbst counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Clair lets loose with a powerful body kick. Herbst will feel that in the morning.
Herbst throws a quick head kick that skims the top of St Clair's head.
St Clair feints a jab promting Herbst to slip. St Clair then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Herbst slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
St Clair darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

St Clair gets tackled into the ropes by Herbst. Herbst maintains the clinch.

Herbst breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Herbst avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
St Clair goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Herbst sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Herbst clinches.
Herbst's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St Clair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Lewis St Clair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jon Lewis St Clair's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Good leg kick by St Clair there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
St Clair scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
An inside leg kick lands from St Clair.
St Clair swings for the body but Herbst moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Herbst.
St Clair throws a solid leg kick but Herbst takes the impact on his shin and smiles at St Clair.
St Clair moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jon Lewis St Clair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Herbst gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St Clair misses with a body punch.
St Clair trying to stall but Herbst improves his position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by St Clair as Herbst tries to tie him up.
Herbst seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but St Clair is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Herbst scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Clair can't find room to land a body shot as Herbst controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Herbst.

St Clair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Clair throws a combination. Herbst tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Herbst throws a head kick but St Clair moves out of range.
Jon Lewis St Clair seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Clair throws a sloppy head kick and Herbst moves out of range easily.
St Clair cracks Herbst with a good jab.
St Clair takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
St Clair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Herbst throws a lazy body kick
and St Clair counters with a thumping low kick.
Herbst ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Clair moves away.
Herbst throws a sloppy head kick and St Clair moves out of range easily.
Herbst tries a low kick but St Clair avoids it.
Herbst takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Herbst pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Herbst stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from St Clair.
St Clair is looking to land body kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Herbst.
St Clair blocks a jab.
St Clair has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
St Clair throws a head kick but Herbst moves out of range.
Herbst throws a body kick that misses
and St Clair counters with a straight right hand.
St Clair thuds his shin into the meat of Herbst's side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from St Clair.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herbst throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St Clair throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Herbst clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Lewis St Clair comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think St Clair has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Lewis St Clair!
An out of breath Jon Lewis St Clair thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.