PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ho Hayn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micky McAskill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hayn
vs
McAskill

170 cm
25
153 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
148 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Great elbows
Prefers standup

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $75)

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ho Hayn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Micky McAskill!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McAskill checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McAskill misses with a looping left.
A combination from McAskill does no damage.
McAskill misses with a leg kick.
Hayn is looking to land body kicks.
Hayn wants to land a leg kick but McAskill is out of range.
Micky McAskill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McAskill misses with an uppercut. Hayn saw that one coming.
Hayn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McAskill is out of range.
McAskill walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hayn.
Hayn throws a solid leg kick but McAskill takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hayn.
Hayn misses with a low kick.
Hayn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Hayn gets tackled into the ropes by McAskill. McAskill maintains the clinch.
McAskill lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAskill lands a nice knee to the body.
McAskill scores with a hook to the body.
McAskill trying to land knees to the body.
Hayn tries to land knees in the clinch but McAskill avoids the damage to the body.
McAskill creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McAskill misses with an elbow strike.
McAskill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Hayn.

McAskill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McAskill looks to land a right hand but Hayn moved out of range.
McAskill scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McAskill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hayn throws out a leg kick but McAskill moves out of range and Hayn only half commits.
McAskill is looking to clinch but Hayn is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAskill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hayn paws at him with a jab and circles away.

McAskill has managed to clinch.
Hayn misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McAskill tries to land a knee to the head but Hayn blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

McAskill manages to break the clinch.
McAskill connects with a nice looking jab.
Hayn throws a front kick aimed at McAskill's knee but McAskill avoids it well.
McAskill blocks a leg kick.
Hayn is looking to slow McAskill down with leg kicks.
Hayn misses with a body kick.
Hayn slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayn looks for the body kick but McAskill saw that one coming.

McAskill gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hayn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McAskill's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hayn.
McAskill blocking some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McAskill.
Hayn is working McAskill over against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Hayn avoids the elbow strike from McAskill, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, McAskill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hayn's brow.
Hayn is looking to control McAskill's arms but McAskill gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hayn has his back to the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hayn just misses with a elbow thrown towards McAskill's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hayn.
Hayn swings wildly with an uppercut but McAskill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayn misses with a punch to the body.

McAskill manages to break the clinch.
Hayn throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and McAskill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McAskill moves out of range as Hayn throws a body kick.
Hayn throws a low kick but McAskill avoids it.
McAskill fails in his attempt to clinch.
McAskill throws a right hand that Hayn ducks under and follows up with a left that Hayn also avoids with ease.
McAskill tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McAskill tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hayn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hayn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hayn ducks under a wild hook from McAskill.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hayn 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 McAskill has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McAskill and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micky McAskill dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McAskill scores with a leg kick.
Hayn throws a leg kick but McAskill checks it.
Hayn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hayn blocks a jab.
McAskill tries a low kick but Hayn avoids it.
Hayn walks into a left hand.
McAskill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hayn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hayn connects with a good right hand that stumbles McAskill. McAskill circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hayn.
McAskill throws a low kick but Hayn moves out of range easily.
McAskill missing with a left hand there. Hayn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hayn scores with a jab to the body.
McAskill throws an overhand right that lands on Hayn's shoulder, as Hayn tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAskill fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hayn scores with a nice body kick.
Hayn throws a push kick but McAskill slaps the foot to one side.

McAskill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McAskill throws an elbow but misses.
Hayn tries to work over McAskill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McAskill has him pressed against the ropes.
Hayn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hayn blocks an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McAskill as Hayn tries to tie him up.
Still in the clinch, McAskill scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Hayn.
McAskill tries a knee to the head but Hayn blocks it.
McAskill is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayn trying to stall but McAskill improves his position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McAskill blocks an uppercut.
McAskill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McAskill as Hayn tries to tie him up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hayn.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McAskill as Hayn tries to tie him up.

McAskill breaks the clinch.
Micky McAskill seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McAskill bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Hayn.
McAskill throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hayn throws a low kick but McAskill avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hayn 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 McAskill has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McAskill and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McAskill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayn.
Hayn's jab looks to have found its range, popping McAskill under the eye.

McAskill moves into range and clinches up with Hayn.
Hayn misses with an elbow over the top.
Hayn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McAskill avoids it.
Hayn misses with a punch to the body.
Hayn tries a body shot but McAskill blocks it.
A short right from McAskill on the inside.
McAskill misses with an elbow strike.
McAskill misses with an elbow over the top.
McAskill lands an elbow inside.
McAskill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McAskill lands an elbow inside that Hayn shrugs off.

It looks like Ho Hayn has been cut.
Nice elbow from McAskill.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, McAskill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hayn's brow.
Hayn scores with a shot to the side of McAskill's head.
Hayn is trying to push McAskill away but McAskill has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

McAskill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McAskill needs to keep his hands up - Hayn had a free shot at his head there.
McAskill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hayn.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McAskill throws a big shot that misses.
Hayn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick misses from Hayn.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hayn throws a leg kick that misses.
Hayn throws a head kick but McAskill moves out of range.
McAskill tries to clinch but Hayn is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Micky McAskill will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ho Hayn's cut.
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!

Hayn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McAskill.
McAskill misses with an uppercut.
McAskill takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hayn misses with a low kick.
Hayn looks for the body kick but McAskill saw that one coming.
Hayn throws a low kick but it's checked well by McAskill.
Hayn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McAskill. That did some damage!

McAskill clinches with his opponent.
Micky McAskill seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stalling in the clinch from McAskill.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McAskill.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McAskill throws an elbow but misses.
Hayn effectively controlling the action here.
Hayn tries a body shot but McAskill blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McAskill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McAskill misses with a left hand
and Hayn counters with a straight right hand.
McAskill moves in looking to clinch but Hayn pushes him off.
McAskill throws the left hand but Hayn avoids the punch easily.
McAskill keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

McAskill clinches.
McAskill blocks a body shot from Hayn.
Hayn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hayn looking to slow down the pace here.
McAskill pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hayn looking to slow down the pace here.
McAskill pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
McAskill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McAskill taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, McAskill just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hayn's brow.
McAskill pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
McAskill tries a knee to the head but Hayn blocks it.
Hayn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hayn wants to break the clinch but can't.
McAskill manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McAskill blocking some punches.
McAskill throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Hayn.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McAskill as Hayn tries to tie him up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McAskill trying to land knees to the body.
McAskill lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayn tries to break free but McAskill pushes him back against the ropes.
Hayn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hayn swings wildly with an uppercut but McAskill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayn lands a hook that snaps the head of McAskill backwards.
McAskill lands an elbow that stopped Hayn in his tracks for a moment.
McAskill looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McAskill lands an elbow inside that Hayn shrugs off.
Hayn leaning his opponent against the ropes.
McAskill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

McAskill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hayn throws a low kick but McAskill avoids it.
McAskill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hayn circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McAskill misses with a low kick.
McAskill misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McAskill misses with a looping left.
McAskill avoids a kick to the body.
McAskill lands an overhand right.
McAskill gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hayn.
Hayn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

McAskill clinches with his opponent.
Micky McAskill is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hayn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
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.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McAskill.
Hayn blocks the elbow strike.
Ho Hayn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice elbow from McAskill.
McAskill lands a nice elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Micky McAskill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McAskill 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micky McAskill!