PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Will Iam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wil Harrdison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Iam
vs
Harrdison

185 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Brawler
Cuts easily

Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Will Iam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wil Harrdison!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrdison wants to clinch.
Harrdison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Iam lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harrdison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Iam fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iam moves in looking to clinch but Harrdison pushes him off.
Harrdison slips a jab from Iam.
Sloppy strikes from Iam. Those never looked like landing.
Iam tries to clinch there but Harrdison circles away.
Harrdison tries to close the distance and clinch but Iam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrdison closes the distance but Iam moves to the side
and Iam counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harrdison is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Iam wants to clinch.
Harrdison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Iam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Iam throws a head kick that misses.
Harrdison looks to land a combination. Iam sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Will Iam has been cut.
Iam throws a low kick but Harrdison moves out of range easily.
Harrdison moves out of range of the body kick from Iam.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iam tries to clinch up.
Iam avoids the head kick by Harrdison.
Harrdison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iam throws a head kick that Harrdison semi-blocks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrdison misses with a series of wild punches.
Harrdison slips under a jab from Iam.
Harrdison moves away from the strike by Iam.
Iam swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harrdison counters with a right hand to the body.

Iam clinches up with Harrdison and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harrdison breaks the clinch.

Harrdison tries to keep at a distance but Iam has taken the fight into the clinch.

Iam breaks from the clinch.
Iam misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Iam swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harrdison circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harrdison makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Iam throws a lazy head kick
and Harrdison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Iam takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrdison's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Iam connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harrdison scrambles back to his feet.
Iam uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harrdison.

Iam fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harrdison, pushing him back against the ropes.
Harrdison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Harrdison is trying to break the clinch but Iam is controlling him.

Iam manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Harrdison gets tackled into the ropes by Iam. Iam maintains the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Harrdison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Will Iam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrdison scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Iam doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrdison circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Iam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Will Iam'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.

Harrdison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Will Iam is winning the standup battle so far.

Iam closes the distance and clinches.
Harrdison wants to break free but Iam has control.

Harrdison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harrdison throws a leg kick that is checked
and Iam counters with a solid body kick.
Will Iam is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrdison is looking to clinch.
Harrdison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iam closes the distance but Harrdison moves to the side
and Harrdison counters with a leg kick.
Iam is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrdison tries to keep at a distance but Iam has taken the fight into the clinch.
Iam prevents Harrdison from breaking the clinch.
Iam lands a nice shot to the body.

Iam breaks from the clinch.
Harrdison takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harrdison is breathing heavily.
Iam lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Iam.
Iam moves out of range as Harrdison strikes.

Harrdison tries to keep at a distance but Iam has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Harrdison breaks the clinch.
Iam tries to close the distance and clinch but Harrdison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iam tries to clinch
and Harrdison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harrdison keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrdison throws a solid leg kick but Iam takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harrdison.
A combination from Iam does no damage.
Iam tries to clinch there but Harrdison circles away.
Harrdison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrdison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to the liver by Iam. Beautiful body shot.
Iam tries to clinch
and Harrdison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Iam tries to clinch but Harrdison moves out of range.
Harrdison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Iam thumps Harrdison with a low kick.
Iam tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrdison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iam tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iam throws a head kick that misses
and Harrdison counters with a straight right hand.
Iam lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Iam has closed the distance and engaged Harrdison in a clinch.
Harrdison tries to circle away but Iam has him pinned against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Iam breaks the clinch.
Iam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Iam throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harrdison.
The fight stays on the outside here - Iam looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Harrdison.
Harrdison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrdison lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Iam dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Will Iam'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Iam closes the distance and clinches.

Harrdison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Iam doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrdison circles away.
Iam misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Iam tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrdison swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Iam moves into the clinch.
Harrdison struggles to land a body shot inside as Iam controls his hands.
Harrdison is trying to break free.
Iam is pushing Harrdison up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harrdison prevents Iam from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Iam's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Iam misses with a hook.
Iam darts in trying to clinch

and Harrdison counters by clinching up.

Iam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Iam misses with a two punch combination.
Harrdison misses with the combination.
Iam scores with a head kick. Harrdison tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iam looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Iam tries to clinch there but Harrdison circles away.
Iam tries to clinch up.

Iam closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Iam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Iam displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Harrdison is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrdison lands with a straight right. Iam didn't see that one coming.
Harrdison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iam throws a nice inside leg kick.
Iam pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrdison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Iam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harrdison steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Iam. That one must have hurt.
Harrdison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Iam misses the shot to the body.
Harrdison moves in looking to clinch but Iam pushes him off.
Iam moves in looking to clinch but Harrdison pushes him off.
Harrdison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iam lands a head kick. Harrdison smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Harrdison is still on wobbly legs! Can Iam finish him?
Iam tries to clinch up but Harrdison circles away and keeps his distance.
Iam feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harrdisons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrdison throws a series of punches but Iam moves out of range.
Iam throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Iam avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iam keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Harrdison misses the jab.
Harrdison tries to clinch but Iam is having none of it.
Iam lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Iam slips a jab from Harrdison.
Wil Harrdison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Will Iam is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harrdison is looking to land body kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Will Iam showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Iam has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Iam!