PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cy Path (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cullen has chosen Breaking Fangs as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Path
vs
Cullen

186 cm
25
232 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

203 cm
23
265 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cy Path!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacob Cullen!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Path wants to clinch.

Cullen tries to keep at a distance but Path has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cullen stalling in the clinch but Path improves position.
Path scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jacob Cullen has been cut.
Path avoiding damage as Cullen throws knees to the body.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cullen wants to stall.
Cullen tries to land a knee to the head but Path blocks with his arms.
Path is stalling here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Come on Path - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cullen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Path pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cullen avoids the head kick by Path.
Path avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Path tries to clinch but Cullen moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Path has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cullen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Path has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Path looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Path utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cullen lands a knee to the body.
Cullen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Path connects with a knee to the head.

Path pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cullen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Path moves out of range of the body kick.
Path tries to clinch there but Cullen circles away.
Cullen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Path will feel that in the morning.
Path is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cullen misses with a double jab.
Path fails with an attempt to clinch.

Path has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cullen stalling in the clinch but Path improves position.
Cullen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Path on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Path blocks a body shot from Cullen.
Path misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Path lands a knee to the head.
Path trying to land knees to the body.
Cullen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Path is trying to maintain a safe position but Cullen gets an underhook and turns Path into the ropes.
Path working Cullen over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Cullen.
Path with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cullen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Path blocks it with crossed arms.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Path's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cullen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Path blocks it with crossed arms.
Cullen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Path blocks it with crossed arms.
Cullen is trying to maintain a safe position but Path gets an underhook and turns Cullen into the ropes.
Path with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Path tries a knee to the head but Cullen blocks it.
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 Cy Path will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacob Cullen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Path rushes Cullen and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Path trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Cullen.
Cullen stalling in the clinch but Path improves position.
Path tries a knee to the head but Cullen blocks it.
Path taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cullen tries a body shot but Path blocks it.
Cullen misses with some punches.
Cullen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Path using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cullen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Path connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cullen's face.
Cullen blocks an elbow strike.

Path breaks the clinch.
Cullen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Path moves in looking to clinch but Cullen pushes him off.
Cullen tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Path manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Path clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen tries to work over Path's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Path looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cullen tries to land a knee to the head but Path blocks with his arms.
Path throws an elbow but it misses.
Path throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cullen blocks it with crossed arms.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Path tries to land knees in the clinch but Cullen avoids the damage to the body.
Path blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cullen trying to stall but Path improves his position.
Path gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cullen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Path avoids it.
Cullen managing to block the knees to the body from Path.
Path misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cullen.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Path blocking some punches.
Knees to the body from Path.
Cullen is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Path dodges an elbow strike from Cullen.
Path landing knees to the head.

That has opened up Jacob Cullen's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Path lands a damaging elbow.
Cullen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cullen lands a nice knee to the body.

Path breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Path wants to clinch up but Cullen keeps it at a distance.
Cullen swats away the attempt to clinch by Path.
Path fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cullen looks for the body kick but Path saw that one coming.

Cullen closes the distance and pushes Path back into the ropes.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Path comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Path lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Jacob Cullen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Path trying to land knees to the body.
Path looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cy Path dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Cullen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Path fails in his attempt to clinch.
Path tries to clinch up.
Path blocks the body kick.
Path tries to clinch up but Cullen circles away and keeps his distance.

Path closes the distance and clinches.
Path looking to throw knees to the head but Cullen is blocking nicely.
Cullen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Path's face.

It looks like Cy Path has been cut.
Path blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cy Path has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cullen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Path is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cullen is defending well for now.
Cullen working Path over with knees to the body.
Cullen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Path with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Path tries to land a knee to the head but Cullen blocks with his arms.
Cullen trying to control the position but instead, Path has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cullen into the ropes.
Path tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cullen misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Path missing with knees to the body.
Path takes a shot to the head.
Cullen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Path's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cullen stalling against the ropes.
Cullen has a couple of punches blocked by Path.
Cullen has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Path to the canvas! Can Path beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Path was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Cullen is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jacob Cullen!
Jacob Cullen made sure to mention his sponsor, Steel Penn's Laundry 93% in his post fight interview.