PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Gwan Di (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Di comes to the ring accompanied by The Legend of Gwan Di. Hayes has chosen The Black Wings of Apocalypse as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Di
vs
Hayes

173 cm
24
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
31
158 lbs
19 - 13 - 1

World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gwan Di!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Lincoln Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Di lands a leg kick that knocks Hayes off balance momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Hayes misses the target.
Di connects with a high kick.
Hayes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Di paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Di tries a head kick but it misses.
Di scores with a head kick. Hayes tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Hayes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Di blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Di swings wildly with an uppercut but Hayes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Di is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hayes is keeping busy.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hayes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hayes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Di blocking some punches.
Di goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Di wants to stall.
Hayes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Hayes on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes throws a punch but it's blocked by Di.
Di lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Lincoln Hayes has been cut.
Di tries a knee to the head but Hayes blocks it.
Hayes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Di's elbow.
Di trying to stall but Hayes improves his position.
Hayes misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hayes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Di.
Hayes swings wildly with an uppercut but Di uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayes takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Di.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Di.
Hayes blocks an uppercut.
Di lands an elbow just above Hayes 's eye.
Hayes trying to control the position but instead, Di has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hayes into the ropes.
Di blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hayes throws a punch but it's blocked by Di.
Hayes has had enough of the clinch but Di keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Di wants to stall.
Di lands an elbow inside that Hayes shrugs off.

That has opened up Lincoln Hayes's cut even more.
Hayes tries to throw a body punch but Di avoids it by throwing Hayes back against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Hayes misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Hayes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Di drives through and clinches with Hayes against the ropes.
Di prevents a body shot from Hayes.
Nice elbow from Di.
Hayes avoids a wild elbow strike from Di.
Hayes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hayes breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Di bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hayes tries to clinch up but Di circles away and keeps his distance.
Hayes throws a big shot that misses.

Di instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gwan Di dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lincoln Hayes'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.

Di pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hayes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Di was well out of range. Poor timing from Hayes.
Di scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice cross by Hayes.
A head kick by Di misses
and Hayes counters with a left to the body.
Gwan Di seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Di defending well as Hayes loads up on a big left hand.
Di walks into a straight right hand from Hayes.

Di takes the fight into the clinch.
Di looking to slow down the pace here.
Di blocking some punches.
Hayes trying to stall but Di improves his position.
A frustrated look appears on Hayes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hayes pushes Di back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hayes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Di lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but Hayes blocks with his arms.
Di misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Di.

Hayes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Hayes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Di connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hayes fails to land.
Gwan Di has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Di.
Di lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hayes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hayes lands with a left to the head.
Hayes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Hayes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hayes is trying to push Di away but Di has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hayes misses with a punch to the body.

Hayes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Di closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Di blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hayes takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Lincoln Hayes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes can't find room to land a body shot as Di controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Di.
Hayes throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hayes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Hayes fails to land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hayes throws a punch but it's blocked by Di.
Hayes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Di throws an elbow that misses.
Di blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Di.
Di blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hayes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hayes managing to block the knees to the body from Di.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Hayes fails to land.
Di throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Di.
Di blocking some punches.
Hayes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lincoln Hayes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lincoln Hayes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Di goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Di closes the distance and clinches.
Di misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hayes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Di obliges.
Di unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hayes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hayes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Di looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Di taking a breather.
Di lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hayes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Di with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hayes has a couple of punches blocked by Di.
Di misses with a body punch.
Di lands a damaging elbow.
Di scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di lands a good knee to the midsection. Hayes won't want to take too many of those.
Di throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hayes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hayes misses with a punch on the inside.
Hayes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hayes as Di tries to tie him up.
Di digs a right hand into Hayes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hayes's gas tank.
Di pushes Hayes back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hayes misses with a punch to the body.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Di misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hayes.
Hayes wants to break free but Di has control.
Di taking a breather.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hayes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hayes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Di misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Di trying to stall but Hayes improves his position.
Di pushes Hayes back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Di lands a good knee to the midsection. Hayes won't want to take too many of those.
Hayes lands with a short shot to the head.
Hayes tries to work over Di's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Di lands an elbow that stopped Hayes in his tracks for a moment.
Di stalling the fight.
Di unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Di pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Hayes breaks from the clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hayes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Di - the referee stops the clock and Hayes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Di. Hayes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hayes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hayes blocks a head kick by Di.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Di lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Di rushes Hayes and presses him up against the ropes.
Di lands an elbow just above Hayes 's eye.
Di creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gwan Di clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Lincoln Hayes's cut.
That's time! Di's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hayes gets tackled into the ropes by Di. Di maintains the clinch.
Hayes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Di has him pressed against the ropes.
Hayes tries to circle away but Di has him pinned against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Hayes fails to land.
Di blocking some punches.
Di creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
Di is trying to maintain a safe position but Hayes gets an underhook and turns Di into the ropes.
Hayes misses with the head strike.
Hayes scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Di.

Lincoln Hayes's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hayes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hayes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Come on Hayes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hayes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Hayes.
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!
Di trying to stall but Hayes improves his position.
Hayes lands with a short shot to the head.
Di keeps control of Hayes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Di comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lincoln Hayes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gwan Di!
An out of breath Gwan Di thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.