PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Almu Tantor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Laborina Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laborina Lim is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Here we go. Almu Tantor is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Tantor
vs
Laborina Lim

190 cm
24
195 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

173 cm
30
183 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Almu Tantor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Laborina Lim!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tantor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Laborina Lim. Laborina Lim circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tantor tries a low kick but Laborina Lim avoids it.
Laborina Lim tries to clinch but Tantor is having none of it.
Laborina Lim throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tantor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Laborina Lim throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tantor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laborina Lim misses the shot to the body.
Laborina Lim scores with a leg kick.
Tantor takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laborina Lim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laborina Lim throws an overhand right that lands on Tantor's shoulder, as Tantor tries to avoid the shot.
Tantor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim cracks a nice hook into Tantor's ribs.
Tantor finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tantor lands with a nice combination. Laborina Lim backs away looking to recover.
Tantor cracks Laborina Lim with a good jab.
Laborina Lim lands a lovely overhand right.
Laborina Lim takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laborina Lim misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laborina Lim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tantor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Laborina Lim.
Tantor lands with a good body shot.
Tantor misses with a hook
and Laborina Lim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tantor thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Laborina Lim if he has to take too many more of those.
Laborina Lim scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Laborina Lim tries to clinch there but Tantor circles away.
Laborina Lim looks to throw the jab but Tantor is out of range.
Laborina Lim is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tantor.
Tantor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laborina Lim's sensitive parts.
Laborina Lim takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laborina Lim just misses with a punch to the body.
Tantor thows a body shot but no joy.
Laborina Lim lands with a nice body punch.
Laborina Lim finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laborina Lim has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Laborina Lim checks a leg kick.
Tantor misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Laborina Lim counters by clinching up.
Tantor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tantor pushes Laborina Lim back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Laborina Lim creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tantor is trying to maintain a safe position but Laborina Lim gets an underhook and turns Tantor into the ropes.
Tantor tries to circle away but Laborina Lim has him pinned against the ropes.
Tantor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tantor throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim looking to throw knees to the head but Tantor is blocking nicely.
Laborina Lim blocking some punches.
Tantor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laborina Lim backwards.
Laborina Lim blocking some punches.

Tantor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Laborina Lim misses.
Laborina Lim lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tantor looks for the body kick but Laborina Lim saw that one coming.
Tantor throws out a leg kick but Laborina Lim moves out of range and Tantor only half commits.
Laborina Lim moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Laborina Lim finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tantor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Laborina Lim. That one must have hurt.
Laborina Lim throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tantor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tantor connects with a right hand. Laborina Lim shakes it off.
Laborina Lim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laborina Lim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tantor.
Laborina Lim connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laborina Lim throws a jab when Tantor was well out of range.
Tantor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tantor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Laborina Lim checks a leg kick.
Tantor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tantor throws an overhand right that lands on Laborina Lim's shoulder, as Laborina Lim tries to avoid the shot.
Laborina Lim fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tantor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laborina Lim is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tantor.
Tantor misses with a body shot.
Laborina Lim fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tantor blocks a head kick by Laborina Lim.
Tantor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laborina Lim.
Tantor connects with the punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tantor. That's going to slow Laborina Lim down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tantor throws a wild body kick that Laborina Lim sees coming a mile off.
Tantor blocks a low kick nicely.
Tantor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Laborina Lim counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Laborina Lim dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Laborina Lim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laborina Lim avoids the body shot from Tantor.
Laborina Lim ducks under a wild hook from Tantor.
Laborina Lim looks to land a right hand but Tantor moved out of range.
Laborina Lim tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laborina Lim throws a lazy right hand but Tantor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick from Laborina Lim misses.
Laborina Lim thows a body shot but no joy.
Laborina Lim misses the jab.
Tantor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laborina Lim throws an overhand right that lands on Tantor's shoulder, as Tantor tries to avoid the shot.
Tantor checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Laborina Lim misses with a head kick.
Laborina Lim tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tantor. Laborina Lim does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick from Tantor misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor throws a body punch but Laborina Lim moves out of range.
Tantor moves out of range of the strikes.
Laborina Lim wants to clinch up but Tantor keeps it at a distance.
Antonio Laborina Lim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laborina Lim looks to score with a jab to the body but Tantor is just out of range.
Tantor is looking to wear down Laborina Lim with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tantor connects with a solid leg kick.
Tantor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Good work by Tantor as he checks the leg kick.
Laborina Lim waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tantor.
Laborina Lim feints and then cracks Tantor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tantor down.
Tantor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laborina Lim goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Laborina Lim checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tantor scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laborina Lim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Laborina Lim. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laborina Lim moves out of range of the leg kick from Tantor.
Tantor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Laborina Lim checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Laborina Lim checks a leg kick nicely.
Laborina Lim ducks under a wild hook from Tantor.
Laborina Lim takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tantor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laborina Lim looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Laborina Lim takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Laborina Lim dodges the punch combination from Tantor.
Laborina Lim cracks the inside of Tantor's front leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tantor finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tantor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Laborina Lim - the referee stops the clock and Tantor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Laborina Lim. Tantor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Good standup being displayed there by Laborina Lim as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tantor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laborina Lim motions for Tantor to come forward. Laborina Lim throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tantor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Laborina Lim with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tantor under the eye.
Laborina Lim looks to score with a jab to the body but Tantor is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laborina Lim lands with a nice body punch.
Tantor's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Laborina Lim connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tantor scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A slow jab from Laborina Lim misses its intended target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laborina Lim.
Nice shot lands for Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Laborina Lim lands a front kick to the face, that drops Tantor to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
A bone on bone clash there as Laborina Lim blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tantor staying out of range there.
Tantor moves away from the strike by Laborina Lim.
Laborina Lim fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Tantor is rocked!

Laborina Lim catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Tantor stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Tantor walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Oh Tantor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tantor connects with a single shot there.
Laborina Lim connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Tantor's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Tantor - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Antonio Laborina Lim! Antonio Laborina Lim retains his middleweight title!
Antonio Laborina Lim bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.