PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between John Lo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Parxar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Parxar will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lo
vs
Parxar

170 cm
21
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
24
139 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Brawler
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Lo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, George Parxar!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parxar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Parxar tries to clinch but Lo moves out of range.
Parxar tries to clinch up but Lo circles away and keeps his distance.
Lo tries to clinch up.

Parxar instigates a clinch.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Lo.
A frustrated look appears on Parxar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lo misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.
A short left from Lo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Lo lands a right hand.
A short body shot lands from Parxar as the two fighters clinch.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Parxar.
Parxar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Parxar is trying to break free.
Lo misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.
A head punch on the inside from Lo fails to land.
Lo prevents Parxar from breaking the clinch.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lo.
Parxar blocking some punches.
Lo takes a shot to the head.
Lo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parxar's efforts to push away.
Parxar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lo lands a right hand.
Lo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lo scores with a shot to the side of Parxar's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parxar.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Lo misses with the head strike.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parxar keeps the fight on the outside.

Lo pushes Parxar up against the ropes in a clinch.
Parxar is looking to break free of the clinch but Lo has double underhooks.
Lo swings wildly with an uppercut but Parxar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parxar is trying to force a seperation but Lo has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
Parxar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Parxar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lo is keeping busy.
Parxar has had enough of the clinch but Lo keeps him there for the moment.
Lo swings wildly with an uppercut but Parxar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Parxar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Parxar.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Parxar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lo working aggressively here.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Parxar pushes Lo back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Parxar.
Parxar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parxar trying to stall but Lo improves his position.
Lo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Parxar backwards.
Parxar is trying to push Lo away but Lo has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Lo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.
Lo swings wildly with an uppercut but Parxar uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.
Parxar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lo misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Lo letting Parxar take a breather here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lo lands with a light punch inside.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Parxar.
Lo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Parxar is trying to break the clinch but Lo has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Lo dominated that round.
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.

Lo tries to clinch but Parxar moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Parxar.
Lo is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Parxar throws a series of punches but Lo avoids them all with ease.

Lo clinches with his opponent.
Lo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Parxar backwards.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Lo working aggressively here.
Parxar lands a right hand.
Lo misses with the head strike.
Lo misses with the head strike.
Parxar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Parxar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Lo.

Parxar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lo moves in looking to clinch but Parxar pushes him off.

Parxar moves into the clinch successfully.
Parxar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parxar trying to stall but Lo improves his position.
Lo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lo working aggressively here.
John Lo has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lo swings wildly with an uppercut but Parxar uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Parxar blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lo as Parxar tries to tie him up.
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!
Parxar struggles to land a body shot inside as Lo controls his hands.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parxar scores with a shot to the side of Lo's head.
Lo misses with the head strike.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Parxar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Parxar can't break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Parxar is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Lo has denied him.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Parxar.
Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lo gets through Parxar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Parxar has had enough of the clinch but Lo keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Lo fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Lo.
Parxar stalling in the clinch but Lo improves position.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parxar.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Parxar.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Parxar blocking some punches.
Lo working aggressively here.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parxar lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Lo fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Parxar taking a breather.

Parxar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Lo dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A combination from Parxar does no damage.
Parxar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lo tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Parxar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Parxar circles away from the clinch attempt.
A left and a right from Parxar both land. Nice combination.
Parxar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Parxar misses with a two punch combination.
Parxar throws a one two combo.
Lo moves in looking to clinch but Parxar pushes him off.
Lo tries to close the distance and clinch but Parxar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lo tries to clinch but Parxar moves out of range.

Parxar gets tackled into the ropes by Lo. Lo maintains the clinch.
Parxar tries to work over Lo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lo pushes Parxar back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lo prevents Parxar from breaking the clinch.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Lo misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Lo fails to land.
Parxar blocking some punches.
Lo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lo keeps control of Parxar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Parxar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lo's elbow.
Parxar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parxar blocking some punches.
Lo working aggressively here.
Parxar tries to break free but Lo pushes him back against the ropes.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Parxar takes a shot to the head.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Lo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parxar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Parxar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Parxar tries to keep at a distance but Lo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lo misses with the head strike.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Lo working aggressively here.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
Parxar has had enough of the clinch but Lo keeps him there for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parxar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Parxar.
A frustrated look appears on Parxar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lo lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parxar working hard to break the clinch.
Parxar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A short left from Lo.
Lo misses with some punches.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
Lo swings wildly with an uppercut but Parxar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parxar tries to break free but Lo pushes him back against the ropes.
Parxar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Parxar lands a left hand.
Lo throws a punch but it's blocked by Parxar.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lo keeps control of Parxar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
Parxar wants to break free but Lo has control.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lo misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Lo fails to land.
Parxar blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Parxar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lo has him pressed against the ropes.
Parxar blocking some punches.
Parxar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parxar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Parxar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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.
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
George Parxar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Lo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lo misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Lo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Lo!
John Lo retains his bantamweight title!