PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eddie Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eka Tahuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddie Brock has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Brock
vs
Tahuna

162 cm
28
152 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

176 cm
21
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Experienced

Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie Brock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eka Tahuna!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brock closes the distance and clinches.
Tahuna's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brock misses with a knee to the head.
Tahuna scores with a hook to the body.
Tahuna is trying to push Brock away but Brock has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Brock scores with a shot to the side of Tahuna's head.
Brock lands a nice uppercut.
Tahuna takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brock misses with a punch to the body.
Brock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahuna.
Tahuna tries to stall but Brock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brock trying to land knees to the body.
Tahuna tries to circle away but Brock has him pinned against the ropes.
Brock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahuna.
Tahuna managing to block the knees to the body from Brock.
Tahuna wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tahuna avoids it.
A short right from Tahuna.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brock misses with an elbow strike.
Brock prevents a body shot from Tahuna.
Brock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahuna.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tahuna takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting on Tahuna's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Tahuna pushes Brock back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brock swings wildly with an uppercut but Tahuna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tahuna stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tahuna.
Tahuna avoiding damage as Brock throws knees to the body.
Brock throws a punch but it's blocked by Tahuna.
Brock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tahuna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tahuna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tahuna avoiding damage as Brock throws knees to the body.
Tahuna avoiding damage as Brock throws knees to the body.
Tahuna has a couple of punches blocked by Brock.
Tahuna is looking to break free of the clinch but Brock has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock misses with a knee to the head.
Brock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tahuna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brock blocks a body shot from Tahuna.
Brock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tahuna avoids it.
Tahuna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brock pushes off an throws an elbow but Tahuna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Brock tries a body shot but Tahuna blocks it.
Brock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tahuna lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Brock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tahuna's brow.
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 Eddie Brock will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Tahuna misses with a right hand
and Brock counters with a nice uppercut.
Tahuna looks to land a right hand but Brock moved out of range.
Brock connects with a jab.
Brock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brock walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brock doesn't manage to clinch there - Tahuna circles away.
Brock looks to clinch
and Tahuna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brock just misses with a punch to the body.
Tahuna moves forwards but Brock connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tahuna keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahuna connects with a looping right hand.

Brock moves into range and clinches up with Tahuna.
Tahuna has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tahuna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brock backwards.
Brock has a couple of punches blocked by Tahuna.
Brock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tahuna's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tahuna.
Tahuna works on Brock's body with a couple of short punches.
Brock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tahuna has Brock pushed against the ropes.
Brock blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tahuna.
A short right from Tahuna.
Brock throws a punch but it's blocked by Tahuna.
Tahuna has Brock pressed against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Tahuna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brock is looking to clinch but Tahuna is avoiding it.
Tahuna misses with a body kick.
Tahuna lands with a good body shot.
Brock doesn't manage to clinch there - Tahuna circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A punch combination from Tahuna misses.
Tahuna misses with a hook
and Brock counters with a nice body shot.
Brock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tahuna with a hook.
Tahuna misses with a straight left.
Tahuna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tahuna takes a swing at Brock's ribcage but misses.
Tahuna throws a shot from downtown. Brock moves away and avoids it.
Eka Tahuna seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna misses with a wild body shot.
Tahuna misses with an uppercut.
Tahuna throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tahuna tries to land a front kick but Brock steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Tahuna lands a head kick that bluckles Brock and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Tahuna no doubt looking to push for a finish!

It looks like Eddie Brock has been cut.
Tahuna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tahuna throws an off balance right hand
and Brock counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tahuna paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brock tries to clinch there but Tahuna circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eka Tahuna takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Eddie Brock'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. This is the final round!

Tahuna jabs Brock right on the nose. Brock blinks but takes it well.
Tahuna misses with a two punch combination.
Tahuna misses with a combination

and Brock counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brock.
Tahuna has Brock pushed against the ropes.
Brock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tahuna avoids it.
Brock pushes off an throws an elbow but Tahuna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tahuna has had enough of the clinch but Brock keeps him there for the moment.
Brock working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahuna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tahuna blocks an elbow strike from Brock.
Tahuna content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Tahuna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tahuna's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brock under the eye.
Brock throws a jab when Tahuna was well out of range.
Tahuna throws a leg kick which misses Brock's front leg but catches the back leg as Brock tries to avoid it.

Tahuna cracks Brock with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Brock is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Brock is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!

Brock is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tahuna misses with the combination.
Brock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna is looking to land body kicks.
Brock tries to clinch but Tahuna is having none of it.
Tahuna is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Brock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tahuna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tahuna connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Brock onto his butt! Brock bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Oh Brock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tahuna throws a body kick that misses
and Brock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brock seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock misses the shot to the body.
Brock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tahuna throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Brock lands a body shot.
Brock throws an overhand right that lands on Tahuna's shoulder, as Tahuna tries to avoid the shot.
Brock tries to close the distance and clinch but Tahuna swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brock tries to clinch
and Tahuna counters with a good, hard body kick but Brock shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brock's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tahuna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brock scrambles back to his feet.
Brock takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tahuna has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tahuna knocks out Brock with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Tahuna before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Tahuna picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eka Tahuna!
After the fight, Eka Tahuna was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.