PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Lilburne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Eckstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lilburne might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You'll never walk alone. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lilburne
vs
Eckstein

188 cm
30
218 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

196 cm
23
212 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

LOD: Affordable Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Lilburne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Eckstein!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilburne checks a low kick from Eckstein.
Eckstein moves out of range of the body kick.
Lilburne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eckstein was well out of range. Poor timing from Lilburne.
Lilburne takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lilburne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Eckstein misses with a leg kick.
Eckstein waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lilburne.
Eckstein ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lilburne looks to land a left hand but Eckstein moved out of range nicely.
Eckstein connects with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Lilburne blocks the low kick.
Eckstein takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eckstein feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lilburne's calf.
Eckstein lands a front kick.
Eckstein connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Eckstein rushes Lilburne and presses him up against the ropes.
Eckstein avoids a wild elbow strike from Lilburne.

Lilburne breaks the clinch.
Lilburne thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Eckstein if he has to take too many more of those.
Lilburne plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Eckstein darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
John Lilburne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lilburne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Eckstein tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eckstein lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Eckstein blocks an uppercut.
Lilburne blocks an uppercut.
Lilburne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Eckstein lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lilburne scores with a shoulder strike.
Eckstein working aggressively here.
Lilburne blocks an elbow strike.
Lilburne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eckstein backwards.
Eckstein pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Eckstein tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lilburne avoids it.
Lilburne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lilburne misses with an elbow over the top.
Eckstein takes an elbow to the temple.
Lilburne lands a left hand.
Eckstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eckstein can't find room to land a body shot as Lilburne controls the action.
Eckstein lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eckstein lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Eckstein tries to throw a body punch but Lilburne avoids it by throwing Eckstein back against the ropes.
Eckstein is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lilburne is keeping busy.
Lilburne misses with an elbow strike.
Lilburne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Eckstein's defenses.
Lilburne missing with knees to the body.
Eckstein throws an elbow that misses.
Lilburne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eckstein backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Eckstein.
Eckstein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lilburne lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lilburne has a couple of punches blocked by Eckstein.
Lilburne throws an elbow but it misses.
Eckstein looking to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eckstein landing knees to the body.
Eckstein lands an uppercut.
Eckstein tries to work over Lilburne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Eckstein.
Eckstein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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 John Lilburne will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lilburne misses with a head kick.
A clash of legs there as Lilburne blocks the low kick.
Good leg kick by Eckstein there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Eckstein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lilburne.
Lilburne scores with a jab to the jaw.
Eckstein avoids the body shot from Lilburne.
Lilburne checks a low kick from Eckstein.
A thudding body kick lands there by Eckstein!
A head kick misses from Lilburne.
Eckstein misses with a looping left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lilburne.
Lilburne throws a wild body kick that Eckstein sees coming a mile off.
Lilburne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lilburne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Lilburne is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lilburne walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Eckstein! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jason Eckstein!
After the fight, Jason Eckstein 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.