PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruce The Glow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Hayabusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce The Glow could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ryu Hayabusa's chin.

The Glow
vs
Hayabusa

190 cm
23
270 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

195 cm
32
278 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce The Glow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Hayabusa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Glow cracks the inside of Hayabusa's front leg.
The Glow feints a jab promting Hayabusa to slip. The Glow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hayabusa slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The Glow throws a hook but Hayabusa blocks it.
Hayabusa wants to clinch up but The Glow keeps it at a distance.
Hayabusa tries to clinch but The Glow moves out of range.
The Glow lands with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hayabusa pushes The Glow up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hayabusa misses with the head strike.
Hayabusa tries to work over The Glow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Glow is trying to break free.
Our sources have told us that The Glow has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Hayabusa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Glow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hayabusa stalling.
Hayabusa lands an elbow just above The Glow 's eye.
Hayabusa is working The Glow over against the ropes.
Hayabusa blocks an elbow strike.
Hayabusa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hayabusa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Glow avoids it.
The Glow misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayabusa lands a right hand.
Hayabusa lands a nice uppercut.
The Glow misses with a hook from the clinch.

Hayabusa breaks the clinch.

Hayabusa has The Glow up against the ropes in a clinch.
The Glow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hayabusa backwards.
The Glow lands an uppercut.
The Glow is trying to push Hayabusa away but Hayabusa has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hayabusa tries to work over The Glow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Glow misses with a punch on the inside.
The Glow throws an elbow that misses.
Hayabusa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Glow's efforts to push away.
Hayabusa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hayabusa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hayabusa looking to throw knees to the head but The Glow is blocking nicely.
Hayabusa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hayabusa scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hayabusa.
The Glow misses with some punches.
Hayabusa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hayabusa lands with a short shot to the head.
The Glow is trying to force a seperation but Hayabusa has the dominant position.
Hayabusa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hayabusa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hayabusa lands an uppercut.
Hayabusa avoiding damage as The Glow throws knees to the body.
Hayabusa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Glow or not.
Hayabusa pushes off an throws an elbow but The Glow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
The Glow blocks the elbow strike.
Hayabusa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hayabusa.
The Glow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Glow struggles to land a body shot inside as Hayabusa controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hayabusa.
Hayabusa cracks The Glow with a nice body shot.
The Glow is breathing heavily.
The Glow is trying to push Hayabusa away but Hayabusa has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryu Hayabusa 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.

Hayabusa clinches up with The Glow and pushes him back against the ropes.
Hayabusa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Glow avoids it.
The Glow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hayabusa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Glow misses with the head strike.
The Glow tries a body shot but Hayabusa blocks it.
The Glow pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayabusa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
The Glow throws a punch but it's blocked by Hayabusa.
The Glow is trying to force a seperation but Hayabusa has the dominant position.
The Glow misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on The Glow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Glow has had enough of the clinch but Hayabusa keeps him there for the moment.
The Glow misses with a body punch.
Hayabusa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Glow lands a hook that snaps the head of Hayabusa backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayabusa blocks an elbow strike.
The Glow creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Glow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Glow throws a head punch that misses.
The Glow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hayabusa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A kick lands to the mid section there for The Glow.
The Glow misses with a looping left.

Hayabusa closes the distance and pushes The Glow back into the ropes.
The Glow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hayabusa blocks a body shot from The Glow.
Hayabusa throws an elbow that misses.
Hayabusa missing with knees to the body.
The Glow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hayabusa lands with a right to the head.
Hayabusa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hayabusa is trying to stall.
The Glow misses with the head strike.
Hayabusa lands an elbow just above The Glow 's eye.
The Glow is trying to force a seperation but Hayabusa has the dominant position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayabusa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hayabusa swings wildly with an uppercut but The Glow uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Hayabusa as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hayabusa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Glow can't break the clinch.
Ryu Hayabusa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hayabusa prevents a body shot from The Glow.
Hayabusa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Glow is looking to break free of the clinch but Hayabusa has double underhooks.

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

Hayabusa moves into range and clinches up with The Glow.
The Glow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Glow dodges an elbow strike from Hayabusa.
Hayabusa tries to land knees in the clinch but The Glow avoids the damage to the body.

Hayabusa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Glow lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Glow throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hayabusa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hayabusa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ryu Hayabusa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Glow fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hayabusa is out of range.
The Glow's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hayabusa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Glow scrambles back to his feet.
Hayabusa moves out of range of the strikes.
The Glow throws a sloppy head kick and Hayabusa moves out of range easily.
The Glow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hayabusa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Hayabusa.
The Glow throws a sloppy head kick and Hayabusa moves out of range easily.
The Glow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hayabusa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Glow blocks a head kick by Hayabusa.
The Glow lands with a shot to the body.
Hayabusa misses with a head kick.
The Glow swings for the body but Hayabusa moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Glow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Glow motions for Hayabusa to come forward. The Glow throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hayabusa avoids a kick to the body.
The Glow swings widly with a right hand
and Hayabusa counters with a series of strikes. The Glow will be more careful next time no doubt.
The Glow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and before The Glow can reset, Hayabusa rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! The Glow is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hayabusa moves into the clinch successfully.
Hayabusa misses with a punch to the body.
Hayabusa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Glow avoids it.
A hook to the body from Hayabusa.
Hayabusa pushes The Glow back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hayabusa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The Glow breaks from the clinch.
Hayabusa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hayabusa tries to clinch but The Glow is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from The Glow misses its intended target.
Hayabusa's jab looks to have found its range, popping The Glow under the eye.

The Glow gets tackled into the ropes by Hayabusa. Hayabusa maintains the clinch.
The Glow managing to block the knees to the body from Hayabusa.
Hayabusa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Glow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hayabusa blocks an elbow strike from The Glow.
Hayabusa lands a right hand.
The Glow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Glow tries to break free but Hayabusa pushes him back against the ropes.
Hayabusa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Glow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hayabusa lands a nice uppercut.
The Glow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayabusa unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Glow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hayabusa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Glow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hayabusa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryu Hayabusa takes the third 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.

The Glow looks for the body kick but Hayabusa saw that one coming.
The Glow throws a push kick but Hayabusa slaps the foot to one side.
The Glow connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by The Glow. Beautiful body shot.
Hayabusa blocks the body kick.
Hayabusa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Glow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Glow tries to land a leg kick but Hayabusa saw it coming and moves away.
Hayabusa doesn't manage to clinch there - The Glow circles away.
Hayabusa misses with a kick to the body.
Hayabusa throws a sloppy head kick and The Glow moves out of range easily.
Hayabusa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hayabusa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Glow.
The Glow pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Glow takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hayabusa wants to clinch
and The Glow counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Glow on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The Glow misses with a head kick.
Bruce The Glow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hayabusa!
The Glow cracks Hayabusa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hayabusa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Glow misses with a looping right.
The Glow missing with a left hand there. Hayabusa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ryu Hayabusa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donk. Hayabusa catches The Glow right on the button with a cross.
The Glow lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hayabusa clinches up with The Glow and pushes him back against the ropes.
The Glow swings wildly with an uppercut but Hayabusa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayabusa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Glow missing with knees to the body.
Hayabusa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Glow misses with the head strike.
The Glow blocks an elbow strike.
Hayabusa lands an elbow inside that The Glow shrugs off.
The Glow throws a punch but it's blocked by Hayabusa.
The Glow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Glow working hard to break the clinch.
The Glow wants to break free but Hayabusa has control.
Hayabusa blocking some punches.
The Glow wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Glow blocks a body shot from Hayabusa.
Hayabusa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hayabusa.
Hayabusa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Glow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayabusa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Glow in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hayabusa misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hayabusa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Hayabusa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Glow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryu Hayabusa dominated that fourth round.
That's time! The Glow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hayabusa has The Glow up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ryu Hayabusa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Glow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hayabusa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Glow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hayabusa's elbow.
The Glow missing with knees to the body.
Hayabusa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch on the inside from The Glow fails to land.
Hayabusa lands with a light punch inside.
Hayabusa lands a damaging elbow.
The Glow can't break the clinch.
Hayabusa prevents a body shot from The Glow.
Hayabusa lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayabusa lands a damaging elbow.

The Glow is rocked!
Hayabusa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A short body shot lands from Hayabusa as the two fighters clinch.
Hayabusa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hayabusa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hayabusa.
The Glow tries to work over Hayabusa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Glow misses with a hook to the ribs.

The Glow loses concentration momentarily and Hayabusa takes advantage, cracking him with a big elbow that sends him off balance, tumbling to the mat. The Glow is forced to take a standing eight count before the referee allows him to continue the bout.
Oh The Glow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Bruce The Glow has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Hayabusa.
The Glow seems to have got his legs back now.
Hayabusa tries to clinch but The Glow is having none of it.
The Glow swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Hayabusa to counter with a crisp jab.
Hayabusa scores with a punch to the head.

Hayabusa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Glow, pushing him back against the ropes.
The Glow is trying to push Hayabusa away but Hayabusa has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hayabusa cracks The Glow with a big elbow, right in the eye socket! The Glow drops to his knees in obvious pain! The referee starts the count but it's plainly obvious that The Glow isn't going to get back to his feet. The referee counts none the less and Hayabusa struts around the mat, safe in the knowledge that this one is over. A big win for Hayabusa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Ryu Hayabusa!
A victorious Ryu Hayabusa thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.