PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Solomon Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toafa Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Judah
vs
Shakur

180 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Solomon Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toafa Shakur!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shakur darts in and clinches Judah up against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Judah's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shakur prevents Judah from breaking the clinch.
Judah is trying to force a seperation but Shakur has the dominant position.
Judah takes an elbow to the temple.
Shakur lands an elbow inside.
Judah wants to break free but Shakur has control.
Judah working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shakur.
Shakur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Shakur.
Shakur prevents Judah from breaking the clinch.
Shakur looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Judah swings wildly with an uppercut but Shakur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judah is trying to force a seperation but Shakur has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Shakur.
Shakur throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shakur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judah's defenses.
Judah avoids a wild elbow strike from Shakur.
Judah is trying to force a seperation but Shakur has the dominant position.
Judah blocks an elbow strike.
Judah avoids the elbow strike from Shakur, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Shakur throws an elbow but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah avoids the elbow strike from Shakur, against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shakur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Judah takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shakur lands an elbow inside that Judah shrugs off.
Shakur pushes off an throws an elbow but Judah leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Judah is trying to push Shakur away but Shakur has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shakur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Judah really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Judah is trying to push Shakur away but Shakur has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shakur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Shakur throws an elbow but misses.
Shakur lands an elbow inside that Judah shrugs off.
Judah blocks the elbow strike.
Judah is trying to break the clinch but Shakur has him pressed against the ropes.
Shakur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shakur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judah's defenses.
Judah takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shakur.
Shakur lands an elbow inside.
Shakur misses with an elbow strike.
Judah takes an elbow to the forehead.
Judah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shakur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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!
Judah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shakur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judah's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shakur lands a nice elbow.
Shakur lands an elbow that stopped Judah in his tracks for a moment.
Shakur misses with an elbow over the top.
Shakur misses with an elbow over the top.
Judah has had enough of the clinch but Shakur keeps him there for the moment.
Judah blocks the elbow strike.
Judah is trying to break the clinch but Shakur is controlling him.
Shakur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shakur throws an elbow that misses.
Shakur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Shakur.
Shakur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Judah is trying to break the clinch but Shakur is controlling him.
Shakur lands an elbow just above Judah 's eye.
Judah is trying to break free.
Judah working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Judah avoids the elbow strike from Shakur, against the ropes.
Judah avoids the elbow strike from Shakur, against the ropes.
Judah avoids the elbow strike from Shakur, against the ropes.
Shakur lands a nice elbow.
Judah is trying to force a seperation but Shakur has the dominant position.
Shakur keeps control of Judah as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toafa Shakur dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Shakur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judah throws out the jab.
Judah swats away the attempt to clinch by Shakur.

Shakur gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Toafa Shakur seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Judah takes an elbow to the temple.
Shakur prevents Judah from breaking the clinch.
Shakur prevents Judah from breaking the clinch.
Judah is trying to break the clinch but Shakur is controlling him.
Judah avoids a wild elbow strike from Shakur.
Judah has had enough of the clinch but Shakur keeps him there for the moment.
Judah tries to circle away but Shakur has him pinned against the ropes.
Judah takes an elbow to the temple.
Judah blocks the elbow strike.
Shakur lands an elbow inside that Judah shrugs off.
Shakur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Judah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Shakur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shakur misses with an elbow strike.
Judah wants to break free but Shakur has control.
Shakur throws an elbow that misses.

Judah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Judah misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Judah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Shakur pushes Judah up against the ropes in a clinch.
Judah wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shakur has him pressed against the ropes.
Shakur lands an elbow just above Judah 's eye.
Judah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Shakur.
Shakur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shakur keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Judah's efforts to push away.
Judah is trying to break the clinch but Shakur is controlling him.
Shakur lands an elbow that stopped Judah in his tracks for a moment.
Shakur lands a damaging elbow.
Judah is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shakur is keeping busy.
Shakur throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Shakur just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judah's brow.
Shakur pushes off an throws an elbow but Judah leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Shakur keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Judah's efforts to push away.
Shakur lands a damaging elbow.
Judah blocks an elbow strike.
Shakur has Judah pressed against the ropes, preventing Judah from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah wants to break free but Shakur has control.
Judah wants to break free but Shakur has control.
Judah working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Judah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shakur prevents Judah from breaking the clinch.
Shakur lands a damaging elbow.
Shakur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shakur lands an elbow that stopped Judah in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shakur.
Judah dodges an elbow strike from Shakur.
Judah wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shakur has him pressed against the ropes.
Shakur pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Shakur trying to stall but Judah improves his position.
Judah has had enough of the clinch but Shakur keeps him there for the moment.
Shakur lands an elbow inside.
Judah blocks an elbow strike.
Shakur looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shakur lands an elbow just above Judah 's eye.
Judah takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shakur lands a damaging elbow.
Judah working hard to break the clinch.
Judah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toafa Shakur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Shakur looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Solomon Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shakur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Judah lands a nice looking body shot.
Judah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shakur tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from Judah.
Solomon Judah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shakur on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Judah digs a good body shot into Shakur's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Judah misses the target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Judah thows a body shot but no joy.
Judah lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Judah keeps the fight on the outside.
Judah lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Judah swats away the attempt to clinch by Shakur.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Judah misses with a straight left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shakur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Judah sizes up Shakur with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakur tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shakur tries to clinch there but Judah circles away.
Shakur tries to clinch there but Judah circles away.
Shakur moves out of range of the strikes.
Judah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shakur fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shakur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Judah keeps the fight on the outside.
Judah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shakur tries to clinch up.
Shakur tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shakur is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shakur tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shakur wants to clinch.

Shakur pushes Judah up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shakur has him pressed against the ropes.
Judah wants to get back to striking at distance but Shakur won't allow it.
Judah working hard to break the clinch.
Judah blocks an elbow strike.
Judah has had enough of the clinch but Shakur keeps him there for the moment.
Judah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Judah tries to break the clinch but Shakur is controlling the position.
Judah tries to break the clinch but Shakur is controlling the position.
Shakur keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Judah's efforts to push away.
Shakur has Judah pressed against the ropes, preventing Judah from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shakur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shakur comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shakur gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shakur.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shakur lands a nice elbow.
Judah pushes off an throws an elbow but Shakur leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Shakur.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shakur.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shakur.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Toafa Shakur.
I've got Shakur winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toafa Shakur!
A less than humble Toafa Shakur misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.