PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Je Tunaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Lumpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tunaki
vs
Lumpio

182 cm
20
220 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

184 cm
20
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent elbows
Experienced

Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Je Tunaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Lumpio!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lumpio just misses with a punch to the body.

Tunaki instigates a clinch.
Tunaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lumpio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lumpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tunaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Lumpio crunches a lovely knee into Tunaki's ribcage.
Tunaki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lumpio is keeping busy.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lumpio.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lumpio.
Tunaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lumpio avoids it.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tunaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've been informed that Lumpio has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tunaki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lumpio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lumpio blocks an elbow strike.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lumpio managing to block the knees to the body from Tunaki.

Tunaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Tunaki's head coaches at Elroys Elite Private Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tunaki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lumpios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lumpio avoids the head kick by Tunaki.
Lumpio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tunaki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Lumpio to counter with a crisp jab.
Lumpio throws a hook but Tunaki blocks it.
Lumpio cracks Tunaki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Lumpio avoids the head kick by Tunaki.
Tunaki tries to clinch up but Lumpio circles away and keeps his distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lumpio.
Lumpio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tunaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Lumpio.
Lumpio swats away the attempt to clinch by Tunaki.
Tunaki moves in looking to clinch but Lumpio pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tunaki is out of range and Lumpio settles back down.
Tunaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tunaki gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tunaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tunaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lumpio looks to land a right hand but Tunaki moved out of range.
Lumpio misses with a low kick as Tunaki jumps back.
Lumpio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tunaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tunaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lumpio slips a straight right by Tunaki.
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 Je Tunaki will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lumpio drives through and clinches with Tunaki against the ropes.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lumpio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tunaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Tunaki blocks with his arms.
Tunaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lumpio takes a shot to the head.
Tunaki avoiding damage as Lumpio throws knees to the body.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tunaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tunaki is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio has him pressed against the ropes.
Tunaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lumpio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Tunaki manages to break the clinch.
Lumpio swats away the attempt to clinch by Tunaki.
Tunaki throws a series of punches but Lumpio avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Tunaki.
Lumpio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lumpio scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tunaki tries to clinch there but Lumpio circles away.

Lumpio forces Tunaki back against the ropes and clinches.
Tunaki tries to break the clinch but Lumpio is controlling the position.
Tunaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lumpio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but Tunaki blocks it.
Lumpio landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tunaki.
Lumpio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tunaki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tunaki blocking some punches.

Tunaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lumpio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tunaki looks to clinch

and Lumpio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lumpio.
A right handed body shot lands from Lumpio.
Tunaki takes a knee right on the jaw!

Tunaki is rocked!

It looks like Je Tunaki has been cut.
Tunaki tries to stall but Lumpio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oh Tunaki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Lumpio.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Tunaki blocks with his arms.
Lumpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lumpio misses with a knee strike.
Lumpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tunaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Tunaki seems to have got his legs back now.
Lumpio lands a good knee to the midsection. Tunaki won't want to take too many of those.
Lumpio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tunaki backwards.
Tunaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Lumpio has double underhooks.
Lumpio creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Tunaki crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Tunaki face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Lumpio takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Armas Lumpio!
Je Tunaki was interviewed post fight and said 'i do not believe he was the better fighter and i would love to have a rematch as soon as possible'.