PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Abu Papu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Papu might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to abu theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Papu
vs
Silver

177 cm
26
187 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
194 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Abu Papu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Silver!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papu thows a body shot but no joy.
Papu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silver is out of range and Papu settles back down.
We've been informed that Silver 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.
Silver uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silver jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Papu shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silver eats them both and turns towards Papu to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Billy Silver has been cut.
Papu throws the kick towards the body but Silver avoids it.
Papu connects with a body shot that sends Silver's belly button to the back.
Silver scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silver lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
An inside leg kick from Silver misses.
Silver tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Papu misses with a low kick.
Papu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silver connects with a good right hand that stumbles Papu. Papu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Papu.
Papu takes one to the chin there.
Silver buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Billy Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver cracks Papu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Papu jabs at Silver's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papu wants to slow Silver down by chopping away at his legs.
Papu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Papu scores with a push kick.
Papu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silver lands a leg kick that knocks Papu off balance momentarily.
Silver misses with a looping right.
Silver takes a swing at Papu's ribcage but misses.
Silver scores with a hook to the body. Papu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Papu ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
A big right from Silver misses.
Papu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silver swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papu throws a series of punches but Silver moves out of range.
Papu throws a leg kick but Silver sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silver misses with a hook.
Papu lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papu throws a nice looking combination but Silver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Papu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Papu is just out of range.
Papu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silver checks a leg kick.
Papu throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Papu staying out of range there.
Silver connects with a jab.
Silver goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Papu throws an off balance right hand
and Silver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Papu tries a head kick but it misses.
Silver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silver looks to land a combination. Papu sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silver throws a sloppy head kick and Papu moves out of range easily.

Papu forces Silver back against the ropes and clinches.
Silver has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Papu breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Billy Silver will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Silver's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silver misses with a looping right.
Silver misses the jab.
Papu slips a straight right by Silver.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Papu saw that one coming.
Papu is looking to slow Silver down with leg kicks.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Papu was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
Silver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Papu.
Papu thows a leg kick but Silver checks it
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
Papu throws a leg kick but Silver sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silver throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Papu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Papu misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Papu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silver throws a nice outside leg kick.
Papu wants to slow Silver down by chopping away at his legs.
Silver misses with a few strikes there.
Papu just misses with a punch to the body.
Papu looks to land a left hand but Silver moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.
Silver throws a body punch but Papu moves out of range.
Papu throws a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Silver.
Papu misses with a kick to the body.
Papu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Papu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silver. Silver obviously looking to wear him down.
Papu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silver checks it well.
Silver misses with a two punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silver.
That kick from Silver tenderised Papu's leg. Papu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silver misses with the combination.
Papu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silver. Papu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Papu lands a nice hook to Silver's body. Silver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papu blocks the body kick.
Silver blocks a leg kick.
Silver moves out of range of the leg kick from Papu.
Papu swings for the body but Silver moves out of range.
Silver stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Papu.
Papu throws a leg kick but Silver sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silver.
Silver does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Papu throws a lazy uppercut
and Silver counters with a left to the body.
Nice shot by Papu.
Silver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Papu needs to keep his hands up - Silver had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Papu.
Papu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Papu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Billy Silver will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Billy Silver's cut.
That's time! Papu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Papu throws an overhand right that lands on Silver's shoulder, as Silver tries to avoid the shot.
Papu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Silver throws a low kick but Papu moves out of range easily.
Silver avoids the head kick by Papu.
Papu takes one to the chin there.
Silver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Papu throws a body punch but Silver moves out of range.
Papu throws a low kick but Silver moves out of range easily.
A big right from Silver misses.
Silver lands a head kick. Papu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Papu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silver sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silver checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Papu.
Silver looks to throw the jab but Papu is out of range.
Papu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Papu.
Papu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Billy Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silver lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Silver both land. Nice combination.

Papu is rocked!
Silver catches Papu with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Papu forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Billy Silver!
Billy Silver decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.