PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Borukiewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borukiewicz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eripe & Kiju - Grupa śmierci . Maciej Borukiewicz acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Crane
vs
Borukiewicz

190 cm
31
206 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

189 cm
21
225 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ichabod Crane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maciej Borukiewicz!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crane is looking to clinch.

Crane rushes Borukiewicz and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Crane tries to work over Borukiewicz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crane lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Crane utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Borukiewicz misses with a punch to the body.
Crane landing knees to the body.

Crane manages to break the clinch.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Borukiewicz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crane is looking to clinch.

Crane drives through and clinches with Borukiewicz against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crane prevents Borukiewicz from breaking the clinch.

Borukiewicz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Borukiewicz circles away.
Crane tries to clinch but Borukiewicz is having none of it.
Crane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Borukiewicz misses with a kick to the body.
Borukiewicz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borukiewicz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crane in his tracks.
Borukiewicz swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
Ichabod Crane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Crane has managed to clinch.
Crane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crane misses with a knee strike.
Borukiewicz misses with the head strike.
Crane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Borukiewicz can't break the clinch.
Borukiewicz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crane looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Borukiewicz avoids a wild elbow strike from Crane.
Crane keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Borukiewicz's efforts to push away.
Crane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borukiewicz's elbow.
Borukiewicz told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Borukiewicz working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borukiewicz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Crane.
Borukiewicz looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borukiewicz avoids the elbow strike from Crane, against the ropes.
Crane lands an elbow inside that Borukiewicz shrugs off.
Crane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Borukiewicz dodges an elbow strike from Crane.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Borukiewicz blocks with his arms.
Crane using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Crane fails to land.
Crane lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Maciej Borukiewicz has been cut.
Crane lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Crane breaks the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Crane 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borukiewicz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borukiewicz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ichabod Crane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maciej Borukiewicz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Borukiewicz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Borukiewicz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crane avoids the head kick by Borukiewicz.
Crane tries to clinch but Borukiewicz moves out of range.
A punch combination from Borukiewicz misses.
Borukiewicz misses the jab.
Ichabod Crane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crane slips under a jab from Borukiewicz.
Crane lands with a thumping leg kick.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borukiewicz swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Crane closes the distance and clinches.
Crane scores with a shoulder strike.
Borukiewicz working hard to break the clinch.

Crane manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crane is looking to clinch but Borukiewicz is avoiding it.
Crane 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borukiewicz throws a jab but it's blocked by Crane.
Crane wants to clinch up but Borukiewicz keeps it at a distance.
Crane tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borukiewicz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crane moves away from the strike by Borukiewicz.
Borukiewicz fails to land with a series of punches.
Borukiewicz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Borukiewicz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Crane wants to clinch.
Crane wants to clinch up but Borukiewicz keeps it at a distance.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Borukiewicz circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crane on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borukiewicz throws a hook to the side of Crane's head but Crane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Borukiewicz throws a nice looking combination but Crane bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crane chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Borukiewicz can pounce on him.
Crane throws a head kick that misses.
Borukiewicz throws a head kick that misses.
Crane wants to clinch.
Borukiewicz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Borukiewicz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Crane darts in and clinches Borukiewicz up against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crane tries to throw a body punch but Borukiewicz avoids it by throwing Crane back against the ropes.

Crane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ichabod Crane will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Maciej Borukiewicz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A kick lands to the mid section there for Borukiewicz.
Borukiewicz throws a lazy right hand but Crane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maciej Borukiewicz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Borukiewicz circles away from the clinch attempt.

Crane has closed the distance and engaged Borukiewicz in a clinch.
Borukiewicz looking to stall.
Borukiewicz avoiding damage as Crane throws knees to the body.
Crane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Crane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Borukiewicz keeps the fight on the outside.
Crane tries to clinch up.
Crane moves in looking to clinch but Borukiewicz pushes him off.
Borukiewicz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Ichabod Crane has been cut.
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!
Crane tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Borukiewicz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Crane clinches up against the ropes.
Crane creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Borukiewicz's defenses.
Crane misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Borukiewicz avoids the damage to the body.
Borukiewicz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Borukiewicz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Borukiewicz misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Borukiewicz. Those never looked like landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Borukiewicz blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Crane misses.
Crane tries to clinch but Borukiewicz is having none of it.
Crane misses with a head kick.

Borukiewicz darts in and clinches Crane up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Borukiewicz tries to break the clinch but Crane is controlling the position.
Borukiewicz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crane lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Crane breaks from the clinch.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borukiewicz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borukiewicz.

Crane clinches up against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crane throws an elbow but it misses.
A short body shot lands from Crane as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borukiewicz can't break the clinch.
Borukiewicz is trying to break the clinch but Crane has him pressed against the ropes.
Crane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Crane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ichabod Crane clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Crane is looking to clinch but Borukiewicz is avoiding it.
Crane's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Crane lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Crane clinches.
Borukiewicz is trying to break free.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ichabod Crane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crane pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Crane tries to work over Borukiewicz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Borukiewicz has had enough of the clinch but Crane keeps him there for the moment.
Crane scores with a hook to the body.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Borukiewicz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borukiewicz is defending well for now.
Borukiewicz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Borukiewiczs head.
Borukiewicz is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Crane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borukiewicz avoids it.
Crane lands a nice elbow.
Crane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borukiewicz is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borukiewicz is trying to break free.
Crane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borukiewicz blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane tries a body shot but Borukiewicz blocks it.
Crane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Borukiewicz.
Crane lands a body punch in the clinch.
Crane scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crane lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Crane.
Crane lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Borukiewicz managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Borukiewicz blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crane lands an elbow just above Borukiewicz 's eye.
Crane scores with a nice hook to the head.
Crane creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Borukiewicz's defenses.
Borukiewicz lands a nice uppercut.
Crane scores with a nice hook to the head.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crane lands a damaging elbow.
Crane misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Crane just misses with a elbow thrown towards Borukiewicz's brow.
Crane lands an elbow inside that Borukiewicz shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Borukiewicz avoids the damage to the body.
Crane can't find room to land a body shot as Borukiewicz controls the action.
Crane throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ichabod Crane had his way with Maciej Borukiewicz in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Borukiewicz misses with a leg kick.
Crane is looking to clinch.
Crane jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A left and a right from Borukiewicz both land. Nice combination.
Crane staggers Borukiewicz with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Borukiewicz looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Crane is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ichabod Crane!