PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cung Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Mooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Lee
vs
Mooney

183 cm
27
210 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

178 cm
24
212 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cung Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Walter Mooney!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Mooney.
Lee keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot by Lee.
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mooney's head.
Lee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mooney 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.
A good leg kick by Mooney.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee lands a head shot.
Mooney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Mooney scores with a head kick. Lee tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Cung Lee has been cut.
Mooney misses with a head kick.
Lee misses with a left hand
and Mooney counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lee's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lee is out of range and Mooney settles back down.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee misses with a body kick.

Mooney gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mooney is defending well for now.
Mooney missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Mooney.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mooney.
Mooney is looking to break free of the clinch but Lee has double underhooks.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mooney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lee's brow.
Mooney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Mooney.
Mooney creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lee's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mooney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mooney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mooney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mooney lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Mooney.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Mooney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Mooney dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cung Lee's cut.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mooney.
Lee feints and then cracks Mooney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mooney down.
Mooney connects with a solid leg kick.
Mooney throws a head kick that misses
and Lee counters with a stiff right hand.
Mooney tries to clinch there but Lee circles away.
Lee tries to bum rush Mooney with a series of wild strikes but Mooney uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mooney throws a lazy body kick
and Lee counters with a stiff right hand.
Lee throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mooney cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mooney looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mooney tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.
Lee takes a swing at Mooney's ribcage but misses.
Mooney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mooney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mooney lands with a slapping head kick.
Mooney with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Mooney slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mooney.
Mooney throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Mooney misses with an uppercut.
Mooney swinging wildly here.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.

Mooney closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mooney is trying to break free.
Good body shot from Mooney.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walter Mooney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cung Lee's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee throws a series of punches but Mooney avoids them all with ease.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Mooney ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looks like Lee has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Mooney scores with a head kick. Lee tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lee lands a really nice looking cross but Mooney seems unphased.
Mooney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee looks to land a combination but Mooney avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mooney slips a straight right by Lee.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mooney.
Lee cracks the inside of Mooney's front leg.
Walter Mooney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mooney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Some bone on bone action there as Lee checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee connects with the punch.
Mooney throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Mooney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mooney throws a head kick that misses.
Lee avoids the head kick by Mooney.
Decent striking displayed by Lee there.
Lee misses with an uppercut
and Mooney counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mooney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lee counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mooney tries to clinch up.
Lee throws a hook but Mooney avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Cung Lee did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Cung Lee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mooney takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lee moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lee misses the jab.
Lee throws a body kick that misses.
Lee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mooney can pounce on him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lee checks a leg kick.
Lee lands a head shot.
Lee lands with a hook. Mooney tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee tries to land a front kick but Mooney steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mooney.
Mooney takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mooney moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Walter Mooney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mooney checks the leg kick nicely there.
A head kick misses from Mooney.
Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lee lands with a straight right. Mooney didn't see that one coming.
Lee connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mooney clinches with his opponent.
Mooney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mooney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Mooney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mooney throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Mooney throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mooney throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Mooney's head.
Lee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mooney at a distance.
Mooney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Lee had his way with Walter Mooney in that round.
The cut man is working on Cung Lee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mooney misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mooney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Mooney throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Mooney displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mooney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee blocks a head kick by Mooney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee misses the jab.
Lee fakes the leg kick and cracks Mooney in the body.
Lee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mooney tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Mooney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mooney takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mooney.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mooney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mooney lands an overhand right.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mooney doesn't manage to clinch there - Lee circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mooney throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lee checks a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cung Lee.
I think Lee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 48:48
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Walter Mooney!