PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joseph Amadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Lumpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Amadi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tupac - Out On Bail. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Amadi
vs
Lumpio

185 cm
27
190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

184 cm
21
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Amadi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Lumpio!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amadi needs to keep his hands up - Lumpio had a free shot at his head there.
Amadi with a nice cross.
Amadi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Amadi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lumpio throws a poor cross that misses
and Amadi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lumpio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Amadi.
Lumpio slips a straight right by Amadi.
Lumpio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Amadi.

Lumpio gets a clinch.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but Amadi blocks it.
Amadi is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio is controlling him.
Lumpio misses with a knee strike.
Amadi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lumpio landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amadi is trying to force a seperation but Lumpio has the dominant position.
Lumpio looking to throw knees to the head but Amadi is blocking nicely.
Amadi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lumpio lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amadi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but Amadi blocks it.
Amadi lands a shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Amadi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lumpio 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.
Lumpio trying to land knees to the body.
Lumpio lands a knee to the head.
Lumpio lands a left hand.
Lumpio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Amadi is defending well for now.
Amadi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lumpio has him pressed against the ropes.
Amadi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.

Amadi manages to break the clinch.
Lumpio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Amadi misses with a right hand
and Lumpio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Amadi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Amadi throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amadi misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Lumpio.
Lumpio shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Amadi slips a straight right by Lumpio.

Lumpio has managed to clinch.
Amadi can't break the clinch.
Lumpio scores a nice knee to the body.

Amadi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lumpio throws a combination that misses
and Amadi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Lumpio fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Amadi, pushing him back against the ropes.
Amadi is trying to break free.

Amadi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Armas Lumpio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amadi walks into a stiff left hand from Lumpio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Lumpio dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Amadi throws a hook but Lumpio avoids it easily.
A jab from Amadi misses.
Lumpio cracks Amadi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Amadi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lumpio scores with a decent looking hook.
Lumpio throws a hook but Amadi blocks it.
Lumpio misses with a low kick.
Lumpio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Amadi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Lumpio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lumpio.
Amadi has had enough of the clinch but Lumpio keeps him there for the moment.
Amadi throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amadi is trying to force a seperation but Lumpio has the dominant position.
Amadi tries to break the clinch but Lumpio is controlling the position.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio landing knees to the head.
Amadi is trying to break free.
Amadi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Amadi wants to get back to striking at distance but Lumpio won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amadi is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio has him pressed against the ropes.
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lumpio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Lumpio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Amadi misses with a body punch.
Lumpio lands with a light punch inside.
Amadi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Armas Lumpio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Amadi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Amadi fails to land.
Amadi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amadi is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio is controlling him.
Lumpio misses with an elbow over the top.
Amadi is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio has him pressed against the ropes.
Amadi is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio has him pressed against the ropes.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Amadi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Amadi with a jab.
Lumpio lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lumpio tries to clinch up.
Lumpio cracks Amadi with a good jab.
Lumpio throws the left hand but Amadi avoids the punch easily.
Lumpio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lumpio digs a good hook to Amadi's body.
Amadi throws out a loose jab but Lumpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lumpio lands with an overhand left.
Amadi slips under a jab from Lumpio.
Lumpio throws a leg kick that misses.
Amadi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Amadi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lumpio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Lumpio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lumpio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Armas Lumpio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Amadi fails to land.
Amadi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Amadi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lumpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Amadi's efforts to push away.
Amadi is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio has him pressed against the ropes.
Amadi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph Amadi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lumpio prevents Amadi from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Amadi throws a head punch that misses.
Amadi tries to circle away but Lumpio has him pinned against the ropes.
Lumpio gets through Amadi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Amadi fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lumpio prevents Amadi from breaking the clinch.
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Amadi lands a right hand.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lumpio has Amadi pressed against the ropes, preventing Amadi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Amadi is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio is controlling him.
Amadi tries a body shot but Lumpio blocks it.
Lumpio has Amadi pressed against the ropes, preventing Amadi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lumpio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amadi misses with a punch on the inside.
Lumpio blocking some punches.
Lumpio has Amadi pressed against the ropes, preventing Amadi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lumpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Amadi's efforts to push away.
Amadi working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amadi misses with the head strike.
Lumpio blocks an uppercut.
Lumpio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Amadi tries to circle away but Lumpio has him pinned against the ropes.
Amadi can't break the clinch.
Amadi working aggressively here.
Amadi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Amadi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Amadi lands a right hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lumpio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Amadi is looking to break free of the clinch but Lumpio has double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Amadi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lumpio has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armas Lumpio!