PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Tourney Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Cider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cider has chosen My Sacrifice as his entrance music. Tourney Fighter has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fighter
vs
Cider

180 cm
20
143 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

172 cm
20
154 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tourney Fighter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Cider !
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cider throws a right and a left that Fighter avoids nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cider crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fighter - the referee stops the clock and Cider gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fighter. Cider manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cider thuds his right hand into Fighter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fighter 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.
Cider misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Fighter to counter with a crisp jab.
Cider lands the left hand.
Cider chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cider .
Fighter has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hey Steve's Fight Shack in the buildup to the fight.
An inside leg kick from Cider misses.
Fighter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cider has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cider throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cider throws a hook but Fighter blocks it.
Fighter misses with a body kick.
Fighter tries to bum rush Cider with a series of wild strikes but Cider uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cider rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fighter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fighter moves out of range as Cider strikes.
Cider shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cider moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fighter cracks a nice hook into Cider 's ribs.
Justin Cider seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fighter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cider .
Fighter really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cider digs a good body shot into Fighter's ribs.
Cider scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fighter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cider misses with a hook
and Fighter counters with a nice body shot.
Cider throws a series of punches but Fighter moves out of range.
Cider doesn't manage to clinch there - Fighter circles away.
Cider scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A lazy left from Cider finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Fighter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cider trying to land knees to the body.
Fighter prevents a body shot from Cider .
Cider tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fighter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fighter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fighter stalling the fight.
Fighter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cider backwards.
Cider blocks a body shot from Fighter.
Cider tries to stall but Fighter uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cider landing knees to the body.
Cider misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fighter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fighter pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Cider fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fighter.
Cider throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fighter blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Fighter.
Fighter gets through Cider 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cider doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fighter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Justin Cider will probably get the nod.
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.

Cider uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fighter.
Justin Cider is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cider finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cider blocks a low kick nicely.
Justin Cider seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cider .

Cider closes the distance and clinches.
Cider 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Fighter.
Tourney Fighter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fighter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cider takes a knee right on the jaw!

Cider is rocked!
Fighter trying to land knees to the body.
Fighter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cider has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Fighter - that landed with a thud.
Fighter wants to stall.

Fighter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fighter shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cider eats them both and turns towards Fighter to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cider misses with a double jab.
Cider misses with a shot to the body
and Fighter counters with a one-two to the body.
Cider is still on wobbly legs! Can Fighter finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cider tries to clinch up
and Fighter counters with a right, followed by a huge uppercut that sends Cider crashing to the mat! Cider is trying to use the ropes to get back to his feet but he's all over the place - the referee has seen enough and has stopped the fight! Fighter screams with a mixture of joy and relief, whilst celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tourney Fighter!
Tourney Fighter decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.