PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between John Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Bored (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Best
vs
Bored

182 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Big right hand

Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andre Bored!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Bored. Those never looked like landing.
Bored takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bored looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Best darts in and clinches Bored up against the cage.
Bored blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Best misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Best.
Best prevents Bored from breaking the clinch.
Bored taking a breather.
Best tries a body shot but Bored blocks it.
Best doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Best scores with a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Best throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Bored's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Best tries a body shot but Bored blocks it.
Best struggles to land a body shot inside as Bored controls his hands.
Bored tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Best's elbow.
Best misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bored blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bored tries to break free but Best pushes him back against the cage.
Bored blocks an uppercut.
Bored misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Best.
Best lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bored.
Best digs a right hand into Bored's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bored's gas tank.
Bored blocks a body shot from Best.
Bored wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Best has him pressed against the cage.
Best lands a shoulder strike.
Best misses with the head strike.
Best tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Best keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bored's efforts to push away.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Best.
Best fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Best.
Best misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best works on Bored's body with a couple of short punches.
Best tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bored's elbow.
Best lands an uppercut.
Best working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Best.
Best tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bored's elbow.
Bored with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bored is trying to break free.
Bored controlling the action here for a moment.
Best working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Best.
Bored misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Best.
Best misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bored prevents a body shot from Best.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Best as Bored tries to tie him up.
Bored can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bored breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Best connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bored momentarily.
Bored pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bored swinging wildly here.
Both fighters circling a little - Bored finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
John Best seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Best scores with a jab to the head.

Best pushes Bored up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Bored scores with a nice short uppercut.
Best tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bored's elbow.

Bored breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Best scores with a nice right hand.
Bored lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Best lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bored throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bored misses with a wild body shot.
Bored misses with a series of wild punches.
Best uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bored misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Best scores with a punch to the head.
Bored takes one to the chin there.
Jab, jab by Best - just one landing.
Bored fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Best manages to avoid it.
Best tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bored manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bored on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bored misses with a double jab.
Bored misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An attempted straight right counter from Best misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Best dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Best closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Best tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bored swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Best tries to clinch up but Bored circles away and keeps his distance.
Best tries to close the distance and clinch but Bored swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Best tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bored swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice cross by Best.
Best digs a good body shot into Bored's ribs.
Best scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Best is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bored can do to turn this around?
Best jabs Bored right on the nose. Bored blinks but takes it well.
Bored thumps Best with a low kick.
Best throws a body punch but Bored moves out of range.
Best connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Best with a jab.
Best scores with a punch to the head.
Best jabs Bored to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Best moves out of range as Bored throws a body kick.
Bored misses with a jab, cross combination.
Best tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bored manages to circle out of the way.

Best moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Best scores with a nice short uppercut.
Best pushes Bored back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Best works on Bored's body with a couple of short punches.
Best goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Best scores with a hook to the body.
Best scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Best creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Best swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bored breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Best scores with a nice head shot.
Bored tries a head kick but it misses.
Best fails in his attempt to clinch.
Best fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bored looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Best darts in and clinches Bored up against the cage.
Bored has had enough of the clinch but Best keeps him there for the moment.
Best throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Best works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Best.
Best throws a punch but it's blocked by Bored.
Best working aggressively here.
Bored is looking to break free of the clinch but Best has double underhooks.
Best working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bored blocks a body shot from Best.
Best keeps control of Bored as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
John Best has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bored blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Best tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Best lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Best misses with a body punch.
Bored taking a breather.
Bored wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Best has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Best misses with a punch to the body.
Best holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bored is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bored prevents a body shot from Best.
Best scores with a shot to the side of Bored's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Best.
Best lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Best scores with a shoulder strike.
Best presses Bored against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Best tries to throw a body punch but Bored avoids it by throwing Best back against the cage.
Good body shot from Best.
Best tries to work over Bored's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Best on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Best lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bored is trying to break the clinch but Best is controlling him.
Bored takes a shot to the head.
Best tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bored blocks a body shot from Best.
Best can't find room to land a body shot as Bored controls the action.
Best misses with a hook to the ribs.
Best doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bored taking a breather.
Bored prevents a body shot from Best.
Bored looking to stall.
Best tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Best goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Best lands a body shot in the clinch.
Best pushes Bored back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Best misses with a punch to the body.
Best misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Best dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Best darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Best lands with a shot to the body.
Best tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bored manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Best 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.
Best throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bored takes one to the side of the head.
Best throws a right hand that Bored ducks under and follows up with a left that Bored also avoids with ease.
Bored throws a series of punches but Best moves out of range.
Best scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Best fails with an attempt to clinch.
Best checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Best jabs at Bored's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Best looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Andre Bored is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Best ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bored moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bored takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
John Best is winning the standup battle so far.
Best scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sloppy strikes from Bored. Those never looked like landing.
Bored misses with a double jab

and Best holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Best misses with a hook to the ribs.
Best is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Best working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Best scores with a shoulder strike.
Bored is looking to control Best's arms but Best gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bored has his back to the cage.
Best throws a head punch that misses.
Bored avoiding damage.
Best tries to work over Bored's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bored blocking some punches.
Bored has had enough of the clinch but Best keeps him there for the moment.
Bored misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Best.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A body shot lands from Best.
Best digs a right hand into Bored's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bored's gas tank.
Best scores with a shot to the side of Bored's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Best as Bored tries to tie him up.
Best lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Best.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Best lands a hook that snaps the head of Bored backwards.
Best misses with a body punch.
Best misses with a punch to the body.

Bored breaks the clinch.
Best is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bored moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best stuns Bored with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bored looks to land a combination but Best avoids it well.
Best moves into range and connects with a jab.
Best connects with a body shot that sends Bored's belly button to the back.
Best scores with a nice right hand.
Bored looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bored throws a series of punches but Best avoids them all with ease.
Bored misses with a body kick.
Best tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bored manages to circle out of the way.
Bored has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Best lands a jab.
Best fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bored lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Best has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Best and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Best lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four 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!
Best wants to clinch up but Bored keeps it at a distance.
Bored takes one to the chin there.
Best checks a low kick from Bored.
Bored rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Best moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Best keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice uppercut there from Best.
The fight stays on the outside here - Best looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A shot to the liver by Best. Beautiful body shot.
A big left from Bored misses.

Best moves into range and clinches up with Bored.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Best.
Andre Bored has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Best is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Best lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bored.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Best showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Best has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Best!