PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Roman Toretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Little Vidonic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roman Toretto has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Toretto
vs
Vidonic

182 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

167 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roman Toretto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Little Vidonic!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toretto defending well as Vidonic loads up on a big left hand.
Vidonic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vidonic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Toretto throws a front kick aimed at Vidonic's knee but Vidonic avoids it well.
Vidonic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Toretto with a body shot.
Toretto dips to his left and cracks Vidonic with an uppercut!
Toretto has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Toretto throws a looping overhand right but Vidonic ducks down to avoid it.
Vidonic stuns Toretto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vidonic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Vidonic moves out of range of the leg kick from Toretto.
A countering left hand to the body from Vidonic misses.
Toretto swats away the attempt to clinch by Vidonic.
Toretto scores with the left hand. Vidonic knows he should have avoided that one.
A big right from Vidonic misses.
Vidonic 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.
Vidonic avoids the head kick by Toretto.
Vidonic is trying to counter with his kicks.
Vidonic misses with a low kick.
Toretto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Vidonic.
Vidonic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toretto misses with a looping left.
Toretto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vidonic.
Toretto tries a low kick but Vidonic avoids it.
Toretto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vidonic.
Vidonic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Toretto thumps Vidonic with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Vidonic.
Vidonic is looking to clinch but Toretto is avoiding it.
Vidonic with a jab.
Vidonic motions for Toretto to come forward. Vidonic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vidonic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Toretto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toretto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Toretto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Vidonic lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toretto throws a wild body kick that Vidonic sees coming a mile off.
Toretto misses with a looping left.
Toretto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Toretto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vidonic.
Toretto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vidonic misses with a straight left.
Vidonic doesn't manage to clinch there - Toretto circles away.
Vidonic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vidonic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Toretto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toretto tests Vidonic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toretto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toretto thows a leg kick but Vidonic checks it
and Vidonic counters with a body kick.
Toretto looks to land a body kick but Vidonic moved away.
Toretto is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roman Toretto will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vidonic avoids the head kick by Toretto.
Vidonic cracks Toretto with an open hand slap.
Toretto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vidonic counters with a series of strikes. Toretto will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vidonic misses with a looping right.
As Vidonic backs away, Toretto returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Vidonic throws a jab when Toretto was well out of range.
Vidonic blocks a head kick by Toretto.
Toretto scores with a head kick.
A slow jab from Vidonic misses its intended target.
Vidonic avoids the head kick by Toretto.
Vidonic dips to his left and cracks Toretto with an uppercut!
Vidonic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Toretto appears to be looking for a big counter.
Toretto takes a swing at Vidonic's ribcage but misses.
Vidonic throws a push kick but Toretto slaps the foot to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Toretto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vidonic blocks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vidonic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toretto.
Vidonic throws out a counter right but Toretto avoids it with no problem.
Vidonic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Toretto closes the distance but Vidonic moves to the side
and Vidonic counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Toretto is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vidonic wants to clinch up but Toretto keeps it at a distance.
Vidonic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vidonic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Toretto moves away from the strike by Vidonic.
Vidonic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Toretto circles away quickly and effectively.
Toretto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Toretto, right into the meat.
Toretto just misses with a punch to the body.
Vidonic 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.
Vidonic throws a sloppy head kick and Toretto moves out of range easily.
Toretto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vidonic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vidonic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vidonic tries to land a leg kick but Toretto saw it coming and moves away.
Toretto throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Little Vidonic has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vidonic throws a hook but Toretto blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vidonic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A head kick misses from Toretto.
Vidonic connects with a crisp jab.
Vidonic throws a head kick that misses.
Vidonic misses with a low kick.
Vidonic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Toretto.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vidonic.
Vidonic blocks the body kick.
Toretto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Toretto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Toretto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toretto throws a body shot but no joy.
Vidonic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Toretto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vidonic is looking to clinch but Toretto is avoiding it.
Toretto went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Vidonic lands with an overhand left.
Vidonic scores with a nice right hand.
Toretto tries to bum rush Vidonic with a series of wild strikes but Vidonic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Little Vidonic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Little Vidonic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Toretto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vidonic cracks Toretto with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vidonic wants to clinch up but Toretto keeps it at a distance.
Toretto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toretto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vidonic.
Vidonic slips a jab from Toretto.
Vidonic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vidonic sizes up Toretto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Toretto blocks a leg kick.
Toretto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vidonic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toretto.
Toretto throws a head kick that misses
and Vidonic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vidonic ducks under a wild hook from Toretto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vidonic tries to close the distance and clinch but Toretto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Vidonic blocks the leg kick.
Vidonic swats away the attempt to clinch by Toretto.
Vidonic follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Toretto throws a front kick aimed at Vidonic's knee but Vidonic avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toretto misses with a series of wild punches.
Toretto moves out of range of the strikes.
Toretto slips a straight right by Vidonic.
Toretto misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Little Vidonic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vidonic lands with a nice body punch.
Vidonic swinging wildly here.
Toretto checks the leg kick.
Toretto misses the shot to the body.
Vidonic lands a head kick!
Toretto scores with a hook.
Vidonic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Toretto is out of range.
Toretto half committed to a counter leg kick.
Toretto takes a swing at Vidonic's ribcage but misses.
Vidonic throws out a powerful jab.
Toretto misses with a wild body shot.
Vidonic feints a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vidonic throws a leg kick which misses Toretto's front leg but catches the back leg as Toretto tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vidonic checks a leg kick.
Toretto misses with a two punch combination.
Toretto loads up on a big right hand but Vidonic slips the punch.
Vidonic connects with a leg kick. Toretto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vidonic scores with the left hand. Toretto knows he should have avoided that one.
Vidonic is looking to clinch but Toretto is avoiding it.
Vidonic slips a jab and a cross from Toretto.
Vidonic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Toretto is looking to clinch.
Toretto tries a head kick but it misses.
Toretto throws a head kick but Vidonic moves out of range.
Toretto moves out of range as Vidonic strikes.
Vidonic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Toretto looks to land a combination but Vidonic avoids it well.
Vidonic connects with a leg kick. Toretto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Little Vidonic really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Little Vidonic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A chopping leg kick lands by Vidonic.
Donk. Vidonic catches Toretto right on the button with a cross.
Vidonic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Toretto just misses with a punch to the body.
Vidonic misses with an uppercut. Toretto saw that one coming.
Toretto throws a lazy right hand but Vidonic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vidonic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vidonic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toretto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Toretto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Toretto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Toretto ducks under a wild hook from Vidonic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toretto misses with a hook
letting Vidonic counter with a right hand.
Toretto cracks Vidonic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vidonic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Toretto checks it well.
Toretto is looking for a counter combo.
Good leg kick by Vidonic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Toretto looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vidonic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toretto manages to avoid it.
Vidonic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Toretto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vidonic clobbers Toretto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vidonic checks a leg kick.
Toretto throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vidonic checks a low kick from Toretto.
A little jabbing left from Vidonic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Toretto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vidonic. That's going to slow Toretto down.
Toretto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It seemed like Vidonic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Toretto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vidonic moves away from the strike by Toretto.
Vidonic stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Vidonic looks to land a right hand but Toretto moved out of range.
Toretto misses with a wild body shot.
Toretto tries a low kick but Vidonic avoids it.
Vidonic connects with a solid leg kick.
Toretto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vidonic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vidonic tries to clinch there but Toretto circles away.
It looked like Toretto was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Toretto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vidonic.
Vidonic fails to land with a series of punches.

Toretto has closed the distance and engaged Vidonic in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toretto misses with a body punch.
Toretto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toretto misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Vidonic.
Vidonic lands a body punch.
Vidonic avoiding damage as Toretto throws knees to the body.
Toretto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vidonic's elbow.
Toretto missing with knees to the body.
Vidonic is looking to control Toretto's arms but Toretto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vidonic has his back to the ropes.
Toretto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vidonic pushes Toretto back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Toretto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vidonic blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Little Vidonic dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Little Vidonic's cut.
That's time! Toretto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Vidonic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Vidonic moves into range and clinches up with Toretto.
Vidonic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toretto lands an uppercut.
Vidonic tries to work over Toretto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vidonic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Toretto's face.
A short left from Toretto.
Vidonic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Vidonic is trying to maintain a safe position but Toretto gets an underhook and turns Vidonic into the ropes.
Vidonic works on Toretto's body with a couple of short punches.
Vidonic working hard to break the clinch.
Toretto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Toretto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vidonic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vidonic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toretto is defending well for now.

Vidonic breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vidonic throws a body punch but Toretto moves out of range.
It looked like Toretto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toretto misses with a body shot
and Toretto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That kick from Vidonic tenderised Toretto's leg. Toretto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vidonic slips a straight right by Toretto.
Toretto tries to clinch but Vidonic moves out of range.
Vidonic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vidonic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vidonic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Toretto moves forwards but Vidonic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vidonic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Roman Toretto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vidonic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Toretto checks a leg kick.
Vidonic throws a right hand that Toretto ducks under and follows up with a left that Toretto also avoids with ease.
Toretto wants to clinch
and Vidonic counters with a flying knee. Nice.

It looks like Roman Toretto has been cut.
Toretto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vidonic is looking to slow Toretto down with leg kicks.
A left and a right from Toretto both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Vidonic.
Toretto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vidonic counters with a straight right hand.
Vidonic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Some wild striking there from Toretto.
Vidonic swinging wildly here.
Toretto throws a sloppy head kick and Vidonic moves out of range easily.
Toretto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Toretto lands a nice shot that snaps Vidonic's head back.

Vidonic has closed the distance and engaged Toretto in a clinch.
Vidonic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Toretto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toretto lands with a light punch inside.

Vidonic manages to break the clinch.
Vidonic slips a jab from Toretto.

And that's the end of the fight!
Little Vidonic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vidonic 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 46:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Little Vidonic!