PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Abdul Bin Amin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Bin Amin
vs
Judah

200 cm
26
155 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abdul Bin Amin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Solomon Judah!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bin Amin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Judah looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Judah dodges the punch combination from Bin Amin.
Judah counters with a body kick.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.
Bin Amin fakes the leg kick and cracks Judah in the body.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up.
Judah throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bin Amin wants to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up but Judah circles away and keeps his distance.
Bin Amin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Judah lands a high kick!

It looks like Abdul Bin Amin has been cut.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bin Amin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Judah - the referee stops the clock and Bin Amin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Judah. Bin Amin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Judah wants to slow Bin Amin down by chopping away at his legs.
Bin Amin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!
Judah throws a head kick but Bin Amin moves out of range.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Bin Amin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Bin Amin blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah lands a leg kick that knocks Bin Amin off balance momentarily.
Bin Amin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Judah tries a quick counter leg kick but Bin Amin is wise to it.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up but Judah circles away and keeps his distance.
Judah swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
Bin Amin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Judah swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Judah. That's going to slow Bin Amin down.

Judah gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bin Amin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bin Amin tries to throw a body punch but Judah avoids it by throwing Bin Amin back against the cage.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Judah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bin Amin avoids it.
Bin Amin struggles to land a body shot inside as Judah controls his hands.
Bin Amin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bin Amin lands a nice uppercut.
Bin Amin misses with an elbow over the top.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bin Amin blocks it with crossed arms.
Bin Amin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bin Amin.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bin Amin's elbow.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bin Amin blocks it with crossed arms.
Judah landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bin Amin.
Bin Amin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Judah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Judah prevents a body shot from Bin Amin.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Judah.
Judah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bin Amin is defending well for now.
Judah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bin Amin is defending well for now.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bin Amin's elbow.
Bin Amin is trying to push Judah away but Judah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judah.
Bin Amin misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Judah.
Judah lands a good knee to the midsection. Bin Amin won't want to take too many of those.
Bin Amin lands a knee to the head.
Judah missing with knees to the body.
Judah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bin Amin is defending well for now.
A short right from Bin Amin.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Bin Amin managing to block the knees to the body from Judah.
Judah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judah misses with a knee strike.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bin Amin is trying to force a seperation but Judah has the dominant position.
Bin Amin working aggressively here.
Judah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bin Amin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bin Amin misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bin Amin tries to break the clinch but Judah is controlling the position.
Judah lands a good knee to the midsection. Bin Amin won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judah utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bin Amin misses with the head strike.
Judah scores a nice knee to the body.
Bin Amin is breathing heavily.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Bin Amin is blocking nicely.
Judah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Judah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Judah prevents a body shot from Bin Amin.
Judah scores with a knee to the head.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Judah lands a nice uppercut.
Bin Amin avoiding damage as Judah throws knees to the body.
Bin Amin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin wants to get back to striking at distance but Judah won't allow it.
Bin Amin swings wildly with an uppercut but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Judah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bin Amin's brow.
Judah misses with a knee to the head.
Bin Amin wants to get back to striking at distance but Judah won't allow it.
Judah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bin Amin avoids it.
Judah missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Judah obliges.
Bin Amin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judah.
Bin Amin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Judah blocking some punches.

Judah breaks the clinch.
Judah throws a head kick but Bin Amin moves out of range.
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Judah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin tries to clinch there but Judah circles away.
Judah throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Judah throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bin Amin fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bin Amin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bin Amin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Judah throws a chopping leg kick but Bin Amin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Judah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Judah feints and then cracks Bin Amin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bin Amin down.
Judah tried to score with a low kick but Bin Amin checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bin Amin gets a clinch.
Bin Amin swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bin Amin is out of range.
Judah keeps the fight on the outside.
Judah throws a front kick aimed at Bin Amin's knee but Bin Amin avoids it well.
Bin Amin blocks the body kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bin Amin throws a right and a left that Judah avoids nicely.
Bin Amin checks the leg kick.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Judah tries a quick counter leg kick but Bin Amin is wise to it.
Judah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Judah moves forwards but Bin Amin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Judah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bin Amin is out of range.
Bin Amin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Judah looks to throw a body kick
and Bin Amin counters with a thumping low kick.
Judah throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bin Amin moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
Judah throws a lazy head kick
and Bin Amin counters with a three punch combo that has Judah backing up. Judah nods at Bin Amin to acknowledge the strikes.
Bin Amin moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
Judah attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bin Amin wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Bin Amin wants to clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Judah.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah wants to land a leg kick but Bin Amin is out of range.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Judah is having none of it.
Bin Amin blocks a head kick by Judah.
Bin Amin avoids the head kick by Judah.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Judah is trying to counter with his kicks.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Judah throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Bin Amin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bin Amin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Judah.
Solomon Judah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Judah throws a head kick that misses.
Bin Amin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bin Amin doesn't manage to clinch there - Judah circles away.
Judah throws a head kick that misses.
Bin Amin appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bin Amin doesn't manage to clinch there - Judah circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Judah darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up but Judah circles away and keeps his distance.
Judah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Judah walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bin Amin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bin Amin doesn't manage to clinch there - Judah circles away.
Bin Amin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bin Amin blocks a head kick by Judah.
Bin Amin is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Judah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abdul Bin Amin's cut.
That's time! Bin Amin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Judah has closed the distance and engaged Bin Amin in a clinch.
Judah has Bin Amin pressed against the cage, preventing Bin Amin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bin Amin is trying to force a seperation but Judah has the dominant position.
Bin Amin has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
Judah tries to work over Bin Amin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bin Amin leaning against his opponent.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Bin Amin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bin Amin blocks it with crossed arms.
Judah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bin Amin.
Bin Amin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Bin Amin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Judah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bin Amin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judah's sensitive parts.
Bin Amin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Judah tries to work over Bin Amin's front leg with a kick but Bin Amin checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bin Amin backing away here, and Judah unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Bin Amin moves into the clinch successfully.
Judah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bin Amin.
Bin Amin is trying to break the clinch but Judah is controlling him.
Bin Amin blocks a body shot from Judah.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bin Amin blocks it with crossed arms.
Bin Amin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Judah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bin Amin managing to block the knees to the body from Judah.
Judah tries to throw a body punch but Bin Amin avoids it by throwing Judah back against the cage.
Bin Amin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Solomon Judah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bin Amin blocks it with crossed arms.
Judah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bin Amin avoids it.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Judah obliges.
Good body shot from Bin Amin.
Judah is breathing heavily.
Judah tries a knee to the head but Bin Amin blocks it.
Bin Amin leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bin Amin.
Bin Amin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Judah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bin Amin avoids it.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Bin Amin avoids the damage to the body.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bin Amin blocks it with crossed arms.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Bin Amin controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Judah.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bin Amin lands a nice uppercut.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bin Amin can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bin Amin.
Judah scores a nice knee to the body.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Bin Amin avoids the damage to the body.
Bin Amin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bin Amin lands a right hand.
Bin Amin wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Judah.
Judah missing with knees to the body.
Bin Amin is trying to break the clinch but Judah is controlling him.
Bin Amin avoiding damage as Judah throws knees to the body.
Bin Amin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bin Amin.
Judah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Bin Amin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Judah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bin Amin wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Judah 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.
Judah tries a head kick but it misses.
As Judah looks to move away, Bin Amin throws a big counter combo bu Judah just gets out of the way.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bin Amin ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Judah looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bin Amin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bin Amin blocks a leg kick.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch but Judah is avoiding it.
Judah throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bin Amin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Judah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Judah misses with a body kick.
Bin Amin moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
Judah throws a leg kick which misses Bin Amin's front leg but catches the back leg as Bin Amin tries to avoid it.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.
Bin Amin wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Judah misses with a kick to the body

and Bin Amin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Judah takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Judah swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin checks a leg kick.
Bin Amin wants to clinch.
Bin Amin checks a leg kick.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch but Bin Amin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bin Amin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bin Amin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Judah throws a leg kick but Bin Amin moved away.
Judah's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bin Amin moves out of range of the body kick.
Judah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bin Amin throws a leg kick which misses Judah's front leg but catches the back leg as Judah tries to avoid it.
Bin Amin scores with a leg kick.
Judah misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Judah.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Bin Amin pushes Judah up against the cage in a clinch.
Bin Amin misses with a knee to the head.
Bin Amin throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bin Amin blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Judah.
Bin Amin working aggressively here.
Bin Amin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bin Amin working aggressively here.
A short right from Bin Amin.
Judah lands a knee to the body.

Bin Amin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bin Amin wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Abdul Bin Amin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bin Amin blocks the body kick.
Judah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bin Amin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abdul Bin Amin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bin Amin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Judah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bin Amin.
Judah keeps the fight on the outside.
Judah keeps the fight on the outside.

Bin Amin has closed the distance and engaged Judah in a clinch.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Bin Amin is blocking nicely.
Bin Amin avoiding damage as Judah throws knees to the body.

Judah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bin Amin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bin Amin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!

Bin Amin closes the distance and pushes Judah back into the cage.
Bin Amin slows down the pace here.
Judah avoids a wild elbow strike from Bin Amin.
Solomon Judah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah landing knees to the body.
Judah with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bin Amin has had enough of the clinch but Judah keeps him there for the moment.
Good body shot from Judah.

Judah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Judah takes the fight into the clinch.
Judah keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bin Amin's efforts to push away.

Bin Amin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That kick from Judah tenderised Bin Amin's leg. Bin Amin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Judah tries a head kick but it misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bin Amin blocks a head kick by Judah.
Judah takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bin Amin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bin Amin tries to score with a low kick but Judah moves his leg out of the way.
Judah tries a quick counter leg kick but Bin Amin is wise to it.
Judah misses with a body kick.
Bin Amin throws a chopping leg kick but Judah manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Judah misses with a leg kick
and Bin Amin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Judah throws a push kick but Bin Amin slaps the foot to one side.
Bin Amin 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.
Judah looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bin Amin lands a head kick. Judah smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bin Amin.
Bin Amin scores with a head kick. Judah tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Judah throws a sloppy head kick and Bin Amin moves out of range easily.
Bin Amin moves out of range of the body kick from Judah.
Bin Amin throws a big counter combination but Judah scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Solomon Judah.
Well Judah 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Solomon Judah!
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Solomon Judah!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Solomon Judah!

Solomon Judah wins by unanimous decision!