PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ben Townsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuta Yamashita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Townsley
vs
Yamashita

183 cm
33
205 lbs
6 - 17 - 0

183 cm
26
205 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good kicks
Solid chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

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 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Townsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuta Yamashita!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamashita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Townsley manages to avoid it.
Yamashita throws a body punch but Townsley moves out of range.
Yamashita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Townsley manages to avoid it.
Yamashita misses with a combination
and Townsley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Townsley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamashita.
Yamashita throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Townsley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Townsley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamashita scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yamashita tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Townsley was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamashita.
Townsley pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yamashita back to the ropes. Townsley follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Townsley works over Yamashita's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yamashita tries to keep at a distance but Townsley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yamashita tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Townsley's elbow.
Townsley stalling.
Townsley tries to break the clinch but Yamashita is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yamashita manages to break the clinch.
Yamashita keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yamashita swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Townsley counters with a straight right hand.
Townsley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Yamashita scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Townsley to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.

It looks like Ben Townsley has been cut.
Yamashita is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Townsley rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Townsley thuds a left hand into Yamashita's body.
Townsley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yamashita throws a jab when Townsley was well out of range.
Yamashita gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Townsley.
Yamashita throws a right hand that misses
and Townsley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Townsley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamashita throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yamashita scores with a jab to the body.
Yamashita looks to land a combination but Townsley avoids it well.
Townsley with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Townsley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Townsley.
Townsley avoids the body shot from Yamashita.
Yamashita rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Townsley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yamashita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Townsley moves away.
Townsley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yamashita.
Townsley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yamashita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamashita misses with a combination
and Townsley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yamashita misses with a two punch combination.
Yamashita misses with a body shot.
Townsley throws a nice looking combination but Yamashita bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Townsley pushes Yamashita up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Townsley.

Townsley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yamashita throws a series of punches but Townsley avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Townsley.
Yamashita fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yamashita avoids a punch combination nicely.
Townsley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yamashita connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice shot lands for Yamashita.
Yamashita misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamashita throws a right and a left that Townsley avoids nicely.
Yamashita throws a sloppy body shot
and Townsley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamashita misses with a double jab
and Townsley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamashita ducks right into an uppercut from Townsley.
Yamashita throws a body punch but Townsley moves out of range.
Yamashita misses with a looping right.
Yamashita misses with a combination

and Townsley counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Yamashita to the mat! Townsley runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Yamashita is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!
Yamashita misses with a shot to the body
and Townsley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yamashita looks winded!

Townsley clinches up with Yamashita and pushes him back against the ropes.
Yamashita struggles to land a body shot inside as Townsley controls his hands.

Townsley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yamashita swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Townsley clinches with his opponent.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Townsley cracks Yamashita with a nice body shot.
Townsley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Yamashita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Townsley.
Yamashita misses with a wild combination.
Yamashita misses the body punch

and Townsley counters with a nice uppercut that drops Yamashita onto his backside! Yamashita bounces straight back to his feet before we have a chance to even start the count. He'll get the standing 8 count anyway before we get back underway.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamashita throws a jab but it's blocked by Townsley.
Townsley is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yamashita pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamashita takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yamashita walks into a jab.

Yamashita is rocked!
Yamashita leaves his chin hanging out and Townsley seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Yamashita crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ben Townsley!