PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Lumpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armas Lumpio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Legionarius
vs
Lumpio

185 cm
38
208 lbs
28 - 20 - 0

184 cm
25
220 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

World class MT
Powerful

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Lumpio!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lumpio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Legionarius circles away quickly and effectively.
Legionarius looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Legionarius connects with a solid leg kick.
Legionarius lands a high kick!
Lumpio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Legionarius fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lumpio just manages to avoid it.
Legionarius misses with an attempted mid kick.
Legionarius throws a chopping leg kick but Lumpio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lumpio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Legionarius.
Legionarius misses with a body punch.
Legionarius lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lumpio backwards.
Legionarius tries to land knees in the clinch but Lumpio avoids the damage to the body.
Legionarius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lumpio pushes Legionarius back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from Legionarius.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lumpio managing to block the knees to the body from Legionarius.

Legionarius breaks from the clinch.
Lumpio tries a low kick but Legionarius avoids it.
Legionarius throwing a counter right hand but Lumpio manages to avoid it.
Lumpio throws a low kick but Legionarius moves out of range easily.
Alessio Legionarius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Legionarius closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Legionarius tries to work over Lumpio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Legionarius swings wildly with an uppercut but Lumpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Legionarius lands with a right to the head.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Alessio Legionarius has been cut.
Legionarius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Legionarius just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lumpio's brow.
Lumpio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Legionarius looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Legionarius missing with knees to the body.
Legionarius throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius managing to block the knees to the body from Lumpio.
Legionarius blocking some punches.

Legionarius breaks the clinch.
Legionarius cracks the inside of Lumpio's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lumpio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Legionarius moves away from the strike by Lumpio.
Legionarius goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Legionarius moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lumpio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lumpio has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Legionarius moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lumpio throws a jab but it's blocked by Legionarius.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lumpio crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Legionarius - the referee stops the clock and Lumpio gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Legionarius. Lumpio manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lumpio walks into a left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Lumpio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lumpio.
Lumpio swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lumpio circles away quickly and effectively.
Legionarius gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Legionarius ducks under a wild hook from Lumpio.
Lumpio's corner calls for a 1-2. Lumpio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Legionarius throws a leg kick
and Lumpio counters with a nice uppercut.
Lumpio looks to throw the jab but Legionarius is out of range.
Lumpio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Legionarius can pounce on him.
Legionarius ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lumpio jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Lumpio.
Lumpio checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lumpio lands a head shot.
Legionarius fails in his attempt to clinch.
Legionarius throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lumpio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lumpio is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Legionarius moves into the clinch successfully.

Legionarius breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lumpio looks to land a left hand but Legionarius moved out of range nicely.
Legionarius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lumpio circles away quickly and effectively.
Lumpio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab from Lumpio.
Lumpio checks a low kick from Legionarius.
Legionarius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lumpio throws out a counter right but Legionarius avoids it with no problem.
Legionarius tries to clinch but Lumpio moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Legionarius.
Lumpio misses with a straight right.
Lumpio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lumpio flicks out a counter leg kick but Legionarius steps away.
Legionarius catches Lumpio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Armas Lumpio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legionarius throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Legionarius dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alessio Legionarius's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Legionarius tries to clinch but Lumpio is having none of it.
Lumpio misses the jab.
As Lumpio backs away, Legionarius returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Legionarius doesn't manage to clinch there - Lumpio circles away.
Lumpio is looking to land body kicks.
Lumpio throws a low kick but Legionarius avoids it.
Legionarius stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lumpio.
Lumpio throws a hook to the side of Legionarius's head but Legionarius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lumpio lands a nice shot to the body.
Lumpio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Legionarius appears to be looking for a big counter.
Lumpio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lumpio connects with a good right hand that stumbles Legionarius. Legionarius circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Legionarius misses.
A head kick from Lumpio lands but Legionarius takes it in his stride.
Legionarius tries to score with a low kick but Lumpio moves his leg out of the way.
Lumpio stalks Legionarius and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Legionarius's face. Legionarius staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Legionarius forces Lumpio back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lumpio is defending well for now.
Legionarius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alessio Legionarius has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Legionarius tries a body shot but Lumpio blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legionarius.
Legionarius wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Legionarius tries to land knees in the clinch but Lumpio avoids the damage to the body.
Lumpio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Legionarius working aggressively here.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Legionarius breaks from the clinch.
Lumpio throws an overhand right that lands on Legionarius's shoulder, as Legionarius tries to avoid the shot.
Lumpio uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lumpio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Legionarius sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Legionarius clinches up with Lumpio and pushes him back against the cage.
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Legionarius tries a body shot but Lumpio blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Legionarius blocks with his arms.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Legionarius avoiding damage.
Lumpio avoids the elbow strike from Legionarius, against the cage.
Legionarius throws a punch but it's blocked by Lumpio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Legionarius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Legionarius tries to clinch up but Lumpio circles away and keeps his distance.
Legionarius throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lumpio looks to score with a jab to the body but Legionarius is just out of range.
Lumpio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Legionarius is looking to clinch but Lumpio is avoiding it.
Lumpio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Legionarius can pounce on him.
Lumpio takes a swing at Legionarius's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from Lumpio.
Lumpio throws a body punch but Legionarius moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lumpio.
Lumpio works over Legionarius's head and body with a nice combination.
Legionarius looks to throw the jab but Lumpio is out of range.
Legionarius throws a chopping leg kick but Lumpio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lumpio looks to throw the jab but Legionarius is out of range.
Legionarius swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Legionarius's corner calls for a 1-2. Legionarius obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lumpio misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Lumpio misses its intended target.
Legionarius with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lumpio to score with a decent uppercut.
Legionarius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lumpio tries to counter with a clinch but Legionarius shakes him off and moves away.
Legionarius throws a leg kick that misses.
Legionarius defending well as Lumpio loads up on a big left hand.
And Legionarius counters with a quick kick to the body but Lumpio blocks it.
Legionarius uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lumpio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius throws a leg kick but Lumpio moved away.
Legionarius connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Legionarius takes the fight into the clinch.
Lumpio has a couple of punches blocked by Legionarius.
Lumpio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lumpio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lumpio lands an elbow inside.
Legionarius is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lumpio is defending well for now.
Legionarius blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Legionarius manages to break the clinch.
Legionarius avoids the body shot from Lumpio.
Legionarius takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lumpio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Legionarius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lumpio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Legionarius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Lumpio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alessio Legionarius's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A chopping leg kick lands by Legionarius.
Lumpio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Legionarius, right into the meat.
Legionarius throws a leg kick which misses Lumpio's front leg but catches the back leg as Lumpio tries to avoid it.
Legionarius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Legionarius!
Legionarius uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lumpio.
Legionarius throws a low kick, looking for Lumpio's leg but Lumpio calmly moves out of range.
Legionarius defending well as Lumpio loads up on a big left hand.

Legionarius pushes Lumpio up against the cage in a clinch.

Lumpio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legionarius scores with a head kick. Lumpio tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lumpio moves out of range as Legionarius throws a body kick.
Lumpio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lumpio lands a head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lumpio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legionarius moves into the clinch.

Lumpio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Legionarius misses.
Legionarius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lumpio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Legionarius throws a sloppy head kick and Lumpio moves out of range easily.
Lumpio looks to land a combination but Legionarius avoids it well.
Legionarius throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lumpio.
Lumpio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Legionarius throws out the jab.
Lumpio takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lumpio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Legionarius counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lumpio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Legionarius scores with the left hand. Lumpio knows he should have avoided that one.

Legionarius gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A body shot lands from Legionarius.
Legionarius throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lumpios head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Legionarius breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lumpio walks into a jab.
Legionarius with a nice cross.
Legionarius defending well as Lumpio loads up on a big left hand.
As Lumpio backs away, Legionarius returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Legionarius doesn't manage to clinch there - Lumpio circles away.
Alessio Legionarius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lumpio throws a looping overhand right but Legionarius ducks down to avoid it.
Legionarius lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lumpio's sensitive parts.
Armas Lumpio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lumpio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Legionarius.
Legionarius scores with a shot to the body.
Legionarius is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lumpio connects with a crisp jab.
Legionarius scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from Lumpio misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius wants to slow Lumpio down by chopping away at his legs.
A little jabbing left from Lumpio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Legionarius on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lumpio cracks Legionarius with a good jab.
Legionarius will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Legionarius dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lumpio misses with a looping right.
Legionarius tries to clinch up.
Legionarius scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Legionarius tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lumpio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Legionarius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lumpio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lumpio tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Lumpio.
Legionarius bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Legionarius closes the distance and clinches.
Lumpio working aggressively here.
Legionarius misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Lumpio.
Lumpio misses with a punch on the inside.
Legionarius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Legionarius misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lumpio.
Legionarius tries a body shot but Lumpio blocks it.
Nice elbow from Legionarius.
Legionarius misses with a punch to the body.

Lumpio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Legionarius throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lumpio blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alessio Legionarius showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Legionarius has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alessio Legionarius!
Alessio Legionarius seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.