PBP Commentary

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

Jack
vs
Flynn

199 cm
29
199 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Maximum Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cactus Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Blake Flynn!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flynn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jack.
Jack throws a right and a left that both miss.
Flynn tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
Flynn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jack misses with a head kick.
Flynn blocks a head kick by Jack.
Jack has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Beast in the buildup to the fight.

Flynn moves into range and clinches up with Jack.
Flynn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack stalling in the clinch but Flynn improves position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Flynn throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flynn blocks an uppercut.
Jack dodges an elbow strike from Flynn.
Jack tries to work over Flynn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jack is trying to break the clinch but Flynn is controlling him.
Jack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Flynn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jack's brow.
Jack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jack lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Flynn backwards.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Flynn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flynn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Flynn is blocking nicely.
Jack misses with some punches.
Jack scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jack misses with some punches.
Jack struggles to land a body shot inside as Flynn controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Flynn as Jack tries to tie him up.
Flynn throws an elbow but it misses.
Jack working aggressively here.
Jack avoiding damage as Flynn throws knees to the body.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Flynn.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Jack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flynn tries to land a knee to the head but Jack blocks with his arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Flynn breaks from the clinch.
Cactus Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack motions for Flynn to come forward. Jack throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jack with a hook.

It looks like Blake Flynn has been cut.
Jack thows a left - swing and a miss!
Flynn moves away from the strike by Jack.

Jack catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Flynn stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Flynn walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!

Flynn is rocked!

Flynn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jack throws a head punch that misses.
Jack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flynn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flynn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jack misses with a body punch.
Flynn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jack is trying to stall.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Flynn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flynn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Flynn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jack blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Flynn.
Flynn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jack's defenses.
Flynn blocking some punches.
Jack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Flynn as Jack tries to tie him up.
Jack throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Flynns head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flynn.
Flynn tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flynn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cactus Jack should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Blake Flynn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Flynn gets a clinch.
Jack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack gets through Flynn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Flynn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Flynn can do to turn this around?
Flynn avoiding damage as Jack throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Flynn working aggressively here.
Flynn throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flynn stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Jack fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Jack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jack letting Flynn take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Flynn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Flynn.
Jack takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack digs a right hand underneath Flynn's ribcage. Flynn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flynn.
Cactus Jack has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jack misses with a body punch.
Flynn blocking some punches.
Jack misses with a body punch.
Flynn blocking some punches.
Jack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack can't break the clinch.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Flynn throws an elbow but it misses.
Flynn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jack's defenses.

It looks like Cactus Jack has been cut.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Flynn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flynn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flynn throws a punch but it's blocked by Jack.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flynn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jack in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Flynn blocking some punches.
Flynn misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flynn lands an elbow inside that Jack shrugs off.
Jack throws a head punch that misses.

Flynn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Flynn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jack paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Flynn tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
Jack throws a looping overhand right but Flynn ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Jack moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jack misses with a head kick.
Jack is looking to chop away at Flynn's legs.

Flynn moves into range and clinches up with Jack.
Jack misses with the head strike.
Jack blocks an elbow strike from Flynn.
Jack throws a head punch that misses.
Jack trying to stall but Flynn improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flynn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jack blocks an elbow strike from Flynn.
Jack scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flynn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jack misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jack creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flynn tries a knee to the head but Jack blocks it.
Jack throws a head punch that misses.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack misses with the head strike.
Flynn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cactus Jack dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Flynn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jack throws a head kick but Flynn moves out of range.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Flynn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flynn.
A left lands for Jack.
Flynn moves out of range of the body kick.
Flynn has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Cactus Jack is winning the standup battle so far.

Jack gets tackled into the cage by Flynn. Flynn maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Jack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flynn pushes off an throws an elbow but Jack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Flynn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Flynn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flynn tries to land a knee to the head but Jack blocks with his arms.
Jack misses with some punches.
Jack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jack lands a nice shot to the body.
Jack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Jack.
Flynn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack letting Flynn take a breather here.
Flynn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flynn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flynn's elbow.
Jack lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flynn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jack blocks the elbow strike.
Flynn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jack has a couple of punches blocked by Flynn.
Flynn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jack lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Jack misses with some punches.
Jack looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Flynn.
Flynn misses with an elbow strike.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Flynn.
Flynn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack dodges an elbow strike from Flynn.
Jack has a couple of punches blocked by Flynn.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.

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

Flynn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Flynn content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jack.
Flynn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flynn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jack digs a right hand into Flynn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Flynn's gas tank.
Jack struggles to land a body shot inside as Flynn controls his hands.
Jack scores with a shot to the side of Flynn's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flynn misses with an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Flynn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jack up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cactus Jack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jack 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cactus Jack!
During a confident post fight interview, Cactus Jack thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.