PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Kazushi Yakuza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Yakuza
vs
McGuiness

180 cm
23
174 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

177 cm
27
181 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kazushi Yakuza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, James McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakuza ducks under a wild hook from McGuiness.
Yakuza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yakuza fails with an attempt to clinch.
McGuiness keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McGuiness throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yakuza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yakuza drops his hands momentarily and McGuiness takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yakuza wants to clinch up but McGuiness keeps it at a distance.
A countering left hand to the body from McGuiness misses.

Yakuza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McGuiness has Yakuza pushed against the ropes.
McGuiness lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yakuza.
Yakuza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yakuza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGuiness backwards.
Yakuza misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yakuza.
Our sources have told us that Yakuza has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Yakuza misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGuiness misses with a body punch.
McGuiness lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yakuza backwards.
Yakuza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGuiness's elbow.
McGuiness throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuiness throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yakuzas head.
McGuiness blocks a body shot from Yakuza.
Yakuza lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGuiness misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from McGuiness.
Yakuza tries to work over McGuiness's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McGuiness lands a shoulder strike.
Yakuza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yakuza stalling.
Yakuza lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGuiness backwards.
McGuiness throws a punch but it's blocked by Yakuza.
McGuiness has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yakuza seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if McGuiness can turn it around.
Yakuza misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuiness struggles to land a body shot inside as Yakuza controls his hands.
Yakuza looking to slow down the pace here.
Yakuza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McGuiness lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Yakuza.
McGuiness stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakuza misses with a hook from the clinch.
McGuiness lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yakuza backwards.
McGuiness lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yakuza backwards.

Yakuza is rocked!
Yakuza misses with a punch to the body.
Oh Yakuza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McGuiness lands a hook that snaps the head of Yakuza backwards.
McGuiness breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Yakuza with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Yakuza looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Yakuza get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). James McGuiness!
James McGuiness decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.