PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kung Fu Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tourney Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master comes to the ring accompanied by Shaolin Monastic chanting. 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.

Fu Master
vs
Fighter

179 cm
32
164 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

180 cm
27
143 lbs
17 - 7 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

I-Fight Demonic

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kung Fu Master!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Tourney Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Master.
Master scores with a kick to the midsection.
Master tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Fighter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Master connects with a crisp jab.
Nice shot lands for Fighter.
Fighter thows a body kick. Master tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Master walks into a jab.

It looks like Kung Fu Master has been cut.
Master takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fighter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Master takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Fighter fails to land.
Fighter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fighter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fighter lands a shot to the body.
Master has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Fighter just misses with a elbow thrown towards Master's brow.
Master unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Master struggles to land a body shot inside as Fighter controls his hands.
Fighter is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Master lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fighter backwards.
Master trying to control the position but instead, Fighter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Master into the ropes.
Fighter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fighter.
Fighter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Master's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fighter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fighter working hard to break the clinch.
Fighter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Master takes a shot to the head.
Fighter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fighter can't find room to land a body shot as Master controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fighter.
Master tries to throw a body punch but Fighter avoids it by throwing Master back against the ropes.
Master avoids the elbow strike from Fighter, against the ropes.
Master lands a good knee to the midsection. Fighter won't want to take too many of those.
Master tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fighter avoids it.
Master pushes Fighter back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fighter with a knee to the head.
Master tries to throw a body punch but Fighter avoids it by throwing Master back against the ropes.
Master utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Master can't find room to land a body shot as Fighter controls the action.
Fighter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Master.
Master throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Master misses with a body punch.
Master tries to land knees in the clinch but Fighter avoids the damage to the body.
Master lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Master using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fighter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Master tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fighter avoids it.
Fighter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fighter misses with a knee to the head.
Fighter lands a body punch in the clinch.

Fighter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Master on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fighter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Master circles away quickly and effectively.
Master is looking to counter the offense by Fighter and move into the clinch.
Fighter is looking to clinch but Master is avoiding it.
Fighter tries to clinch up but Master circles away and keeps his distance.
Master uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fighter.
Master tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fighter was well out of range. Poor timing from Master.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Master throws a low kick, looking for Fighter's leg but Fighter calmly moves out of range.
Master wants to clinch.
Fighter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice jab there from Fighter.

Master rushes Fighter and presses him up against the ropes.
Master blocks a body shot from Fighter.
Master lands a right hand.
Master scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Master prevents a body shot from Fighter.
Master scores with a hook to the body.
Fighter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Master blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Master.
Master gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Tourney Fighter has been cut.
Master lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fighter misses with a knee to the head.
Fighter lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Master lands a nice shot to the body.
Master scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fighter trying to land knees to the body.
Fighter missing with knees to the body.
Fighter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Master gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Master scores with a nice short uppercut.
Master misses with a knee to the head.
Fighter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fighter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Master lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Master throws an elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Master lands an elbow inside that Fighter shrugs off.
Fighter misses with a body punch.
Fighter has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.

Fighter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Master tries to clinch there but Fighter circles away.
Fighter raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Master throws a sloppy head kick and Fighter moves out of range easily.
Fighter lands a slapping body shot.

Master has taken the fight to the clinch.
Master blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tourney Fighter will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Master ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tourney Fighter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fighter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Master takes one to the side of the head.
Master fakes the leg kick and cracks Fighter in the body.
Master tries to clinch but Fighter is having none of it.
Fighter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Master on the side of the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Fighter. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Fighter connects with a right hand. Master shakes it off.
Fighter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Master seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Fighter lands a jab to the head.
Master walks into a stiff left hand from Fighter.
Fighter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Master paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fighter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Master scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fighter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Master clinches up with Fighter and pushes him back against the ropes.
Master blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fighter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fighter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fighter as Master tries to tie him up.

Fighter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Master moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Master takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Master uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fighter.
Fighter looks to score with a jab to the body but Master is just out of range.
Master lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fighter's sensitive parts.
Fighter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Master tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fighter paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Fighter has Master up against the ropes in a clinch.
Master looking to throw knees to the head but Fighter is blocking nicely.
Master landing knees to the body.
Fighter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Master using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kung Fu Master has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fighter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Master lands a hook that snaps the head of Fighter backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right hook to the body lands for Master.
Master makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Master misses with a hook to the ribs.
Master struggles to land a body shot inside as Fighter controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fighter.
Master crunches a lovely knee into Fighter's ribcage.
Fighter is breathing heavily.
Fighter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Master unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fighter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Master blocks it with crossed arms.
Master blocks a body shot from Fighter.
Nice elbow from Master.
Master is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fighter is defending well for now.
Master is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Master blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fighter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fighter takes an elbow to the temple.
Master lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fighter or not.
Fighter misses with some punches.
Fighter working aggressively here.
Master landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Master landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good body shot from Master.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Master blocks a body shot from Fighter.
Fighter tries to work over Master's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Master is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fighter is defending well for now.
Master throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fighters head.
Fighter avoiding damage as Master throws knees to the body.
Master lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Fighter.
Master is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fighter is defending well for now.
Master lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fighter or not.
Fighter tries a knee to the head but Master blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Master.
Master utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Master with a knee to the head.

Fighter is rocked!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Fighter is still on wobbly legs! Can Master finish him?
Still in the clinch, Master scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Master landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Master lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fighter or not.
Master misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fighter.
Fighter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fighter with a knee to the head.
Fighter seems to have recovered his senses.
Master throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A left hand lands to the body for Master.
Fighter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Master misses with a hook to the ribs.
Master blocks a body shot from Fighter.
Master tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fighter avoids it.
Fighter tries a body shot but Master blocks it.
Master lands an elbow just above Fighter 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fighter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Master is leaning against Fighter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A knee to the head by Master.
Master landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Master blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Fu Master 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 ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Master tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fighter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Master tries to clinch up but Fighter circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Master.
Fighter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fighter.
Fighter keeps the fight on the outside.
Master tries to clinch but Fighter is having none of it.
Master moves out of range of the strikes.

Master moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Master.
Master lands a hook to the side of the head.
Master tries to land a knee to the head but Fighter blocks with his arms.
Master creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fighter prevents a body shot from Master.
Fighter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Master lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fighter backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fighter managing to block the knees to the body from Master.
Fighter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Master tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fighter avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Master on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Master lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fighter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Master in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fighter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Masters head.
Master misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fighter with a knee to the head.
Fighter misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Fighter fails to land.
Fighter misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fighter.
Master lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fighter lands with a left to the head.
Master missing with knees to the body.
Master misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fighter.
Master wants to stall.
Fighter scores with a shot to the side of Master's head.
Master takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Fighter.
Fighter tries to land a knee to the head but Master blocks with his arms.
Master creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fighter's defenses.
Master misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fighter.
Master utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Master tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Master can't find room to land a body shot as Fighter controls the action.
Master takes a shot to the head.
Fighter lands a shot to the body.
Fighter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Master throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fighter blocks it with crossed arms.
Fighter landing knees to the head.

Fighter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Master tries to clinch up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fighter.
Fighter scores with the left hand. Master knows he should have avoided that one.
Master looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Master.
Master takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Master closes the distance and pushes Fighter back into the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fighter obliges.
Master using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fighter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Master blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fighter.
Fighter lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Master.
Fighter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Master works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fighter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Master tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fighter avoids it.
Master cracks Fighter with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fighter lands a left hand.
Fighter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Master is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighter tries to throw a body punch but Master avoids it by throwing Fighter back against the ropes.
Master blocks an uppercut.
Master tries to land knees in the clinch but Fighter avoids the damage to the body.
Master goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Master is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fighter is defending well for now.
Master lands with a short shot to the head.
Master can't find room to land a body shot as Fighter controls the action.
Master misses with a hook to the ribs.
Master lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fighter.
Master lands a nice elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fighter as Master tries to tie him up.
Master tries to work over Fighter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fighter scores with a shot to the side of Master's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fighter blocks a body shot from Master.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fighter.
Fighter misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tourney Fighter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fighter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tourney Fighter!
Tourney Fighter seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Kung Fu Master spoke after the fight, saying 'How the hell did that happen!? What a shitty call!'.