PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kick Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crack Hack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Boxer
vs
Hack

180 cm
26
169 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

175 cm
33
166 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kick Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crack Hack!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boxer tries to clinch there but Hack circles away.
A head kick misses from Hack.
Hack lands with an uppercut that bounces Boxer off the cage and back into range.
Boxer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Boxer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Boxer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boxer.
Hack misses the shot to the body.
Hack has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Boxer is looking to clinch.
Boxer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hack cracks Boxer with a good jab.
Hack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Hack misses.
A good leg kick by Boxer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boxer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boxer misses with a kick to the body.
Hack only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Boxer 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.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boxer moves away from the strike by Hack.
Hack fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boxer.
Boxer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hacks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hack connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Boxer clinches.
Boxer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hacks head.
Boxer throws a punch but it's blocked by Hack.
Hack lands a nice knee to the body.
Hack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boxer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Boxer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hack or not.
Hack misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hack lands a body punch in the clinch.
Boxer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boxer misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hack throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boxer.
Boxer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boxer cracks Hack with a nice body shot.
Boxer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hack backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Boxer fails to land.
Hack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Boxer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hack takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hack takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Boxer lands a lovely overhand right.
Kick Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boxer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hack manages to avoid it.
Boxer misses with a body shot.
Boxer looks to score with a jab to the body but Hack is just out of range.
A leg kick checked by Boxer.
Hack takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Boxer.
Boxer tries to clinch but Hack is having none of it.
Hack tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Boxer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hack misses with a body shot.
Boxer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hack loads up on a big right hand but Boxer slips the punch.
Hack lands with a hook. Boxer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Boxer defending well as Hack loads up on a big left hand.
Hack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boxer.
Hack doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A punch combination from Boxer misses.

Boxer has closed the distance and engaged Hack in a clinch.
Hack lands a knee to the body.
Come on Hack - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Good body shot from Hack.
Boxer lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hack lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hack misses with a knee strike.
Boxer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boxer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hack backwards.
Boxer misses with the head strike.
Boxer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hack avoids a wild elbow strike from Boxer.
Nice body punch from Boxer.
Boxer scores with a hook to the body.
Hack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boxer managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
Hack pushes Boxer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boxer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boxer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boxer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hacks head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boxer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Boxer.
Boxer tries a body shot but Hack blocks it.
Boxer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hack looking to throw knees to the head but Boxer is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kick Boxer dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Boxer tries to clinch
and Hack counters with a nice uppercut.
Hack needs to keep his hands up - Boxer had a free shot at his head there.
Boxer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boxer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hack.
Boxer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Boxer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hack has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hack there as he acknowledges the shot.
Boxer wants to clinch up but Hack keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hack displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Boxer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hack at a distance.
Boxer wants to clinch
and Hack counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boxer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack avoids the head kick by Boxer.
A shot to the liver by Boxer. Beautiful body shot.
Hack on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Boxer scores with a jab to the body.
Boxer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hack can do to turn this around?
Jab from Hack.
Boxer misses with a low kick.
Hack lands with a nice body punch.
Boxer is looking to wear down Hack with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Boxer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hack stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boxer.
Boxer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Hack misses the target.
Boxer avoids the body shot from Hack.
An attempted straight right counter from Boxer misses the target.
Hack lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hack goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack connects with a leg kick. Boxer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hack.
Boxer scoring well with a low kick there.
Hack misses with an uppercut
enabling Boxer to counter with a crisp jab.
Hack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hack lunges at Boxer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Boxer's hand.
Hack swings away with a body shot that misses
and Boxer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boxer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hack looks to land a combination but Boxer avoids it well.
Boxer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hack misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Boxer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hack in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Boxer lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hack scores with a sloppy right hand. Boxer should have avoided that one.
Boxer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer thumps Hack with a low kick.
Boxer works Hack's body with a nice hook.
Boxer lands a leg kick that knocks Hack off balance momentarily.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hack moves away.
Hack takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boxer is looking to clinch.
Hack throws a hook but Boxer blocks it.
Hack scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hack misses with a head kick.
Boxer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hack's calf.
Hack thows a leg kick but Boxer checks it
and Boxer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boxer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boxer tries to close the distance and clinch but Hack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hack swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Boxer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hack takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hack misses with a looping left.
Boxer throws a counter high kick but Hack was just alert enough to avoid it.
Hack misses with a right hand
and Hack takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hack misses the shot to the body.
Hack ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boxer.
Hack's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Boxer jabs at Hack's body.
Boxer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hack throws a nice head kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Boxer closes the distance and clinches.
Hack landing knees to the head.
Hack with a knee to the head.
Hack controlling the action here for a moment.

Hack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kick Boxer will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Boxer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Boxer tries to clinch but Hack moves away
and Hack counters with a nice uppercut.
Hack lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Boxer checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boxer. Hack does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hack throws a lazy head kick
and Boxer counters with a solid body kick.
Hack gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boxer.
Boxer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hack with the counter takedown but Boxer avoids it easily.
Hack takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boxer moves out of range of the strikes.
Boxer scores with a kick to the body.
Hack wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boxer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Boxer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Boxer.
Boxer tries to close the distance and clinch but Hack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hack misses with a low kick.
Hack misses with a few strikes there.
Hack ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boxer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boxer connects with a leg kick. Hack looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boxer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hack looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Boxer throws a head kick that half lands.
Hack takes a kick to the side of the head.
Boxer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hack on the side of the head.
Boxer slips a jab from Hack.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hack misses with a wild body shot.
Boxer throws a sloppy head kick and Hack moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hack lands a nice hook to Boxer's body. Boxer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hack throws a right hand that Boxer ducks under and follows up with a left that Boxer also avoids with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Boxer, right into the meat.
Boxer connects with a looping right hand.
Hack loads up on a big right hand but Boxer slips the punch.
Boxer cracks a nice hook into Hack's ribs.
Boxer tries to clinch there but Hack circles away.
Hack throws a hook but Boxer avoids it easily.
Boxer blocks a head kick by Hack.
A nice leg kick lands there from Boxer.

Boxer closes the distance and clinches.
Hack swings wildly with an uppercut but Boxer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hack blocks an elbow strike from Boxer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hack misses with the head strike.
Boxer tries to throw a body punch but Hack avoids it by throwing Boxer back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Boxer.
Boxer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boxer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Hack fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Boxer as Hack tries to tie him up.
Crack Hack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hack breaks the clinch.
Kick Boxer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hack takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hack has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hack there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Boxer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hack fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Boxer checks it well.
Boxer throws a quick counter head kick but Hack was just out of range.
Boxer is looking to land body kicks.
Hack misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hack throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hack.
Kick Boxer is winning the standup battle so far.
Hack swings for the body but Boxer moves out of range.
Boxer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boxer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boxer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Boxer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Boxer. That snapped Hack's head back.
Boxer doesn't manage to clinch there - Hack circles away.
Hack swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Boxer connects with an inside leg kick.
Hack swings for the body but Boxer moves out of range.
Hack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boxer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hack.
As Hack tries to get set, Boxer tries to push him back and clinch up but Hack manages to avoid the attempt.
Boxer lands with an uppercut that bounces Hack off the cage and back into range.

Boxer rushes Hack and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kick Boxer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Boxer 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kick Boxer!
Kick Boxer decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.