PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Bunt Jernit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Shojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuki Shojo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jernit
vs
Shojo

177 cm
22
146 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

165 cm
22
140 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bunt Jernit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Shojo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jernit catches Shojo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jernit slips under a jab from Shojo.
Jernit works Shojo's body with a nice hook.

Shojo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shojo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jernit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jernit avoiding damage as Shojo throws knees to the body.
Shojo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jernit wants to get back to striking at distance but Shojo won't allow it.
Shojo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jernit's elbow.
Shojo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jernit is trying to break the clinch but Shojo is controlling him.
Jernit has a couple of punches blocked by Shojo.
I was talking to Jernit's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jernit lands an uppercut.

Jernit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jernit looks to land a combination but Shojo avoids it well.

Shojo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jernit scores with a shot to the side of Shojo's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jernit is leaning against Shojo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jernit working hard to break the clinch.
Shojo crunches a lovely knee into Jernit's ribcage.
Shojo blocks a body shot from Jernit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jernit lands with a right to the head.
Jernit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jernit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jernit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jernit misses with a body punch.

Jernit breaks from the clinch.
Jernit throws a series of punches but Shojo moves out of range.
Shojo tries to clinch there but Jernit circles away.
Shojo wants to clinch up but Jernit keeps it at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shojo digs a right hand underneath Jernit's ribcage. Jernit let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Jernit breaks the clinch.
Jernit attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Shojo clinches up with Jernit and pushes him back against the ropes.
Shojo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Jernit breaks the clinch.

Shojo pushes Jernit up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shojo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shojo can't find room to land a body shot as Jernit controls the action.
Shojo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jernit's elbow.
Jernit is trying to push Shojo away but Shojo has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shojo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shojo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shojo lands a left hand.
Knees to the body from Shojo.
Jernit misses with a punch to the body.
Jernit blocks a body shot from Shojo.
Shojo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jernit.
Jernit has a couple of punches blocked by Shojo.
A head punch on the inside from Shojo fails to land.
Shojo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jernit working hard to break the clinch.
Jernit scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Yuki Shojo has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shojo misses with a punch to the body.

Jernit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yuki Shojo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yuki Shojo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shojo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jernit.

Shojo moves into range and clinches up with Jernit.
A right hook to the body lands for Shojo.

Jernit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jernit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shojo.
Jernit thuds a left hand into Shojo's body.
Jernit is looking to chop away at Shojo's legs.
Shojo tries to clinch up.
Shojo tries to close the distance and clinch but Jernit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Shojo clinches.
Shojo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jernit.

Jernit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Jernit coming out on top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jernit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shojo checks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shojo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jernit lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shojo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jernit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jernit cracks Shojo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jernit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shojo's hands.
Jernit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shojo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jernit will feel that in the morning.

Shojo clinches up with Jernit and pushes him back against the ropes.
Shojo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jernit is defending well for now.
Shojo lands a good knee to the midsection. Jernit won't want to take too many of those.
Jernit tries to break the clinch but Shojo is controlling the position.
Shojo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shojo taking a breather.
Shojo scores with a hook to the body.
Shojo tries a body shot but Jernit blocks it.
Shojo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jernit swings wildly with an uppercut but Shojo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shojo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jernit misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jernit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yuki Shojo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Jernit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shojo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jernit tries to score with a low kick but Shojo moves his leg out of the way.
Shojo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shojo.
Jernit is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Danga de danga de dang - Jernit scores with a four punch combination!
Shojo moves away from the strike by Jernit.
Shojo wants to counter the offense by Jernit and move into the clinch position.
Jernit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A telegraphed right hand from Jernit misses the target.
Shojo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jernit.
Jernit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shojo moves away.

Shojo instigates a clinch.
Jernit avoiding damage as Shojo throws knees to the body.
Shojo tries to work over Jernit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jernit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shojo backwards.
Shojo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jernit's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunt Jernit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yuki Shojo'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.

Shojo darts in and clinches Jernit up against the ropes.
Shojo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shojo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jernit tries to break free but Shojo pushes him back against the ropes.
Jernit lands an uppercut.

Jernit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Jernit misses.
Jernit misses with a body kick.
Jernit keeps the fight on the outside.
Jernit tried to score with a low kick but Shojo checks it.
Shojo wants to counter the offense by Jernit and move into the clinch position.
Shojo looks to score with a jab to the body but Jernit is just out of range.

Shojo closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jernit prevents a body shot from Shojo.
A right handed body shot lands from Jernit.
Jernit is trying to break the clinch but Shojo has him pressed against the ropes.

Jernit's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jernit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shojo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jernit swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jernit fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shojo checks it well.
Shojo tries to clinch but Jernit is having none of it.
Jernit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shojo is looking to clinch.
Jernit connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shojo momentarily.
Shojo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jernit.
Shojo tries to counter with a clinch but Jernit shakes him off and moves away.
Shojo tries to clinch but Jernit is having none of it.
Shojo doesn't manage to clinch there - Jernit circles away.
Jernit dips to his left and cracks Shojo with an uppercut!
Shojo missing with a left hand there. Jernit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good work by Shojo as he checks the leg kick.
Jernit is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Shojo moves in looking to clinch but Jernit pushes him off.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shojo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jernit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jernit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shojo tries to clinch there but Jernit circles away.
Jernit keeps the fight on the outside.
Jernit throws out a leg kick but Shojo moves out of range and Jernit only half commits.
Jernit lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Shojo wants to clinch
and Jernit counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Shojo clinches up with Jernit and pushes him back against the ropes.
Shojo trying to land knees to the body.
Jernit throws a head punch that misses.
Shojo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shojo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jernit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shojo can do to turn this around?
Jernit working hard to break the clinch.
Jernit prevents a body shot from Shojo.
Jernit wants to get back to striking at distance but Shojo won't allow it.
Shojo missing with knees to the body.
Shojo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jernit managing to block the knees to the body from Shojo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunt Jernit clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Yuki Shojo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jernit cracks Shojo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Shojo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jernit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shojo closes the distance but Jernit moves to the side
and Jernit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jernit lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jernit misses with a hook.
Shojo wants to clinch up but Jernit keeps it at a distance.
Jernit swats away the attempt to clinch by Shojo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jernit.
Jernit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jernit misses with a hook.
Shojo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jernit moves away.
Shojo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jernit is out of range and Shojo settles back down.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Shojo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shojo fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shojo needs to keep his hands up - Jernit had a free shot at his head there.
Jernit does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jernit misses with a low kick.
Shojo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Shojo is looking to clinch.
Shojo takes one to the side of the head.
Shojo wants to clinch.
Jernit swats away the attempt to clinch by Shojo.
Jernit avoids the body shot from Shojo.
Shojo is looking to clinch.
Jernit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shojo cracks the inside of Jernit's front leg.
Shojo is looking to clinch but Jernit is avoiding it.
Jernit throwing a counter right hand but Shojo manages to avoid it.
Jernit throws a front kick aimed at Shojo's knee but Shojo avoids it well.

Shojo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jernit lands with a short shot to the head.
Jernit wants to break free but Shojo has control.
Jernit tries to break the clinch but Shojo is controlling the position.
Shojo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jernit seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shojo can turn it around.
Jernit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jernit misses with a punch to the body.
Shojo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jernit is defending well for now.
Jernit misses with a punch on the inside.
Jernit blocks an uppercut.
Shojo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jernit backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shojo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jernit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jernit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jernit wants to break free but Shojo has control.
Shojo misses with a body punch.
Jernit takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shojo tries to land knees in the clinch but Jernit avoids the damage to the body.

Jernit breaks from the clinch.
Shojo checks a low kick from Jernit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunt Jernit had his way with Yuki Shojo in that round.
The cut man is working on Yuki Shojo's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Jernit misses with a looping right.
Yuki Shojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jernit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shojo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shojo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jernit lands a head shot.
Shojo looks to clinch
and Jernit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jernit looks to land a right hand but Shojo moved out of range.
Jernit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jernit throws a looping overhand right but Shojo ducks down to avoid it.
Shojo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jernit.
Jernit misses with a straight left.
Jernit with a hook.
Shojo tries to clinch there but Jernit circles away.
Jernit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jernit throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jernit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Shojo closes the distance and pushes Jernit back into the ropes.
Jernit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shojo pushes Jernit back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jernit tries to throw a body punch but Shojo avoids it by throwing Jernit back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jernit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jernit circles away from the clinch attempt.

Shojo clinches up against the ropes.
Shojo missing with knees to the body.
Jernit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jernit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shojo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Shojo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Jernit working aggressively here.
Jernit wants to break free but Shojo has control.
Jernit tries to break free but Shojo pushes him back against the ropes.
Shojo lands a knee to the body.
Shojo is pushing Jernit up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shojo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jernit tries to break the clinch but Shojo is controlling the position.
Shojo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Shojo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shojo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shojo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shojo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shojo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shojo pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Shojo lands a hook that snaps the head of Jernit backwards.
Shojo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shojo obliges.
Shojo has a couple of punches blocked by Jernit.
Jernit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Shojo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shojo misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuki Shojo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jernit 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bunt Jernit!
Bunt Jernit retains his bantamweight title!
A very excited looking Bunt Jernit rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.