PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Scott Columbus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dam Son (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Columbus comes to the ring accompanied by Blood Of The Kings. 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?

Columbus
vs
Son

200 cm
25
274 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

196 cm
24
272 lbs
13 - 7 - 1

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Scott Columbus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dam Son!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Son moves out of range of the body kick from Columbus.
Columbus steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Son. That one must have hurt.
A good leg kick by Son.
Columbus scores with a leg kick.
Son throws a lazy head kick
letting Columbus counter with a right hand.
Columbus takes one to the chin there.

Son forces Columbus back against the ropes and clinches.
Son with a knee to the head.

It looks like Scott Columbus has been cut.
A short right from Son on the inside.
Columbus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Son tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Son throws an elbow but it misses.
Son lands a nice knee to the body.
Columbus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Son with a knee to the head.
Columbus is breathing heavily.
Son tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Son pushes Columbus back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Son lands a knee to the head.
Columbus misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Son - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Columbus lands a right hand.
Son pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Columbus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Columbus swings wildly with an uppercut but Son uses good head movement to avoid it.
Son creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Columbus's defenses.
Son told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Son throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Columbuss head.
Son tries to land knees in the clinch but Columbus avoids the damage to the body.
Columbus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Son lands a right hand.
Son unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Son unloads a knee to the mid-section. Columbus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Son avoiding damage.
Columbus scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son avoiding damage.
A bit of stalling here from Son.
Columbus working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Columbus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Columbus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Columbus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Columbus has a couple of punches blocked by Son.
Son utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Son crunches a lovely knee into Columbus's ribcage.
Son connects with a knee to the head.
Son leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Son unloads a knee to the mid-section. Columbus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Son lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Son blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dam Son dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Columbus's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Son fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Son misses with a body kick.
Columbus checks a low kick from Son.
Columbus moves out of range of the body kick.
Son is looking to land body kicks.
Columbus misses with a double jab.
Son throws a low kick but it's checked well by Columbus.
Columbus seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Son misses with a right hand
and Columbus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some bone on bone action there as Son checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Son attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Columbus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Son.
Dam Son seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Son ducks right into an uppercut from Columbus.
Columbus slips a straight right by Son.
Columbus moves away from the strike by Son.
Nice body punch from Son.
Dam Son seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Son throws a one two combo.
Son smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Son throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Columbus wants to land a leg kick but Son is out of range.
A jab from Son misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Columbus misses its target.
Columbus clobbers Son with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Son shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Son just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromColumbus.
Columbus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Columbus misses its intended target.
Son lands a right hook to the body.
Son throws a leg kick but Columbus checks it.
Son cracks Columbus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Son throws a nice outside leg kick.
Son looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As Son tries to get set, Columbus tries to push him back and clinch up but Son manages to avoid the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Columbus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Son.
Son fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Son looks for the body kick but Columbus saw that one coming.
Son tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Columbus was well out of range. Poor timing from Son.
Son lands a head shot.
Son misses with a body kick.
Columbus is looking to counter the offense by Son and move into the clinch.
Son lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Son lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Columbus misses with a lunging right hand
and Son counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Columbus thinking.
Son thumps Columbus with a low kick.
Columbus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Son to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Son scores with a jab. Columbus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dam Son showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Scott Columbus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Son tests Columbus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Columbus throws a jab when Son was well out of range.
Columbus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Son throws out a head kick that Columbus doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Columbus crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Columbus's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
Son looks to land a body kick but Columbus moved away.
Son connects with a body shot that sends Columbus's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Columbus misses with a combination

and Son counters with a nice uppercut that drops Columbus onto his backside! Columbus bounces straight back to his feet before we have a chance to even start the count. He'll get the standing 8 count anyway before we get back underway.
Son throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Columbus counters with a nice uppercut.
Columbus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Son has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Columbus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Son.
Son throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Son connects with a solid leg kick.
Columbus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Columbus tries to land a leg kick but Son saw it coming and moves away.
Son has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Columbus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Columbus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Columbus looks to throw the jab but Son is out of range.
Columbus looks for the body kick but Son saw that one coming.
Son ducks under a wild hook from Columbus.
A head kick misses from Son.
Son jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scott Columbus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some bone on bone action there as Columbus checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Columbus wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Son.
Son lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Son connects with a nice looking jab.
Columbus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Son.
A clash of legs there as Columbus blocks the low kick.
Dam Son is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son with a nice cross.
Columbus misses with a straight right.
Son throws a nice inside leg kick.
Columbus misses with a straight right.
Son connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Son. Beautiful body shot.
Son scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Son slips under a jab.
Columbus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Son.
A swing and a miss from Columbus.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Son throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Columbus.
Son scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A good leg kick by Son.
Columbus takes a body punch but keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dam Son comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Son has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 25:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dam Son!
Dam Son tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.