PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Bjorn Valor (ranked 8720 p4p, 602 weight class) and Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 5573 p4p, 484 weight class). Finnish Experiment Il has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Valor
vs
Experiment Il

178 cm
20
150 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
148 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjorn Valor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Experiment Il throws a hook but Valor avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Valor.
Experiment Il lands a jab.
Experiment Il has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Valor is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Valor loads up on a big right hand but Experiment Il slips the punch.
Experiment Il is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Valor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Valor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Valor swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Experiment Il counters by clinching up.
Experiment Il is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Experiment Il scores with a shot to the side of Valor's head.
Experiment Il slowing the pace effectively.
Valor misses with a punch to the body.
Experiment Il wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valor has him pressed against the ropes.
Valor lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valor.
Valor is trying to break the clinch but Experiment Il has him pressed against the ropes.
Experiment Il prevents Valor from breaking the clinch.
Experiment Il has Valor pressed against the ropes, preventing Valor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il scores with a knee to the head.
Valor misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Valor scores with a nice short uppercut.

Valor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valor. Experiment Il does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valor throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il moves away from the strike by Valor.
Valor misses with a looping left.
Experiment Il slips a jab from Valor.
Experiment Il takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Experiment Il doesn't manage to clinch there - Valor circles away.
Experiment Il takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Experiment Il instigates a clinch.
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!
Valor misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Experiment Il pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Experiment Il fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valor throwing a counter right hand but Experiment Il manages to avoid it.
Valor scores with a nice right hand.
Valor wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Experiment Il! But no joy.
Valor looks to land a left hand but Experiment Il moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Experiment Il on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Valor.
Bjorn Valor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Valor misses with a left hand
and Experiment Il counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Experiment Il walks into a left hand.
A jab from Valor finds it's way through Experiment Il's defenses.
Valor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjorn Valor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Valor tries to clinch there but Experiment Il circles away.
Valor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Experiment Il manages to avoid it.
Experiment Il throws a counter combo.
Valor throws a right hand that Experiment Il ducks under and follows up with a left that Experiment Il also avoids with ease.
Experiment Il misses with a leg kick
and Valor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Experiment Il can do to turn this around?
A big right from Valor misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Experiment Il misses.
Experiment Il staying out of range there.
Experiment Il needs to keep his hands up - Valor had a free shot at his head there.
Experiment Il walks into a jab.
Experiment Il uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valor.
Experiment Il lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Valor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Experiment Il. Experiment Il circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valor misses with a double jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Experiment Il! But no joy.
Valor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Experiment Il is looking to chop away at Valor's legs.
Experiment Il ducks under a wild hook from Valor.
Valor moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromExperiment Il.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Valor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Experiment Il is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Valor with a body shot.
Valor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Valor missing with a left hand there. Experiment Il was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Valor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Valor takes a swing at Experiment Il's ribcage but misses.
Valor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Experiment Il. Experiment Il circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Valor swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Experiment Il counters with a stiff right hand.
Valor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valor misses with an uppercut.
Bjorn Valor is winning the standup battle so far.
Valor looks to land a right hand but Experiment Il moved out of range.
A big right from Valor misses.
Valor misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valor throws a body shot but no joy.
Valor throws an overhand right that lands on Experiment Il's shoulder, as Experiment Il tries to avoid the shot.
Experiment Il now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valor scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Experiment Il throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bjorn Valor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Valor lands with a straight right. Experiment Il didn't see that one coming.
Valor throws a hook to the side of Experiment Il's head but Experiment Il sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Experiment Il circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valor moves out of range of the strikes.
Valor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valor looks to land a left hand but Experiment Il moved out of range nicely.
Valor throws a hook to the side of Experiment Il's head but Experiment Il sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valor misses with a left hand
and Valor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjorn Valor dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Experiment Il clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Valor fails to land.
Experiment Il lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Experiment Il throws a knee to the head but misses.
Experiment Il prevents a body shot from Valor.
Valor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Valor misses with a body punch.
Experiment Il blocking some punches.
Experiment Il lands a body shot in the clinch.
Experiment Il lands a nice uppercut.
Valor can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment Il controls the action.
Valor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valor working aggressively here.
Finnish Experiment Il seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Experiment Il is leaning against Valor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Experiment Il lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Experiment Il scores with a shot to the side of Valor's head.
Experiment Il throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valor blocks it with crossed arms.
Valor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Experiment Il's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valor.
Valor tries to throw a body punch but Experiment Il avoids it by throwing Valor back against the ropes.
Valor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Experiment Il pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valor throws a hook but Experiment Il blocks it.
Valor misses with a straight right.
Valor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Valor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Experiment Il swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Experiment Il sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valor checks the leg kick nicely there.
Experiment Il misses with an attempted mid kick.
It looked like Valor was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Valor misses the jab.
Experiment Il slips a straight right by Valor.
Experiment Il ducks under a wild hook from Valor.
Experiment Il looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valor misses the shot to the body.
Experiment Il swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Experiment Il scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Valor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Experiment Il misses.
Experiment Il connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Valor.
Valor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Experiment Il sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Experiment Il.
Valor seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Experiment Il slips under a jab from Valor.
Valor thuds his right hand into Experiment Il's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finnish Experiment Il really dominated that round.
That's time! Valor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A slapping leg kick lands for Experiment Il.
Experiment Il takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Experiment Il bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Experiment Il bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Experiment Il is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Valor thuds a left hand into Experiment Il's body.
Experiment Il slips under a jab from Valor.
Nice shot lands for Valor.
Experiment Il lands a jab to the head.
Valor throws a hook to the side of Experiment Il's head but Experiment Il sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Valor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valor loads up on a big right hand but Experiment Il slips the punch.
Valor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valor misses with a looping left.
Experiment Il uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valor.
Experiment Il tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il ducks under a wild hook from Valor.
Experiment Il looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Valor needs to keep his hands up - Experiment Il had a free shot at his head there.
Valor looks to throw the jab but Experiment Il is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valor. Experiment Il does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valor misses with a straight right.
Experiment Il throws out a counter right but Valor avoids it with no problem.
Experiment Il stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Valor is rocked!
Experiment Il connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Valor's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Valor - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Finnish Experiment Il!
Finnish Experiment Il is the new featherweight champion!