PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenuichio Harada (ranked 4890 p4p, 525 weight class) and Vunny Bin (ranked 3389 p4p, 383 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harada
vs
Bin

199 cm
30
250 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

190 cm
34
265 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenuichio Harada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vunny Bin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harada gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harada doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harada lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harada definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harada takes a shot to the head.
Harada struggles to land a body shot inside as Bin controls his hands.
Harada lands with a light punch inside.
Harada lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bin lands a shoulder strike.
Harada blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harada works on Bin's body with a couple of short punches.
Harada struggles to land a body shot inside as Bin controls his hands.
Harada prevents a body shot from Bin.
Bin working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Bin fails to land.
Bin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harada working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harada lands a hook that snaps the head of Bin backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harada lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harada working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Harada.
Harada avoiding damage as Bin throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harada doesn't manage to clinch there - Bin circles away.
Bin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harada doesn't seem bothered though.
Bin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harada can pounce on him.
Harada throws a head kick but Bin moves out of range.
Bin tries to clinch but Harada moves away
and Harada counters with a stiff right hand.
Harada connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bin misses with a kick to the body.
We've been informed that Bin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bin misses with a shot to the body
and Harada counters with a leg kick.
Bin looks winded!
Bin misses with a wild body shot.
Bin misses with a looping right.
Harada swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harada throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bin tries to land a front kick but Harada steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harada tries a head kick but it misses.
Bin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harada with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bin.
Bin misses with a two punch combination.
Harada was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harada doesn't manage to clinch there - Bin circles away.
Bin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harada to score with a decent uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harada.
Harada throws a front kick aimed at Bin's knee but Bin avoids it well.
Harada tries a head kick but it misses.
Bin only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Harada displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bin throws out the jab.

Harada clinches.
Bin takes a shot to the head.
Bin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harada avoiding damage as Bin throws knees to the body.
Harada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bin tries to throw a body punch but Harada avoids it by throwing Bin back against the ropes.
Bin misses with the head strike.
Harada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bin misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Harada.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenuichio Harada dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harada lands a front kick.

Harada moves into the clinch.
Bin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harada or not.
Bin misses with a body punch.
Kenuichio Harada has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Bin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bin.
Bin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harada is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bin can do to turn this around?

Harada instigates a clinch.
Bin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bin lands a knee to the head.

Bin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vunny Bin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bin misses with a low kick.
Harada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bin. Bin obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Harada.
Bin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bin missing with a left hand there. Harada was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harada was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harada misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bin throws a leg kick but Harada sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bin lands the left hand.
Harada is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bin misses with a body shot.
Harada tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harada jabs Bin right on the nose. Bin blinks but takes it well.
Bin missing with a left hand there. Harada was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harada tried to counter with a leg kick but Bin avoided it.
Harada avoids a kick to the body.
Harada defending well as Bin loads up on a big left hand.
A counter left hand to the body from Harada misses its target.
Harada tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bin blocks a head kick by Harada.
Bin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harada drives through and clinches with Bin against the ropes.
Harada has a couple of punches blocked by Bin.
Still in the clinch, Harada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bin misses with a knee strike.
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!
Harada lands with a light punch inside.
Harada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bin looking to throw knees to the head but Harada is blocking nicely.
Harada is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Harada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bin lands a left hand.
Harada misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harada on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harada tries to throw a body punch but Bin avoids it by throwing Harada back against the ropes.
Harada misses with the head strike.
Harada working aggressively here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Harada.
Harada avoiding damage as Bin throws knees to the body.
Bin misses with a knee strike.
Bin is breathing heavily.
Bin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harada.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vunny Bin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Harada lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harada misses with a head kick.
Bin throws a leg kick but Harada sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Harada was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bin.

Bin clinches.
Bin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bin blocking some punches.
Bin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haradas head.
Harada lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bin is trying to break the clinch but Harada has him pressed against the ropes.
Bin pushes Harada back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harada presses Bin against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harada tries a body shot but Bin blocks it.
Bin scores with a shot to the side of Harada's head.
A short right from Bin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bin blocks a body shot from Harada.
Bin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harada backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harada doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bin misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Harada fails to land.
Harada throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bins head.
Good body shot from Harada.
Bin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bin tries to break free but Harada pushes him back against the ropes.
Harada misses with a punch on the inside.
Bin looking to throw knees to the head but Harada is blocking nicely.
Bin swings wildly with an uppercut but Harada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harada lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harada.
Harada misses with the head strike.
Harada avoiding damage as Bin throws knees to the body.
Harada lands with a left to the head.
Bin trying to land knees to the body.
Bin tries a body shot but Harada blocks it.
Harada lands a body shot.
Harada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harada scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harada scores with a hook to the body.
Harada lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harada scores with a shoulder strike.
Harada misses with some punches.
Bin has a couple of punches blocked by Harada.
Harada doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harada misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bin.
Bin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harada misses with some punches.
Harada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bin lands a nice knee to the body.
Harada throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Harada.
Harada lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harada tries to throw a body punch but Bin avoids it by throwing Harada back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Bin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenuichio Harada showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harada 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28

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