PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cannondale Trail (ranked 1980 p4p, 251 weight class) and Vunny Bin (ranked 3814 p4p, 419 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Trail
vs
Bin

198 cm
38
280 lbs
29 - 17 - 1

190 cm
35
265 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cannondale Trail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vunny Bin!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trail feints a jab promting Bin to slip. Trail then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Vunny Bin has been cut.
Trail throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bin on the side of the head.
Bin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trail. That did some damage!
Bin looks to land a body kick but Trail moved away.
Trail swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Bin takes the fight into the clinch.
Bin swings wildly with an uppercut but Trail uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bin misses with a knee strike.
Trail fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bin blocks a body shot from Trail.
A head punch on the inside from Bin fails to land.
Trail swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bin lands with a left to the head.
Bin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bin.
Trail controlling the action here for a moment.
Trail misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Cannondale Trail has been cut.
Bin scores a nice knee to the body.
Bin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Trail is breathing heavily.
Trail trying to control the position but instead, Bin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trail into the ropes.

Bin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Trail connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bin, right into the meat.
Trail takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Bin forces Trail back against the ropes and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Bin scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trail misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bin lands a good knee to the midsection. Trail won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bin obliges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bin.
Bin lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Trail fails to land.
Bin with a knee to the head.
Bin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Trail fails to land.
Trail avoiding damage as Bin throws knees to the body.

Bin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bin throws a leg kick which misses Trail's front leg but catches the back leg as Trail tries to avoid it.
Trail looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bin throws a shot to the body.
Bin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trail at a distance.
Bin throws a leg kick which misses Trail's front leg but catches the back leg as Trail tries to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trail fails to land with a series of punches.
Bin ducks under a wild hook from Trail.
Bin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vunny Bin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Bin.
Bin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trail's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bin. That's going to slow Trail down.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bin.
Bin throws a solid leg kick but Trail takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bin.
Bin jabs Trail to the body, keeping him at a distance.
No joy there for Bin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trail slips under a jab from Bin.
Vunny Bin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A jab lands there for Bin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Trail takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trail walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Bin rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Trail has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.

Bin gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin missing with knees to the body.
Bin lands a left hand.
Bin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trail blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice left hand lands by Trail.
Vunny Bin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Trail.
Trail works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bin tries to land a knee to the head but Trail blocks with his arms.
Trail struggles to land a body shot inside as Bin controls his hands.
Bin lands with a left to the head.

Bin breaks the clinch.
Bin misses with a low kick.
Trail lands with an overhand left.

Bin has managed to clinch.
Trail tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bin tries to land knees in the clinch but Trail avoids the damage to the body.
Trail managing to block the knees to the body from Bin.
Bin misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Trail.
Bin is breathing heavily.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.
Trail pushes Bin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trail's elbow.
Trail tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trail lands a shot to the body.
Bin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Trail gets through Bin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Bin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bin misses with a jab to the body
and Trail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bin 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.
Trail throws a hook to the side of Bin's head but Bin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bin tries to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Trail paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Trail misses the target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Trail has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Trail and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Trail throwing a counter right hand but Bin manages to avoid it.
Trail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bin.
A swing and a miss from Trail.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vunny Bin takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Trail lunges at Bin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bin's hand.
Bin throws a front kick aimed at Trail's knee but Trail avoids it well.
Trail swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vunny Bin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trail looks to land a left hand but Bin moved out of range nicely.
Trail avoids the body shot from Bin.
Trail misses with a few strikes there.
Bin is looking to chop away at Trail's legs.
Bin connects with the punch.
Bin throws a head kick but Trail moves out of range.
Bin staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bin is looking to chop away at Trail's legs.
Bin just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromTrail.
A combination from Trail does no damage.
Bin tries to counter with a clinch but Trail shakes him off and moves away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Bin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trail lands with a left to the head.
Bin misses with a punch to the body.
Bin scores with a knee to the head.
Bin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bin landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Bin.
Bin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bin with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Bin manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Bin.
Bin lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trail. That did some damage!
Trail takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trail blocks a jab.
Trail's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Bin misses with a low kick.
Trail is looking to counter punch.
Cannondale Trail has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bin throws a hook but Trail blocks it.
Bin ducks under a wild hook from Trail.
Trail moves out of range of the body kick from Bin.
Trail is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bin defending well as Trail loads up on a big left hand.
Bin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bin throws a body kick that misses.
It looked like Trail wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vunny Bin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bin 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vunny Bin!
Our winner, Vunny Bin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.