PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kantaro Hoshino (ranked 1048 p4p, 110 weight class) and Temel Dilli (ranked 1488 p4p, 166 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hoshino
vs
Dilli

165 cm
38
145 lbs
39 - 14 - 3

176 cm
38
155 lbs
33 - 21 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Kantaro Hoshino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Temel Dilli!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoshino misses with a wild body shot.
Hoshino loads up on a big right hand but Dilli slips the punch.
Dilli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoshino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dilli flicks out a counter leg kick but Hoshino steps away.
Hoshino misses with a looping left.
Hoshino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dilli.
Dilli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dilli feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hoshinos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hoshino definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hoshino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoshino misses with a straight right.
Dilli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoshino.
Dilli lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dilli lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoshino's sensitive parts.
Hoshino misses with a right hand
and Dilli counters with a thumping low kick.
Hoshino misses with a hook.
Dilli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A swing and a miss from Dilli.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoshino throws a body punch but Dilli moves out of range.
Dilli getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hoshino misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dilli lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dilli slips a jab from Hoshino.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dilli! But no joy.
Dilli misses with a hook. Hoshino ducked under it nicely.
Dilli staying out of range there.
Hoshino is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dilli's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hoshino slips under a jab.
Hoshino avoids the head kick by Dilli.
Hoshino looks to throw the jab but Dilli is out of range.
Hoshino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dilli was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoshino.
Hoshino on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hoshino misses with a straight right.
Dilli lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dilli gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dilli throws a leg kick which misses Hoshino's front leg but catches the back leg as Hoshino tries to avoid it.
Dilli throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hoshino takes a swing at Dilli's ribcage but misses.
Hoshino has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dilli.
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!
Hoshino misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jab by Dilli.
Hoshino looks to throw the jab but Dilli is out of range.
Hoshino misses the body punch
and Dilli counters with a left and a right that stings Hoshino.
Hoshino throws a big shot that misses.
Hoshino lands the left hand.
Hoshino steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dilli.
Dilli slips under a jab.
Hoshino looks to land a right hand but Dilli moved out of range.
Hoshino misses with an uppercut. Dilli saw that one coming.
Kantaro Hoshino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoshino slips a jab and a cross from Dilli.
Hoshino misses with a straight left.
Hoshino scores with a shot to the body.
Dilli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoshino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hoshino swings for the body but Dilli moves out of range.
Dilli thinks about the counter body kick.
Hoshino misses with a few strikes there.
Hoshino misses with a lunging right hand
and Dilli counters with a low kick, right behind Hoshino 's knee.
Dilli throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Dilli.
Hoshino throws a big shot that misses.
Hoshino looks to land a left hand but Dilli moved out of range nicely.
Dilli is looking for the big counter here.
Hoshino throws a body punch but Dilli moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dilli.
Hoshino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hoshino was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from Dilli misses.
Hoshino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoshino misses with a jab to the body
enabling Dilli to counter with a crisp jab.
Hoshino missing with a left hand there. Dilli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dilli lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dilli blocks a jab.
Dilli swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hoshino misses with a jab to the body
and Dilli counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dilli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hoshino misses with a looping right.
Dilli scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoshino throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hoshino throws a body punch but Dilli moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino swings for the body but Dilli moves out of range.
Dilli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hoshino takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dilli misses with a looping right.
Hoshino avoids the head kick by Dilli.
Dilli lands a really nice looking cross but Hoshino seems unphased.
Dilli dodges the punch combination from Hoshino.
Hoshino throws a hook but Dilli blocks it.
Hoshino misses with a hook. Dilli ducked under it nicely.
Hoshino moves out of range of the strikes.
Hoshino misses with a straight left.
Dilli missing with a left hand there. Hoshino was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dilli moves away from the strike by Hoshino.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoshino thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hoshino tries to move into range but Dilli moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dilli stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dilli misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Temel Dilli dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hoshino throws the left hand but Dilli avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Dilli misses its intended target.
Hoshino takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dilli moves out of range of the strikes.
Hoshino looks to land a right hand but Dilli moved out of range.
Hoshino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dilli moves away.
Hoshino throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Dilli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick misses from Dilli.
Hoshino was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hoshino missing with a left hand there. Dilli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dilli misses with a straight right.
Temel Dilli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dilli moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dilli.
Hoshino lands with a nice body punch.
Dilli misses with an uppercut. Hoshino saw that one coming.
Dilli lands a nice shot to the body.
Dilli has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hoshino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dilli feints a counter leg kick.
Hoshino looks to score with a jab to the body but Dilli is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Hoshino finds it's way through Dilli's defenses.
Hoshino is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dilli misses with an uppercut.
Hoshino rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hoshino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hoshino looks to score with a jab to the body but Dilli is just out of range.
Hoshino swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dilli counters with a nice uppercut.
Dilli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoshino manages to avoid it.
Dilli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dilli throws out a counter right but Hoshino avoids it with no problem.
Hoshino swings for the body but Dilli moves out of range.
Hoshino is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hoshino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dilli manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Dilli there.
Dilli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dilli wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dilli throws a shot from downtown. Hoshino moves away and avoids it.
Hoshino slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
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!
Dilli misses with an uppercut.
Hoshino misses with a body shot.
Hoshino takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dilli throws a body shot but no joy.
Dilli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hoshino throws an overhand right that lands on Dilli's shoulder, as Dilli tries to avoid the shot.
Dilli throws out a loose jab but Hoshino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dilli feints and then cracks Hoshino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hoshino down.
Dilli is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dilli wants to slow Hoshino down by chopping away at his legs.
Dilli scores with a body shot.
Dilli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoshino.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hoshino might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hoshino uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dilli throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoshino.
Dilli looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoshino is just out of range.
Hoshino takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hoshino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dilli.
Hoshino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dilli manages to avoid it.
Dilli bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hoshino's head.
Dilli misses with a body shot.
Hoshino defending well as Dilli loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoshino scores with a decent looking hook.
Hoshino tests Dilli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hoshino walks into a jab.
Dilli fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hoshino.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dilli. Hoshino does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoshino uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dilli.
Dilli misses with a looping right.
Hoshino misses with a left hand
and Dilli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dilli looks to land a right hand but Hoshino moved out of range.
Hoshino tests Dilli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dilli works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dilli is looking to chop away at Hoshino's legs.
Hoshino swings for the body but Dilli moves out of range.
Hoshino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hoshino misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dilli throws a lazy uppercut
and Hoshino counters with a stiff right hand.
Dilli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hoshino throws out the jab.
Dilli throws out a counter right but Hoshino avoids it with no problem.
Hoshino throws a shot from downtown. Dilli moves away and avoids it.
Hoshino throws a lazy right hand but Dilli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hoshino misses with a straight left.
Hoshino loads up on a big right hand but Dilli slips the punch.
Dilli misses the shot to the body.
Hoshino on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hoshino scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hoshino just misses with a punch to the body.
Dilli misses with an uppercut.
Hoshino was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dilli slips a straight right by Hoshino.
Dilli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hoshino.
Dilli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoshino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dilli!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dilli scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dilli throws a right hand that Hoshino ducks under and follows up with a left that Hoshino also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Temel Dilli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hoshino throws a big shot that misses.
Hoshino looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hoshino jabs Dilli right on the nose. Dilli blinks but takes it well.
Hoshino misses with a wild body shot.
Dilli staying out of range there.
Dilli takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dilli misses with an uppercut
and Hoshino counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hoshino lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dilli at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Dilli as he connects with a hook.
Hoshino misses with a left hand
and Hoshino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good leg kick by Dilli there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Hoshino.
It seemed like Dilli was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donk. Dilli catches Hoshino right on the button with a cross.
Hoshino misses with a body shot
and Dilli counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoshino lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hoshino moves out of range of the strikes.
Dilli scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dilli scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Dilli.
A swing and a miss from Dilli.
Dilli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoshino.
Hoshino misses the body punch
and Dilli counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Hoshino misses the target.
Dilli jabs at Hoshino's body.
Hoshino moves out of range of the strikes.
Dilli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoshino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Dilli.
Dilli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hoshino lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dilli connects with a single shot there.
Dilli throws a hook but Hoshino blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Hoshino on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dilli throws the left hand but Hoshino avoids the punch easily.
Hoshino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hoshino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice side step and Dilli releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dilli looks to land a right hand but Hoshino moved out of range.
Temel Dilli 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.
Hoshino throws the left hand but Dilli avoids the punch easily.
Dilli swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hoshino blocks a head kick by Dilli.
Dilli lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dilli lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hoshino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Dilli releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hoshino misses with a wild body shot.
Dilli just misses with a punch to the body.
Dilli defending well as Hoshino loads up on a big left hand.
Hoshino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dilli.
Dilli misses with a straight left.
Hoshino lands with an overhand left.
Dilli lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dilli avoids the body shot from Hoshino.
Dilli slips a jab from Hoshino.
Dilli looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hoshino is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dilli throws a lazy uppercut
and Hoshino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoshino misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Dilli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kantaro Hoshino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilli looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dilli misses with a low kick.
Dilli avoids the body shot from Hoshino.
Hoshino bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dilli's head backwards.
Hoshino throws a big shot that misses.
Hoshino lands a two punch combo.
Dilli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hoshino.
Hoshino takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dilli connects with a leg kick. Hoshino looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slow jab from Hoshino misses its intended target.
Dilli moves out of range of the strikes.
Dilli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hoshino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hoshino throws an off balance right hand
and Dilli counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoshino throws a poor cross that misses
and Dilli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dilli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoshino.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dilli's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hoshino under the eye.
Hoshino swings widly with a right hand
and Dilli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dilli avoids the body shot from Hoshino.
Good shot there by Dilli.
Hoshino throws out a loose jab but Dilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Dilli there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hoshino misses the body punch
and Dilli counters with a stiff right hand.
Dilli avoids the body shot from Hoshino.
Hoshino swings for the body but Dilli moves out of range.
Dilli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dilli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hoshino.
Dilli lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoshino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab by Dilli.
Hoshino takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dilli avoids the body shot from Hoshino.

And that's the end of the fight!
Temel Dilli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dilli 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Temel Dilli!
An out of breath Temel Dilli thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.