PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Erick Clap (ranked 3144 p4p, 278 weight class) and Makunouchi Ippo (ranked 3932 p4p, 326 weight class). Clap's entrance music is Burn it to the ground. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ippo's choice of entrance music: Indestructible. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Clap
vs
Ippo

172 cm
32
150 lbs
19 - 14 - 2

173 cm
35
154 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill
Power Matrix Nutrition

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 19 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Erick Clap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Makunouchi Ippo!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clap fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ippo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Clap has been working on his boxing with his coaches at River's Edge Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Ippo lands a nice shot to the body.
Clap ducks right into an uppercut from Ippo.
Makunouchi Ippo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ippo blocks a leg kick.
A lazy left from Ippo finds it's target.
Clap misses with a low kick.
Ippo misses with a straight right.
Ippo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ippo tries to clinch up.
Clap showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ippo.
Ippo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ippo swings widly with a right hand
and Ippo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ippo. Clap does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Clap counters with a quick kick to the body but Ippo blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danga de danga de dang - Ippo scores with a four punch combination!
Ippo avoids the head kick by Clap.
Ippo tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ippo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Clap, pushing him back against the ropes.
Clap avoiding damage as Ippo throws knees to the body.
Clap softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ippo lands with a right to the head.
Ippo lands with a left to the head.
Ippo tries to land a knee to the head but Clap blocks with his arms.
Ippo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ippo pushes Clap back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clap digs a right hand underneath Ippo's ribcage. Ippo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ippo tries to land a knee to the head but Clap blocks with his arms.
Clap scores with a shoulder strike.
Clap content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ippo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ippo looking to throw knees to the head but Clap is blocking nicely.
Clap working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ippo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clap misses with a knee strike.
Ippo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clap has a couple of punches blocked by Ippo.
Clap lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ippo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clap displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ippo up against the ropes.
Clap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ippo looking to throw knees to the head but Clap is blocking nicely.

Clap's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ippo sizes up Clap with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Clap just misses with a punch to the body.
Ippo jabs at Clap's body.
Ippo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Clap.
Ippo connects with a right hand. Clap shakes it off.
Ippo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clap counters with a series of strikes. Ippo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Clap swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clap looks to throw the jab but Ippo is out of range.
It seemed like Ippo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ippo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clap circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Clap misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ippo has Clap up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ippo.
Clap is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Clap on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Clap.
Ippo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clap looking to stall.
Ippo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clap's face.
Ippo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clap on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ippo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Clap lands a body punch.
Clap lands an uppercut.
Clap lands a right hand.
Ippo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clap is defending well for now.
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!
Ippo tries to land knees in the clinch but Clap avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clap.
Clap tries to land knees in the clinch but Ippo avoids the damage to the body.
Clap takes a shot to the head.

Clap pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ippo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clap slips under a jab from Ippo.
Ippo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Clap is looking to land body kicks.
Ippo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clap manages to avoid it.
Ippo just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromClap.
Clap moves out of range as Ippo strikes.
Clap moves out of range as Ippo strikes.
Clap throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ippo has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ippo throws a right hand that misses
and Clap cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ippo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ippo tries to close the distance and clinch but Clap swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ippo looks to land a left hand but Clap moved out of range nicely.
Clap connects with a solid leg kick.
Ippo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ippo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clap.
Ippo misses with a wild combination.
Ippo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Clap has time to react.
Clap misses with a wild body shot.
Ippo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Clap.
Makunouchi Ippo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clap ducks under a wild hook from Ippo.
Ippo throws a right hand that misses
letting Clap counter with a right hand.
Clap connects with a quick right hand that sends Ippo tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Erick Clap!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Erick Clap waved his t-shirt featuring Sully's Bar & Grill's logo in front of the cameras.