PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Saiyan Southbrook (ranked 6965 p4p, 697 weight class) and Takamura Mamoru (ranked 3075 p4p, 396 weight class). Mamoru has chosen The Great Takamura as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Southbrook
vs
Mamoru

197 cm
33
217 lbs
13 - 17 - 0

190 cm
37
215 lbs
23 - 22 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Saiyan Southbrook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takamura Mamoru!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamoru ducks under a wild hook from Southbrook.
Southbrook fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mamoru avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mamoru! But no joy.
Southbrook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Southbrook moves out of range of the strikes.
Southbrook connects with an inside leg kick.
Southbrook blocks a head kick by Mamoru.
Mamoru moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Mamoru misses the target.
Good exchange - Mamoru coming out on top.
Southbrook is looking to land body kicks.
Southbrook is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mamoru.
Southbrook tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Southbrook misses with an uppercut
and Mamoru counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Southbrook tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mamoru counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Southbrook misses
and Mamoru counters with a straight right hand.

Southbrook instigates a clinch.
Southbrook is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamoru misses with the head strike.
Mamoru throws a punch but it's blocked by Southbrook.
Mamoru misses with a punch on the inside.
Mamoru scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Mamoru.
Southbrook wants to break free but Mamoru has control.
Mamoru prevents Southbrook from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Southbrook on the inside.
Southbrook is trying to force a seperation but Mamoru has the dominant position.

Southbrook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Southbrook throws an overhand right that lands on Mamoru's shoulder, as Mamoru tries to avoid the shot.
Southbrook takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Southbrook uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mamoru.
Southbrook is looking for a counter combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Southbrook looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mamoru flicks out a counter leg kick but Southbrook steps away.
Southbrook throws a series of punches but Mamoru avoids them all with ease.
Southbrook swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Mamoru counter with a right hand.
Southbrook has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Legion's PIT Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mamoru.
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!
Mamoru takes a swing at Southbrook's ribcage but misses.
Mamoru throws a shot from downtown. Southbrook moves away and avoids it.
Mamoru scores with a hook to the body. Southbrook takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamoru loads up on a big right hand but Southbrook slips the punch.
Southbrook swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Southbrook darts in trying to clinch
and Mamoru counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Southbrook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mamoru! But no joy.
Southbrook takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mamoru is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Southbrook had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mamoru throws a quick inside leg kick.
Southbrook throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Southbrook misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mamoru counters with an inside leg kick.
Southbrook throws a shot from downtown. Mamoru moves away and avoids it.
Southbrook jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Southbrook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Southbrook goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mamoru looks to land a left hand but Southbrook moved out of range nicely.
Mamoru looks to throw the jab but Southbrook is out of range.

Southbrook closes the distance and clinches.
Mamoru working aggressively here.
Mamoru lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Southbrook backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takamura Mamoru dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mamoru cracks Southbrook with a good jab.
Mamoru has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Southbrook lands with a slapping head kick.
Mamoru slips a straight right by Southbrook.
Mamoru lands a jab to the nose.
Southbrook tries to close the distance and clinch but Mamoru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Mamoru.
Saiyan Southbrook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Southbrook throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mamoru attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mamoru slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mamoru feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Southbrooks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Southbrook clinches.

Mamoru breaks the 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!
Southbrook takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Southbrook throws a low kick but Mamoru moves out of range easily.
Mamoru looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mamoru throws a looping overhand right but Southbrook ducks down to avoid it.
Mamoru scores with a nice strike.
Southbrook misses with a left hand
and Mamoru connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Southbrook tries to move into range but Mamoru moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Southbrook closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mamoru counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Southbrook throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mamoru.
Southbrook lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mamoru swats away the attempt to clinch by Southbrook.
Southbrook pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mamoru clobbers Southbrook with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Southbrook digs a good body shot into Mamoru's ribs.
A jab from Mamoru finds it's way through Southbrook's defenses.

Southbrook is rocked!
Mamoru jabs Southbrook to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Oh Southbrook is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mamoru cracks Southbrook with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Southbrook is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Southbrook is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Southbrook could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Takamura Mamoru!
Takamura Mamoru got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'