PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between The Wanderer Harbard (ranked 21460 p4p, 685 weight class) and Bbbb Aaaa (ranked 17898 p4p, 683 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wanderer Harbard
vs
Aaaa

181 cm
24
182 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
30
174 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Wanderer Harbard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bbbb Aaaa!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aaaa pushes Harbard up against the ropes in a clinch.
Harbard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Harbard throws an elbow but misses.

Aaaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harbard throws a jab when Aaaa was well out of range.
Harbard misses with a straight right.
Harbard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aaaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Harbard.
Harbard sets himself, and Aaaa steps forward looking for the clinch! Harbard avoids it this time.
Harbard looks to score with a jab to the body but Aaaa is just out of range.
Aaaa steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Harbard.
Harbard is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harbard looks to land a left hand but Aaaa moved out of range nicely.
Aaaa staying out of range there.

Aaaa forces Harbard back against the ropes and clinches.
Harbard pushes off an throws an elbow but Aaaa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aaaa is trying to break the clinch but Harbard is controlling him.
Harbard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Aaaa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aaaa prevents a body shot from Harbard.
Aaaa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harbard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harbard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aaaa is trying to push Harbard away but Harbard has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Aaaa avoids the elbow strike from Harbard, against the ropes.
Aaaa wants to break free but Harbard has control.
Aaaa taking a breather.
Harbard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aaaa looking to stall.
Harbard misses with an elbow over the top.
Aaaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Harbard.
Aaaa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harbard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aaaa blocks a body shot from Harbard.
Aaaa is trying to force a seperation but Harbard has the dominant position.
Harbard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aaaa is trying to break the clinch but Harbard is controlling him.

Aaaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harbard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aaaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Aaaa closes the distance and clinches.
Aaaa avoids the elbow strike from Harbard, against the ropes.
Aaaa misses with a punch to the body.
Aaaa tries to throw a body punch but Harbard avoids it by throwing Aaaa back against the ropes.
Harbard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Harbard.
Harbard gets through Aaaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aaaa stalling in the clinch but Harbard improves position.
Harbard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harbard.

Aaaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harbard tests Aaaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harbard misses with a hook. Aaaa ducked under it nicely.
Harbard throws a lazy right hand but Aaaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Wanderer Harbard dominated that round.
That's time! Harbard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harbard rushes Aaaa and presses him up against the ropes.
Aaaa blocks an elbow strike from Harbard.
Aaaa has had enough of the clinch but Harbard keeps him there for the moment.
Harbard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aaaa's elbow.

Aaaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harbard blocks a low kick nicely.
Aaaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harbard.
Harbard avoids the head kick by Aaaa.

Aaaa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harbard, pushing him back against the ropes.
Harbard can't find room to land a body shot as Aaaa controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aaaa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Harbard misses with a punch to the body.
Harbard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aaaa is trying to break the clinch but Harbard has him pressed against the ropes.

Aaaa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Aaaa misses
and Harbard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aaaa clinches up against the ropes.
Harbard is leaning against Aaaa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harbard.
Harbard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harbard lands an uppercut.
Harbard misses with some punches.
Harbard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harbard lands a body punch.
Aaaa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harbard is keeping busy.
Aaaa blocks an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A frustrated look appears on Aaaa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harbard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harbard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aaaa's efforts to push away.
Harbard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harbard as Aaaa tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aaaa breaks the clinch.
Harbard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Aaaa has time to react.
Aaaa ducks right into an uppercut from Harbard.
Harbard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bbbb Aaaa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harbard scores with a jab. Aaaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Wanderer Harbard is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harbard. Aaaa does a little dance to reset his feet.

Harbard moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Harbard fails to land.
Harbard lands an elbow that stopped Aaaa in his tracks for a moment.
Aaaa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harbard up against the ropes.
Harbard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harbard tries to work over Aaaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aaaa is trying to push Harbard away but Harbard has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Harbard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Wanderer Harbard dominated that second round.
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!

Aaaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheers as Harbard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Aaaa doesn't seem phased though.

Aaaa clinches.
Harbard lands a nice elbow.
Harbard tries to throw a body punch but Aaaa avoids it by throwing Harbard back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harbard.
Harbard lands a body punch.
Harbard gets through Aaaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aaaa is trying to stall.
Harbard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harbard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Harbard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Bbbb Aaaa has been cut.
Aaaa wants to break free but Harbard has control.
Harbard is working Aaaa over against the ropes.
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!
Aaaa lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Harbard on the inside.
Aaaa can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harbard lands a body punch.
Harbard lands a shoulder strike.
Aaaa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harbard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aaaa dodges an elbow strike from Harbard.
Harbard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Aaaa is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Harbard.
Aaaa is still on wobbly legs! Can Harbard finish him?
Harbard creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Aaaa crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Aaaa face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Harbard takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). The Wanderer Harbard!
After winning the bout, The Wanderer Harbard thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.