PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tobin Frost (ranked 5330 p4p, 90 weight class) and Artem Winger (ranked 2622 p4p, 61 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Frost
vs
Winger

190 cm
42
215 lbs
17 - 9 - 3

180 cm
37
221 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Tobin Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Artem Winger!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winger misses with a body punch
and Frost counters with a stiff right hand.
Frost connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Winger's hands.
Winger takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Artem Winger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frost lands a nice leg kick that just misses Winger's sensitive parts.
Frost lunges at Winger with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Winger's hand.
Winger looks to land a left hand but Frost moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Frost.
Winger throws a hook but Frost avoids it easily.
Winger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Frost counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Winger throws a hook to the side of Frost's head but Frost sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Winger throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winger misses with an uppercut.
Jab from Frost.
Winger throws a nice looking combination but Frost bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Frost tried to counter with a leg kick but Winger avoided it.
Frost takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Frost paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice body punch from Winger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winger misses with a hook
and Frost counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Frost lands a nice leg kick that just misses Winger's sensitive parts.
Frost misses with a leg kick.
Winger now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Winger misses the jab.
Winger takes a swing at Frost's ribcage but misses.
Winger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A lazy left from Frost finds it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Frost.
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frost is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Frost throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winger moves out of range of the body kick from Frost.
Frost connects with a single shot there.
Frost getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Frost missing with a left hand there. Winger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Winger misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Winger.
Frost is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Frost lands a head kick!
Winger misses with a jab to the body
and Winger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Winger throws a lazy right hand but Frost sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Frost wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Winger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Frost keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winger.
Frost fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Winger.
Winger checks a low kick from Frost.
Frost sizes up Winger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Winger blocks the body kick.
Winger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Frost counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Winger misses with a right hand
and Frost counters with a good low kick that Winger was not able to check.
Frost misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobin Frost dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Frost, right into the meat.
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frost throws a jab when Winger was well out of range.
Winger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Frost.
Frost lands a really nice looking cross but Winger seems unphased.
Winger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Frost throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Frost 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 Winger has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Winger and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Winger looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Frost ducks right into an uppercut from Winger.
Winger misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Winger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Frost lands the left hand.
A big left from Frost misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frost misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Frost finds it's target.
Winger lands a jab to Frost's midsection.
Frost avoids the body shot from Winger.
Winger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frost was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Winger throws a nice looking combination but Frost bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Frost lands a high kick!
Frost throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Winger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Winger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frost was well out of range. Poor timing from Winger.
Winger throws a right hand that misses
and Frost counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Frost lands with a kick to the temple. Winger shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Frost throws a nice looking combination but Winger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Winger punishes Frost's body with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Winger.
Winger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Winger feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Frosts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Winger.
A leg kick checked by Winger.
Frost scores with the left hand. Winger knows he should have avoided that one.
Winger slips a jab and a cross from Frost.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Winger! But no joy.
Winger scores with a body shot.
Frost is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Winger can do to turn this around?
Frost takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Winger lands a body shot.
Winger misses with a hook
and Frost counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Winger ducks right into an uppercut from Frost.
Frost feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Winger's calf.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Frost scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Frost throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Winger throws a shot from downtown. Frost moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobin Frost dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Winger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Frost takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Winger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Winger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Winger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Winger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Frost lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tobin Frost is winning the standup battle so far.
Winger connects with a good right hand that stumbles Frost. Frost circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Winger misses with a hook. Frost ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Frost wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Frost scores with a nice strike.
Frost cracks the inside of Winger's front leg.
That kick from Frost tenderised Winger's leg. Winger is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Frost.
Winger misses with a hook to the body
and Frost counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winger throws a hook but Frost blocks it.
Frost steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winger.
Winger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Frost.
Winger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Winger misses with a looping left.
Frost throws a quick inside leg kick.
Winger throws a head kick that misses.
Frost looks to score with a jab to the body but Winger is just out of range.
Winger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Winger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frost manages to avoid it.
Frost tries to work over Winger's front leg with a kick but Winger checks it.
Winger keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Winger is looking for the big counter here.
Winger throws a body punch but Frost moves out of range.
As Winger looks to move away, Frost throws a big counter combo but Winger just gets out of the way.
A jab from Winger misses.
Frost motions for Winger to come forward. Frost throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Frost.
Winger moves out of range as Frost throws a body kick.
Winger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frost manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Winger.
Winger is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Frost cracks Winger with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Winger thuds a left hand into Frost's body.
Winger has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
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!
Winger throws a jab when Frost was well out of range.
Winger looks to score with a jab to the body but Frost is just out of range.
Artem Winger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Winger misses the shot to the body.
Winger connects with a good right hand that stumbles Frost. Frost circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Frost.
Winger looks to score with a jab to the body but Frost is just out of range.
Winger swings for the body but Frost moves out of range.
Frost throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Artem Winger.
Well Frost has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobin Frost!
After winning the bout, Tobin Frost thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.