PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Collin Mcallister (ranked 7354 p4p, 506 weight class) and Toshizo Saito (ranked 7441 p4p, 507 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mcallister
vs
Saito

183 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
194 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Collin Mcallister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Toshizo Saito!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcallister throws a lazy uppercut
and Saito counters with a right hand to the body.
Saito tries to clinch up but Mcallister circles away and keeps his distance.
Mcallister misses with a looping left.
Mcallister throws a series of punches but Saito avoids them all with ease.
Saito takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mcallister is breathing heavily.
Mcallister lands a body shot.
Saito slips a jab from Mcallister.
Mcallister throws a hook but Saito blocks it.
Saito tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mcallister paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mcallister misses with an uppercut. Saito saw that one coming.
Saito is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mcallister misses with a hook. Saito ducked under it nicely.
Saito slips a jab from Mcallister.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saito misses with a head kick.
Saito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saito tries to clinch there but Mcallister circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saito tries to bum rush Mcallister with a series of wild strikes but Mcallister uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saito finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mcallister missing with a left hand there. Saito was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mcallister throws a lazy right hand but Saito sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saito doesn't manage to clinch there - Mcallister circles away.

Saito drives through and clinches with Mcallister against the ropes.
Mcallister definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stalling in the clinch from Saito.

Saito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Saito throws the kick towards the body but Mcallister avoids it.
Saito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Collin Mcallister is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mcallister bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Saito's head.
Saito moves forwards but Mcallister connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Collin Mcallister seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saito tries to close the distance and clinch but Mcallister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mcallister throws a hook but Saito blocks it.
Mcallister waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saito.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mcallister fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mcallister.
Saito fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Mcallister was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Saito.
Saito misses with a body kick.
Mcallister throws a hook but Saito avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Mcallister, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Saito moves into the clinch successfully.
Saito looking to slow down the pace here.

Saito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mcallister is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Saito tries to clinch up.

Saito closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Saito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saito tries to clinch there but Mcallister circles away.
Mcallister circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Mcallister was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Saito.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Saito slips a straight right by Mcallister.
Saito is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A jab from Mcallister does it's job there.
Mcallister looks to land a left hand but Saito moved out of range nicely.
Saito tries to clinch there but Mcallister circles away.
Mcallister circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collin Mcallister is winning the standup battle so far.
Saito walks into a straight right hand from Mcallister.
Saito tries to clinch but Mcallister moves out of range.
Mcallister throws a big counter combination but Saito scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mcallister here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Mcallister throws a hook but Saito avoids it easily.
Saito throws a hook but Mcallister blocks it.
Saito looks to land a right hand but Mcallister moved out of range.
Saito is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mcallister.
Sloppy strikes from Mcallister. Those never looked like landing.
Saito wants to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saito tries to clinch there but Mcallister circles away.
Saito wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saito tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Mcallister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mcallister is looking for a counter combo.
Saito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mcallister.
Mcallister's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saito under the eye.
Mcallister throws the left hand but Saito avoids the punch easily.
Saito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mcallister swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saito avoids a punch combination nicely.

Mcallister tries to keep at a distance but Saito has taken the fight into the clinch.
Saito is trying to maintain a safe position but Mcallister gets an underhook and turns Saito into the ropes.
Saito has Mcallister pushed against the ropes.
Saito throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saito looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mcallister is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mcallister working hard to break the clinch.
Saito using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mcallister has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Saito breaks the clinch.

Saito instigates a clinch.

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

Saito moves into the clinch successfully.
Mcallister looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saito is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcallister is defending well for now.
Saito tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mcallister avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mcallister is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saito is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Collin Mcallister dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Saito tries to clinch up but Mcallister circles away and keeps his distance.
Saito throws a head kick but Mcallister moves out of range.
Saito doesn't manage to clinch there - Mcallister circles away.
Mcallister fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mcallister is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saito can do to turn this around?
Saito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mcallister manages to avoid it.
Saito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mcallister throws a shot from downtown. Saito moves away and avoids it.
Saito doesn't manage to clinch there - Mcallister circles away.
The fighters circling - Mcallister throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saito throws a counter combo.
Saito tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Mcallister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mcallister takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcallister slips a jab and a cross from Saito.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saito wants to clinch.
Saito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mcallister.
Saito misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcallister circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saito tries to clinch but Mcallister is having none of it.
Saito moves forwards but Mcallister connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mcallister waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saito.
Saito wants to clinch.
Saito misses with a body kick.
Saito throws a looping overhand right but Mcallister ducks down to avoid it.
Mcallister misses with a left hand

and Saito moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Saito looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saito's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Saito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mcallister listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Saito moves away from the strike by Mcallister.
Saito's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mcallister connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Saito scrambles back to his feet.
Mcallister keeps the fight on the outside.
Mcallister misses with a lunging right hand

and Saito counters by clinching up.
Saito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Saito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toshizo Saito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Mcallister.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Collin Mcallister.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mcallister, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Collin Mcallister!