PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Jack Lockwood (ranked 2034 p4p, 263 weight class) and Franklin Dong (ranked 3695 p4p, 419 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lockwood
vs
Dong

187 cm
25
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
26
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Brawler
Prefers standup

Decent boxing
Solid 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Lockwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franklin Dong!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lockwood fails to land with a series of punches.
Dong tries to clinch but Lockwood moves out of range.
Lockwood throws a series of punches but Dong moves out of range.
Dong tries to clinch up.
Lockwood slips a jab and a cross from Dong.
Lockwood scores with a body shot.
Lockwood lands with an uppercut that bounces Dong off the ropes and back into range.
Lockwood misses with a body shot.
Dong is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Lockwood misses with a series of wild punches.
Dong throws a counter combo.
Sloppy strikes from Lockwood. Those never looked like landing.
Lockwood misses with an uppercut
and Dong counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dong throws a one two combo.
Dong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lockwood.
Dong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lockwood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lockwood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lockwood lands a jab-cross combination.
Lockwood looks to land a combination but Dong avoids it well.
Lockwood misses with a double jab
and Dong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lockwood swats away the attempt to clinch by Dong.
Lockwood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lockwood throws a body shot but no joy.
Dong throws a series of strikes that have Lockwood backpedaling.
Lockwood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dong is looking to clinch.
Jack Lockwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lockwood misses with an uppercut. Dong saw that one coming.
Dong throws a head kick that misses
and Lockwood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lockwood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dong circles away quickly and effectively.
Lockwood throws out a loose jab but Dong uses good head movement to avoid it.

Dong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Lockwood is looking to break free of the clinch but Dong has double underhooks.
Lockwood is trying to force a seperation but Dong has the dominant position.
A short uppercut from Dong.
Lockwood is trying to push Dong away but Dong has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Dong is leaning against Lockwood and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Dong on the inside.
Lockwood is trying to break the clinch but Dong is controlling him.
Lockwood is trying to break free.
Lockwood tries to break the clinch but Dong is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong scores with a shot to the side of Lockwood's head.
Lockwood wants to break free but Dong has control.
A right hook to the body lands for Dong.
Dong is trying to force a seperation but Lockwood has the dominant position.
Dong tries to stall but Lockwood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dong is looking to break free of the clinch but Lockwood has double underhooks.
Dong looking to slow down the pace here.

Dong manages to break the clinch.
Lockwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Lockwood. Those never looked like landing.
Dong is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Lockwood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockwood avoids the head kick by Dong.
A little feinted left hand from Lockwood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lockwood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lockwood checks a leg kick nicely.
Dong avoids the body shot from Lockwood.
Lockwood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dong looks to land a combination. Lockwood sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lockwood definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Dong fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lockwood, pushing him back against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dong prevents Lockwood from breaking the clinch.
Lockwood can't break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lockwood's efforts to push away.
Dong wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jack Lockwood will probably get the nod.
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.

Dong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lockwood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lockwood scores with a jab to the body.
Lockwood misses with an uppercut. Dong saw that one coming.
Dong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dong throws a series of strikes that have Lockwood backpedaling.
Lockwood keeps the fight on the outside.
Lockwood misses with a body shot.
Lockwood throws a combination that misses
and Dong counters with a left and a right that stings Lockwood.

Lockwood is rocked!
Lockwood walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Lockwood is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Franklin Dong!