PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yoshi Takano (ranked 24858 p4p, 471 weight class) and Oson Bon (ranked 1052 p4p, 122 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Takano
vs
Bon

192 cm
31
255 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

225 cm
34
275 lbs
30 - 9 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yoshi Takano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Oson Bon!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takano scoring well with a low kick there.
Bon connects with a crisp jab.
Bon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Takano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Takano thows a leg kick but Bon checks it
and Takano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takano misses with a hook
enabling Bon to counter with a crisp jab.
Takano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bon to score with a decent uppercut.
Takano missing with a left hand there. Bon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Takano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bon.
Takano went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Takano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takano on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bon throws out a counter right but Takano avoids it with no problem.
Takano throws a head kick that misses
and Bon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Takano.
Bon lands an overhand right.
Yoshi Takano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takano throws the left hand but Bon avoids the punch easily.
Takano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bon scores with a spinning back kick!
Bon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Takano's head backwards.
Bon misses the jab.

Takano moves into the clinch.
Takano misses with a hook to the ribs.

Bon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A telegraphed right hand from Bon misses the target.
Bon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Takano throws a sloppy head kick and Bon moves out of range easily.
Bon lands the left hand.
Takano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Takano misses
and Bon counters with a solid body kick.
Takano takes one to the chin there.

Takano is rocked!
Bon moves out of range of the leg kick from Takano.

Takano drives through and clinches with Bon against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bon lands a right hand.
Oh Takano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Bon breaks the clinch.
A low kick from Takano is predictable there
and Bon counters with a nice uppercut.
Takano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bon moves out of range of the body kick.
Takano seems to have got his legs back now.
Bon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Takano throws a sloppy body shot
and Bon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bon has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Bon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bon let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bon misses with a kick to the body.
Bon connects with a quick right hand that sends Takano tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Oson Bon!
Oson Bon is the new heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Oson Bon rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.