PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jose Alberto Quinonez (ranked 4201 p4p, 374 weight class) and Shinji Takada (ranked 5579 p4p, 429 weight class). Jose Alberto Quinonez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Alberto Quinonez
vs
Takada

177 cm
26
157 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

173 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jose Alberto Quinonez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Takada!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinonez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takada.
Takada throws a head kick but Quinonez moves out of range.
Takada lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Takada with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Takada lands a body shot.
Quinonez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quinonez fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quinonez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quinonez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Takada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quinonez tries to clinch up but Takada circles away and keeps his distance.
Takada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jose Alberto Quinonez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinonez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Shinji Takada has been cut.
Quinonez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Takada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quinonez throws a nice looking combination but Takada bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Takada! But no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quinonez drops his hands momentarily and Takada takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Takada circles away from the clinch attempt
and Takada counters with a slapping leg kick.
Quinonez throws a poor cross that misses
and Takada counters with a two punch combo.
Quinonez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Takada. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinonez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quinonez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Quinonez misses with a looping right.
Takada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Quinonez tries to clinch but Takada moves out of range.
Quinonez throws a series of punches but Takada avoids them all with ease.
Takada scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quinonez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Quinonez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takada.
Quinonez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Takada counters with a slapping leg kick.
Quinonez tries to clinch but Takada moves out of range.
Quinonez throws a combination that misses
and Takada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Quinonez throws a right and a left that Takada avoids nicely.
Quinonez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takada.
Takada lands a leg kick that knocks Quinonez off balance momentarily.
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!

Takada gets tackled into the ropes by Quinonez. Quinonez maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Takada throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinonez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Quinonez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Takada is keeping busy.
Takada is trying to stall.
Takada leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Takada prevents Quinonez from breaking the clinch.
Takada lands a body punch.
Quinonez wants to stall.
Takada tries to break the clinch but Quinonez is controlling the position.
Takada keeps control of Quinonez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Quinonez wants to break free but Takada has control.
Takada lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quinonez backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinji Takada dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shinji Takada's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Quinonez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takada.
Shinji Takada seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Quinonez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takada finds it's way round the side to connect with Quinonez's head.
Quinonez misses with a wild combination.
Quinonez throws a series of punches but Takada moves out of range.
Quinonez tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quinonez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quinonez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Takada digs a good body shot into Quinonez's ribs.
Quinonez moves forwards but Takada connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Takada walks into a stiff left hand from Quinonez.
Quinonez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takada throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jose Alberto Quinonez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takada scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takada swats away the attempt to clinch by Quinonez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinonez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takada slips a jab and a cross from Quinonez.
Quinonez tries to clinch
and Takada counters with an outside leg kick.
Takada throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Quinonez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Takada under the eye.
Takada scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Takada fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quinonez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Quinonez throws a poor cross that misses
and Takada counters with a low kick, right behind Quinonez 's knee.
Quinonez misses with the combination.
Takada throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Quinonez on the side of the head.
Takada throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takada avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quinonez misses with an uppercut. Takada saw that one coming.
Quinonez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takada.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinonez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quinonez throws a looping overhand right but Takada ducks down to avoid it.
Quinonez falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Takada to counter with a crisp jab.
Takada lunges at Quinonez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quinonez's hand.
Quinonez closes the distance but Takada moves to the side
letting Takada counter with a right hand.
Takada is breathing heavily.
Quinonez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Quinonez throws a nice looking combination but Takada bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Quinonez looks to land a combination but Takada avoids it well.
Quinonez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Takada. That one must have hurt.
Quinonez defending well as Takada loads up on a big left hand.
Quinonez tries to bum rush Takada with a series of wild strikes but Takada uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quinonez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takada's jab looks to have found its range, popping Quinonez under the eye.
Quinonez fails to land with a series of punches.
Quinonez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quinonez tries to clinch but Takada moves out of range.
Takada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinji Takada showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shinji Takada's cut.
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!

Takada chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Takada throws out a powerful jab.
Quinonez feints a jab promting Takada to slip. Quinonez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Takada slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Takada has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quinonez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takada throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takada lands a head kick that sends Quinonez down! Quinonez is flopping around the mat trying to get back up, leaving the referee no choice but to wave off the fight! Takada is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Shinji Takada!