PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Mark Steve (ranked 2724 p4p, 809 weight class) and Akimbo Spice (ranked 355 p4p, 118 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Steve might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Its a fine day to whoop somebodies ass. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Steve
vs
Spice

190 cm
33
210
29 - 13 - 0

194 cm
28
223
15 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Akimbo Spice!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve takes a swing at Spice's ribcage but misses.
Steve tries to clinch up but Spice circles away and keeps his distance.
Steve pushes Spice away with a front kick.
Nice defenses there by Steve.
The crowd cheers as Steve lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spice doesn't seem phased though.
Steve fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Spice misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Spice gets tackled into the ropes by Steve. Steve maintains the clinch.

Steve breaks from the clinch.
Steve lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve moves in looking to clinch but Spice pushes him off.
Steve moves out of range of the body kick.
Steve misses with a hook
and Spice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steve is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spice! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spice. Steve does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steve swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Steve instigates a clinch.
A short right from Spice on the inside.

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

Steve rushes Spice and presses him up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
Steve swings wildly with an uppercut but Spice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Spice.
Spice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spice misses with the head strike.

Steve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Steve lands.

Steve has closed the distance and engaged Spice in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Steve has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Steve comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Akimbo Spice has been cut.
Steve lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Spice lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steve backwards.

Steve breaks the clinch.
Steve tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve slips a jab from Spice.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Spice is just out of range.
Steve uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spice.
A punch combination from Steve misses.
A slow jab from Spice misses its intended target.
Steve throwing a counter right hand but Spice manages to avoid it.
Steve lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Steve misses with the combination.
Spice follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Steve moves into the clinch successfully.
Steve lands an elbow inside.
Steve blocks a body shot from Spice.
Steve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Spice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Steve's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spice has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Spice there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Steve fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Spice, pushing him back against the ropes.
Steve blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Steve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akimbo Spice'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.

Steve throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spice is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Steve moves into the clinch successfully.
Spice throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Spice presses Steve against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Steve is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spice is defending well for now.
Steve misses with some punches.
Spice goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spice takes a knee to the side of the body.
Steve scores with a shot to the side of Spice's head.
Steve is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spice is defending well for now.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spice blocks an uppercut.
Spice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Steve.
Spice misses with the head strike.
Spice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve pushes Spice back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spice misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Spice.
Spice avoiding damage as Steve throws knees to the body.
Spice swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spice working aggressively here.
Steve misses with a punch on the inside.
Spice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spice lands a hook that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Spice blocks an elbow strike.
Steve pushes off an throws an elbow but Spice leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Steve is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spice can do to turn this around?
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Spice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spice misses with some punches.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Spice.

Steve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steve moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steve looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steve moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSpice.

Steve closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steve lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Spice.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spice.
A short left from Steve.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Steve clinches.
Spice working aggressively here.
Spice tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve pushes Spice back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Steve lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Steve's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spice takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Spice on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Steve. Steve obviously looking to wear him down.
Spice throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Spice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steve.
Spice is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve moves in looking to clinch but Spice pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Spice's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Spice on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Steve is looking to clinch but Spice is avoiding it.
Steve throws a nice inside leg kick.
Spice dodges the punch combination from Steve.
Spice replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Steve blocks it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spice looks for the body kick but Steve saw that one coming.
Steve throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spice raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Steve dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Akimbo Spice's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Spice misses with a head kick.
Steve moves in looking to clinch but Spice pushes him off.
Spice replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Steve blocks it well.
Spice circles away from the clinch attempt.
It seemed like Spice was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A left lands for Steve.
Steve scores with the left hand. Spice knows he should have avoided that one.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve tried to score with a low kick but Spice checks it.
Steve chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve throws a right hand that misses
and Spice counters with a straight right hand.
Steve throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steve is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Spice on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Steve avoids the body shot from Spice.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Spice is just out of range.
Steve lands a nice looking body shot.
Mark Steve is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mark Steve is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spice takes a swing at Steve's ribcage but misses.
Steve scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Steve wants to clinch up but Spice keeps it at a distance.
Spice misses with the combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A good leg kick by Steve.
Steve lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve misses with a series of wild punches.
Steve misses with a lunging right hand
and Spice makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Steve really felt that one!
Steve tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spice now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Spice misses with a looping left.
A shot to the liver by Steve. Beautiful body shot.
Steve throws a jab but it's blocked by Spice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve sizes up Spice with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Spice takes one to the chin there.
Steve jabs at Spice's body.
Spice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steve throws a jab but it's blocked by Spice.
And Spice responds with a good body kick, but Steve manages to step out the way in time.
Akimbo Spice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steve works over Spice's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spice tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Steve showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steve 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Steve!
An out of breath Mark Steve thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.