PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Taz Bandichoo (ranked 23213 p4p, 22105 weight class) and Camulius Talboteasar (ranked 622 p4p, 612 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bandichoo
vs
Talboteasar

178 cm
33
240
24 - 29 - 0

196 cm
27
245
7 - 3 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taz Bandichoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Camulius Talboteasar!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talboteasar moves out of range of the strikes.
Talboteasar lands a jab to Bandichoo's midsection.
Bandichoo has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Talboteasar just misses with a punch to the body.
Bandichoo throws a poor cross that misses
and Talboteasar counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Bandichoo.
Talboteasar misses with an uppercut. Bandichoo saw that one coming.
A jab from Bandichoo misses.
Talboteasar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Talboteasar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Talboteasar avoids the body shot from Bandichoo.
Talboteasar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A swing and a miss from Talboteasar.
Bandichoo throws out a loose jab but Talboteasar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Talboteasar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Talboteasar takes one to the side of the head.
Talboteasar avoids the head kick by Bandichoo.
Talboteasar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Talboteasar throws a hook but Bandichoo blocks it.
Talboteasar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Talboteasar blocks the body kick.
Talboteasar digs a good hook to Bandichoo's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Talboteasar.
Talboteasar misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Bandichoo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bandichoo misses with an uppercut
and Talboteasar counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandichoo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bandichoo just misses with a punch to the body.
Bandichoo misses with a body shot.
Bandichoo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Talboteasar.
Bandichoo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Talboteasar lands with a shot to the body.
Bandichoo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A lazy left from Bandichoo finds it's target.
Bandichoo slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bandichoo. Talboteasar does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Talboteasar! But no joy.
Bandichoo 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.
Bandichoo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Talboteasar back to the ropes. Bandichoo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Bandichoo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Talboteasar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Talboteasar throws the left hand but Bandichoo avoids the punch easily.
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!
Bandichoo misses with a body kick.
Bandichoo misses with a wild body shot.
Talboteasar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bandichoo manages to avoid it.
Bandichoo is looking to counter with a body kick.
Bandichoo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Talboteasar moves out of range as Bandichoo throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bandichoo. Talboteasar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Talboteasar throws out a counter right but Bandichoo avoids it with no problem.
Talboteasar blocks a jab.
Talboteasar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bandichoo.
Talboteasar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bandichoo moves away.
Bandichoo thinks about countering with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bandichoo. Talboteasar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bandichoo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar misses the jab.
Talboteasar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bandichoo throws out the jab.
Bandichoo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Talboteasar blocks a jab.
Talboteasar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bandichoo throws out the jab.
Talboteasar tries a quick counter leg kick but Bandichoo is wise to it.
Talboteasar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bandichoo. Bandichoo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bandichoo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bandichoo.
Talboteasar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandichoo lands with a cross.
Bandichoo throws a push kick but Talboteasar slaps the foot to one side.
Talboteasar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A head kick misses from Bandichoo.
Bandichoo lands a nice shot that snaps Talboteasar's head back.
Talboteasar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Taz Bandichoo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A shot to the liver by Talboteasar. Beautiful body shot.
Bandichoo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bandichoo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bandichoo swings for the body but Talboteasar moves out of range.
Bandichoo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A left lands for Talboteasar.
Bandichoo throws a wild body kick that Talboteasar sees coming a mile off.
A countering left hand to the body from Talboteasar misses.
Bandichoo moves out of range of the strikes.
Talboteasar throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bandichoo lands a jab.
Bandichoo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar throws out a counter right but Bandichoo avoids it with no problem.
Bandichoo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Some bone on bone action there as Bandichoo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bandichoo. Talboteasar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Talboteasar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Talboteasar checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Talboteasar throws a jab but it's blocked by Bandichoo.
Bandichoo throws a lazy uppercut
and Talboteasar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bandichoo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Good work by Talboteasar as he checks the leg kick.
Talboteasar connects with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bandichoo.
It seemed like Talboteasar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Talboteasar lunges at Bandichoo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bandichoo's hand.
Bandichoo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bandichoo throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Talboteasar counter with a right hand.
Talboteasar lands a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Bandichoo.
Taz Bandichoo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bandichoo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bandichoo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Talboteasar throws a hook to the side of Bandichoo's head but Bandichoo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Talboteasar scores with a body shot.
Talboteasar scores with the left hand. Bandichoo knows he should have avoided that one.
Talboteasar misses with a looping left.
Talboteasar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bandichoo's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talboteasar misses with a wild body shot.
Bandichoo throws a leg kick but Talboteasar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Talboteasar ducks right into an uppercut from Bandichoo.
Talboteasar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bandichoo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bandichoo throws a hook but Talboteasar avoids it easily.
Talboteasar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bandichoo momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Talboteasar misses.
Talboteasar throws a looping overhand right but Bandichoo ducks down to avoid it.
Bandichoo tests Talboteasar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Bandichoo.
Bandichoo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bandichoo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Talboteasar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bandichoo.
A jab lands there for Talboteasar.
Talboteasar just misses with a punch to the body.
Bandichoo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bandichoo works Talboteasar's body with a nice hook.
Talboteasar slips under a jab.
Bandichoo throws the left hand but Talboteasar avoids the punch easily.
Bandichoo digs a good hook to Talboteasar's body.
Bandichoo scores with a kick to the body.
Taz Bandichoo is winning the standup battle so far.
Talboteasar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bandichoo scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandichoo throws a looping overhand right but Talboteasar ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Talboteasar misses.
Bandichoo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Talboteasar missing with a left hand there. Bandichoo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Camulius Talboteasar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Talboteasar punishes Bandichoo's body with a nice straight punch.
Bandichoo misses with a body shot.
Bandichoo swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Talboteasar.
Bandichoo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bandichoo slips a straight right by Talboteasar.
A little feinted left hand from Bandichoo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bandichoo throws a leg kick but Talboteasar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Talboteasar blocks a jab.
Talboteasar moves away from the strike by Bandichoo.
Talboteasar looks to score with a jab to the body but Bandichoo is just out of range.
Bandichoo connects with a leg kick.
Bandichoo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Talboteasar misses.
Bandichoo throws a combination that misses
and Talboteasar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Talboteasar moves away from the strike by Bandichoo.
Talboteasar throws a looping overhand right but Bandichoo ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bandichoo swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talboteasar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Talboteasar dodges the punch combination from Bandichoo.
Nice defenses there by Bandichoo.
Talboteasar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bandichoo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fighters circling - Bandichoo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Talboteasar misses with a looping left.
Talboteasar lunges at Bandichoo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bandichoo's hand.
Bandichoo walks into a straight right hand from Talboteasar.
Nice shot lands for Talboteasar.
Talboteasar staying out of range there.
Bandichoo throws a jab but it's blocked by Talboteasar.
Talboteasar checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Talboteasar! But no joy.
Talboteasar drops his hands momentarily and Bandichoo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bandichoo tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Talboteasar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bandichoo slips under a jab.
Talboteasar misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talboteasar throws the left hand but Bandichoo avoids the punch easily.
Talboteasar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandichoo was well out of range. Poor timing from Talboteasar.
Bandichoo throws out a powerful jab.
Bandichoo misses with a hook
and Talboteasar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bandichoo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar moves away from the strike by Bandichoo.
Talboteasar throws out a counter right but Bandichoo avoids it with no problem.
Bandichoo throws a head kick but Talboteasar moves out of range.
Talboteasar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Talboteasar tests Bandichoo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Talboteasar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Talboteasar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bandichoo moves out of range as Talboteasar strikes.
Bandichoo lands with an overhand left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Talboteasar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bandichoo.
Talboteasar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bandichoo.
Talboteasar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bandichoo manages to avoid it.
Bandichoo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Talboteasar is looking for the big counter here.
Talboteasar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Camulius Talboteasar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Talboteasar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight for Camulius Talboteasar!
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Camulius Talboteasar!

Camulius Talboteasar wins by majority decision!