PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ross Buchanan (ranked 23333 p4p, 22804 weight class) and Carlton Adesanya (ranked 605 p4p, 601 weight class). Buchanan comes into the arena with Roy Buchanan's Train Blues blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Buchanan
vs
Adesanya

169 cm
41
147
24 - 27 - 0

160 cm
24
147
8 - 11 - 0

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Lethal high kicks
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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 24 - 27 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Buchanan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adesanya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Buchanan closes the distance and clinches.
Adesanya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buchanan lands a hook that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Buchanan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adesanya is trying to break the clinch but Buchanan is controlling him.
Adesanya misses with a body punch.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Adesanya breaks the clinch.
Adesanya scores with a nice right hand.

Buchanan rushes Adesanya and presses him up against the ropes.
Adesanya can't break the clinch.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan is leaning against Adesanya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Adesanya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya lands a left hand.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adesanya is trying to break the clinch but Buchanan has him pressed against the ropes.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adesanya throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Adesanya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Adesanya wants to stall.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.

Adesanya manages to break the clinch.

Buchanan clinches with his opponent.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adesanya lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buchanan.
Adesanya blocking some punches.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adesanya tries to land knees in the clinch but Buchanan avoids the damage to the body.
Adesanya blocks an uppercut.
Adesanya looking to throw knees to the head but Buchanan is blocking nicely.
Adesanya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adesanya missing with knees to the body.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Adesanya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Buchanan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Buchanan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Adesanya cracks a nice hook into Buchanan's ribs.
Ross Buchanan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buchanan throws the kick towards the body but Adesanya avoids it.
Adesanya avoids the body shot from Buchanan.
Buchanan moves in looking to clinch but Adesanya pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adesanya lands a body shot.
Adesanya is trying to force a seperation but Buchanan has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Adesanya is trying to break the clinch but Buchanan has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buchanan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Buchanan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adesanya backwards.
Buchanan scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.

Adesanya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan keeps the fight on the outside.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buchanan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Adesanya has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Adesanya and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Buchanan moves out of range.
Buchanan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Buchanan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adesanya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the body from Buchanan misses
and Adesanya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adesanya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Adesanya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buchanan manages to avoid it.
Buchanan is looking to clinch but Adesanya is avoiding it.
Buchanan throws a right and a left that Adesanya avoids nicely.
Adesanya is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Buchanan lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike.
Adesanya tries to stall but Buchanan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Buchanan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adesanya can do to turn this around?
A right handed body shot lands from Buchanan.
Buchanan scores with a shot to the side of Adesanya's head.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adesanya uses good head movement 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!
Buchanan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Adesanya blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
A right hook to the body lands for Buchanan.
Adesanya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buchanan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adesanya's elbow.
Buchanan can't find room to land a body shot as Adesanya controls the action.
Adesanya has had enough of the clinch but Buchanan keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Buchanan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Buchanan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Adesanya tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ross Buchanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Buchanan throws a head kick that misses.
Adesanya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Buchanan misses with the combination.
Adesanya shapes to counter with a head kick.
Adesanya swinging wildly here.
Adesanya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Buchanan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Adesanya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya checks a low kick from Buchanan.
Adesanya's jab looks to have found its range, popping Buchanan under the eye.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adesanya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Buchanan is looking to counter punch.
Carlton Adesanya seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan throws a body punch but Adesanya moves out of range.
Buchanan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adesanya was well out of range. Poor timing from Buchanan.

Buchanan moves into the clinch successfully.
Adesanya is looking to break free of the clinch but Buchanan has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Adesanya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adesanya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buchanan.
Adesanya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buchanan avoids it.
Ross Buchanan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buchanan.
Ross Buchanan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Buchanan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Adesanya is trying to force a seperation but Buchanan has the dominant position.
Adesanya blocks an uppercut.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Adesanya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Adesanya.
Buchanan scores with a shot to the side of Adesanya's head.
Buchanan lands a right hand.
Adesanya leaning against his opponent.
Adesanya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adesanya working hard to break the clinch.
Buchanan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Buchanan can't find room to land a body shot as Adesanya controls the action.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adesanya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buchanan's elbow.
Buchanan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buchanan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adesanya's efforts to push away.
Buchanan gets through Adesanya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carlton Adesanya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buchanan avoiding damage as Adesanya throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ross Buchanan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Buchanan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Ross Buchanan!

Ross Buchanan wins by unanimous decision!
Ross Buchanan thanked the fans post fight for their support.