PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos (ranked 23357 p4p, 15597 weight class) and Masada The Zealot (ranked 722 p4p, 669 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Nu Cuuuuutos
vs
The Zealot

188 cm
35
162
12 - 13 - 2

190 cm
43
162
34 - 26 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 12 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nu Cuuuuutos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nu Cuuuuutos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Zealot looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The Zealot throws a lazy body kick
and Nu Cuuuuutos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Masada The Zealot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Zealot scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

The Zealot has Nu Cuuuuutos up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice elbow.
The Zealot working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by The Zealot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside that The Zealot shrugs off.
The Zealot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Zealot's defenses.
The Zealot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
The Zealot throws a head punch that misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside that The Zealot shrugs off.
Nu Cuuuuutos taking a breather.
A body shot lands from The Zealot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos wants to stall.
The Zealot misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Zealot misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Zealot avoids a wild elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocking some punches.
The Zealot takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but misses.
The Zealot throws a head punch that misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Zealot's defenses.
The Zealot can't find room to land a body shot as Nu Cuuuuutos controls the action.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
The Zealot working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Nu Cuuuuutos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Zealot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot dodges an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot blocks an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot struggles to land a body shot inside as Nu Cuuuuutos controls his hands.

Nu Cuuuuutos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nu Cuuuuutos slips under a jab.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a head shot.
The Zealot on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a leg kick that knocks The Zealot off balance momentarily.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a two punch combination.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a jab-cross combination.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a looping overhand right but The Zealot ducks down to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on The Zealot's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nu Cuuuuutos defending well as The Zealot loads up on a big left hand.
Nu Cuuuuutos connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Zealot. The Zealot circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

The Zealot moves into the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside that The Zealot shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Zealot as Nu Cuuuuutos tries to tie him up.
The Zealot swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos works on The Zealot's body with a couple of short punches.
Nu Cuuuuutos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
The Zealot misses with some punches.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

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

Nu Cuuuuutos clinches.

Nu Cuuuuutos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nu Cuuuuutos dodges the punch combination from The Zealot.

The Zealot gets a clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nu Cuuuuutos's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Nu Cuuuuutos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
The Zealot dodges an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot has a couple of punches blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with an elbow strike.
Nu Cuuuuutos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Zealot's elbow.
The Zealot has a couple of punches blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos wants to stall.

Nu Cuuuuutos breaks the clinch.
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!
The Zealot connects with the punch.
Nu Cuuuuutos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos has been cut.
A nice leg kick from Nu Cuuuuutos, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Zealot lands a glancing blow to the side of Nu Cuuuuutos's head.
The Zealot ducks under a wild hook from Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot throws out a counter right but Nu Cuuuuutos avoids it with no problem.
The Zealot misses with a low kick.
The Zealot lands the left hand.
The Zealot swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nu Cuuuuutos counters with a low kick, right behind The Zealot 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nu Cuuuuutos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

The Zealot closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Zealot.

Nu Cuuuuutos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The Zealot throws a sloppy head kick and Nu Cuuuuutos moves out of range easily.
Nu Cuuuuutos is looking to slow The Zealot down with leg kicks.

The Zealot has Nu Cuuuuutos up against the ropes in a clinch.
The Zealot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Zealot as Nu Cuuuuutos tries to tie him up.
A hook to the body from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a body punch.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
The Zealot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Zealot misses with a punch to the body.
The Zealot dodges an elbow strike from Nu Cuuuuutos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow that stopped The Zealot in his tracks for a moment.
Nu Cuuuuutos wants to stall.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside that The Zealot shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Zealot.

Nu Cuuuuutos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos is winning the standup battle so far.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a series of strikes that have The Zealot backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot throws a looping overhand right but Nu Cuuuuutos ducks down to avoid it.
Nu Cuuuuutos misses with a jab, cross combination.

Nu Cuuuuutos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Zealot, pushing him back against the ropes.
The Zealot misses with a punch to the body.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocking some punches.
The Zealot throws a punch but it's blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot lands with a light punch inside.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside that The Zealot shrugs off.
A head punch on the inside from The Zealot fails to land.
Nu Cuuuuutos looking to slow down the pace here.
Nu Cuuuuutos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Zealot can do to turn this around?
The Zealot lands with a right to the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Zealot's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Zealot's defenses.
The Zealot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Zealot takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Zealot throws a punch but it's blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Nu Cuuuuutos on the inside.
Nice elbow from Nu Cuuuuutos.
Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nu Cuuuuutos stalling in the clinch but The Zealot improves position.
Nu Cuuuuutos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Zealot lands a nice uppercut.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow inside.
The Zealot blocks the elbow strike.
The Zealot takes an elbow to the temple.
The Zealot has a couple of punches blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot has a couple of punches blocked by Nu Cuuuuutos.
The Zealot tries to throw a body punch but Nu Cuuuuutos avoids it by throwing The Zealot back against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nu Cuuuuutos.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands an elbow that stopped The Zealot in his tracks for a moment.
The Zealot misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Zealot misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Zealot or not.
Nu Cuuuuutos scores with a shoulder strike.
The Zealot prevents a body shot from Nu Cuuuuutos.

Nu Cuuuuutos breaks from the clinch.
The Zealot doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Zealot has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nu Cuuuuutos finds it's way round the side to connect with The Zealot's head.
Nu Cuuuuutos is looking to clinch but The Zealot is avoiding it.
Nu Cuuuuutos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

The Zealot clinches.
Nu Cuuuuutos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The Zealot is rocked!
Nu Cuuuuutos lands a nice elbow.
The Zealot is still on wobbly legs! Can Nu Cuuuuutos finish him?
Nu Cuuuuutos blocks an uppercut.
Nu Cuuuuutos cracks The Zealot on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! The Zealot crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos!
During a confident post fight interview, Oulaapod Nu Cuuuuutos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.