PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Jesse Custer (ranked 3290 p4p, 1729 weight class) and Thug Life (ranked 423 p4p, 245 weight class). Life comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Heavy Metal we will die! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Custer
vs
Life

180 cm
21
180
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
39
170
27 - 17 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Custer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Thug Life!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life misses with an uppercut.
Custer lands with a right hand.

Life drives through and clinches with Custer against the ropes.
Custer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
Life blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Life working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Life throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Custers head.
A left hand lands to the body for Life.
We've been informed that Life has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Life lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Custer lands a body shot.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
Custer lands a shot to the body.
Life tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Custer's elbow.
Life misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Life blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Custer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Custer.
Life throws a punch but it's blocked by Custer.
Custer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Life or not.
Custer tries to circle away but Life has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Life blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Life lands a right hand.
Life misses with a hook to the ribs.
Life pushes Custer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Custer throws a head punch that misses.
Custer tries to break the clinch but Life is controlling the position.
Life tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Custer's elbow.
Custer gets through Life's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Life.
Life lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Custer backwards.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
Life tries a body shot but Custer blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Life.
Life digs a right hand underneath Custer's ribcage. Custer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Life tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Life misses with some punches.
Custer tries a body shot but Life blocks it.
Life blocking some punches.
Custer misses with a body punch.
Custer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Custer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Life or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Custer working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Life scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Custer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Custer can't find room to land a body shot as Life controls the action.
Custer tries a body shot but Life blocks it.
Custer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Life backwards.
Custer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Life lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
Custer lands with a short shot to the head.
Custer misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
Custer misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Custer fails to land.
Life misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Life.
Life blocking some punches.
Life misses with a short punch on the inside.
Custer misses with a punch to the body.
Life lands with a short shot to the head.
Life blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Custer has a couple of punches blocked by Life.
Custer blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Life.
Life swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Custer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Custer - that landed with a thud.
Custer prevents a body shot from Life.
Custer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Life can't find room to land a body shot as Custer controls the action.
Custer swings wildly with an uppercut but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Life lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Custer or not.
Custer misses with a punch to the body.
Life swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Life lands a left hand that snaps the head of Custer backwards.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Custer.
A short left from Custer.
Custer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Life misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Life tries to throw a body punch but Custer avoids it by throwing Life back against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Life scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Custer misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Custer.
Life throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Custers head.
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!

Custer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Custer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Life.

Life rushes Custer and presses him up against the ropes.
Custer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Life throws a punch but it's blocked by Custer.
Custer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Life.
A body shot lands from Custer.
Custer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Life blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Custer.
Custer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Life prevents Custer from breaking the clinch.
Custer takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Life.
Life tries a body shot but Custer blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Life creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thug Life dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Custer thuds a left hand into Life's body.
Custer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Custer scores with a nice strike.
Life avoids the body shot from Custer.
Life moves away from the strike by Custer.
A jab from Custer finds it's way through Life's defenses.
Life throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Custer.
Life takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Life has closed the distance and engaged Custer in a clinch.
Custer blocking some punches.
Life misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Life.
Life scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Life.
Custer swings wildly with an uppercut but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Custer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Custer lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Custer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Life or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Custer.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
Custer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Custer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Custer blocks a head kick by Life.
Custer slips under a jab.
Life takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Custer fakes the leg kick and cracks Life in the body.
Custer seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Life is breathing heavily.
Custer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Life.
Nice shot by Custer.
Custer throws a head kick that misses.
Life throws a hook but Custer avoids it easily.
Custer lands with a right hand.
Custer jabs at Life's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Custer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Custer. Life does a little dance to reset his feet.
Life misses the jab.
Custer throws a jab but it's blocked by Life.
Custer lands a nice shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Life checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Life moves forwards but Custer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Custer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Life lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice body kick from Life.
Life throws the left hand but Custer avoids the punch easily.
Custer tests Life's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Custer drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Life onto his butt! Life pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.

Life is rocked!
Custer connects with a quick right hand that sends Life tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jesse Custer!
During a confident post fight interview, Jesse Custer thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.