PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Patrick Jeudy (ranked 4228 p4p, 1128 weight class) and Marvin Vettori (ranked 564 p4p, 161 weight class). Vettori has chosen Police On My Back- The Rocketz as his entrance music. Patrick Jeudy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Jeudy
vs
Vettori

197 cm
31
201
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
38
177
31 - 14 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Hardcore Alchemy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Jeudy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marvin Vettori!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeudy misses with a hook.
Jeudy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jeudy misses with an uppercut. Vettori saw that one coming.
Vettori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeudy.
Vettori throws a leg kick but Jeudy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jeudy with a jab.
Jeudy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vettori to score with a decent uppercut.
Vettori lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vettori scores with a hook.
Jeudy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vettori cracks a nice hook into Jeudy's ribs.
We've been informed that Vettori 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.
Jeudy scores with a leg kick.
Vettori jabs Jeudy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vettori throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vettori throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jeudy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jeudy.
Jeudy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vettori.
Jeudy thuds his right hand into Vettori's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vettori walks into a left hand.
Jeudy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vettori throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jeudy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeudy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vettori moves away from the strike by Jeudy.
Vettori looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vettori feints and then cracks Jeudy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jeudy down.
Jeudy misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Vettori.
Jeudy misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Vettori.
Vettori slips a straight right by Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a leg kick that knocks Vettori off balance momentarily.
Vettori is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jeudy.
Vettori lands a slapping body shot.
Vettori tries to clinch but Jeudy is having none of it.
Vettori missing with a left hand there. Jeudy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick from Jeudy misses.
Vettori with the inside leg kick.
Jeudy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Vettori fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jeudy is out of range.
Jeudy lands a jab to the nose.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vettori.
Vettori misses with a looping left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jeudy lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeudy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jeudy with the inside leg kick.
Patrick Jeudy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jeudy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jeudy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vettori moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vettori.
Vettori fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jeudy moves in looking to clinch but Vettori pushes him off.
Vettori lands a jab to the head.
Jeudy connects with a single shot there.
Jeudy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vettori.
Jeudy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vettori misses with an attempted mid kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Vettori checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vettori scores with a shot to the body.
Jeudy slips under a jab.
Jeudy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vettori drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jeudy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vettori misses the jab.
Vettori comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vettori scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jeudy lands a jab to Vettori's midsection.
Jeudy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vettori's hands.
Vettori lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vettori throws out a loose jab but Jeudy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vettori connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Vettori.
Vettori blocks a jab.

Jeudy moves into the clinch.
Vettori scores with a shoulder strike.
Vettori lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeudy won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Vettori.
Jeudy working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jeudy fails to land.
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!
Vettori is working Jeudy over against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Vettori.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vettori.

It looks like Patrick Jeudy has been cut.
Jeudy is breathing heavily.
Vettori lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vettori creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vettori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Vettori scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jeudy lands a hook that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vettori.
Vettori using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jeudy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vettori lands a hook that snaps the head of Jeudy backwards.
Vettori blocks an uppercut.
Vettori prevents a body shot from Jeudy.

Jeudy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vettori bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jeudy's head backwards.
Vettori dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vettori. That's going to slow Jeudy down.
Vettori throws a looping overhand right but Jeudy ducks down to avoid it.
Vettori throws a hook but Jeudy avoids it easily.
Jeudy tried to counter with a leg kick but Vettori avoided it.
Jeudy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jeudy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jeudy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vettori.
Vettori lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vettori scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vettori tries to score with a low kick but Jeudy moves his leg out of the way.
Vettori checks a low kick from Jeudy.
Vettori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jeudy scores with a jab. Vettori acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vettori tries to clinch up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marvin Vettori dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
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.

Vettori jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jeudy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jeudy misses with a hook. Vettori ducked under it nicely.
Vettori throws out a counter right but Jeudy avoids it with no problem.
Vettori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Jeudy rushes Vettori and presses him up against the ropes.
Jeudy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vettori's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeudy.
Jeudy prevents a body shot from Vettori.

Jeudy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jeudy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Vettori manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jeudy. Vettori does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vettori wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vettori dips to his left and cracks Jeudy with an uppercut!
Vettori ducks under a wild hook from Jeudy.
Vettori appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Good exchange - Vettori coming out on top.
Vettori throws a leg kick but Jeudy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jeudy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vettori.
Vettori looks to score with a jab to the body but Jeudy is just out of range.
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!
Jeudy throws the left hand but Vettori avoids the punch easily.
Jeudy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jeudy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vettori.
Jeudy connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeudy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jeudy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Vettori manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marvin Vettori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jeudy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jeudy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jeudy misses with a series of wild punches.
Vettori appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jeudy slips a straight right by Vettori.
Jeudy catches Vettori with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vettori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vettori swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vettori scores with a kick to the midsection.
A good leg kick by Vettori.
Vettori tries to clinch but Jeudy is having none of it.
Jeudy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Jeudy.
Jeudy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vettori momentarily.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Vettori. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vettori looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vettori digs a good hook to Jeudy's body.
Jeudy misses with a looping right.
As Jeudy backs off Vettori throws a huge counter combo but Jeudy manages to avoid it all.

Jeudy gets tackled into the ropes by Vettori. Vettori maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vettori swings wildly with an uppercut but Jeudy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeudy lands an uppercut.
Vettori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vettori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jeudy misses with a punch to the body.
Marvin Vettori seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vettori misses with the head strike.
Jeudy misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Vettori fails to land.
Jeudy takes a shot to the head.
Jeudy pushes Vettori back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Jeudy has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
Jeudy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jeudy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vettori is breathing heavily.
Jeudy lands a nice shot to the body.
Jeudy lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Jeudy.

Jeudy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jeudy misses with a straight right.
Vettori swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jeudy lands a jab to the head.
Jeudy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vettori takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jeudy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vettori was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeudy.
Jeudy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vettori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vettori has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jeudy.
Vettori looks for the body kick but Jeudy saw that one coming.
Vettori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jeudy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Jeudy clinches up against the ropes.
Jeudy tries a body shot but Vettori blocks it.
Jeudy has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
Jeudy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Vettori trying to land knees to the body.
Jeudy throws a head punch that misses.
Jeudy lands a left hand.
Vettori misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Jeudy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jeudy blocking some punches.
Jeudy blocks an uppercut.

Jeudy breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vettori blocks a leg kick.
A big right from Jeudy misses.
Good shot there by Jeudy.
A good leg kick by Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a nice looking body kick.
Vettori pushes Jeudy away with a front kick.
Vettori waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jeudy.
Good leg kick by Jeudy.
Nice defenses there by Vettori.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vettori.
A slow jab from Jeudy misses its intended target.
Vettori lands with a straight right. Jeudy didn't see that one coming.
Vettori tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Jeudy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jeudy throws a hook but Vettori avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vettori scores with a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Vettori. Beautiful body shot.
Jeudy throws a big shot that misses.
Jeudy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vettori.
Vettori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jeudy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
That's time! Jeudy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Vettori ducks right into an uppercut from Jeudy.
Jeudy throws a big shot that misses.
Vettori misses with a low kick as Jeudy jumps back.
Vettori has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jeudy lands a nice shot to the body.
Jeudy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vettori manages to avoid it.
Jeudy feints and then cracks Vettori's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vettori down.
Vettori misses the shot to the body.
Jeudy lands a leg kick that knocks Vettori off balance momentarily.
Jeudy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jeudy looks to throw the jab but Vettori is out of range.
Jeudy throws an overhand right that lands on Vettori's shoulder, as Vettori tries to avoid the shot.
Vettori moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vettori! But no joy.
Jeudy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vettori.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeudy avoids the body shot from Vettori.
Jeudy misses with a wild body shot.
Vettori with the inside leg kick.
Jeudy defending well as Vettori loads up on a big left hand.
Jeudy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vettori.
Jeudy throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jeudy gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Jeudy finds it's target.
Vettori connects with a leg kick.
Jeudy throws a low kick but Vettori avoids it.
Vettori only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Vettori looks to score with a jab to the body but Jeudy is just out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vettori.
Vettori throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jeudy lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Jeudy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vettori was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeudy.
Nice defenses there by Vettori.
Vettori throws out a counter right but Jeudy avoids it with no problem.
Jeudy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A shot to the liver by Vettori. Beautiful body shot.
Vettori throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vettori takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vettori lands a nice hook to Jeudy's body. Jeudy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeudy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vettori is able to avoid easily.
Jeudy takes a swing at Vettori's ribcage but misses.
Vettori misses with a low kick as Jeudy jumps back.
Vettori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jeudy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vettori is looking to slow Jeudy down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jeudy tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Vettori manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeudy looks to score with a jab to the body but Vettori is just out of range.
Jeudy misses the shot to the body.
Vettori swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jeudy wants to clinch up but Vettori keeps it at a distance.
Jeudy misses with an uppercut. Vettori saw that one coming.
Vettori dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jeudy. That did some damage!
The fighters circling - Jeudy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vettori misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jeudy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vettori throws out a leg kick but Jeudy moves out of range and Vettori only half commits.
Vettori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Vettori misses its intended target.
Vettori fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jeudy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jeudy throws a leg kick that misses.
Jab from Vettori.
Jeudy throws a lazy uppercut
and Vettori counters with a two punch combo.
Jeudy throws a body punch but Vettori moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Jeudy there.
Jeudy walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeudy throws a hook to the side of Vettori's head but Vettori sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jeudy looks to throw the jab but Vettori is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Vettori on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vettori scores with a jab to the body.
Vettori takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jeudy wants to slow Vettori down by chopping away at his legs.
Jeudy lands with a straight right. Vettori didn't see that one coming.
Jeudy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jeudy looks to throw the jab but Vettori is out of range.
Jeudy connects with a body shot that sends Vettori's belly button to the back.
Nice cross by Vettori.
Vettori 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.
Vettori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vettori connects with an inside leg kick.
Jeudy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jeudy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vettori throws out the jab.
Vettori lands a leg kick that knocks Jeudy off balance momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jeudy moves out of range of the body kick.
As Vettori backs away, Jeudy returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Jeudy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vettori.
Vettori moves forwards but Jeudy connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vettori throws a leg kick but Jeudy checks it.
Jeudy misses with a straight right.
A jab from Jeudy does it's job there.
Vettori throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jeudy on the side of the head.
Vettori ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jeudy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jeudy moves out of range of the body kick.
Jeudy misses with a hook. Vettori ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeudy misses the target.
Jeudy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vettori moves away.
Vettori throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vettori moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jeudy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vettori connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vettori digs a good hook to Jeudy's body.
Vettori lands a nice shot that snaps Jeudy's head back.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vettori.
A jab from Jeudy misses.
Vettori lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marvin Vettori.
Well Vettori 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marvin Vettori!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Marvin Vettori made sure he mentioned Hardcore Alchemy, along with how happy he was to win his fight.