PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Qfc Tournament (ranked 4252 p4p, 23753 weight class) and Mr Mangan (ranked 485 p4p, 622 weight class). Mangan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Xie hua piao piao. Qfc Tournament has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tournament
vs
Mangan

225 cm
33
135
12 - 15 - 0

190 cm
29
140
4 - 6 - 0

Great elbows
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Qfc Tournament!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mr Mangan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Ron Honeybunn and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Mangan. Those never looked like landing.
Mangan throws a nice looking combination but Tournament bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mangan misses with a wild combination.

Tournament clinches with his opponent.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Mangan fails to land.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tournament lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tournament.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mangan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tournament.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mangan's defenses.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Mangan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Mangan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tournament.
Mangan avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the ropes.
Tournament lands an elbow inside.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Mangan shrugs off.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tournament.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mangan throws a punch but it's blocked by Tournament.
Mangan avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the ropes.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Mangan avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mangan.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tournament lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
Nice elbow from Tournament.

It looks like Mr Mangan has been cut.
Tournament blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tournament.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mangan's defenses.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Mangan swings wildly with an uppercut but Tournament uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
Tournament lands an elbow that stopped Mangan in his tracks for a moment.
Mangan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mangan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Mangan avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the ropes.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Mangan shrugs off.
Tournament lands an elbow inside.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Mangan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Mangan shrugs off.
Tournament lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Mangan fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Qfc Tournament dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mr Mangan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tournament avoids a punch combination nicely.

Tournament gets a clinch.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
Mangan swings wildly with an uppercut but Tournament uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mangan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Tournament lands a nice elbow.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tournament.
Qfc Tournament has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Mangan takes an elbow to the temple.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Mangan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mangan.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Mangan fails to land.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mangan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament lands an elbow just above Mangan 's eye.
Mangan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tournament gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Mangan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Mangan shrugs off.
Tournament is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mangan can do to turn this around?
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Mangan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mangan.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
Tournament gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tournament lands an elbow just above Mangan 's eye.
Tournament lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Qfc Tournament dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mr Mangan's cut.
That's time! Tournament's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tournament closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament blocking some punches.
Mangan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Mangan shrugs off.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mangan's brow.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mangan lands a nice uppercut.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tournament.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Tournament blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament lands an elbow that stopped Mangan in his tracks for a moment.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament lands a nice elbow.
Mangan misses with some punches.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Tournament lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tournament lands a nice elbow.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mangan's defenses.
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!
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike.
Mangan takes an elbow to the temple.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Mangan takes an elbow to the temple.

Mangan is rocked!
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mangan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Mangan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mangan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mangan misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Mangan blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mangan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Mangan shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Tournament lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mangan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
A short left from Mangan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mangan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mangan dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mangan lands with a left to the head.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Mangan blocks the elbow strike.
Mangan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mr Mangan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mangan throws a punch but it's blocked by Tournament.

And that's the end of the fight!
Qfc Tournament showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tournament, 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Qfc Tournament!
Mr Mangan was interviewed post fight and said 'Ah thats hot, thats hot'.