PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Loren Alger (ranked 5076 p4p, 6072 weight class) and Ravikumar Conradipakur (ranked 593 p4p, 637 weight class). Loren Alger could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ravikumar Conradipakur's chin.

Alger
vs
Conradipakur

183 cm
25
195
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
200
2 - 5 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Great elbows
Knockout power

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Loren Alger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ravikumar Conradipakur!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Conradipakur closes the distance and clinches.
Conradipakur pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Conradipakur misses with an elbow over the top.

Alger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alger misses with a looping right.
Alger sets himself, and Conradipakur steps forward looking for the clinch! Alger avoids it this time.

Conradipakur darts in and clinches Alger up against the ropes.
Alger is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Conradipakur throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Conradipakur throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Conradipakur looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Alger leaning against his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Conradipakur just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alger's brow.
Alger looking to stall.

Alger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Conradipakur moves into the clinch successfully.
Conradipakur pushes off an throws an elbow but Alger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Alger lands with a light punch inside.
Alger avoids the elbow strike from Conradipakur, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alger scores with a spinning back kick!
Conradipakur wants to clinch up but Alger keeps it at a distance.

Conradipakur has closed the distance and engaged Alger in a clinch.

Alger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Conradipakur gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Conradipakur is defending well for now.
Alger is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Conradipakur's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alger is working Conradipakur over against the ropes.
Alger has Conradipakur pushed against the ropes.
Alger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Alger breaks the clinch.

Alger closes the distance and clinches.
Alger trying to stall but Conradipakur improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conradipakur throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Alger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alger avoids the elbow strike from Conradipakur, against the ropes.
Alger tries a knee to the head but Conradipakur blocks it.
Conradipakur throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alger is trying to break free.
Alger avoids a wild elbow strike from Conradipakur.

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

Alger clinches up against the ropes.
Alger lands a body shot in the clinch.
Conradipakur throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Alger is trying to break the clinch but Conradipakur has him pressed against the ropes.
Conradipakur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alger's defenses.

It looks like Loren Alger has been cut.

Alger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Conradipakur has Alger up against the ropes in a clinch.
Alger blocks an elbow strike from Conradipakur.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Loren Alger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Loren Alger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Conradipakur has managed to clinch.

Alger manages to break the clinch.
Conradipakur showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alger.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ravikumar Conradipakur seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Conradipakur or not.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Conradipakur throws an elbow but misses.
Conradipakur misses with an elbow over the top.
Alger looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Conradipakur throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alger breaks the clinch.

Alger clinches.
Alger tries to break free but Conradipakur pushes him back against the ropes.
Alger avoids a wild elbow strike from Conradipakur.
Alger tries to work over Conradipakur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conradipakur throws an elbow that misses.
Alger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Conradipakur creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Alger trying to stall but Conradipakur improves his position.
Conradipakur throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Conradipakur avoiding damage as Alger throws knees to the body.
Alger tries to break the clinch but Conradipakur is controlling the position.

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

Alger has managed to clinch.
Conradipakur prevents Alger from breaking the clinch.
Alger blocks an elbow strike from Conradipakur.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Conradipakur just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alger's brow.

Alger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alger misses with a few strikes there.

Alger has closed the distance and engaged Conradipakur in a clinch.

Alger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Conradipakur has closed the distance and engaged Alger in a clinch.
Conradipakur lands an elbow that stopped Alger in his tracks for a moment.

Alger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Conradipakur fails with an attempt to 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!

Conradipakur rushes Alger and presses him up against the ropes.

Alger breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Alger does no damage.
Ravikumar Conradipakur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Alger tries to keep at a distance but Conradipakur has taken the fight into the clinch.
Conradipakur trying to land knees to the body.
Conradipakur is looking to control Alger's arms but Alger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Conradipakur has his back to the ropes.
Conradipakur misses with an elbow strike.

Alger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Conradipakur clinches.
Conradipakur tries to land knees in the clinch but Alger avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Loren Alger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Loren Alger's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Alger shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ravikumar Conradipakur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Conradipakur closes the distance and pushes Alger back into the ropes.

Alger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Conradipakur moves into range and clinches up with Alger.

Alger breaks the clinch.

Conradipakur rushes Alger and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Conradipakur trying to land knees to the body.
Conradipakur throws an elbow but it misses.

Alger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Alger has taken the fight to the clinch.
Conradipakur throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conradipakur keeps control of Alger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Conradipakur pushes off an throws an elbow but Alger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Conradipakur lands an elbow that stopped Alger in his tracks for a moment.
Conradipakur lands an elbow inside that Alger shrugs off.
Conradipakur misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Alger moves into range and clinches up with Conradipakur.

Alger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alger pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Conradipakur wants to counter with a clinch but Alger pushes him away.

Conradipakur has taken the fight to the clinch.
Alger stalling in the clinch.

Alger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Conradipakur closes the distance and clinches.
Conradipakur throws an elbow that misses.

Alger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Alger clinches with his opponent.
Alger is trying to force a seperation but Conradipakur has the dominant position.

Alger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Alger darts in and clinches Conradipakur up against the ropes.

Alger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ravikumar Conradipakur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alger delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conradipakur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Loren Alger is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alger throws a nice looking combination but Conradipakur bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Conradipakur steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Alger.

Conradipakur clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alger.
Alger missing with knees to the body.
Alger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Alger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Conradipakur pushes off an throws an elbow but Alger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Conradipakur throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Alger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Conradipakur moves into range and clinches up with Alger.
Alger is looking to control Conradipakur's arms but Conradipakur gets an underhook and turns him. Now Alger has his back to the ropes.

Alger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Loren Alger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Conradipakur takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Loren Alger.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alger, 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Loren Alger!