PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Richard Pryor (ranked 2277 p4p, 23038 weight class) and Jason Skillz (ranked 236 p4p, 488 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Pryor
vs
Skillz

178 cm
27
152
7 - 5 - 0

172 cm
23
146
5 - 7 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Pryor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Skillz!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skillz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pryor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Skillz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pryor moves out of range of the body kick from Skillz.
Pryor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pryor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pryor moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Skillz just misses with a punch to the body.
Pryor looks to land a left hand but Skillz moved out of range nicely.
A lazy left from Pryor finds it's target.
Skillz drops his hands momentarily and Pryor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pryor has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Razor Sharp Training Systems in the buildup to the fight.
Pryor scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skillz thows a body kick. Pryor tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Skillz 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.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Skillz.
A little feinted left hand from Pryor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Skillz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Skillz wants to clinch up but Pryor keeps it at a distance.
Pryor misses with the combination.
Skillz connects with an inside leg kick.
Pryor looks to land a left hand but Skillz moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pryor throws the left hand but Skillz avoids the punch easily.
Skillz throws a body shot but no joy.
Skillz misses with a body kick.
Pryor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skillz moves away.
Pryor throws a hook to the side of Skillz's head but Skillz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pryor clobbers Skillz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pryor is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Skillz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pryor.

Pryor gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pryor lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pryor misses with the head strike.
Pryor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pryor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Skillz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pryor scores with a sloppy right hand. Skillz should have avoided that one.
Skillz throws a body shot but no joy.
Skillz missing with a left hand there. Pryor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pryor. Skillz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pryor tests Skillz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Pryor.
Pryor thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Skillz if he has to take too many more of those.
Pryor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Skillz on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skillz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pryor cracks Skillz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pryor throws out a loose jab but Skillz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skillz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pryor.
Skillz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pryor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Skillz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pryor lands an overhand right.
Skillz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pryor rather than just go for the knockout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Skillz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pryor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Skillz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pryor momentarily.
Pryor throws an overhand right that lands on Skillz's shoulder, as Skillz tries to avoid the shot.
Pryor cracks Skillz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Skillz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pryor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pryor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pryor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skillz.
Pryor misses with a low kick as Skillz jumps back.
Pryor with a jab.

Pryor clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skillz working aggressively here.
Skillz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pryor lands with a light punch inside.
Pryor tries a body shot but Skillz blocks it.
Pryor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Skillz blocks an uppercut.
Pryor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skillz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skillz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pryor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Skillz is defending well for now.

Pryor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That kick from Skillz tenderised Pryor's leg. Pryor is trying to keep his angry face on.
Skillz slips a straight right by Pryor.
Skillz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pryor.
Pryor is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Pryor clinches with his opponent.
Skillz scores with a shoulder strike.
Pryor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pryor struggles to land a body shot inside as Skillz controls his hands.
Pryor lands a left hand.
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!

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

Pryor clinches up against the ropes.
Pryor misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pryor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skillz managing to block the knees to the body from Pryor.
Skillz tries to stall but Pryor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pryor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skillz can't find room to land a body shot as Pryor controls the action.
Skillz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pryor seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Skillz can turn it around.
Skillz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pryor lands with a light punch inside.
Skillz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pryor lands with a short shot to the head.
Skillz misses with a knee to the head.
Pryor missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Skillz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pryor swings wildly with an uppercut but Skillz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skillz has a couple of punches blocked by Pryor.
Pryor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skillz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pryor blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skillz blocks an uppercut.
Pryor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skillz tries to work over Pryor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pryor tries to throw a body punch but Skillz avoids it by throwing Pryor back against the ropes.
Pryor lands with a short shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Pryor dominated that round.
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.

Skillz moves in looking to clinch but Pryor pushes him off.
Skillz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Skillz throws a head kick but Pryor moves out of range.
Pryor is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A jab from Pryor finds it's way through Skillz's defenses.
Pryor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pryor ducks under a wild hook from Skillz.
Richard Pryor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Skillz.
Richard Pryor is winning the standup battle so far.
Pryor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Skillz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Skillz misses with a head kick.
Pryor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pryor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skillz can do to turn this around?
Pryor blocks a head kick by Skillz.
Pryor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Skillz is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
Decent striking displayed by Pryor there.
Pryor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Skillz.
A little feinted left hand from Pryor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Skillz misses with a straight left.
Skillz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Skillz throws a head kick that misses.
Skillz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Pryor pushes Skillz up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pryor misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skillz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Skillz blocks a body shot from Pryor.
Richard Pryor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Skillz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skillz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pryor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Skillz.

Skillz breaks from the clinch.
Skillz walks into a jab.
Pryor explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Skillz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Skillz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skillz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pryor throws a right and a left that Skillz avoids nicely.
Pryor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pryor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pryor is looking to chop away at Skillz's legs.
Skillz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Skillz throws a nice looking combination but Pryor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pryor connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pryor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pryor scores with a jab. Skillz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pryor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skillz was well out of range. Poor timing from Pryor.
Pryor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Skillz cracks Pryor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Skillz works over Pryor's head and body with a nice combination.
Skillz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pryor with a nice calf kick.

Pryor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Skillz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skillz prevents a body shot from Pryor.

Skillz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skillz takes a swing at Pryor's ribcage but misses.
Skillz tries a head kick but it misses.
Pryor feints and then cracks Skillz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Skillz down.
Skillz defending well as Pryor loads up on a big left hand.
Skillz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skillz wants to counter the offense by Pryor and move into the clinch position.
Pryor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Skillz has time to react.
Pryor looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Skillz takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Pryor misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skillz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Skillz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pryor cracks Skillz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

Pryor forces Skillz back against the ropes and clinches.
Pryor pushes Skillz back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Skillz tries to throw a body punch but Pryor avoids it by throwing Skillz back against the ropes.
Pryor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Skillz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Skillz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skillz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Skillz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Pryor.
A head punch on the inside from Skillz fails to land.
Good body shot from Pryor.
Pryor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pryor lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pryor misses with a punch to the body.
Pryor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pryor struggles to land a body shot inside as Skillz controls his hands.
Pryor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skillz backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Skillz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skillz looking to slow down the pace here.
Pryor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pryor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pryor scores with a hook to the body.
Skillz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Skillz blocks an uppercut.

Skillz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skillz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pryor catches Skillz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pryor scores with a jab. Skillz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Skillz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pryor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skillz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pryor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skillz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Skillz misses with a two punch combination.
Skillz tries a head kick but it misses.
Skillz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pryor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skillz. That did some damage!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Pryor dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Skillz moves forwards but Pryor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pryor delivers a nice body kick.
Skillz lands a nice shot to the body.
Skillz loads up on a big right hand but Pryor slips the punch.
Pryor feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pryor swings for the body but Skillz moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skillz. Pryor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pryor scores with a body shot.
Pryor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Skillz misses with a head kick.
Skillz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skillz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pryor throws out the jab.
Pryor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Skillz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pryor lands a head kick. Skillz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Skillz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pryor with a nice calf kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pryor misses with a wild body shot.
Pryor connects with a body shot that sends Skillz's belly button to the back.
Skillz ducks under a wild hook from Pryor.
Pryor throws out a loose jab but Skillz uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pryor tries to score with a low kick but Skillz moves his leg out of the way.
Pryor with a nice calf kick.
Pryor throws a leg kick that misses.

Pryor has managed to clinch.
Pryor tries to land knees in the clinch but Skillz avoids the damage to the body.

Skillz breaks the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Skillz.
Skillz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Skillz misses with a wild body shot.
Skillz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pryor.
Pryor avoids the head kick by Skillz.
Skillz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Skillz stalks Pryor and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pryor's face. Pryor staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skillz takes one to the chin there.
Skillz misses with an uppercut. Pryor saw that one coming.
Skillz throws a right and a left that Pryor avoids nicely.
Pryor loads up on a big right hand but Skillz slips the punch.
Pryor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Skillz. That did some damage!
Jason Skillz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richard Pryor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pryor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pryor cracks Skillz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pryor throws a low kick but it's checked well by Skillz.
Skillz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Skillz - that will leave a mark!
Skillz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A cross from Pryor lands.
Pryor misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Pryor.
Pryor checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pryor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Skillz misses with a double jab.
Skillz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Skillz throws a wild body kick that Pryor sees coming a mile off.

Pryor rushes Skillz and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Skillz fails to land.
Skillz tries to land knees in the clinch but Pryor avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Skillz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skillz misses with a punch on the inside.
Pryor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Skillz.
A head punch on the inside from Skillz fails to land.
Skillz misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pryor.

Skillz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pryor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Skillz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pryor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pryor cracks Skillz with an open hand slap.
Pryor with a nice calf kick.
Skillz staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skillz. Pryor does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pryor connects with a leg kick.
Skillz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice shot lands for Pryor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pryor uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A left lands for Pryor.
Skillz misses with a hook. Pryor ducked under it nicely.
Skillz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Skillz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pryor with a hook.
Pryor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skillz manages to avoid it.
Skillz throws a head kick that misses.
Skillz cracks a nice hook into Pryor's ribs.
A head kick misses from Skillz.
Skillz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pryor avoids the body shot from Skillz.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skillz 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.
Pryor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A combination from Skillz does no damage.
Pryor lands a jab to the nose.
Pryor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Pryor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pryor has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight for Richard Pryor!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Richard Pryor!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Richard Pryor!

Richard Pryor wins by unanimous decision!
Richard Pryor was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.