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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryan Keenan (ranked 1941 p4p, 1584 weight class) and George Backman (ranked 209 p4p, 169 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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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 21 - 7 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Keenan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Backman!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Backman misses with a looping left.
Keenan looks to land a combination but Backman avoids it well.
Good shot there by Backman.
Keenan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Backman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Backman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keenan was well out of range. Poor timing from Backman.
Backman has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Keenan is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Keenan throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Backman misses.
Backman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keenan throws a sloppy head kick and Backman moves out of range easily.
Keenan throws a hook to the side of Backman's head but Backman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Backman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Keenan misses.
Backman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keenan.
Backman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Backman looks to throw the jab but Keenan is out of range.
Backman throws a jab but it's blocked by Keenan.
A slapping body kick lands there for Keenan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Backman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Backman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Keenan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Keenan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Backman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keenan was well out of range. Poor timing from Backman.
Backman misses with a straight right.
Keenan connects with a solid leg kick.
Keenan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Backman.
Backman is looking to chop away at Keenan's legs.
Backman throws a lazy right hand but Keenan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Keenan tries to counter by clinching up but Backman breaks away and moves out of range.
Backman misses with a head kick.
Keenan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Keenan tried to score with a low kick but Backman checks it.
Backman misses with a series of wild punches.
Backman throws a sloppy head kick and Keenan moves out of range easily.
Backman throws a jab but it's blocked by Keenan.
Keenan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Keenan throws a sloppy head kick
and Backman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keenan delivers a nice body kick.
Backman throws a sloppy head kick and Keenan moves out of range easily.
Good exchange - Keenan coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Backman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Backman blocks a head kick by Keenan.
Backman misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Keenan.
Keenan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Backman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Keenan scores with a shot to the body.
Keenan ducks under a wild hook from Backman.
Backman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keenan.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Keenan.
Nice uppercut there from Backman.
A jab from Backman does it's job there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Keenan.
It seemed like Backman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Backman digs a good body shot into Keenan's ribs.
Keenan throws a leg kick which misses Backman's front leg but catches the back leg as Backman tries to avoid it.
Keenan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Keenan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keenan throws a looping overhand right but Backman ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Backman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Keenan is looking to counter the offense by Backman and move into the clinch.
Keenan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Backman doesn't seem bothered though.
Keenan cracks Backman with a good jab.
Sloppy strikes from Backman. Those never looked like landing.
Backman misses with a body kick.
Backman misses with a looping left.
Keenan misses with a hook
enabling Backman to counter with a crisp jab.
Backman connects with a right hand. Keenan shakes it off.
Backman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keenan's head.
Backman throws a leg kick but Keenan checks it.
Keenan lands a lovely overhand right.
Backman throws a head kick that misses.
Backman slips a jab from Keenan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Backman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Keenan misses with a leg kick
and Backman counters with a good, hard body kick but Keenan shrugs it off.
Backman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keenan tries to land a leg kick but Backman saw it coming and moves away.
As Keenan backs off Backman throws a huge counter combo but Keenan manages to avoid it all.
Ryan Keenan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Backman throws a nice looking combination but Keenan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Keenan stalks Backman and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Backman's face. Backman staggers backwards, shaken.
Backman misses the jab.
Good shot there by Keenan.
Backman moves out of range of the body kick.
Backman tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Backman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Backman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keenan.
Keenan misses with a low kick as Backman jumps back.
A jab from Backman misses.
Keenan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Backman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Backman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Keenan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Backman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keenan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Backman's sensitive parts.
Keenan cracks Backman with a good jab.
Backman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keenan.
Keenan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Backman lands a nice looking body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but George Backman will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Backman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keenan throws out the jab.
Backman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Backman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keenan circles away quickly and effectively.
Backman connects with a leg kick.
Backman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keenan.
Backman throws a head kick but Keenan moves out of range.
Backman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Backman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Keenan tries to counter by clinching up but Backman breaks away and moves out of range.
Backman misses with a hook. Keenan ducked under it nicely.
Backman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice shot lands for Backman.
A lazy left from Keenan finds it's target.
Keenan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Keenan misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Keenan misses.
Backman takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keenan connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Backman manages to avoid it.
Backman lands a glancing blow to the side of Keenan's head.
George Backman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Backman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Keenan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Backman scrambles back to his feet.
Backman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Backman takes one to the chin there.
Backman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keenan.
Keenan is looking to chop away at Backman's legs.
Backman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Backman gets tackled into the ropes by Keenan. Keenan maintains the clinch.
Keenan throws a head punch that misses.
Keenan working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Backman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keenan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keenan.
Keenan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Backman manages to break the clinch.
Keenan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keenan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Backman moves out of range of the strikes.
Backman throws a leg kick but Keenan moved away.
Keenan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Backman misses the target.
Backman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Keenan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Keenan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Backman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Keenan.
Ryan Keenan is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The fighters circle momentarily. Backman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Keenan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Backman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Backman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Keenan misses.
Keenan misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Keenan.
Backman connects with a crisp jab.
Keenan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Backman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Backman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Keenan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Backman. Backman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Keenan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Keenan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A low kick lands for Keenan.
Keenan wants to slow Backman down by chopping away at his legs.
Keenan missing with a left hand there. Backman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Backman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Backman misses with a low kick.
Backman misses with a hook.
Keenan is looking to counter the offense by Backman and move into the clinch.
Backman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Keenan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Backman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keenan is able to avoid easily.
Backman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Keenan checks it well.
Backman slips a jab and a cross from Keenan.
Both fighters circling a little - Keenan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Backman throws an overhand right that lands on Keenan's shoulder, as Keenan tries to avoid the shot.
Keenan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Keenan missing with a left hand there. Backman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keenan scores with a sloppy right hand. Backman should have avoided that one.
Keenan ducks under a wild hook from Backman.
Keenan avoids the head kick by Backman.
Keenan scores with a nice body kick.
Backman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keenan slips a jab from Backman.
Keenan walks into a left hand.
Backman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Backman misses the jab.
Keenan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Keenan fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Backman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Keenan is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Backman.
Keenan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Keenan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Keenan throws a right hand that misses
and Backman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Keenan dominated that second round.
That's time! Keenan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Backman lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Keenan backs up against the ropes.
Keenan throws a leg kick but Backman moved away.
Backman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Keenan momentarily.
Backman throws a jab but it's blocked by Keenan.
Backman misses with a wild combination.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Keenan.
Keenan closes the distance and clinches.
Keenan throws a head punch that misses.
Keenan misses with the head strike.
Backman takes a shot to the head.
Backman blocks an uppercut.
Backman is trying to break free.
Keenan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Backman takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Backman is trying to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling him.
Backman is trying to break the clinch but Keenan has him pressed against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan scores with a shot to the side of Backman's head.
Backman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Keenan letting Backman take a breather here.
Backman has had enough of the clinch but Keenan keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Keenan.
Backman is rocked!
Keenan prevents Backman from breaking the clinch.
Backman is still on wobbly legs! Can Keenan finish him?
Keenan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Backman backwards.
Backman is trying to break the clinch but Keenan is controlling him.
Keenan creates a bit of distance and cracks Backman with a big uppercut! Backman goes down! The referee pushes Keenan away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Backman make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Keenan takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ryan Keenan!
Ryan Keenan 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.
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hype
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