PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ronnie Dale Boudreaux (ranked 21133 p4p, 2777 weight class) and Marvin Vettori (ranked 626 p4p, 356 weight class). Boudreaux comes to the ring accompanied by Uncle Tom's Cabin. Vettori has chosen Police On My Back- The Rocketz as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boudreaux
vs
Vettori

183 cm
32
176
18 - 10 - 1

183 cm
40
177
36 - 19 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Conquer

Mile High

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ronnie Dale Boudreaux !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marvin Vettori!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Boudreaux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Vettori has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boudreaux obliges.
Boudreaux has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Vettori takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boudreaux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boudreaux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vettori's elbow.
Vettori is looking to control Boudreaux 's arms but Boudreaux gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vettori has his back to the ropes.
Vettori avoids a wild elbow strike from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boudreaux creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vettori's defenses.
Vettori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boudreaux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boudreaux tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boudreaux with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boudreaux throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Boudreaux lands a nice elbow.
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 blocks an elbow strike.
Boudreaux utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boudreaux lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Boudreaux .

Boudreaux 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vettori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vettori lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Boudreaux has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Boudreaux and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Boudreaux throws a head kick that misses.
Boudreaux cracks Vettori with an open hand slap.
Boudreaux swings widly with a right hand
and Vettori counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boudreaux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vettori.
Boudreaux tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vettori buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boudreaux connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A leg kick checked by Boudreaux .
Boudreaux slips under a jab.
Boudreaux tries to clinch there but Vettori circles away.
Boudreaux is looking to slow Vettori down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Boudreaux there.

Boudreaux has closed the distance and engaged Vettori in a clinch.
Vettori wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boudreaux lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Boudreaux tries to land a knee to the head but Vettori blocks with his arms.
Boudreaux with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vettori trying to land knees to the body.
Boudreaux has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
Boudreaux throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boudreaux prevents a body shot from Vettori.
Boudreaux misses with the head strike.
Boudreaux utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boudreaux looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Vettori breaks the clinch.
Boudreaux is looking to clinch.
Vettori throws a predictable looking body shot
and Boudreaux counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Boudreaux gets a clinch.
Boudreaux throws an elbow but it misses.
Vettori slows down the pace here.
Boudreaux lands an elbow that stopped Vettori in his tracks for a moment.
Boudreaux looking to throw knees to the head but Vettori is blocking nicely.
Vettori is looking to control Boudreaux 's arms but Boudreaux gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vettori has his back to the ropes.
Boudreaux tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vettori avoids it.
Vettori is trying to maintain a safe position but Boudreaux gets an underhook and turns Vettori into the ropes.
Boudreaux lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boudreaux tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vettori avoids it.
Boudreaux throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vettori blocks it with crossed arms.
Vettori dodges an elbow strike from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vettori - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Boudreaux works on Vettori's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Boudreaux .
Vettori is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boudreaux has Vettori pressed against the ropes, preventing Vettori from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Vettori's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boudreaux throws a shot from downtown. Vettori moves away and avoids it.
Boudreaux doesn't manage to clinch there - Vettori circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vettori! But no joy.
Boudreaux thumps Vettori with a low kick.
Vettori tried to score with a low kick but Boudreaux checks it.
Vettori throws a lazy right hand but Boudreaux sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vettori avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vettori's coach down at 88Fight Club Gym88.. 800pw (16 COACHES) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Vettori's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boudreaux looks to throw the jab but Vettori is out of range.
Boudreaux scores with the left hand. Vettori knows he should have avoided that one.
Boudreaux is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Boudreaux scores with a punch to the head.
Boudreaux throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Dale Boudreaux dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Boudreaux tries to clinch up.
Vettori moves away from the strike by Boudreaux .
Vettori is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Boudreaux with a body shot.
Vettori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vettori misses with a straight left.
A big left from Boudreaux misses.
Boudreaux dodges the punch combination from Vettori.

Boudreaux gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Boudreaux takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vettori is trying to maintain a safe position but Boudreaux gets an underhook and turns Vettori into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boudreaux lands with a left to the head.
Boudreaux lands an elbow just above Vettori 's eye.
Boudreaux misses with an elbow strike.
Boudreaux misses with a punch to the body.
Vettori throws an elbow that misses.
Vettori utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boudreaux misses with an elbow strike.
Boudreaux landing knees to the body.
Boudreaux gets through Vettori's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vettori tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vettori blocks a body shot from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux tries a body shot but Vettori blocks it.
Vettori wants to stall.
Boudreaux misses with some punches.
Boudreaux blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Boudreaux as Vettori tries to tie him up.
Boudreaux using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vettori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boudreaux gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Boudreaux lands a nice elbow.
Vettori content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boudreaux has Vettori pressed against the ropes, preventing Vettori from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vettori can't find room to land a body shot as Boudreaux controls the action.
Boudreaux letting Vettori take a breather here.
Boudreaux blocks a body shot from Vettori.
Boudreaux tries a body shot but Vettori blocks it.
Boudreaux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vettori looking to stall.
Vettori throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Boudreaux as Vettori tries to tie him up.
Boudreaux digs a right hand into Vettori's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vettori's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vettori.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Boudreaux as Vettori tries to tie him up.
Vettori tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boudreaux avoids it.
Vettori misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boudreaux lands a hook that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Vettori throws an elbow that misses.

Boudreaux 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vettori takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vettori throws a lazy uppercut
and Boudreaux makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Boudreaux lands with a slapping head kick.
Boudreaux misses with a head kick.
Vettori takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boudreaux misses the jab.
Boudreaux wants to land a leg kick but Vettori is out of range.
Vettori swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vettori defending well as Boudreaux loads up on a big left hand.

Boudreaux clinches.
Vettori tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boudreaux 's elbow.
Boudreaux misses with some punches.
Vettori looking to stall.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Boudreaux has him pressed against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boudreaux wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vettori is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Vettori takes a shot to the head.
Boudreaux digs a right hand underneath Vettori's ribcage. Vettori let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Vettori pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boudreaux scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vettori in his tracks.
Boudreaux lands a jab to Vettori's midsection.
Boudreaux steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vettori.
Boudreaux bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vettori's head.
Vettori bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Boudreaux rushes Vettori and presses him up against the ropes.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Boudreaux has him pressed against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Boudreaux as Vettori tries to tie him up.
Nice elbow from Boudreaux .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Dale Boudreaux dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Boudreaux throws out a loose jab but Vettori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boudreaux swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vettori.
A telegraphed right hand from Boudreaux misses the target.
Boudreaux fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice cross by Vettori.
Boudreaux throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boudreaux scores with a hook to the body. Vettori takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boudreaux checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Boudreaux uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vettori.
Nice body punch from Boudreaux .

Boudreaux has closed the distance and engaged Vettori in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vettori missing with knees to the body.
Vettori takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boudreaux gets through Vettori's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boudreaux can't find room to land a body shot as Vettori controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vettori.
Boudreaux struggles to land a body shot inside as Vettori controls his hands.
Boudreaux tries to land a knee to the head but Vettori blocks with his arms.
Boudreaux lands an elbow inside.
Boudreaux gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Boudreaux lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Boudreaux creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Boudreaux pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boudreaux lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vettori misses with an elbow strike.
Vettori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boudreaux backwards.
Nice body punch from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boudreaux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boudreaux tries to work over Vettori's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Boudreaux .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boudreaux connects with a knee to the head.
Boudreaux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boudreaux lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boudreaux lands an elbow just above Vettori 's eye.

Boudreaux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux is winning the standup battle so far.
Vettori thuds his shin into the meat of Boudreaux 's side.
Boudreaux ducks under a wild hook from Vettori.
Boudreaux uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vettori.
Boudreaux connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vettori closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
An inside leg kick from Boudreaux misses.
Boudreaux gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vettori.
Vettori pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Boudreaux .
Boudreaux keeps Vettori at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vettori misses with a left hand
and Boudreaux counters with a nice body shot.
Vettori misses with a combination
enabling Boudreaux to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Vettori.
Vettori throws a jab but it's blocked by Boudreaux .
Boudreaux connects with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vettori looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boudreaux lands a nice shot that snaps Vettori's head back.

Boudreaux closes the distance and clinches.
Boudreaux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori has Boudreaux pushed against the ropes.
Vettori trying to control the position but instead, Boudreaux has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vettori into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boudreaux throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vettori blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vettori.
Boudreaux lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vettori backwards.
Boudreaux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vettori avoids the elbow strike from Boudreaux , against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boudreaux .
Vettori lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Boudreaux lands a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Boudreaux just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vettori's brow.
Vettori can't break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Boudreaux .
Boudreaux tries to work over Vettori's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boudreaux lands with a light punch inside.
Marvin Vettori has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boudreaux lands a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Boudreaux 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronnie Dale Boudreaux !
Ronnie Dale Boudreaux thanked the fans post fight for their support.