PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Aiko Inhanamoto (ranked 3285 p4p, 6090 weight class) and Jack Tequila (ranked 417 p4p, 587 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Inhanamoto
vs
Tequila

178 cm
25
178
5 - 0 - 1

182 cm
19
182
3 - 2 - 1

Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Aiko Inhanamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Tequila!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tequila throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Inhanamoto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tequila takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tequila looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Inhanamoto moves out of range of the strikes.
Inhanamoto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Inhanamoto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Inhanamoto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tequila moves away.
Tequila throws a lazy right hand but Inhanamoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Tequila cracks Inhanamoto with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Inhanamoto is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Inhanamoto is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!

Inhanamoto is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Inhanamoto darts in and clinches Tequila up against the ropes.
Tequila throws a head punch that misses.
I was talking to Inhanamoto's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Inhanamoto slowing the pace effectively.
Tequila letting Inhanamoto take a breather here.
Inhanamoto seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Inhanamoto tries to break free but Tequila pushes him back against the ropes.
Inhanamoto blocks a body shot from Tequila.
A body shot lands from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto working hard to break the clinch.
Tequila can't find room to land a body shot as Inhanamoto controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inhanamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tequila has a couple of punches blocked by Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto tries to circle away but Tequila has him pinned against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Tequila fails to land.
Tequila swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tequila misses with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Inhanamoto.
Tequila tries to work over Inhanamoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tequila lands a hook that snaps the head of Inhanamoto backwards.
Inhanamoto is trying to push Tequila away but Tequila has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Inhanamoto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Inhanamoto has had enough of the clinch but Tequila keeps him there for the moment.
Tequila misses with some punches.
Inhanamoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tequila misses with the head strike.

Inhanamoto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Inhanamoto defending well as Tequila loads up on a big left hand.
Jack Tequila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inhanamoto throws a hook to the side of Tequila's head but Tequila sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Inhanamoto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tequila jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Inhanamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tequila, pushing him back against the ropes.
Inhanamoto is trying to break the clinch but Tequila has him pressed against the ropes.
Tequila misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tequila misses with a punch on the inside.
Inhanamoto blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tequila.
A short right from Inhanamoto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inhanamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tequila throws a head punch that misses.
Inhanamoto has had enough of the clinch but Tequila keeps him there for the moment.
Tequila tries a body shot but Inhanamoto blocks it.
Tequila being controlled against the ropes.
Tequila fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Jack Tequila should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
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.

Tequila connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Inhanamoto momentarily.
Tequila throws a looping overhand right but Inhanamoto ducks down to avoid it.
Inhanamoto misses the shot to the body.
Inhanamoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tequila.
Tequila throws a body punch but Inhanamoto moves out of range.

Inhanamoto pushes Tequila up against the ropes in a clinch.
Tequila struggles to land a body shot inside as Inhanamoto controls his hands.
Tequila goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tequila has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short right from Inhanamoto on the inside.
Tequila throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tequila.
Tequila swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inhanamoto has had enough of the clinch but Tequila keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Tequila fails to land.
Inhanamoto lands a left hand.
Tequila misses with some punches.
Inhanamoto can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inhanamoto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tequila or not.
Inhanamoto blocks an uppercut.
Inhanamoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tequila working aggressively here.
Tequila misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto is trying to force a seperation but Tequila has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Inhanamoto.
Still in the clinch, Inhanamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Inhanamoto has had enough of the clinch but Tequila keeps him there for the moment.
Inhanamoto lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tequila.
Inhanamoto lands a right hand.
Tequila lands with a light punch inside.
Inhanamoto blocking some punches.
Tequila misses with a short punch on the inside.
Inhanamoto tries to circle away but Tequila has him pinned against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tequila tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tequila lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Inhanamoto is trying to push Tequila away but Tequila has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Inhanamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Inhanamoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Inhanamoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tequila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Inhanamoto just leaning against Tequila, taking a breather.
Inhanamoto wants to break free but Tequila has control.
Tequila misses with some punches.
Tequila misses with a hook to the ribs.
Inhanamoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Tequila won't allow it.
Tequila misses with a punch on the inside.
Tequila misses with a hook from the clinch.
Inhanamoto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tequila has him pressed against the ropes.
Tequila working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Tequila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A cross from Tequila lands.
Aiko Inhanamoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tequila takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tequila connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Oh Inhanamoto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tequila might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Inhanamoto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Inhanamoto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Inhanamoto seems to have got his legs back now.
Inhanamoto blocks an uppercut.
Tequila takes a shot to the head.
Tequila misses with the head strike.
Tequila misses with a punch on the inside.
Aiko Inhanamoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Inhanamoto pushes Tequila back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tequila throws a punch but it's blocked by Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto blocking some punches.
Tequila's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Inhanamoto.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Inhanamoto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Inhanamoto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tequila.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inhanamoto pushes Tequila back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tequila misses with some punches.
Inhanamoto is trying to push Tequila away but Tequila has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tequila.

Inhanamoto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circling - Inhanamoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Inhanamoto misses with a wild combination.

Inhanamoto darts in and clinches Tequila up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tequila.
Tequila tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tequila keeps control of Inhanamoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Inhanamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aiko Inhanamoto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Inhanamoto is stalling here.
Tequila goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tequila working aggressively here.
Tequila keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Inhanamoto's efforts to push away.
Inhanamoto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tequila has a couple of punches blocked by Inhanamoto.
A right hand to the body from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tequila throws a punch but it's blocked by Inhanamoto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Inhanamoto works on Tequila's body with a couple of short punches.
Tequila misses with a short punch on the inside.
Inhanamoto lands a body shot.
Inhanamoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tequila.
Tequila misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack Tequila is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Still in the clinch, Inhanamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aiko Inhanamoto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tequila has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Tequila!