PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Antonio Vettori (ranked 3925 p4p, 3584 weight class) and Jackie Chan (ranked 458 p4p, 430 weight class). The key to victory for Antonio Vettori has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Vettori
vs
Chan

184 cm
25
176
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
166
6 - 7 - 0

Excellent boxer
Good chin

Brawler
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Vettori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jackie Chan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vettori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Antonio Vettori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chan prevents Vettori from breaking the clinch.
Vettori is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Vettori wants to break free but Chan has control.
Vettori wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vettori tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Chan keeps control of Vettori as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Chan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chan moves away from the strike by Vettori.
Chan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vettori.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Chan has managed to clinch.

Chan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chan avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vettori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A cross from Vettori lands.

Chan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chan keeps control of Vettori as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vettori wants to break free but Chan has control.
A frustrated look appears on Vettori's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Chan is controlling him.

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

Chan darts in and clinches Vettori up against the ropes.
Chan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vettori's efforts to push away.
Vettori looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Chan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Antonio Vettori is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Vettori tries to keep at a distance but Chan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chan has Vettori pressed against the ropes, preventing Vettori from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vettori lands a really nice looking cross but Chan seems unphased.
Vettori throws a sloppy head kick and Chan moves out of range easily.

Chan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Chan prevents Vettori from breaking the clinch.
Chan's coach down at Shadow Warriors (KT) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Chan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

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

Chan moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vettori is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Vettori wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chan has him pressed against the ropes.

Vettori manages to break the clinch.
Chan drops his hands momentarily and Vettori takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vettori moves away.
Vettori thinks about countering with a head kick.

Chan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Chan lands with a left to the head.
Vettori is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Vettori is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jackie Chan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vettori is trying to force a seperation but Chan has the dominant position.

Chan breaks the clinch.
Vettori looks for the body kick but Chan saw that one coming.
Vettori fails to land with a series of punches.
Chan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chan. Vettori does a little dance to reset his feet.
A thudding body kick lands there by Vettori!
Vettori cracks Chan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Antonio Vettori is winning the standup battle so far.
Vettori pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Chan takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Vettori escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab from Vettori.
Nice shot by Vettori.
Vettori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vettori avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vettori throws a head kick that misses.
Vettori is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Vettori missing with a left hand there. Chan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And Chan responds with a good body kick, but Vettori manages to step out the way in time.
Chan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vettori misses with an uppercut. Chan saw that one coming.
Chan looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Vettori misses with a looping right.
Chan is looking for the big counter here.
Vettori throws a head kick but Chan moves out of range.
Vettori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Chan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Chan manages to break the clinch.
Vettori tries to clinch up but Chan circles away and keeps his distance.
Vettori moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vettori tries to clinch there but Chan circles away.
Vettori throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vettori with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vettori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan unleashes a big counter combination but Vettori bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Vettori throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Chan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vettori.

Chan has Vettori up against the ropes in a clinch.
Vettori is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Jackie Chan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Chan is controlling him.

Chan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Chan.
It looked like Vettori wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vettori cracks Chan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vettori throws a hook to the side of Chan's head but Chan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chan blocks a head kick by Vettori.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vettori.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Vettori dominated that second round.
That's time! Vettori's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Chan moves into the clinch.

Chan breaks the clinch.
Chan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vettori's head.

Chan clinches up against the ropes.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Chan is controlling him.
Vettori has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vettori has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vettori is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Chan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan blocks a head kick by Vettori.
Chan moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vettori bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Chan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan blocks a head kick by Vettori.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vettori moves away.
Chan connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chan moves into the clinch.
Vettori looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

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

Vettori gets tackled into the ropes by Chan. Chan maintains the clinch.
Chan stalling in the clinch but Vettori improves position.
Vettori is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Vettori tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the ropes.
Vettori is trying to push Chan away but Chan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Chan is looking to control Vettori's arms but Vettori gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chan has his back to the ropes.
Vettori wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Chan is controlling him.
Chan prevents Vettori from breaking the clinch.

Vettori breaks from the clinch.
Vettori lands with a kick to the temple. Chan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Chan clinches.
Vettori can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vettori wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chan has him pressed against the ropes.
Chan keeps control of Vettori as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Chan manages to break the clinch.
Vettori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vettori.

Chan clinches.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Chan is controlling him.

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

Chan moves into the clinch.
Vettori is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Chan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vettori misses with a few strikes there.
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 tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Chan moves into the clinch.
Vettori is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the ropes.
Chan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackie Chan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chan 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackie Chan!