PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Camulius Talboteasar (ranked 21386 p4p, 22362 weight class) and Brian Upchurch (ranked 619 p4p, 636 weight class). Upchurch comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Quit Lyin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Talboteasar
vs
Upchurch

196 cm
33
245
19 - 11 - 2

187 cm
38
235
13 - 5 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Camulius Talboteasar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Upchurch!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talboteasar avoids the head kick by Upchurch.
Upchurch slips under a jab.
Upchurch moves out of range of the strikes.
Talboteasar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Upchurch.
Nice shot by Talboteasar.
Talboteasar throws a hook to the side of Upchurch's head but Upchurch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Upchurch! But no joy.
Talboteasar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Upchurch's sensitive parts.
Upchurch misses with a hook. Talboteasar ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Talboteasar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Talboteasar jabs Upchurch right on the nose. Upchurch blinks but takes it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talboteasar thuds a left hand into Upchurch's body.
Nice shot lands for Talboteasar.

It looks like Brian Upchurch has been cut.
Jab by Talboteasar.
Talboteasar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Talboteasar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Upchurch's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Upchurch moves forwards but Talboteasar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Upchurch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Upchurch misses with a straight left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Talboteasar, as that shot connected.
Camulius Talboteasar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talboteasar moves out of range as Upchurch strikes.
Upchurch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Talboteasar throws a hook but Upchurch blocks it.
A big left from Talboteasar misses.
Upchurch thinks about the counter body kick.
Talboteasar misses with a hook
and Upchurch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Talboteasar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Upchurch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Upchurch! But no joy.
Upchurch slips under a jab.
Upchurch has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Talboteasar throws a hook but Upchurch avoids it easily.
Upchurch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Upchurch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Talboteasar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talboteasar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Talboteasar just misses with a punch to the body.
Upchurch takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Talboteasar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Talboteasar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Talboteasar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Upchurch.
Talboteasar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Talboteasar misses with a hook. Upchurch ducked under it nicely.
Upchurch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Talboteasar throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Talboteasar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Upchurch throws a poor cross that misses
and Talboteasar counters with a left to the body.
Talboteasar lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Talboteasar avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Camulius Talboteasar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Upchurch's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Talboteasar lands a nice hook to Upchurch's body. Upchurch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Talboteasar misses with a hook
and Upchurch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Upchurch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A big left from Talboteasar misses.
Talboteasar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Talboteasar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Upchurch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Talboteasar.
Upchurch let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Upchurch moves out of range as Talboteasar strikes.
Talboteasar throws a body punch but Upchurch moves out of range.
Camulius Talboteasar is winning the standup battle so far.
Upchurch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Talboteasar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Upchurch.
Talboteasar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Upchurch can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Upchurch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Talboteasar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Upchurch walks into a straight right hand from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar misses with a hook. Upchurch ducked under it nicely.
Talboteasar misses with a few strikes there.
Talboteasar lands the left hand.
Talboteasar misses with a right hand
and Upchurch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Talboteasar throws a poor cross that misses
and Upchurch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Talboteasar misses with an uppercut.
Upchurch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Talboteasar connects with a body shot.
Upchurch slips under a jab.
Talboteasar throws a lazy right hand but Upchurch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Upchurch looks to land a right hand but Talboteasar moved out of range.
A punch combination from Talboteasar misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upchurch misses with a looping left.
Upchurch misses with a wild body shot.
Upchurch lands a jab.
Upchurch on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Upchurch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Talboteasar blocks a head kick by Upchurch.
Talboteasar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Upchurch throws a hook but Talboteasar blocks it.
Upchurch takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Upchurch has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Talboteasar finds it's way round the side to connect with Upchurch's head.
Talboteasar looks to score with a jab to the body but Upchurch is just out of range.
Upchurch walks into a stiff left hand from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar looks to throw the jab but Upchurch is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Camulius Talboteasar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Upchurch's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Talboteasar looks to land a left hand but Upchurch moved out of range nicely.
A nice side step and Upchurch releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Talboteasar avoids a kick to the body.
Talboteasar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Upchurch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Talboteasar thinking.
Talboteasar gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Upchurch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Talboteasar misses with a combination
and Upchurch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brian Upchurch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Talboteasar looks to land a right hand but Upchurch moved out of range.
Upchurch works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Talboteasar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talboteasar lands with an overhand left.
A swing and a miss from Talboteasar.
Talboteasar misses with a wild body shot.
Talboteasar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Talboteasar blocks a leg kick.
Talboteasar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talboteasar lands the left hand.

Upchurch closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Talboteasar dodges an elbow strike from Upchurch.
Upchurch working aggressively here.
Talboteasar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Upchurch crunches a lovely knee into Talboteasar's ribcage.
A short right from Upchurch.
Upchurch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Talboteasar is defending well for now.
Upchurch trying to land knees to the body.
Upchurch lands an elbow just above Talboteasar 's eye.
Talboteasar tries to work over Upchurch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Upchurch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Talboteasar avoids it.
Talboteasar avoiding damage as Upchurch throws knees to the body.
Upchurch lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Upchurch.
Our sources have told us that Talboteasar has been working on his knees in the buildup to 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!
A short uppercut from Upchurch.
Upchurch throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upchurch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Talboteasar's elbow.
Talboteasar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Talboteasar avoiding damage as Upchurch throws knees to the body.
Upchurch lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Talboteasar.
Upchurch taking a breather.
Talboteasar trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Upchurch.
Upchurch trying to land knees to the body.
Upchurch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Talboteasar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Upchurch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Upchurch throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Talboteasar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Upchurch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Upchurch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Upchurch working aggressively here.
Upchurch utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Talboteasar takes an elbow to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Upchurch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Talboteasar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Camulius Talboteasar!