PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Silva Scorpion (ranked 2416 p4p, 3583 weight class) and Lester Neich (ranked 222 p4p, 306 weight class). Scorpion comes to the ring accompanied by Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Neich has chosen YKWIM? - Yot club as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Scorpion
vs
Neich

172 cm
42
148
57 - 21 - 1

168 cm
28
153
25 - 14 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conquer
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Fantasy Threads (Laundry 15%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 57 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Silva Scorpion!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Neich!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Neich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Neich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Neich throws a jab when Scorpion was well out of range.
Nice shot by Neich.
Scorpion bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Neich's head backwards.
Neich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Scorpion stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Neich throws a jab but it's blocked by Scorpion.
Scorpion looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Scorpion dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Scorpion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Neich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Scorpion.
Neich throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Scorpion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neich manages to avoid it.
Scorpion throws a right and a left that Neich avoids nicely.
Scorpion turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Neich just misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neich takes a swing at Scorpion's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Scorpion.
Scorpion ducks under a wild hook from Neich.
Scorpion connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Scorpion lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Scorpion throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Neich takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich loads up on a big right hand but Scorpion slips the punch.
Neich looks to score with a jab to the body but Scorpion is just out of range.
Neich throws a big shot that misses.
Scorpion on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lester Neich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scorpion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Neich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Neich.
Neich misses with a wild body shot.
Scorpion has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Scorpion there as he acknowledges the shot.
Scorpion works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scorpion takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Scorpion scoring well with a low kick there.
A swing and a miss from Neich.
Scorpion throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Neich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A decent looking cross lands there for Scorpion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neich misses with an uppercut.
Neich throws out a loose jab but Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scorpion slips under a jab.
Neich on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neich moves away.
Neich throws an overhand right that lands on Scorpion's shoulder, as Scorpion tries to avoid the shot.
Neich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Neich misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion just misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion scores with a nice head shot.
Scorpion throws a shot from downtown. Neich moves away and avoids it.
Neich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scorpion.
Scorpion throws out a loose jab but Neich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scorpion scores with a kick to the body.
Scorpion lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Scorpion fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scorpion. That's going to slow Neich down.
Neich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Scorpion looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Neich takes a swing at Scorpion's ribcage but misses.
Neich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scorpion manages to avoid it.
Scorpion ducks under a wild hook from Neich.
Neich misses with a right hand
and Scorpion counters with a low kick, right behind Neich 's knee.
Neich looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Neich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Neich lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neich slips a straight right by Scorpion.
Scorpion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scorpion takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Neich has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Scorpion takes a swing at Neich's ribcage but misses.
Neich looks to land a left hand but Scorpion moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Neich throws a jab but it's blocked by Scorpion.
Scorpion uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Neich has time to react.
Neich misses with a straight left.
Neich slips under a jab from Scorpion.
Neich slips under a jab.
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
Neich misses with a body shot.
Scorpion throws a sloppy head kick and Neich moves out of range easily.
Neich cracks Scorpion with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Scorpion cracks Neich with a good jab.
Neich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scorpion was well out of range. Poor timing from Neich.
Silva Scorpion is winning the standup battle so far.
Neich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Neich scores with a jab.
Scorpion misses with a straight left.
Neich misses with a wild body shot.
Neich misses with an uppercut. Scorpion saw that one coming.
Neich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scorpion.
Scorpion throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Neich.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neich connects with a looping right hand.
Scorpion moves away from the strike by Neich.
Scorpion gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Scorpion goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Scorpion moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich lands with a shot to the body.
Scorpion lands with a thumping leg kick.
Neich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Scorpion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neich is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Scorpion with a body shot.
Neich scores with a body shot.
Neich scores with a jab to the jaw.
Neich misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Scorpion misses the target.

Scorpion rushes Neich and presses him up against the ropes.
A short left from Scorpion.
Neich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neich throws a head punch that misses.
Neich's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Neich.
Neich misses with the head strike.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scorpion lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scorpion lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
Neich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Scorpion lands a body shot in the clinch.
Neich is breathing heavily.
A short body shot lands from Scorpion as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Neich or not.
Scorpion digs a right hand into Neich's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Neich's gas tank.
Scorpion lands with a left to the head.
Scorpion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neich backwards.
Scorpion cracks Neich with a nice body shot.
Scorpion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neichs head.
Scorpion lands a body shot.
Scorpion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Scorpion presses Neich against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Scorpion is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neich can do to turn this around?
Scorpion presses Neich against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike.
Scorpion is working Neich over against the ropes.
Scorpion lands with a left to the head.
Scorpion pushes Neich back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Neich or not.
Nice body punch from Scorpion.
Scorpion is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Scorpion lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Scorpion dominated that second round.
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.

Scorpion paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Scorpion looks to throw the jab but Neich is out of range.
Scorpion scores with a leg kick.
Neich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Neich just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromScorpion.
A swing and a miss from Neich.
Neich misses with an uppercut. Scorpion saw that one coming.
Scorpion works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scorpion uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Neich.
Neich misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
Neich throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
It appears Scorpion was looking to counter with a kick there.
Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neich.
Scorpion lands a nice hook to Neich's body. Neich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Neich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Scorpion. Scorpion obviously looking to wear him down.
Scorpion sizes up Neich with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Scorpion. Neich shrugs it off though.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Neich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh 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!
Scorpion misses with an attempted mid kick.
Neich looks to score with a jab to the body but Scorpion is just out of range.
Scorpion connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Neich throws a hook to the side of Scorpion's head but Scorpion sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Scorpion throws a push kick but Neich slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion is looking to slow Neich down with leg kicks.
Neich looks to land a right hand but Scorpion moved out of range.
It looked like Scorpion was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Neich.
The crowd cheers as Scorpion lands an impressive looking overhand right. Neich doesn't seem phased though.
Neich on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Neich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Scorpion staying out of range there.
Neich with a jab.
Scorpion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Neich throws out the jab.
Scorpion looks to land a right hand but Neich moved out of range.
Neich throws a body shot but no joy.
Neich throws a looping overhand right but Scorpion ducks down to avoid it.
Scorpion lands a nice hook to Neich's body. Neich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Scorpion throws a shot from downtown. Neich moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Neich on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Neich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Scorpion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neich was well out of range. Poor timing from Scorpion.
Scorpion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Neich avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scorpion misses with a kick to the body.

Scorpion has taken the fight to the clinch.
Scorpion scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Scorpion.
Neich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Neich misses with some punches.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
Neich has a couple of punches blocked by Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Neich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion pushes Neich back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neich throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a light punch inside.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Neich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Scorpion.
Scorpion scores with a hook to the body.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion digs a right hand into Neich's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Neich's gas tank.
Scorpion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scorpion lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Scorpion clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Scorpion swings for the body but Neich moves out of range.
Neich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick from Scorpion lands but Neich takes it in his stride.
Scorpion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Scorpion.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Neich just misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Scorpion takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Neich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scorpion moves away.
Scorpion misses with a wild body shot.
Scorpion lands a jab to the nose.
Scorpion stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Neich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scorpion looks to score with a jab to the body but Neich is just out of range.
Neich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scorpion with a nice calf kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Scorpion has closed the distance and engaged Neich in a clinch.
Scorpion is struggling to control the position.
Scorpion wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scorpion.
Scorpion taking a breather.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scorpion tries to work over Neich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion lands a right hand.

Neich is rocked!

Neich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neich is still on wobbly legs! Can Scorpion finish him?
Neich blocks a jab.
Neich seems to have recovered his senses.
Scorpion lands with a good body shot.

Scorpion gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Neich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Scorpion fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neich, pushing him back against the ropes.
Neich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Scorpion.
Neich swings wildly with an uppercut but Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the side of Neich's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of Neich backwards.
Neich throws a punch but it's blocked by Scorpion.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scorpion.
Neich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion lands a body punch in the clinch.
Neich has a couple of punches blocked by Scorpion.
Neich swings wildly with an uppercut but Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scorpion.
Neich throws a punch but it's blocked by Scorpion.
A left hand lands to the body for Scorpion.
A short right from Scorpion.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neich backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neich misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
Neich is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Neich misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a light punch inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Scorpion had his way with Lester Neich in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Scorpion lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Neich at a distance.
Scorpion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neich.
Scorpion appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Scorpion ducks under a wild hook from Neich.

Scorpion moves into the clinch.
Scorpion taking a breather.
Scorpion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scorpion working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Neich misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Neich backwards.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Neich lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Scorpion.
Scorpion digs a right hand into Neich's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Neich's gas tank.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
Scorpion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Scorpion.
Scorpion wants to stall.
A right hand to the body from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Neich is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Scorpion lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion is working Neich over against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the side of Neich's head.
Scorpion digs a right hand underneath Neich's ribcage. Neich let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Scorpion is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right handed body shot lands from Scorpion.
Good body shot from Scorpion.
Silva Scorpion is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A right handed body shot lands from Scorpion.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
Scorpion lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Scorpion.
Neich swings wildly with an uppercut but Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neich misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as Neich controls his hands.
Neich working aggressively here.
Scorpion blocks an uppercut.
Neich misses with some punches.
Neich misses with the head strike.
Neich throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion digs a right hand underneath Neich's ribcage. Neich let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Neich scores with a shot to the side of Scorpion's head.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Neich fails to land.
Lester Neich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scorpion lands a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silva Scorpion showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Scorpion 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silva Scorpion!
Silva Scorpion retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Silva Scorpion thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.