PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Mohammed Al Din Kader (ranked 4973 p4p, 24233 weight class) and Lan Phap Qui (ranked 539 p4p, 607 weight class). Lan Phap Qui acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Al Din Kader
vs
Phap Qui

183 cm
19
178
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
170
0 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Big heart

Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mohammed Al Din Kader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lan Phap Qui!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Al Din Kader gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Al Din Kader lands a left hand that snaps the head of Phap Qui backwards.
Phap Qui being controlled against the ropes.

Al Din Kader escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phap Qui moves in looking to clinch but Al Din Kader pushes him off.
Phap Qui jabs Al Din Kader to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've been told by Al Din Kader's head coaches at The Italian Job that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Phap Qui drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Phap Qui takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donk. Al Din Kader catches Phap Qui right on the button with a cross.
Phap Qui drops his hands momentarily and Al Din Kader takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Al Din Kader moves into the clinch successfully.
Al Din Kader has Phap Qui pressed against the ropes, preventing Phap Qui from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Phap Qui taking a breather.
Phap Qui struggles to land a body shot inside as Al Din Kader controls his hands.
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!
Phap Qui is trying to maintain a safe position but Al Din Kader gets an underhook and turns Phap Qui into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phap Qui tries to throw a body punch but Al Din Kader avoids it by throwing Phap Qui back against the ropes.
Al Din Kader lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Phap Qui or not.
Al Din Kader is stalling here.
Al Din Kader is pushing Phap Qui up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Al Din Kader is stalling here.
Al Din Kader blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Al Din Kader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Al Din Kader fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Phap Qui, pushing him back against the ropes.
Phap Qui is trying to push Al Din Kader away but Al Din Kader has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Phap Qui stalling in the clinch but Al Din Kader improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Al Din Kader on the inside.

Al Din Kader breaks the clinch.
Mohammed Al Din Kader seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Din Kader fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Phap Qui looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Al Din Kader forces Phap Qui back against the ropes and clinches.
Al Din Kader tries to land knees in the clinch but Phap Qui avoids the damage to the body.

Al Din Kader breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Phap Qui tried to score with a low kick but Al Din Kader checks it.
Phap Qui is looking to clinch but Al Din Kader is avoiding it.
Al Din Kader cracks a nice hook into Phap Qui's ribs.
Phap Qui missing with a left hand there. Al Din Kader was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phap Qui blocks a head kick by Al Din Kader.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Phap Qui closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Al Din Kader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Phap Qui takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Al Din Kader.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammed Al Din Kader dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Al Din Kader ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Phap Qui wants to clinch up but Al Din Kader keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Al Din Kader.
Al Din Kader lands with a kick to the temple. Phap Qui shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Al Din Kader swats away the attempt to clinch by Phap Qui.
An attempted straight right counter from Al Din Kader misses the target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Al Din Kader. Phap Qui shrugs it off though.
Al Din Kader dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Phap Qui. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Al Din Kader catches Phap Qui right on the button with a cross.
Donk. Al Din Kader catches Phap Qui right on the button with a cross.
Al Din Kader scores with a nice head shot.

Al Din Kader closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Din Kader stalling against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Al Din Kader manages to break the clinch.
Al Din Kader tests Phap Qui's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Al Din Kader darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Al Din Kader scores with a jab. Phap Qui acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Al Din Kader is looking to slow Phap Qui down with leg kicks.

Al Din Kader clinches up with Phap Qui and pushes him back against the ropes.
Al Din Kader is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Al Din Kader manages to break the clinch.
Al Din Kader is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phap Qui can do to turn this around?
Al Din Kader connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Phap Qui's hands.
Phap Qui closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Al Din Kader dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Phap Qui. That did some damage!
Al Din Kader scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Din Kader lands with a thumping leg kick.
Al Din Kader feints a jab promting Phap Qui to slip. Al Din Kader then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Phap Qui slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Phap Qui is rocked!
Al Din Kader connects with a quick right hand that sends Phap Qui tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mohammed Al Din Kader!
A very excited looking Mohammed Al Din Kader rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.