PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlton Adesanya (ranked 21397 p4p, 24547 weight class) and Seung Joon (ranked 374 p4p, 427 weight class). Joon has chosen BewhY (비와이) – 가라사대 (GOTTASADAE) 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!

Adesanya
vs
Joon

160 cm
37
147
24 - 31 - 4

181 cm
22
155
5 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 31 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlton Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seung Joon!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adesanya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joon was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adesanya.
Adesanya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little jabbing left from Joon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adesanya throws a nice looking combination but Joon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Adesanya moves into the clinch successfully.
Joon has a couple of punches blocked by Adesanya.
Joon lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joon misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adesanya.
Joon working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Joon fails to land.

Adesanya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adesanya tries to close the distance and clinch but Joon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adesanya tries to clinch but Joon is having none of it.
Joon throws a right and a left that Adesanya avoids nicely.
Adesanya tries to close the distance and clinch but Joon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joon cracks Adesanya with a good jab.

Adesanya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Joon lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joon.
Joon misses with some punches.
I was talking to Adesanya's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Adesanya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adesanya throws a head kick but Joon moves out of range.
Joon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joon lands with a straight right. Adesanya didn't see that one coming.
Joon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adesanya misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jab by Joon.
Joon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adesanya moves out of range of the strikes.
Adesanya ducks under a wild hook from Joon.
As Joon looks to move away, Adesanya throws a big counter combo but Joon just gets out of the way.
Adesanya tries to land a body kick
and Adesanya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adesanya misses with a double jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joon.
Seung Joon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joon listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Adesanya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Joon misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon scores with a punch to the head.
Joon blocks a head kick by Adesanya.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joon! But no joy.
Joon has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Adesanya is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Adesanya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Adesanya backs off Joon throws a huge counter combo but Adesanya manages to avoid it all.
Adesanya tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Joon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Joon let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adesanya walks into a jab.
Adesanya misses with a combination
and Joon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adesanya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon lands an overhand right.
Joon 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.
Adesanya has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Adesanya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joon is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Joon blocks a head kick by Adesanya.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joon clobbers Adesanya with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Joon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Adesanya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joon.
Joon appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Joon throws out a loose jab but Adesanya uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Adesanya tried to score with a low kick but Joon checks it.
Joon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Adesanya misses with a wild combination.
Adesanya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Adesanya wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Joon! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesanya tries to bum rush Joon with a series of wild strikes but Joon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Joon does it's job there.
Joon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Adesanya at a distance.
Adesanya is looking to clinch.
Joon misses with a low kick.
Adesanya is looking for a counter combo.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Joon with a nice cross.
Adesanya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joon.
Joon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joon misses with a hook. Adesanya ducked under it nicely.
Donk. Joon catches Adesanya right on the button with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon connects with a jab.
Joon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Adesanya throws a combination that misses
and Joon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body kick from Joon.
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!
Joon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adesanya throws out the jab.
Joon is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adesanya with a body shot.
Joon avoids the head kick by Adesanya.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Joon.
Carlton Adesanya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joon misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seung Joon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30

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