PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Simeon Joeves (ranked 4546 p4p, 4294 weight class) and Vicente Krueger (ranked 235 p4p, 229 weight class). Simeon Joeves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Joeves
vs
Krueger

177 cm
19
144
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
141
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Simeon Joeves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vicente Krueger!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joeves throws a sloppy head kick and Krueger moves out of range easily.
Joeves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krueger.
Simeon Joeves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joeves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krueger was well out of range. Poor timing from Joeves.
Joeves throws a push kick but Krueger slaps the foot to one side.
Joeves misses with a body shot.
Joeves tries to score with a low kick but Krueger moves his leg out of the way.
Krueger throws a counter combo.
Krueger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joeves.
Krueger tries to clinch there but Joeves circles away.
Joeves throws a right and a left that Krueger avoids nicely.
Krueger lands a lovely overhand right.
Joeves takes a swing at Krueger's ribcage but misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Krueger misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krueger misses with a straight right.
Joeves throws a quick counter kick to the body but Krueger avoids it.
Joeves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krueger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krueger throws a body punch but Joeves moves out of range.
Joeves pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Krueger scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joeves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joeves throws a leg kick but Krueger checks it.
Krueger is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Joeves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Krueger wants to counter the offense by Joeves and move into the clinch position.
Krueger moves out of range as Joeves throws a body kick.
Krueger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joeves circles away quickly and effectively.
Krueger misses the shot to the body.
Krueger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joeves misses with a low kick.
Krueger unleashes a big counter combination but Joeves bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Krueger misses with a series of wild punches.
Krueger fails to land with a series of punches.
Joeves moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joeves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Krueger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joeves circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joeves motions for Krueger to come forward. Joeves throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krueger blocks the body kick.
Joeves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krueger misses with a few strikes there.
A quick step to the side and Joeves tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joeves punishes Krueger's body with a nice straight punch.
Krueger looks to land a combination but Joeves avoids it well.
Joeves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Krueger throws a body shot but no joy.
Krueger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Joeves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krueger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joeves.
Joeves lands a slapping body shot.
Krueger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Krueger misses.
Joeves will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vicente Krueger will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Joeves looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Joeves misses with an uppercut. Krueger saw that one coming.
Joeves lands a nice looking body shot.
Joeves looks to land a body kick but Krueger moved away.
Krueger unleashes a big counter combination but Joeves bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Krueger throws a series of punches but Joeves avoids them all with ease.
Joeves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vicente Krueger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joeves takes a swing at Krueger's ribcage but misses.
Joeves cracks a nice hook into Krueger's ribs.
Krueger misses with a double jab.
Simeon Joeves is winning the standup battle so far.
Joeves just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joeves misses with a wild body shot.
Krueger steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Joeves.
Krueger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krueger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krueger throws a combination that misses
enabling Joeves to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joeves slips a jab and a cross from Krueger.
Joeves scores with a sloppy right hand. Krueger should have avoided that one.
Joeves misses with a low kick.
Krueger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Joeves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joeves moves away from the strike by Krueger.
Krueger checks a leg kick nicely.
Krueger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Krueger.
Joeves is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joeves cracks Krueger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Joeves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krueger.
Krueger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joeves is looking to wear down Krueger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Krueger moves out of range of the body kick.
Krueger looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Krueger checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Joeves.
Joeves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krueger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Joeves slips a straight right by Krueger.
Joeves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joeves connects with a good right hand that stumbles Krueger. Krueger circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Krueger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joeves.
Krueger misses with a wild combination.
Krueger just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Joeves lands.
Joeves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Krueger can do to turn this around?
Krueger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Joeves lands a slapping body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Joeves.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Simeon Joeves dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Krueger has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Krueger is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Krueger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Krueger is still on wobbly legs! Can Joeves finish him?
Joeves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krueger lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Krueger is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Krueger drops his guard momentarily, allowing Joeves to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Krueger! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Joeves takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Simeon Joeves!