PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hayato Countinho (ranked 3125 p4p, 5507 weight class) and Julia Alves Chai (ranked 111 p4p, 179 weight class). Countinho has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Hayato Countinho is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Countinho
vs
Chai

190 cm
24
244
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
180
3 - 1 - 0

Decent elbows
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hayato Countinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Julia Alves Chai!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai tries to work over Countinho's front leg with a kick but Countinho checks it.
Chai pivots, looking for a leg kick but Countinho is out of range and Chai settles back down.
Countinho misses with a head kick.
Chai misses with a low kick.
Countinho tries to clinch but Chai is having none of it.
Countinho throws a leg kick that is checked
and Chai counters with a leg kick.
Countinho misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Countinho tries to clinch there but Chai circles away.
Countinho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chai.
Countinho tries to bum rush Chai with a series of wild strikes but Chai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chai feints a counter leg kick.
Chai throws a low kick but Countinho moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Countinho tries to clinch but Chai is having none of it.
Countinho stalks Chai and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chai's face. Chai staggers backwards, shaken.
Countinho is breathing heavily.
Chai connects with a leg kick.
Countinho could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Chai moves out of range of the body kick from Countinho.
Countinho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chai throws a body kick that misses.
Countinho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Countinho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Countinho steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chai. That one must have hurt.
Countinho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chai.
Chai misses with a low kick as Countinho jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Chai.
Chai connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai wants to land a leg kick but Countinho is out of range.
Countinho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chai thuds his shin into the meat of Countinho's side.
A good leg kick by Chai.
Chai will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chai throws a leg kick but Countinho moved away.
Countinho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chai.
Chai feints and then cracks Countinho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Countinho down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julia Alves Chai dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chai connects with a leg kick.
Countinho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Countinho takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chai finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chai wants to slow Countinho down by chopping away at his legs.
Chai throws a leg kick which misses Countinho's front leg but catches the back leg as Countinho tries to avoid it.
Chai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Countinho tries to counter by clinching up but Chai breaks away and moves out of range.
Chai misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Countinho tries to close the distance and clinch but Chai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chai flicks out a counter leg kick but Countinho steps away.
Chai swats away the attempt to clinch by Countinho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Countinho 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.
Countinho throws a half hearted mid kick.
Countinho tries to close the distance and clinch but Chai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chai misses with a head kick.
Chai throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Countinho misses with a leg kick.
Countinho backing away here, and Chai unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Countinho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Julia Alves Chai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Countinho looks for the body kick but Chai saw that one coming.
As Countinho backs off Chai throws a huge counter combo but Countinho manages to avoid it all.
Countinho is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Countinho misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai looks for the body kick but Countinho saw that one coming.
Countinho misses with a lunging right hand
and Chai counters with a nice leg kick.
Chai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Some bone on bone action there as Countinho checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chai connects with a leg kick.
Countinho tries to clinch but Chai moves out of range.
Countinho checks the leg kick nicely there.
A head kick misses from Chai.
Countinho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayato Countinho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some bone on bone action there as Countinho checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Countinho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julia Alves Chai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Chai misses with a low kick.
Chai tries to work over Countinho's front leg with a kick but Countinho checks it.
Countinho tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Chai manages to circle out of the way.
Countinho tries to clinch there but Chai circles away.
Despite the aggression on Chai's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Chai is looking to score with low kicks.
Countinho tries to clinch but Chai is having none of it.
Hayato Countinho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai tries to work over Countinho's front leg with a kick but Countinho checks it.
Chai tries to land a leg kick but Countinho saw it coming and moves away.
Chai keeps Countinho at a distance using the push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Countinho misses with an uppercut
and Chai counters with a slapping leg kick.
Chai throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Hayato Countinho has been cut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chai scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai delivers a nice body kick.
Chai tries to score with a low kick but Countinho moves his leg out of the way.
Chai fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Countinho is out of range.
As Chai looks to move away, Countinho throws a big counter combo but Chai just gets out of the way.
Chai will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Countinho avoids a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Chai.
Chai connects with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chai lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Countinho has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Countinho and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chai motions for Countinho to come forward. Chai throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Countinho moves to clinch but Chai breaks away
and Chai counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Countinho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chai.
Countinho looks to clinch
and Chai counters with a nice body kick.
Chai feints and then cracks Countinho's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Countinho down.
Countinho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Julia Alves Chai is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Countinho stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chai.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Countinho on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Chai throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chai. That's going to slow Countinho down.
Hayato Countinho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Countinho tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julia Alves Chai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chai 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julia Alves Chai!
Julia Alves Chai seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.