PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ping Pong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuyuki Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ping Pong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pong
vs
Yamamoto

178 cm
20
147 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ping Pong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuyuki Yamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Yamamoto. Beautiful body shot.
Pong jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yamamoto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pong.
Yamamoto throws a leg kick but Pong checks it.

Yamamoto instigates a clinch.
Yamamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Pong is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pong's efforts to push away.

Pong manages to break the clinch.
Pong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pong scores with a jab to the body.
Pong throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Kazuyuki Yamamoto has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yamamoto.
Yamamoto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yamamoto takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pong throws a hook to the side of Yamamoto's head but Yamamoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pong ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yamamoto walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pong keeps Yamamoto at a distance using the push kick.
Pong blocks a low kick nicely.
Yamamoto tries to clinch but Pong is having none of it.
Yamamoto walks into a left hand.
A jab from Pong does it's job there.

Yamamoto is rocked!
Yamamoto drops his hands momentarily and Pong takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yamamoto is still on wobbly legs! Can Pong finish him?
Pong lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Yamamoto out cold! Yamamoto is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the ropes! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ping Pong!