PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Steve B Adkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hooper Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adkins comes to the ring accompanied by I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf. Hooper Smith is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

B Adkins
vs
Smith

174 cm
25
156 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
26
150 lbs
2 - 9 - 0

Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve B Adkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hooper Smith!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Adkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Smith throws a series of punches but Adkins moves out of range.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Hooper Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Adkins misses.
Adkins fails with an attempt to clinch.

Adkins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the ropes.
Adkins working aggressively here.
Adkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith has Adkins pressed against the ropes, preventing Adkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Adkins tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the ropes.
Adkins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Adkins lands an uppercut.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Adkins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Adkins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith tests Adkins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adkins wants to clinch
and Smith finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Adkins with a jab.
Adkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Adkins.
Smith throws a right and a left that Adkins avoids nicely.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Adkins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adkins tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Adkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith scores with a kick to the body.
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!
Adkins slips a jab and a cross from Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Adkins tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Adkins misses with a body shot.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adkins.
Smith throws a right hand that Adkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Adkins also avoids with ease.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Adkins.
Adkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Adkins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Adkins has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.

Smith manages to break the clinch.
Smith throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Adkins moved away.
Adkins moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Adkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a swing at Adkins's ribcage but misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
Adkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Adkins.
Adkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Adkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Adkins misses with a looping right.
Adkins misses with a few strikes there.
Adkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Adkins is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adkins tries to clinch but Smith moves away
and Smith counters with a good, hard body kick but Adkins shrugs it off.
Oh Adkins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Smith gets a clinch.
Adkins seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adkins misses with a punch on the inside.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith scores with a head kick. Adkins tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adkins.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adkins tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adkins tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Adkins wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Adkins wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hooper Smith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Smith throws a head kick but Adkins moves out of range.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Adkins tries to clinch up.
Adkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Adkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adkins throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Adkins throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adkins is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Smith's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adkins is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Adkins rushes Smith and presses him up against the ropes.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adkins fails with an attempt to clinch.

Adkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Adkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adkins is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adkins doesn't seem bothered though.
Adkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hooper Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick from Smith.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Adkins rather than just go for the knockout.
Adkins wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Adkins tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steve B Adkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Adkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.

Adkins clinches.
Adkins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith blocks an uppercut.

Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Adkins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adkins.
Adkins looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adkins tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Adkins backs up against the ropes.
Adkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
A big left from Adkins misses.
Smith throws a series of punches but Adkins moves out of range.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adkins dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adkins.
Adkins misses with a straight right.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Adkins.
Smith connects with a high kick.

Smith pushes Adkins up against the ropes in a clinch.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Adkins blocks it.

Smith breaks the clinch.
Adkins misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
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!
Smith lands a high kick!
Adkins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Adkins has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
Adkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith takes a shot to the head.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adkins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adkins scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Adkins tries to stall but Smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hooper Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Adkins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Adkins will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Adkins wants to clinch.
Adkins swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith misses with a combination
and Adkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Adkins.
Smith motions for Adkins to come forward. Smith throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Adkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adkins is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

Smith gets a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adkins wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smith lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Adkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throws a right and a left that Adkins avoids nicely.
Smith throws a head kick that Adkins semi-blocks.
Adkins moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Adkins moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith throws a body punch but Adkins moves out of range.
Adkins moves to clinch but Smith breaks away
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Steve B Adkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Adkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adkins misses with a body punch.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Smith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Adkins clinches up against the ropes.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adkins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Adkins slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Adkins lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins with a jab.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith throws a series of punches but Adkins avoids them all with ease.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Adkins misses with an uppercut.
Adkins tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adkins throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Adkins wants to clinch.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith lands with a hook. Adkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adkins tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
A big right from Adkins misses.
Smith throws a series of punches but Adkins moves out of range.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Adkins is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adkins wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Adkins works over Smith's head and body with a nice combination.
Adkins tries to clinch up.
Adkins misses with a double jab
and Smith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hooper Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Smith winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hooper Smith!