PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Franco Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marmaduke Chuffnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuffnell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lady of Spain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Chuffnell

197 cm
20
160 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

187 cm
25
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Franco Williams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marmaduke Chuffnell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chuffnell looks for the body kick but Williams saw that one coming.
Chuffnell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chuffnell throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chuffnell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chuffnell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Williams throws a chopping leg kick but Chuffnell manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chuffnell connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Franco Williams has been cut.
Chuffnell swings widly with a right hand
and Williams counters with a low kick, right behind Chuffnell 's knee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Chuffnell, as that shot connected.
Chuffnell connects with a jab.
Chuffnell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Williams avoids the head kick by Chuffnell.
Williams buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams moves away from the strike by Chuffnell.
Williams throws a leg kick but Chuffnell checks it.
Williams tries a low kick but Chuffnell avoids it.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Chuffnell's front leg but catches the back leg as Chuffnell tries to avoid it.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chuffnell.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters circling - Chuffnell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good leg kick by Williams there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chuffnell misses with a hook.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chuffnell's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chuffnell scores with the left hand. Williams knows he should have avoided that one.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chuffnell.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams slips under a jab.
Chuffnell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chuffnell.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chuffnell's sensitive parts.
Chuffnell slips a straight right by Williams.
Chuffnell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chuffnell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Williams on the side of the head.
Chuffnell misses with a hook
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chuffnell keeps the fight on the outside.
Chuffnell misses with an uppercut.

Williams clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chuffnell tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Williams taking a breather.
Chuffnell can't break the clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chuffnell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chuffnell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Chuffnell connects with a right hand. Williams shakes it off.
Chuffnell throws a hook but Williams avoids it easily.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Chuffnell.
Chuffnell thuds his right hand into Williams's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Chuffnell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Williams scores with a kick to the midsection.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chuffnell moves away.
Chuffnell throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Chuffnell throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a right hand to the body.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Williams has managed to clinch.
Williams wants to stall.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheers as Chuffnell lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marmaduke Chuffnell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franco Williams's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Chuffnell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chuffnell wants to land a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Marmaduke Chuffnell has been cut.
A solid body kick from Chuffnell.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Chuffnell's front leg but catches the back leg as Chuffnell tries to avoid it.
Williams throws a nice head kick!
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Williams throws out a leg kick but Chuffnell moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chuffnell manages to avoid it.
Williams throws a low kick but Chuffnell moves out of range easily.
Williams really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chuffnell moves away.
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Williams connects with the punch.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Chuffnell is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Chuffnell, as that shot connected.
A low kick from Williams is predictable there
enabling Chuffnell to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Chuffnell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Chuffnell.
Nice shot lands for Chuffnell.
Williams misses with a body kick.

Chuffnell tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Williams lands an elbow just above Chuffnell 's eye.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good work by Chuffnell as he checks the leg kick.
Williams throws a chopping leg kick but Chuffnell manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Williams throws a leg kick but Chuffnell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams 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 Chuffnell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chuffnell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chuffnell.
Marmaduke Chuffnell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chuffnell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Williams slips a straight right by Chuffnell.
Chuffnell misses with a straight right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Chuffnell misses with a left hand
and Williams makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Chuffnell really felt that one!
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chuffnell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chuffnell works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Williams is looking to wear down Chuffnell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chuffnell lands a glancing blow to the side of Williams's head.
Chuffnell digs a good body shot into Williams's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Williams has closed the distance and engaged Chuffnell in a clinch.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Chuffnell uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Chuffnell gets tackled into the ropes by Williams. Williams maintains the clinch.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Chuffnell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams blocks a head kick by Chuffnell.
Chuffnell lands a nice shot that snaps Williams's head back.
Chuffnell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chuffnell connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
Williams lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Chuffnell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Chuffnell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Williams misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Williams there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chuffnell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chuffnell throws a head kick that misses.
Chuffnell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chuffnell moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Chuffnell cracks Williams with an open hand slap.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Chuffnell moves out of range easily.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chuffnell's sensitive parts.
Chuffnell misses with a straight right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Chuffnell misses its intended target.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marmaduke Chuffnell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chuffnell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Chuffnell swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Chuffnell misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chuffnell. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat.
Williams throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chuffnell's head.
Chuffnell checks a low kick from Williams.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chuffnell missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chuffnell's head.
Williams takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chuffnell feints a jab promting Williams to slip. Chuffnell then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Williams slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A jab from Chuffnell does it's job there.
Chuffnell dips to his left and cracks Williams with an uppercut!

Williams is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Chuffnell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Chuffnell scores with a body shot.
Williams takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Chuffnell off balance momentarily.
Chuffnell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chuffnell tries a low kick but Williams avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chuffnell throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Williams closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chuffnell cracks Williams with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Chuffnell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
Chuffnell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Chuffnell finds it's way through Williams's defenses.
Chuffnell thows a body shot but no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Chuffnell, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Chuffnell.
A shot to the body from Chuffnell misses
and Williams counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Williams looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Williams misses with a low kick as Chuffnell jumps back.
Chuffnell scores with a nice right hand.
Chuffnell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chuffnell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chuffnell misses with a looping left.
Chuffnell misses with a head kick.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Chuffnell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Chuffnell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Williams rushes Chuffnell and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Williams has Chuffnell pushed against the ropes.
Chuffnell tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chuffnell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chuffnell misses with some punches.
Williams wants to stall.
Chuffnell lands a hook that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Chuffnell tries to stall but Williams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Williams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Chuffnell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marmaduke Chuffnell really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chuffnell throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chuffnell swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Chuffnell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chuffnell cracks a nice hook into Williams's ribs.
Chuffnell misses with a right hand
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Chuffnell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chuffnell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chuffnell checks the leg kick.
Williams needs to keep his hands up - Chuffnell had a free shot at his head there.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chuffnell connects with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Williams 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Chuffnell lands with a nice body punch.
Chuffnell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Chuffnell bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
Williams connects with a high kick.
Chuffnell 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.
Chuffnell scores with a sloppy right hand. Williams should have avoided that one.
Chuffnell loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Williams rushes Chuffnell and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Chuffnell fails to land.
A hook to the body from Chuffnell.
Williams looking to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chuffnell.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chuffnell.
Chuffnell wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Chuffnell blocks it.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
Williams pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Chuffnell is blocking nicely.
Chuffnell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams leaning against his opponent.
Chuffnell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chuffnell with a jab.
Williams misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chuffnell scores with a body shot.
Chuffnell connects with a high kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick from Chuffnell misses.
Williams throws a shot to the body.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chuffnell.
Chuffnell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Williams has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chuffnell misses with a low kick.
Chuffnell motions for Williams to come forward. Chuffnell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chuffnell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams takes one to the chin there.
Williams scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chuffnell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Williams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marmaduke Chuffnell dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Chuffnell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Chuffnell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Chuffnell off balance momentarily.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chuffnell.
Chuffnell throws a low kick but Williams moves out of range easily.
Chuffnell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chuffnell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Chuffnell's front leg but catches the back leg as Chuffnell tries to avoid it.
Williams defending well as Chuffnell loads up on a big left hand.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chuffnell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chuffnell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Chuffnell saw it coming and moves away.
Williams connects with a leg kick. Chuffnell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chuffnell looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Chuffnell blocks a head kick by Williams.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Chuffnell cracks Williams with a right hand to the side of the head.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chuffnell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chuffnell works Williams's body with a nice hook.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chuffnell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Williams.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Chuffnell managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Chuffnell misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williams wants to stall.
Marmaduke Chuffnell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Williams.
Chuffnell misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Williams moves out of range as Chuffnell strikes.
Chuffnell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Williams walks into a stiff left hand from Chuffnell.
Chuffnell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Chuffnell misses with a hook.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chuffnell.
Chuffnell with a nice cross.
Chuffnell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Williams backs up against the ropes.

Williams clinches.
Chuffnell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Chuffnell pushes him off.

Williams pushes Chuffnell up against the ropes in a clinch.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Chuffnell looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
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!
Williams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chuffnell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Chuffnell trying to control the position but instead, Williams has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chuffnell into the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Franco Williams.
I think Chuffnell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 46:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 46:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marmaduke Chuffnell!
Marmaduke Chuffnell is the new middleweight champion!
After the fight, Marmaduke Chuffnell was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.