PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Naughtius Maximus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daigo Asai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maximus
vs
Asai

173 cm
33
168 lbs
27 - 7 - 0

175 cm
25
165 lbs
12 - 13 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Naughtius Maximus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Daigo Asai!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Asai moves into the clinch.
Asai lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maximus.
Asai tries to land a knee to the head but Maximus blocks with his arms.
Asai tries to land knees in the clinch but Maximus avoids the damage to the body.
Our sources have told us that Maximus has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Maximus lands a nice knee to the body.
Asai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maximus avoids it.
Asai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asai lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Asai taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for Maximus.
Asai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Asai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asai stalling.

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

Maximus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Asai stalling in the clinch but Maximus improves position.
Asai takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maximus digs a right hand underneath Asai's ribcage. Asai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Maximus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Maximus prevents a body shot from Asai.

Maximus breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maximus has Asai up against the ropes in a clinch.
Asai tries to throw a body punch but Maximus avoids it by throwing Asai back against the ropes.
Maximus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asai lands an uppercut.
Asai struggles to land a body shot inside as Maximus controls his hands.
Asai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Asai tries to work over Maximus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Asai cracks Maximus with a nice body shot.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Maximus scores a nice knee to the body.
Maximus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maximus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maximus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Asai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maximus lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asai misses with a body punch.
Maximus blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maximus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maximus scores with a kick to the midsection.
Maximus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maximus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maximus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Asai looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A good leg kick by Maximus.
Asai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maximus scores with a sloppy right hand. Asai should have avoided that one.
Asai tries to clinch there but Maximus circles away.
Maximus lands with a good body shot.
Maximus's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Maximus duly obliges.
Asai throws the left hand but Maximus avoids the punch easily.
Asai throws a lazy head kick
and Maximus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Asai tries to clinch up but Maximus circles away and keeps his distance.
Maximus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maximus checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maximus misses with a body kick.
Maximus defending well as Asai loads up on a big left hand.
Asai throws a head kick but Maximus moves out of range.
Asai takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Asai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maximus tests Asai's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maximus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maximus throws a shot to the body.

Maximus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Asai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maximus is defending well for now.
Asai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Asai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Asai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maximus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maximus crunches a lovely knee into Asai's ribcage.
Maximus lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maximus misses with a body punch.
Maximus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short right from Asai on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Maximus.
Knees to the body from Maximus.
Asai looks winded!
Maximus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Maximus manages to break the clinch.
Asai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daigo Asai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maximus lands with a kick to the temple. Asai shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Maximus looks to score with a jab to the body but Asai is just out of range.
Asai swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maximus counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Asai is rocked!
Asai throws a big shot that misses.
Asai is still on wobbly legs! Can Maximus finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maximus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asai.
Asai seems to have recovered his senses.
Asai misses with a hook.
Asai just misses with a punch to the body.
Maximus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Naughtius Maximus dominated that round.
That's time! Maximus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Maximus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Maximus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Asai was well out of range. Poor timing from Maximus.
A lazy left from Asai finds it's target.
Asai wants to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maximus.
Asai throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maximus counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Asai misses.
Asai tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Maximus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Asai throws the left hand but Maximus avoids the punch easily.
Maximus lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Asai throws a low kick but Maximus moves out of range easily.
Maximus ducks under a wild hook from Asai.
Maximus bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Asai's head backwards.

Maximus forces Asai back against the ropes and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maximus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Asai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by Maximus.
Maximus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Asai lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maximus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Naughtius Maximus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Asai is breathing heavily.

Maximus breaks from the clinch.
Maximus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maximus digs a good body shot into Asai's ribs.
Maximus throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asai throws a lazy uppercut
and Maximus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Asai misses with a straight left.
Maximus swats away the attempt to clinch by Asai.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maximus checks a leg kick.
Asai blocks a head kick by Maximus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asai misses the shot to the body.
Asai looks to land a combination but Maximus avoids it well.
Maximus throws a leg kick which misses Asai's front leg but catches the back leg as Asai tries to avoid it.
Maximus steps in and throws a big head kick that drops Asai to the mat! Asai looks in trouble, can he beat the count? Maximus is bouncing in a neutral corner joining in with the referee '4,5,6' they both chant. 7,8,9... he's not going to make it! 10! He's out! Maximus jumps onto the ropes and takes in the acclaim from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Naughtius Maximus!
Our winner, Naughtius Maximus, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.