PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Red Headed Step Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Tyrannosaurus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Step Child's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Don't Like It. Tyrannosaurus has chosen MacArthurPark as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Red Headed Step Child has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Headed Step Child
vs
Tyrannosaurus

215 cm
24
300 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

199 cm
25
283 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Red Headed Step Child!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rex Tyrannosaurus!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Step Child lands a nice hook to Tyrannosaurus's body. Tyrannosaurus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tyrannosaurus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good standup being displayed there by Step Child as he connects with a hook.
Step Child throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tyrannosaurus throws a leg kick but Step Child sees it coming and moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Step Child. Tyrannosaurus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Step Child throws a right hand that Tyrannosaurus ducks under and follows up with a left that Tyrannosaurus also avoids with ease.

Step Child fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tyrannosaurus, pushing him back against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Step Child prevents a body shot from Tyrannosaurus.
Step Child can't find room to land a body shot as Tyrannosaurus controls the action.
Tyrannosaurus swings wildly with an uppercut but Step Child uses good head movement to avoid it.
Step Child is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Step Child misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Step Child.
Tyrannosaurus blocks a body shot from Step Child.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tyrannosaurus.
Step Child takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tyrannosaurus trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Tyrannosaurus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus tries to land a knee to the head but Step Child blocks with his arms.
Step Child lands a right hand.
Tyrannosaurus lands an elbow inside that Step Child shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Step Child.

It looks like Rex Tyrannosaurus has been cut.
Step Child misses with a body punch.
Step Child scores with a knee to the head.
Tyrannosaurus can't find room to land a body shot as Step Child controls the action.
Step Child throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Step Child.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Step Child takes a shot to the head.
Step Child creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tyrannosaurus throws an elbow that misses.
Step Child doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyrannosaurus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Step Child scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Step Child tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyrannosaurus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Step Child blocks a body shot from Tyrannosaurus.
Step Child is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Step Child lands a shot to the body.
Tyrannosaurus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Step Child comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Step Child lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Step Child lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tyrannosaurus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Step Child.
A short left from Step Child.
Step Child tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyrannosaurus's elbow.
Tyrannosaurus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tyrannosaurus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Step Child misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tyrannosaurus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Step Child's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Step Child misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Step Child comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tyrannosaurus avoids the elbow strike from Step Child, against the ropes.
Step Child throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Headed Step Child dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rex Tyrannosaurus's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Step Child has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tyrannosaurus.

Step Child tries to keep at a distance but Tyrannosaurus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tyrannosaurus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Step Child lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyrannosaurus backwards.
Step Child working aggressively here.
Step Child lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Step Child displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tyrannosaurus up against the ropes.
Step Child misses with some punches.
Step Child has a couple of punches blocked by Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Step Child lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyrannosaurus backwards.
Tyrannosaurus throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyrannosaurus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Step Child tries a knee to the head but Tyrannosaurus blocks it.
Step Child lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyrannosaurus backwards.
Step Child misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Step Child.
A bit of stalling here from Step Child.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a punch to the body.
Tyrannosaurus lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Step Child or not.
Tyrannosaurus lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Red Headed Step Child has been cut.
Tyrannosaurus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Step Child.
Step Child doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Step Child throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyrannosaurus.
Nice elbow from Tyrannosaurus.
Step Child is trying to maintain a safe position but Tyrannosaurus gets an underhook and turns Step Child into the ropes.
Step Child lands with a right to the head.
Step Child blocks an elbow strike from Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyrannosaurus blocks an uppercut.

Tyrannosaurus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Step Child clinches up against the ropes.
Step Child with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Step Child blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus tries to work over Step Child's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Step Child misses with some punches.
Step Child taking a breather.
Step Child lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Step Child swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyrannosaurus uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tyrannosaurus blocks the elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Step Child - that landed with a thud.
Step Child swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Step Child lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Step Child presses Tyrannosaurus against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Red Headed Step Child has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tyrannosaurus is breathing heavily.
Step Child blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Step Child misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Tyrannosaurus.
Step Child misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Headed Step Child dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tyrannosaurus blocks a low kick nicely.
Step Child stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tyrannosaurus.
Step Child lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Step Child feints and then cracks Tyrannosaurus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tyrannosaurus down.
Tyrannosaurus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Step Child takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Step Child blocks a jab.
Step Child throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Step Child throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyrannosaurus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyrannosaurus scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Step Child blocks the body kick.
Step Child tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyrannosaurus throws a shot from downtown. Step Child moves away and avoids it.

Step Child gets a clinch.
Step Child is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tyrannosaurus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrannosaurus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tyrannosaurus.
Step Child throws an elbow that misses.
Tyrannosaurus can't find room to land a body shot as Step Child controls the action.
Step Child utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Step Child throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tyrannosauruss head.
Tyrannosaurus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Step Child is defending well for now.
Step Child misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tyrannosaurus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Step Child makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyrannosaurus scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Tyrannosaurus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Tyrannosaurus misses its intended target.

Tyrannosaurus instigates a clinch.
Step Child missing with knees to the body.
Step Child doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Step Child looking to stall.
Still in the clinch, Tyrannosaurus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Step Child lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tyrannosaurus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Step Child is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Step Child goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyrannosaurus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Step Child blocks an elbow strike from Tyrannosaurus.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Step Child misses with some punches.
Tyrannosaurus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Step Child softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Step Child lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Red Headed Step Child did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.

Step Child walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tyrannosaurus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Step Child works the jab nicely.
Step Child throws a right and a left that both miss.
Red Headed Step Child is winning the standup battle so far.
Step Child swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyrannosaurus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Step Child misses.
Tyrannosaurus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Step Child moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A swing and a miss from Tyrannosaurus.
Tyrannosaurus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Step Child pushes Tyrannosaurus up against the ropes in a clinch.
Tyrannosaurus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Step Child pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Step Child avoids the elbow strike from Tyrannosaurus, against the ropes.
Tyrannosaurus working aggressively here.
Step Child scores with a shoulder strike.
Step Child misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Step Child tries a knee to the head but Tyrannosaurus blocks it.
Step Child misses with a knee strike.
Step Child tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyrannosaurus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Step Child is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tyrannosaurus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Step Child backwards.
Tyrannosaurus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tyrannosaurus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Step Child scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tyrannosaurus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Step Child tries a body shot but Tyrannosaurus blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tyrannosaurus.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Step Child creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tyrannosaurus scores with a shot to the side of Step Child's head.
Step Child misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyrannosaurus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Step Child lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Step Child misses with some punches.
Step Child misses with an elbow over the top.
Tyrannosaurus avoids a wild elbow strike from Step Child.
Tyrannosaurus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyrannosaurus lands an elbow inside.
Tyrannosaurus has a couple of punches blocked by Step Child.
Still in the clinch, Tyrannosaurus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tyrannosaurus tries to land a knee to the head but Step Child blocks with his arms.
Tyrannosaurus lands an elbow just above Step Child 's eye.
Step Child working aggressively here.
Step Child struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyrannosaurus controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Step Child.
Step Child scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tyrannosaurus tries a body shot but Step Child blocks it.
Step Child is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Rex Tyrannosaurus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tyrannosaurus takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Step Child lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Step Child chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Step Child chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tyrannosaurus can pounce on him.

Tyrannosaurus instigates a clinch.
Step Child lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyrannosaurus backwards.
Step Child tries to work over Tyrannosaurus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Step Child.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Step Child swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Step Child scores with a shoulder strike.

Tyrannosaurus is rocked!
Step Child just leaning against Tyrannosaurus, taking a breather.
Tyrannosaurus is still on wobbly legs! Can Step Child finish him?
Step Child misses with the head strike.
Step Child working aggressively here.
Step Child cracks Tyrannosaurus with a nice body shot.
Tyrannosaurus seems to have recovered his senses.
Step Child is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Step Child tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyrannosaurus blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Step Child pushes off an throws an elbow but Tyrannosaurus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tyrannosaurus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Step Child swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Step Child misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Step Child.
Tyrannosaurus is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Tyrannosaurus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rex Tyrannosaurus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrannosaurus throws an elbow that misses.
Tyrannosaurus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Step Child has him pressed against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Step Child creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Step Child working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyrannosaurus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Step Child digs a right hand into Tyrannosaurus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tyrannosaurus's gas tank.
Step Child has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Tyrannosaurus to the canvas! Can Tyrannosaurus beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Tyrannosaurus was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Step Child is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Red Headed Step Child!
Red Headed Step Child very nearly forgot to thank Conviction amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.