PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Razz Sukuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vo Nguyen Giap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giap has chosen Beach Party Vietnam as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sukuraba
vs
Nguyen Giap

185 cm
31
168 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

177 cm
31
158 lbs
20 - 18 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

The Adrenaline Matrix

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 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Razz Sukuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vo Nguyen Giap!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sukuraba tests Giap's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sukuraba throws a left and a right that both miss

and Giap counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Giap.
Giap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Razz Sukuraba has been cut.
Sukuraba misses with a punch on the inside.
Giap blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Sukuraba fails to land.
Sukuraba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Giap digs a right hand into Sukuraba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sukuraba's gas tank.
Giap scores with a nice hook to the head.
Giap lands a right hand.
Giap trying to control the position but instead, Sukuraba has worked for underhooks and has pushed Giap into the ropes.
Sukuraba has a couple of punches blocked by Giap.
Giap told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Giap working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Giap lands a nice elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Giap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giap looking to slow down the pace here.
Sukuraba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sukuraba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Giap's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Giap blocking some punches.
Giap stalling against the ropes.
Sukuraba is trying to maintain a safe position but Giap gets an underhook and turns Sukuraba into the ropes.
Sukuraba throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Giap.
Sukuraba has a couple of punches blocked by Giap.
Giap pushes Sukuraba back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Giap lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Giap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giap blocks an elbow strike.

Giap's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sukuraba throws a hook but Giap avoids it easily.
Sukuraba throws a lazy head kick
and Giap counters with a left to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Giap. That snapped Sukuraba's head back.

Giap drives through and clinches with Sukuraba against the ropes.
Sukuraba misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Giap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Giap breaks from the clinch.
Sukuraba has been working on his boxing with his coaches at [CBK] Punch-kicker Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Sukuraba swats away the attempt to clinch by Giap.
Giap throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sukuraba doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Giap blocks a head kick by Sukuraba.
Giap is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sukuraba.

Giap moves into the clinch.
Giap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giap softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Giap.
Giap throws a punch but it's blocked by Sukuraba.
Sukuraba throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sukuraba.
Giap displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sukuraba up against the ropes.
Giap scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Razz Sukuraba's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Giap listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Giap takes a kick to the side of the head.
Razz Sukuraba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sukuraba tries to keep at a distance but Giap has taken the fight into the clinch.
Giap blocking some punches.
Giap lands an elbow inside.

Sukuraba is rocked!
Giap breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Sukuraba with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Sukuraba looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Sukuraba get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Vo Nguyen Giap!
Vo Nguyen Giap really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hellbent logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.