PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Abdul Bin Amin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bin Amin
vs
Stevenson

200 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abdul Bin Amin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Jake Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bin Amin darts in trying to clinch
and Stevenson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bin Amin's knee momentarily.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up.
Bin Amin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Foot Loves in the buildup to the fight.
Bin Amin fails to land with a series of punches.
Bin Amin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up
and Stevenson counters with a nice leg kick.
Stevenson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevenson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stevenson delivers a nice body kick.

Stevenson moves into the clinch.
Bin Amin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bin Amin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bin Amin misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bin Amin takes one on the button.
Stevenson blocks a head kick by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abdul Bin Amin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bin Amin doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevenson circles away.
Stevenson throws a body punch but Bin Amin moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin Amin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stevenson counters with a nice body kick.
Stevenson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.

Bin Amin closes the distance and clinches.

Stevenson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bin Amin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bin Amin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stevenson throws a body kick that misses.
Stevenson misses with the combination.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevenson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jake Stevenson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stevenson throws a sloppy head kick and Bin Amin moves out of range easily.

Stevenson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stevenson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bin Amin's defenses.

It looks like Abdul Bin Amin has been cut.
Bin Amin has Stevenson pressed against the cage, preventing Stevenson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stevenson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stevenson tries a body shot but Bin Amin blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bin Amin breaks from the clinch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Stevenson misses.
Stevenson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bin Amin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Stevenson misses with a looping right.

Stevenson darts in and clinches Bin Amin up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin lands with a left to the head.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bin Amin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stevenson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stevenson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bin Amin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevenson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bin Amin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stevenson counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bin Amin has managed to clinch.
Bin Amin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Bin Amin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson misses with an uppercut.
Stevenson throws the left hand but Bin Amin avoids the punch easily.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Bin Amin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevenson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Stevenson clinches.
Bin Amin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stevenson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bin Amin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Stevenson drives through and clinches with Bin Amin against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson throws a leg kick which misses Bin Amin's front leg but catches the back leg as Bin Amin tries to avoid it.
Stevenson misses with a straight right.
Bin Amin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up
and Stevenson counters with a leg kick.
Stevenson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stevenson loads up on a big right hand but Bin Amin slips the punch.

Stevenson has Bin Amin up against the cage in a clinch.
Stevenson lands a damaging elbow.
Stevenson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bin Amin.

Bin Amin manages to break the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stevenson. That's going to slow Bin Amin down.
Bin Amin keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Stevenson misses.
Stevenson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Stevenson clinches with his opponent.
Stevenson blocking some punches.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin throws a solid leg kick but Stevenson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bin Amin.
Bin Amin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Jake Stevenson has been cut.
Bin Amin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bin Amin wants to clinch.

Bin Amin has Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch.
Bin Amin wants to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevenson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up but Stevenson circles away and keeps his distance.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Bin Amin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevenson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stevenson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stevenson tests Bin Amin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson lands a really nice looking cross but Bin Amin seems unphased.
Stevenson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stevenson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stevenson throws a sloppy head kick and Bin Amin moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stevenson. Bin Amin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bin Amin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevenson manages to avoid it.
Stevenson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Stevenson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch but Stevenson is avoiding it.
Bin Amin doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevenson circles away.
Stevenson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stevenson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.
Stevenson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bin Amin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bin Amin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bin Amin checks a leg kick.
Bin Amin moves away from the strike by Stevenson.
Bin Amin doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevenson circles away.
Bin Amin wants to land a leg kick but Stevenson is out of range.
Stevenson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bin Amin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevenson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stevenson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.

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

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch.
Stevenson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bin Amin.
Stevenson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevenson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bin Amin looks to clinch
and Stevenson counters with a body kick that stops Bin Amin in his tracks momentarily.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Bin Amin 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.
Bin Amin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stevenson doesn't manage to clinch there - Bin Amin circles away.

Stevenson moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bin Amin manages to break the clinch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson is having none of it.
Stevenson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bin Amin was well out of range. Poor timing from Stevenson.
Stevenson wants to clinch up but Bin Amin keeps it at a distance.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bin Amin counters with an inside leg kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin is looking to slow Stevenson down with leg kicks.
Bin Amin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stevenson counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Stevenson finds it's way through Bin Amin's defenses.

Bin Amin clinches up with Stevenson and pushes him back against the cage.
Bin Amin wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevenson.
Bin Amin swings wildly with an uppercut but Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bin Amin prevents a body shot from Stevenson.
Bin Amin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevenson blocks a body shot from Bin Amin.

Bin Amin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stevenson throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Stevenson 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A big right from Stevenson misses.
Abdul Bin Amin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stevenson counters with an inside leg kick.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch but Stevenson is avoiding it.
Bin Amin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stevenson scores with a head kick.
Stevenson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin wants to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stevenson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bin Amin closes the distance but Stevenson moves to the side
and Stevenson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stevenson throws a right hand that Bin Amin ducks under and follows up with a left that Bin Amin also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch but Stevenson is avoiding it.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch there but Stevenson circles away.
Stevenson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stevenson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Stevenson instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Stevenson's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bin Amin breaks from the clinch.
Jake Stevenson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Stevenson counter with a right hand.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch but Stevenson is avoiding it.
Bin Amin closes the distance but Stevenson moves to the side
and Stevenson counters with an inside leg kick.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bin Amin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stevenson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bin Amin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bin Amin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bin Amin tries to clinch there but Stevenson circles away.
Stevenson is looking to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stevenson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson keeps the fight on the outside.
Stevenson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bin Amin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bin Amin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stevenson throws a right and a left that Bin Amin avoids nicely.
Stevenson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson cracks the inside of Bin Amin's front leg.
Stevenson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stevenson throws a solid leg kick but Bin Amin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stevenson.

Stevenson tries to keep at a distance but Bin Amin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bin Amin controlling the action here for a moment.
Bin Amin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevenson's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stevenson's efforts to push away.
Bin Amin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stevenson is defending well for now.

Bin Amin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bin Amin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevenson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stevenson works the jab nicely.

Stevenson moves into the clinch.
Bin Amin lands with a right to the head.
Bin Amin works on Stevenson's body with a couple of short punches.
Still in the clinch, Bin Amin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stevenson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bin Amin looking to stall.

Stevenson breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevenson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Bin Amin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson is having none of it.
Bin Amin doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevenson circles away.
Stevenson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bin Amin at a distance.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bin Amin slips a straight right by Stevenson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up.
Stevenson throws a head kick that misses.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevenson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Stevenson forces Bin Amin back against the cage and clinches.
Bin Amin lands a left hand.
Stevenson trying to land knees to the body.
Bin Amin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stevenson misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but Bin Amin blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bin Amin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stevenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bin Amin is defending well for now.
Bin Amin has a couple of punches blocked by Stevenson.
Stevenson blocks an uppercut.
The referee calls for Bin Amin to work.
A head punch on the inside from Bin Amin fails to land.
Bin Amin scores with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Bin Amin.
A short right from Bin Amin.
Bin Amin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Bin Amin breaks from the clinch.
Bin Amin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevenson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.
Stevenson checks a leg kick.
Stevenson throws a solid leg kick but Bin Amin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stevenson.
Bin Amin scores with a leg kick.
Stevenson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stevenson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bin Amin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bin Amin moves in looking to clinch but Stevenson pushes him off.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stevenson keeps the fight on the outside.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch.
Bin Amin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bin Amin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stevenson is out of range and Bin Amin settles back down.
Bin Amin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stevenson checks it well.
Bin Amin misses with a leg kick.
Stevenson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Abdul Bin Amin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin motions for Stevenson to come forward. Bin Amin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bin Amin tries to clinch up
and Stevenson counters with a right hand to the body.

Stevenson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stevenson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Bin Amin breaks from the clinch.
Stevenson lands with a kick to the temple. Bin Amin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bin Amin feints a jab promting Stevenson to slip. Bin Amin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stevenson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bin Amin wants to clinch.
Bin Amin tries to clinch but Stevenson moves out of range.

Stevenson forces Bin Amin back against the cage and clinches.
Bin Amin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bin Amin is stalling here.
Stevenson looking to throw knees to the head but Bin Amin is blocking nicely.
Jake Stevenson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bin Amin throws a punch but it's blocked by Stevenson.
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!
Stevenson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bin Amin is defending well for now.
Bin Amin takes an elbow to the temple.
Stevenson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bin Amin presses Stevenson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Bin Amin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bin Amin closes the distance but Stevenson moves to the side
and Stevenson counters with a straight right hand.
Stevenson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bin Amin.
Bin Amin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevenson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bin Amin's hands.
Bin Amin is looking to clinch but Stevenson is avoiding it.
Bin Amin wants to clinch up but Stevenson keeps it at a distance.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson avoids the head kick by Bin Amin.
Bin Amin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevenson. That did some damage!

Stevenson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bin Amin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stevenson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bin Amin's brow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stevenson.

Bin Amin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bin Amin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevenson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Stevenson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stevenson crunches a lovely knee into Bin Amin's ribcage.
Bin Amin takes an elbow to the temple.

Bin Amin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stevenson misses with a looping right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stevenson.
Bin Amin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stevenson is out of range.
Stevenson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bin Amin. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson checks a low kick from Bin Amin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Stevenson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stevenson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Jake Stevenson!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Jake Stevenson!
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Jake Stevenson!

Jake Stevenson wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Jake Stevenson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.