PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Victor Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carson West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sharp's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Immortal Technique-Cause Of Death. 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.

Sharp
vs
West

225 cm
29
224 lbs
14 - 3 - 2

186 cm
35
208 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing
Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carson West!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sharp throws a body punch but West moves out of range.
West takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sharp avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sharp throws a leg kick that misses.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Sharp circles away.
Sharp throws a front kick aimed at West's knee but West avoids it well.
Sharp avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
Sharp avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from West.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp misses with a body kick.
West misses with a double jab.
Sharp lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharp swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.

West closes the distance and clinches.
West lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sharp cracks West with a nice body shot.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharp.
Still in the clinch, Sharp scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sharp tries to work over West's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharp avoids the elbow strike from West, against the ropes.
Sharp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
West trying to land knees to the body.
Sharp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
West throws an elbow but it's blocked.
West fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Sharp breaks from the clinch.
Sharp definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sharp lands a jab to the head.
West tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sharp manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sharp lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
West lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
West scores with a shot to the body.
West misses with a left hand
and Sharp counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
West moves to clinch but Sharp breaks away
and Sharp counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp misses with a looping left.
West wants to counter with a clinch but Sharp pushes him away.
West tries to clinch
and Sharp counters with a low kick, right behind West 's knee.
An inside leg kick lands from West.
Sharp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sharp throws a shot from downtown. West moves away and avoids it.
Sharp is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
West avoids the head kick by Sharp.
West is looking to clinch.
West turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
West tries to clinch there but Sharp circles away.
Sharp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
West misses with a lunging right hand
and Sharp counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
West falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sharp makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
West tries to clinch but Sharp moves out of range.
Carson West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West tries to clinch there but Sharp circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Sharp on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Sharp dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

West tries to clinch up.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Sharp circles away.
As West backs away, Sharp returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
West slips under a jab.
West tries to close the distance and clinch but Sharp swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West moves in looking to clinch but Sharp pushes him off.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
West throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sharp throws a leg kick but West moved away.
Sharp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that West can do to turn this around?
Sharp circles away from the clinch attempt.
West tries to clinch up but Sharp circles away and keeps his distance.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sharp swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West is looking to clinch.
Sharp misses with a looping right.
Sharp loads up on a big right hand but West slips the punch.
Sharp swats away the attempt to clinch by West.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp throws a solid leg kick but West takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sharp.
West lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sharp avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
West tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sharp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
West tries to clinch but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp checks the leg kick nicely there.
West ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharp moves away.
Sharp throws a right and a left that West avoids nicely.
A little jabbing left from West on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
West tries to clinch but Sharp moves out of range.
Victor Sharp is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
West moves out of range of the strikes.
West uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Sharp moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throws a body punch but West moves out of range.
Sharp swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
West tries to clinch up.
Sharp connects with a high kick.
West tries to clinch but Sharp moves out of range.
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!
West throws a jab but it's blocked by Sharp.
Sharp with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circle momentarily. West darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sharp throws a combination but it was largely blocked by West.
West moves in looking to clinch but Sharp pushes him off.
West fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sharp avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp keeps the fight on the outside.
Sharp was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sharp counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Sharp dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

West tries to clinch but Sharp is having none of it.
Sharp misses with a looping left.

West closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Sharp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Sharp on the inside.
Sharp wants to break free but West has control.
Sharp managing to block the knees to the body from West.
Sharp throws a head punch that misses.
Sharp is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sharp lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sharp lands a right hand.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Sharp avoids the damage to the body.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sharp manages to break the clinch.
West wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - West looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp swats away the attempt to clinch by West.
Sharp swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
West avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sharp attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
West looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sharp misses with a body shot.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
West clinches up against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Sharp.
Sharp takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
West blocks a body shot from Sharp.
Sharp avoids a wild elbow strike from West.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West gets through Sharp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sharp tries to break free but West pushes him back against the ropes.
West lands a nice uppercut.
Sharp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharp.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from West.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharp wants to break the clinch but can't.
West misses with an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by West.
West blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharp wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but West has him pressed against the ropes.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from West.
West lands an elbow inside that Sharp shrugs off.
A body shot lands from West.
Carson West seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A hook to the body from West.
West missing with knees to the body.
West makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
West working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from West.
West gets through Sharp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carson West really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sharp tries to keep at a distance but West has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sharp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sharp's defenses.

It looks like Victor Sharp has been cut.
Sharp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
West presses Sharp against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from West.
West is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West digs a right hand into Sharp's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sharp's gas tank.
West blocks a punch to the side of the head.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sharp is defending well for now.
West lands a good knee to the midsection. Sharp won't want to take too many of those.
West lands on the inside with an uppercut.
West lands an elbow inside.
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!
A nice left hand lands by West.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Knees to the body from West.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West lands with a light punch inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. West obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, West scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sharp on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section.
West lands a right hand.
West lands an elbow that stopped Sharp in his tracks for a moment.
Sharp misses with a body punch.
West lands a knee to the body.
West lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hand to the body from West.
Sharp takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sharp's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sharp.
West softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Sharp's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Sharp is rocked!
West scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Sharp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp takes an elbow to the temple.
West lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
West lands an elbow inside.
West lands an elbow inside that Sharp shrugs off.
West cracks Sharp on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Sharp crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Carson West!
The defeated Victor Sharp had this to say: 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.