PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Darry Curtis (ranked 22889 p4p, 709 weight class) and Tae Shik Cha (ranked 2528 p4p, 258 weight class). Curtis comes to the ring accompanied by The Outsiders 'Stay Gold' by Stevie Wonder . Cha has chosen Emancipator - When I Go as his entrance music. 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.

Curtis
vs
Shik Cha

177 cm
22
163 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
164 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tae Shik Cha!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cha checks a low kick from Curtis.
A telegraphed right hand from Cha misses the target.
Cha has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Curtis is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Curtis moves away from the strike by Cha.
Cha listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tae Shik Cha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curtis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cha's head backwards.
Curtis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curtis walks into a left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Curtis.
Cha misses with a straight right.
Curtis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curtis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cha throws a big shot that misses.
Cha staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Cha misses its intended target.
Cha connects with a nice looking jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Cha misses its intended target.
Cha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Curtis appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Curtis.
Curtis scores with a body shot.
Cha walks into a jab.
Cha throws a right hand that misses
and Curtis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cha's knee momentarily.
Cha might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab from Cha does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Curtis.
Curtis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Curtis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at River's Edge Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Curtis scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Cha misses.
Curtis scores with a nice strike.
Curtis tries to land a front kick but Cha steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cha looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Curtis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cha.
Decent striking displayed by Cha there.
Curtis lands with a kick to the ribs.

Curtis clinches up against the ropes.

Cha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cha throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
Curtis throws a jab but it's blocked by Cha.
Cha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Curtis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curtis throwing a counter right hand but Cha manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curtis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cha's head.
Curtis ducks under a wild hook from Cha.
Curtis ducks under a wild hook from Cha.
Curtis is looking to land body kicks.
Cha throws a shot from downtown. Curtis moves away and avoids it.
Curtis throws a jab when Cha was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis with a hook.
A cross from Curtis lands.
A jab from Cha misses.
Cha tries to clinch there but Curtis circles away.
Cha missing with a left hand there. Curtis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Curtis throwing a counter right hand but Cha manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Curtis.
Curtis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Curtis scores with a jab to the body.
Curtis jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cha looks to land a right hand but Curtis moved out of range.
Nice cross by Curtis.
Cha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curtis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cha misses with a hook. Curtis ducked under it nicely.
Cha tests Curtis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cha looks to throw the jab but Curtis is out of range.
Curtis circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cha's corner calls for a 1-2. Cha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Curtis jabs Cha right on the nose. Cha blinks but takes it well.
Curtis lands a leg kick that knocks Cha off balance momentarily.
Cha missing with a left hand there. Curtis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Curtis appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Curtis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darry Curtis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A head kick from Curtis lands but Cha takes it in his stride.
Curtis loads up on a big right hand but Cha slips the punch.
Cha looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Curtis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cha manages to avoid it.
Cha throws out a counter right but Curtis avoids it with no problem.

Cha closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Curtis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cha's efforts to push away.
Cha working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Curtis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curtis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Curtis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Curtis prevents a body shot from Cha.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cha works on Curtis's body with a couple of short punches.
Curtis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cha can do to turn this around?
Curtis blocks an uppercut.
Curtis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cha backwards.
Curtis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Curtis misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis misses with a punch on the inside.
Curtis prevents Cha from breaking the clinch.
Curtis lands with a light punch inside.
Curtis prevents a body shot from Cha.
Cha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Curtis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Curtis throws a head punch that misses.
Cha avoids a wild elbow strike from Curtis.
Curtis lands a shoulder strike.
Curtis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Cha avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the ropes.
Cha lands with a light punch inside.
Cha misses with a punch on the inside.
Curtis tries a body shot but Cha blocks it.
Curtis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Curtis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cha thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cha.
Cha throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
Curtis just misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis looks to throw the jab but Cha is out of range.
Cha lands a really nice looking cross but Curtis seems unphased.
Curtis misses with an uppercut.
Curtis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cha.
Curtis cracks the inside of Cha's front leg.
Cha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Curtis tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cha manages to circle out of the way.
Curtis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cha closes the distance and clinches.
Cha tries to work over Curtis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Curtis.
Curtis blocks a body shot from Cha.
Cha throws a head punch that misses.

Cha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cha swats away the attempt to clinch by Curtis.
Cha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curtis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darry Curtis is winning the standup battle so far.
Cha lunges at Curtis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Curtis's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Darry Curtis will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Curtis is looking to clinch but Cha is avoiding it.
Cha looks to clinch
letting Curtis counter with a right hand.
Cha throws a right hand that misses
and Curtis counters with a nice body shot.
Cha wants to clinch up but Curtis keeps it at a distance.
Curtis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Curtis digs a good hook to Cha's body.
Cha sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Curtis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cha's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Curtis.
Cha misses with a right hand
and Curtis counters with a leg kick.
Curtis connects with an inside leg kick.
Cha misses with a left hand
and Curtis counters with a leg kick.
Curtis lands a slapping body shot.
Cha misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curtis slips a jab from Cha.
Cha takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cha looks to land a right hand but Curtis moved out of range.
Curtis looks to score with a jab to the body but Cha is just out of range.
Curtis throws a head kick but Cha moves out of range.
Curtis misses with a looping left.
Cha tries to close the distance and clinch but Curtis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Curtis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curtis moves out of range of the strikes.
Curtis scores with a jab to the body.
Cha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cha throws a hook but Curtis blocks it.
A solid body kick from Curtis.
Cha misses with a hook
and Curtis counters with an inside leg kick.
Curtis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Curtis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tae Shik Cha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Curtis.
Curtis delivers a nice body kick.
Cha tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Curtis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cha tries to clinch there but Curtis circles away.
Curtis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Curtis.
Cha scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cha throws out a loose jab but Curtis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cha missing with a left hand there. Curtis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Curtis appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Curtis misses with a kick to the body.
Curtis connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Curtis.
The fighters circling - Cha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cha jabs Curtis right on the nose. Curtis blinks but takes it well.
Cha lands with an uppercut that bounces Curtis off the ropes and back into range.
Cha has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cha there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cha swings widly with a right hand
and Curtis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cha lands a jab to the nose.
Jab from Cha.

Curtis instigates a clinch.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cha's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Cha fails to land.
Curtis blocking some punches.
Curtis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curtis trying to control the position but instead, Cha has worked for underhooks and has pushed Curtis into the ropes.
Darry Curtis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Curtis is trying to stall.
Darry Curtis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darry Curtis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Curtis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darry Curtis!
Darry Curtis made sure to mention his sponsor, Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview.