PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Shaggy Shank (ranked 3940 p4p, 435 weight class) and Ryu Boshi (ranked 3816 p4p, 419 weight class). Boshi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ryu's Theme Song. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ryu Boshi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Shank
vs
Boshi

185 cm
20
188 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

176 cm
26
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shaggy Shank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Boshi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shank scores with a shot to the body.
Boshi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Shank closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Boshi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shank digs a right hand underneath Boshi's ribcage. Boshi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shank pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Shank controls his hands.

Shank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shank looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Boshi moves in looking to clinch but Shank pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Boshi digs a right hand underneath Shank's ribcage. Shank let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A shot in the inside from Shank.
Boshi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shank blocks it with crossed arms.
Shank throws a punch but it's blocked by Boshi.
Shank misses with a knee to the head.
Boshi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boshi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Boshi.

Shank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shank circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boshi wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boshi closes the distance and clinches.
Boshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shank backwards.
Boshi scores a nice knee to the body.
Boshi works on Shank's body with a couple of short punches.
Shank misses with the head strike.
Boshi landing knees to the head.
Boshi throws a punch but it's blocked by Shank.
Shank wants to get back to striking at distance but Boshi won't allow it.
Boshi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shank pushes Boshi back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Boshi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Boshi.
Boshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shank backwards.
Shank blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shank letting Boshi take a breather here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shank managing to block the knees to the body from Boshi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boshi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right handed body shot lands from Boshi.
Boshi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shank is trying to force a seperation but Boshi has the dominant position.
Good body shot from Boshi.

Shank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Boshi has managed to clinch.
Shank lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boshi backwards.
Boshi trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boshi.
Boshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Shank controls his hands.
Shank looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shank is trying to break free.
Boshi lands a body punch in the clinch.

Shank breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Boshi clinches up against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shank has had enough of the clinch but Boshi keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shank lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shank lands an uppercut.
Boshi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Shank breaks the clinch.
Boshi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shank scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Boshi tries to clinch up but Shank circles away and keeps his distance.
Boshi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shank finds it's way round the side to connect with Boshi's head.

Boshi pushes Shank up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Boshi as the two fighters clinch.
Shank is trying to push Boshi away but Boshi has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shank misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shank wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boshi lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boshi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shank is keeping busy.
Shank misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boshi scores with a knee to the head.
Boshi tries a knee to the head but Shank blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boshi trying to land knees to the body.

Shank breaks the clinch.
Shank feints and then cracks Boshi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boshi down.
Boshi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shank connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Boshi scrambles back to his feet.
Shank misses with a wild body shot.
Boshi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shank.
Boshi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Shank digs a good hook to Boshi's body.
That kick from Shank tenderised Boshi's leg. Boshi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Shank keeps the fight on the outside.
Shank connects with a leg kick. Boshi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Shank misses the jab.
Shank moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shank throws a leg kick which misses Boshi's front leg but catches the back leg as Boshi tries to avoid it.
Boshi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boshi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boshi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shank throws a hook but Boshi blocks it.
Shank swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Boshi clinches with his opponent.
Boshi blocking some punches.
Boshi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shank avoiding damage as Boshi throws knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Boshi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Boshi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boshi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Boshi misses with a punch on the inside.
Boshi is working Shank over against the ropes.
Shank is trying to push Boshi away but Boshi has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shank is trying to force a seperation but Boshi has the dominant position.
Boshi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boshi trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Boshi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shank's brow.

Shank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shank keeps the fight on the outside.

Shank tries to keep at a distance but Boshi has taken the fight into the clinch.

Shank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Boshi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boshi moves in looking to clinch but Shank pushes him off.

Boshi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shank takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Shaggy Shank has been cut.
Boshi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shank blocks it with crossed arms.
Boshi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shank tries to break free but Boshi pushes him back against the ropes.
Boshi misses with an elbow strike.
Shank is trying to push Boshi away but Boshi has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Nice body punch from Boshi - that landed with a thud.

Shank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shank lands a head shot.
Shank throws a shot to the body.
Boshi is looking to clinch but Shank is avoiding it.
Boshi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boshi tries to clinch up but Shank circles away and keeps his distance.
Shank is looking for a counter combo.

Boshi moves into the clinch.
Shank has had enough of the clinch but Boshi keeps him there for the moment.
Shank is trying to break free.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shank misses with a punch on the inside.
Shank wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boshi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shank avoids it.
Boshi pushes off an throws an elbow but Shank leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Boshi as Shank tries to tie him up.
Boshi tries to work over Shank's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boshi scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Boshi.
Boshi trying to land knees to the body.

Shank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boshi is looking to clinch.

Shank gets tackled into the ropes by Boshi. Boshi maintains the clinch.
Shank lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boshi backwards.
Shank is trying to break free.
Shank misses with a body punch.
Boshi trying to land knees to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Boshi.
Boshi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shank's efforts to push away.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shank as Boshi tries to tie him up.
Boshi trying to control the position but instead, Shank has worked for underhooks and has pushed Boshi into the ropes.
Boshi is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Shank has denied him.
Boshi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boshi throws a punch but it's blocked by Shank.
Boshi misses with a punch to the body.
Boshi wants to stall.
Shank is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Boshi working aggressively here.
Boshi missing with knees to the body.
Boshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shank avoids the elbow strike from Boshi, against the ropes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boshi leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Shank goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shank misses with some punches.
Shank is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Shank breaks the clinch.
Boshi dodges the punch combination from Shank.
Boshi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Boshi takes the fight into the clinch.
Shank is leaning against Boshi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boshi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boshi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shank backwards.
Boshi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shank's face.
Boshi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Shank just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boshi's brow.

Shank breaks from the clinch.
Shank scores with a punch to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryu Boshi.
I think Boshi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Ryu Boshi!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Shaggy Shank!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Ryu Boshi!

Ryu Boshi wins by split decision!
Ryu Boshi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.