PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Shun Watanabe (ranked 16246 p4p, 555 weight class) and Billy Bush (ranked 4375 p4p, 438 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.

Watanabe
vs
Bush

174 cm
35
172 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

170 cm
37
170 lbs
25 - 32 - 3

Excellent boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shun Watanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 32 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Bush!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe fails to land with a series of punches.
Bush takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Billy Bush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watanabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bush.
Bush tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watanabe tries to counter by clinching up but Bush breaks away and moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Bush.
Watanabe is looking to clinch but Bush is avoiding it.
Bush looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bush throws a nice looking combination but Watanabe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bush throws a series of punches but Watanabe moves out of range.
Watanabe throwing a counter right hand but Bush manages to avoid it.
Bush is looking to slow Watanabe down with leg kicks.
Bush throws a combination that misses
and Watanabe counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Billy Bush has been cut.
Watanabe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bush.
Bush rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watanabe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Watanabe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bush.
Watanabe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bush keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bush throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bush throws out a leg kick but Watanabe moves out of range and Bush only half commits.
Bush scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Watanabe doesn't seem bothered though.
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bush was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watanabe. Bush does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Bush throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bush misses with a straight right.
Watanabe moves away from the strike by Bush.
Nice jab there from Bush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bush throws a lazy head kick
and Watanabe counters with an inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Bush.
Watanabe appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Bush moves into range and clinches up with Watanabe.
Watanabe stalling in the clinch but Bush improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Bush dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Bush's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bush connects with a crisp jab.
Watanabe takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bush moves out of range of the strikes.
Watanabe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bush.

Bush tries to keep at a distance but Watanabe has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bush breaks from the clinch.
Bush swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Watanabe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bush has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watanabe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bush.
A punch combination from Bush misses.
Nice body kick from Bush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Watanabe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bush tries a head kick but it misses.
Watanabe scores with a shot to the body.
Billy Bush seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donk. Bush catches Watanabe right on the button with a cross.
Bush tries to clinch up.
Watanabe was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Watanabe tries a low kick but Bush avoids it.
Watanabe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bush under the eye.
Bush throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watanabe throwing a counter right hand but Bush manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watanabe is looking to wear down Bush with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bush misses with a body punch
and Watanabe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bush throws out a loose jab but Watanabe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watanabe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Watanabe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bush lands a body shot.
Bush misses with an uppercut.
Bush scores with a hook to the body. Watanabe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Watanabe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Bush showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Bush's cut.
That's time! Watanabe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Watanabe 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.
Bush misses with a left hand
and Watanabe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bush lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bush lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bush misses with a hook
and Watanabe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Watanabe jabs Bush to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bush lands a jab to Watanabe's midsection.
A combination from Bush does no damage.
Bush scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bush scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bush feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watanabe's calf.
Bush scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Watanabe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bush.
Watanabe throwing a counter right hand but Bush manages to avoid it.
Watanabe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bush ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bush's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bush duly obliges.
Bush misses the shot to the body.
Bush fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Watanabe is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush throws an overhand right that lands on Watanabe's shoulder, as Watanabe tries to avoid the shot.
Watanabe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bush explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A low kick from Bush is predictable there

and Watanabe counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Watanabe.
Watanabe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bush lands a left hand.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Bush is controlling him.
Watanabe cracks Bush with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Bush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shun Watanabe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bush throws a looping overhand right but Watanabe ducks down to avoid it.
Watanabe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Watanabe scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Bush comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bush winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Bush!
A very excited looking Billy Bush made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.