PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rect Umm (ranked 19887 p4p, 623 weight class) and Carter Jose De La Cus (ranked 3647 p4p, 428 weight class). Jose De La Cus has chosen Barringtonelect - Big Body as his entrance music. 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 Carter Jose De La Cus was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Umm
vs
Jose De La Cus

200 cm
29
215 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

173 cm
39
205 lbs
30 - 27 - 3

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rect Umm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 27 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carter Jose De La Cus!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umm scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jose De La Cus doesn't seem bothered though.
Umm throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jose De La Cus walks into a left hand.

It looks like Carter Jose De La Cus has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Rect Umm has been cut.
Jose De La Cus tries to bum rush Umm with a series of wild strikes but Umm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jose De La Cus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Umm was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Umm has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Umm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jose De La Cus manages to avoid it.
Jose De La Cus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Umm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jose De La Cus misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Umm on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jose De La Cus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Umm counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Umm takes the fight into the clinch.
Umm lands a right hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Umm blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umm misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Umm.
Umm can't find room to land a body shot as Jose De La Cus controls the action.
Umm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jose De La Cus's efforts to push away.
Jose De La Cus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jose De La Cus working hard to break the clinch.
Umm has a couple of punches blocked by Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus is trying to push Umm away but Umm has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Umm lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Umm struggles to land a body shot inside as Jose De La Cus controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Umm.
Jose De La Cus throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Umm.
Jose De La Cus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Jose De La Cus manages to break the clinch.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but Umm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Jose De La Cus.
An attempted straight right counter from Umm misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus misses with an uppercut. Umm saw that one coming.
Umm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jose De La Cus throws a combination. Umm tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Umm misses the shot to the body.
Jose De La Cus swinging wildly here.
Jose De La Cus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but Umm bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jose De La Cus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a series of punches.

Umm takes the fight into the clinch.
Umm lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jose De La Cus backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jose De La Cus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Umm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jose De La Cus backwards.
Umm swings wildly with an uppercut but Jose De La Cus uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carter Jose De La Cus will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Jose De La Cus throws an overhand right that lands on Umm's shoulder, as Umm tries to avoid the shot.
Jose De La Cus throws a right and a left that Umm avoids nicely.
Jose De La Cus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Umm.
It seemed like Jose De La Cus was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Carter Jose De La Cus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jose De La Cus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Umm, as that shot connected.
Jose De La Cus goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Umm swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carter Jose De La Cus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Umm cracks Jose De La Cus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a series of punches.
Umm staying out of range there.
Jose De La Cus just misses with a punch to the body.
Umm is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jose De La Cus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Umm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Umm was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Umm looks to score with a jab to the body but Jose De La Cus is just out of range.

Umm moves into the clinch.
Jose De La Cus tries to circle away but Umm has him pinned against the ropes.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus can't break the clinch.
Jose De La Cus tries to break the clinch but Umm is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Umm.
Jose De La Cus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jose De La Cus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Umm - that landed with a thud.
Jose De La Cus takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Umm.
Jose De La Cus is breathing heavily.
Jose De La Cus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Umm doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jose De La Cus is trying to break the clinch but Umm has him pressed against the ropes.
Umm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jose De La Cus backwards.
Umm is pushing Jose De La Cus up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jose De La Cus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Umm working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Umm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jose De La Cus tries to break the clinch but Umm is controlling the position.
Jose De La Cus tries to circle away but Umm has him pinned against the ropes.
Umm lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Umm breaks the clinch.
Jose De La Cus lands a jab to Umm's midsection.
Umm works the jab nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jose De La Cus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Umm counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Jose De La Cus on his ass! Jose De La Cus wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue!

Jose De La Cus is rocked!
Jose De La Cus throws a combination that misses
and Umm counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Jose De La Cus out cold! What a finish! Umm is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rect Umm!
An out of breath Rect Umm thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Carter Jose De La Cus stepped up to the mic, saying 'Whatever...'.