PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Arthur Fleck (ranked 5402 p4p, 5060 weight class) and Ted Lewis (ranked 583 p4p, 560 weight class). Fleck comes to the ring accompanied by The Joker is Here. 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.

Fleck
vs
Lewis

179 cm
25
187
1 - 4 - 0

194 cm
25
200
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Fleck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ted Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fleck misses with a shot to the body
and Lewis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Fleck is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lewis slips under a jab.
Fleck looks to score with a jab to the body but Lewis is just out of range.
Lewis misses with the combination.
Lewis connects with a leg kick.
Fleck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lewis moves away.

Lewis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis is trying to stall.
Lewis has a couple of punches blocked by Fleck.
Lewis lands a shoulder strike.
Lewis lands with a right to the head.
Lewis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lewis gets through Fleck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lewis misses with a punch on the inside.

Lewis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lewis clinches up with Fleck and pushes him back against the ropes.
Lewis pushes off an throws an elbow but Fleck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Lewis breaks from the clinch.
Fleck gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lewis wants to clinch.
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fleck swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Lewis clinches with his opponent.

Lewis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fleck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lewis manages to avoid it.
Lewis wants to clinch up but Fleck keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to clinch up
and Fleck makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fleck cracks Lewis with a good jab.

It looks like Ted Lewis has been cut.
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch but Fleck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fleck appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fleck misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lewis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lewis moves into the clinch.
Lewis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fleck up against the ropes.
Fleck tries to break the clinch but Lewis is controlling the position.
Lewis working aggressively here.
Lewis looking to slow down the pace here.
Lewis stalling in the clinch but Fleck improves position.
Lewis prevents Fleck from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fleck misses with a wild body shot.
Fleck throws a right and a left that Lewis avoids nicely.

Lewis closes the distance and pushes Fleck back into the ropes.
Lewis avoiding damage.
Lewis is looking to control Fleck's arms but Fleck gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lewis has his back to the ropes.
Fleck is trying to break free.
Fleck is trying to force a seperation but Lewis has the dominant position.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lewis lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Arthur Fleck has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fleck is trying to break free.
Lewis has a couple of punches blocked by Fleck.
Fleck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fleck is looking to break free of the clinch but Lewis has double underhooks.
Fleck takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleck tries to break the clinch but Lewis is controlling the position.
Fleck blocking some punches.

Fleck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lewis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lewis wants to clinch up but Fleck keeps it at a distance.

Lewis moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lewis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lewis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fleck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lewis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lewis misses with a punch on the inside.
Fleck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fleck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fleck tries to break free but Lewis pushes him back against the ropes.

Lewis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arthur Fleck is winning the standup battle so far.
Fleck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Fleck.
Lewis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lewis tries to clinch but Fleck moves away
and Fleck counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fleck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lewis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fleck with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lewis to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fleck. Lewis does a little dance to reset his feet.

Lewis clinches with his opponent.
Lewis tries to land knees in the clinch but Fleck avoids the damage to the body.

Lewis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis tries to clinch up.
Fleck misses with a body punch
and Lewis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Lewis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lewis struggles to land a body shot inside as Fleck controls his hands.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fleck blocks an uppercut.
Lewis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fleck backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Lewis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Fleck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fleck lands a jab to the nose.
Lewis is looking to clinch but Fleck is avoiding it.

Lewis has closed the distance and engaged Fleck in a clinch.
Lewis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Fleck manages to break the clinch.
Fleck misses the shot to the body.
Fleck throws a body punch but Lewis moves out of range.
Fleck throws a body punch but Lewis moves out of range.
Fleck misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fleck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lewis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fleck misses with a body punch
and Lewis counters with a nice uppercut.
Lewis tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Fleck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lewis looks to clinch
and Fleck counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis tries to clinch there but Fleck circles away.
Fleck with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lewis to score with a decent uppercut.
Lewis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lewis misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lewis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lewis tries to clinch there but Fleck circles away.
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fleck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fleck tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lewis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lewis tries to clinch but Fleck is having none of it.
Fleck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Lewis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lewis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis looking to slow down the pace here.
Lewis crunches a lovely knee into Fleck's ribcage.
Fleck working hard to break the clinch.
Fleck is trying to break the clinch but Lewis has him pressed against the ropes.
Fleck tries to break free but Lewis pushes him back against the ropes.
Fleck is trying to break the clinch but Lewis has him pressed against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Lewis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fleck working hard to break the clinch.
Lewis lands a left hand.
Lewis lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Lewis on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis misses with some punches.
Fleck blocks a body shot from Lewis.
Ted Lewis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lewis swings wildly with an uppercut but Fleck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lewis working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Lewis really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fleck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lewis moves away.
Fleck misses with a body shot.
Lewis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fleck.

Lewis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lewis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lewis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fleck blocking some punches.
Fleck working hard to break the clinch.

Lewis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lewis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fleck backs up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fleck throws a lazy uppercut
and Lewis counters with a nice body kick.
Lewis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A quick step to the side and Fleck tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis is looking to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lewis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch but Fleck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fleck misses the body punch
and Lewis counters with an outside leg kick.
Fleck misses with a jab to the body
and Lewis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lewis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fleck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Fleck.
Fleck on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lewis closes the distance but Fleck moves to the side
and Fleck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Fleck throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fleck is looking to wear down Lewis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lewis scores with a nice strike.
Fleck just misses with a punch to the body.
Fleck keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lewis clinches with his opponent.
Lewis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleck's efforts to push away.
Fleck is looking to break free of the clinch but Lewis has double underhooks.

Lewis breaks the clinch.
Fleck throws a body shot but no joy.

Lewis closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lewis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lewis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fleck backwards.
Lewis prevents Fleck from breaking the clinch.
Lewis lands a damaging elbow.
Fleck is trying to break the clinch but Lewis is controlling him.
Fleck is looking to break free of the clinch but Lewis has double underhooks.
Fleck lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lewis misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Lewis dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lewis rushes Fleck and presses him up against the ropes.
Arthur Fleck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lewis scores a nice knee to the body.
Fleck wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lewis has him pressed against the ropes.
Lewis lands a damaging elbow.
Fleck wants to get back to striking at distance but Lewis won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Lewis.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lewis pushes Fleck back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fleck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lewis tries to land a knee to the head but Fleck blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Lewis.
Fleck is trying to force a seperation but Lewis has the dominant position.
Lewis working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis tries to stall but Fleck uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fleck tries to circle away but Lewis has him pinned against the ropes.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Fleck wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Lewis breaks from the clinch.

Lewis has closed the distance and engaged Fleck in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis lands a hook that snaps the head of Fleck backwards.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fleck.
Lewis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fleck lands a shot to the body.
Fleck tries to throw a body punch but Lewis avoids it by throwing Fleck back against the ropes.
Lewis trying to control the position but instead, Fleck has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lewis into the ropes.
Fleck tries to break free but Lewis pushes him back against the ropes.
Fleck takes a shot to the head.

Lewis breaks the clinch.
Lewis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lewis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Lewis closes the distance and pushes Fleck back into the ropes.
Fleck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lewis lands an elbow inside.
Lewis controlling the action here for a moment.
Fleck blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleck blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis gets through Fleck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fleck takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fleck is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fleck is keeping busy.

Lewis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lewis instigates a clinch.
Lewis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fleck's face.
A short right from Lewis.

Lewis breaks the clinch.
Lewis wants to clinch up but Fleck keeps it at a distance.
Ted Lewis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lewis moves to clinch but Fleck breaks away
and Fleck counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Lewis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lewis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 44:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Lewis!
Ted Lewis decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Arthur Fleck had this to say: 'Hahahahahahahaha whats funneeyy?'.