PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Akimbo Spice (ranked 1024 p4p, 3091 weight class) and Patrick Jeudy (ranked 141 p4p, 402 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spice
vs
Jeudy

194 cm
28
223
15 - 5 - 0

197 cm
29
205
7 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Akimbo Spice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Patrick Jeudy!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeudy takes one on the button.
Jeudy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spice.
Jeudy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A slow jab from Jeudy misses its intended target.
Jeudy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spice was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeudy.
Spice on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jeudy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jeudy scores with a leg kick.
Spice looks to throw the jab but Jeudy is out of range.
Spice displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeudy throws out the jab.
Spice throws a series of punches but Jeudy moves out of range.
Jeudy lands a lovely overhand right.
Spice moves in looking to clinch but Jeudy pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Spice.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spice wants to slow Jeudy down by chopping away at his legs.
Spice misses with a hook. Jeudy ducked under it nicely.
Spice throws out a loose jab but Jeudy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeudy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spice counters with a nice uppercut.
Spice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jeudy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jeudy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jeudy lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spice looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jeudy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jeudy lands a nice hook to Spice's body. Spice takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jeudy scores with a hook to the body. Spice takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jeudy misses with a straight right.
A jab from Spice misses.
Nice body kick there by Jeudy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jeudy.
Patrick Jeudy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jeudy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Spice tries to move into range but Jeudy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Spice moves into the clinch successfully.
Jeudy tries to throw a body punch but Spice avoids it by throwing Jeudy back against the ropes.
Spice working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Jeudy.
Spice misses with the head strike.
Jeudy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Jeudy prevents a body shot from Spice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeudy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Jeudy.
I was talking to Spice's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Spice blocks an uppercut.
Jeudy blocks an uppercut.
Spice misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spice.
A head punch on the inside from Spice fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spice.
Jeudy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeudy.
Spice throws a head punch that misses.
Jeudy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jeudy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jeudy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jeudy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Spice fails to land.
Jeudy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jeudy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Jeudy lands with a left to the head.
Spice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jeudy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jeudy digs a good body shot into Spice's ribs.
Spice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jeudy manages to avoid it.
Jeudy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Patrick Jeudy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jeudy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jeudy lands a really nice looking cross but Spice seems unphased.
Spice's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jeudy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spice scrambles back to his feet.
Spice looks to land a left hand but Jeudy moved out of range nicely.
Spice lands with a kick to the temple. Jeudy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Patrick Jeudy has been cut.
Spice lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jeudy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Spice doesn't manage to clinch there - Jeudy circles away.
Spice tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jeudy moves out of range as Spice strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jeudy! But no joy.
Spice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spice is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Good shot there by Jeudy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jeudy misses the shot to the body.
Spice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jeudy to score with a decent uppercut.
A slow jab from Spice misses its intended target.
Jeudy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spice.
Spice is looking to counter punch.
Jeudy lands a jab to the nose.
Spice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jeudy sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeudy throws a hook to the side of Spice's head but Spice sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick lands from Jeudy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jeudy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Spice has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Spice and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Spice throwing a counter right hand but Jeudy manages to avoid it.
Jeudy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jeudy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spice.
Spice lands a slapping body shot.
Jab by Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a leg kick that knocks Spice off balance momentarily.
Jeudy throws a low kick, looking for Spice's leg but Spice calmly moves out of range.
Spice throwing a counter right hand but Jeudy manages to avoid it.
Spice blocks the body kick.
Spice thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jeudy looks to land a right hand but Spice moved out of range.
Spice loads up on a big right hand but Jeudy slips the punch.
Jeudy throws a lazy right hand but Spice sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Spice throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jeudy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jeudy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jeudy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Spice misses the target.
Jeudy misses with a wild body shot.
Spice takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jeudy just misses with a punch to the body.
Jeudy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spice.
Jeudy slips under a jab.
Jeudy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jeudy is looking to clinch but Spice is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Spice misses the target.
Spice takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jeudy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Spice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jeudy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spice moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jeudy thuds a left hand into Spice's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jeudy.
Spice tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jeudy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spice connects with a body shot that sends Jeudy's belly button to the back.
Jeudy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spice moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jeudy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jeudy defending well as Spice loads up on a big left hand.
Spice needs to keep his hands up - Jeudy had a free shot at his head there.
Jeudy throws a low kick but Spice moves out of range easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jeudy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Spice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jeudy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jeudy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spice moves away.
Spice tries to clinch there but Jeudy circles away.
Spice moves out of range of the strikes.
Spice throws a body punch but Jeudy moves out of range.
Jeudy connects with a right hand. Spice shakes it off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jeudy. That's going to slow Spice down.
Jeudy scores with a body shot.
Jeudy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
Jeudy misses with a body kick.
Spice bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spice is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Spice connects with a high kick.
Jeudy defending well as Spice loads up on a big left hand.
Jeudy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jeudy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spice.
Spice throws a hook but Jeudy avoids it easily.
A jab from Jeudy finds it's way through Spice's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jeudy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spice gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeudy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spice.
Jeudy throws a body punch but Spice moves out of range.
Jeudy thuds a left hand into Spice's body.
Jeudy scores with a kick to the body.
Jeudy feints and then cracks Spice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spice down.
Jeudy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spice manages to avoid it.
Spice throws a big shot that misses.
Nice jab there from Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a glancing blow to the side of Spice's head.
Spice feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jeudys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big right from Spice misses.
Jeudy moves forwards but Spice connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Spice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spice throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spice does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Spice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jeudy.
A big left from Jeudy misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Spice misses the target.
Jeudy avoids the head kick by Spice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spice throws a hook but Jeudy avoids it easily.
Spice tries to clinch but Jeudy is having none of it.
Spice misses with a straight left.

Jeudy gets tackled into the ropes by Spice. Spice maintains the clinch.
Spice misses with some punches.
Spice throws a head punch that misses.

Jeudy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spice takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spice scores with a head kick. Jeudy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Spice darts in and clinches Jeudy up against the ropes.
Jeudy tries a body shot but Spice blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeudy.
Good body shot from Jeudy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spice misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice lands a left hand.
Spice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jeudy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeudy can't find room to land a body shot as Spice controls the action.
Spice blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Patrick Jeudy just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jeudy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jeudy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jeudy moves out of range as Spice strikes.
Spice looks to land a right hand but Jeudy moved out of range.
Spice walks into a jab.
Jeudy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spice avoids the body shot from Jeudy.
Spice swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jeudy.
Jeudy misses with a looping right.
Spice misses with a straight right.
Jeudy lands a head shot.
A slow jab from Spice misses its intended target.
Jeudy misses the jab.
Spice throws a big shot that misses.
Spice throws a jab but it's blocked by Jeudy.
Spice lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spice misses with a low kick.
Jeudy scores with a nice right hand.
Jeudy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spice was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeudy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Jeudy.
Jeudy ducks under a wild hook from Spice.
Jeudy misses with a looping right.
Jeudy misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Spice misses the target.
Jeudy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spice lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jeudy moves away from the strike by Spice.
An inside leg kick from Jeudy misses.
Jeudy takes one to the side of the head.
Jeudy connects with an inside leg kick.
Spice tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jeudy misses with a hook. Spice ducked under it nicely.
Spice missing with a left hand there. Jeudy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Jeudy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jeudy takes a jab right on the kisser.

Jeudy pushes Spice up against the ropes in a clinch.
Spice lands a left hand.
Spice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patrick Jeudy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jeudy struggles to land a body shot inside as Spice controls his hands.
Jeudy misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jeudy fails to land.
Jeudy digs a right hand into Spice's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Spice's gas tank.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jeudy lands with a short shot to the head.
Jeudy tries to work over Spice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeudy.
Jeudy scores with a shoulder strike.
Jeudy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jeudy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jeudy working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Jeudy.
Spice throws a punch but it's blocked by Jeudy.
Jeudy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Jeudy throws a punch but it's blocked by Spice.
Jeudy misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice digs a right hand underneath Jeudy's ribcage. Jeudy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jeudy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeudy tries to throw a body punch but Spice avoids it by throwing Jeudy back against the ropes.
Spice pushes Jeudy back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Jeudy dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Jeudy's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jeudy slips a jab from Spice.
Akimbo Spice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patrick Jeudy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice cross by Jeudy.
Jeudy is looking to chop away at Spice's legs.
Spice looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jeudy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jeudy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jeudy slips a jab from Spice.
Spice lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jeudy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jeudy connects with a looping right hand.
Jeudy throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Spice.
Jeudy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Spice misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Jeudy. That snapped Spice's head back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jeudy lands a leg kick that knocks Spice off balance momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Jeudy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jeudy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Spice tests Jeudy's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jeudy feints and then cracks Spice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spice down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jeudy.
Spice throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jeudy ducks under a wild hook from Spice.
Jeudy lands with a right hand.
Spice steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jeudy. That one must have hurt.
Jeudy throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Spice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Spice misses.
Jeudy cracks Spice with a right hand to the side of the head.
Spice shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jeudy blocks a jab.
Spice dips to his left and cracks Jeudy with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Spice misses.
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.
Jeudy connects with a single shot there.
Jeudy digs a good hook to Spice's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeudy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spice takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jeudy digs a good body shot into Spice's ribs.
Spice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jeudy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jeudy with the inside leg kick.
Jeudy catches Spice with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jeudy scores with a sloppy right hand. Spice should have avoided that one.
Spice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Spice drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Spice will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jeudy cracks Spice with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jeudy moves out of range as Spice strikes.
Spice misses the jab.
Jeudy throws out a counter right but Spice avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jeudy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Spice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spice throws a head kick that misses.
Jeudy throws a nice outside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Jeudy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jeudy 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Jeudy!
Patrick Jeudy bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.