PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between James Kirk (ranked 5969 p4p, 4131 weight class) and Harry Daebak (ranked 458 p4p, 381 weight class). Harry Daebak has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with James Kirk's chin.

Kirk
vs
Daebak

179 cm
29
155
8 - 3 - 0

170 cm
39
141
18 - 14 - 1

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Kirk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Daebak!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daebak clinches.
Daebak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daebak tries to work over Kirk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daebak stalling the fight.
Kirk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kirk misses with the head strike.
Daebak is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Daebak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kirk.
Kirk misses with a punch on the inside.
Kirk misses with a punch on the inside.
Kirk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daebak backwards.
Daebak can't find room to land a body shot as Kirk controls the action.
Kirk tries to throw a body punch but Daebak avoids it by throwing Kirk back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirk blocks a body shot from Daebak.
Daebak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daebak tries to throw a body punch but Kirk avoids it by throwing Daebak back against the ropes.
Daebak is trying to stall.
A shot in the inside from Kirk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daebak's coach down at MMA LA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Daebak's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kirk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Daebak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kirk's elbow.
Daebak blocks a body shot from Kirk.
Daebak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kirk's elbow.
Kirk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kirk swings wildly with an uppercut but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Kirk fails to land.
Kirk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.
Kirk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daebak lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kirk lands a hook that snaps the head of Daebak backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kirk.
Daebak struggles to land a body shot inside as Kirk controls his hands.
Daebak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kirk's elbow.
Kirk blocks a body shot from Daebak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kirk lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.
A head punch on the inside from Kirk fails to land.
Kirk tries to throw a body punch but Daebak avoids it by throwing Kirk back against the ropes.
Daebak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kirk's elbow.
Good body shot from Daebak.
Kirk misses with a punch on the inside.
Kirk has a couple of punches blocked by Daebak.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kirk.
Kirk swings wildly with an uppercut but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daebak trying to control the position but instead, Kirk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Daebak into the ropes.
Daebak is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daebak can't find room to land a body shot as Kirk controls the action.
Daebak can't find room to land a body shot as Kirk controls the action.
Daebak blocking some punches.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kirk throws a head punch that misses.
Kirk prevents a body shot from Daebak.
Daebak misses with a body punch.
Kirk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kirk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kirk throws a punch but it's blocked by Daebak.
Daebak lands a shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kirk as Daebak tries to tie him up.
Daebak just leaning against Kirk, taking a breather.
Daebak misses with a punch to the body.
Kirk misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirk struggles to land a body shot inside as Daebak controls his hands.
Daebak tries to throw a body punch but Kirk avoids it by throwing Daebak back against the ropes.
Kirk scores with a shoulder strike.
Daebak trying to control the position but instead, Kirk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Daebak into the ropes.
Daebak lands a body shot in the clinch.
Daebak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kirk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kirk prevents a body shot from Daebak.
Daebak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kirk's elbow.
Kirk misses with some punches.
Daebak misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daebak tries to work over Kirk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daebak scores with a hook to the body.
Kirk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daebak stalling against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Kirk dominated that round.
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.

Kirk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kirk looks to clinch
and Daebak counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kirk darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Daebak swats away the attempt to clinch by Kirk.
Daebak throws a counter combo.
Kirk scores with a decent looking hook.
Daebak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kirk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kirk looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Kirk drives through and clinches with Daebak against the ropes.
Kirk has a couple of punches blocked by Daebak.
Kirk swings wildly with an uppercut but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirk throws a head punch that misses.
Kirk works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kirk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daebak is looking to control Kirk's arms but Kirk gets an underhook and turns him. Now Daebak has his back to the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Kirk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daebak tries a body shot but Kirk blocks it.
Daebak trying to stall but Kirk improves his position.
Kirk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daebak backwards.
Daebak tries to throw a body punch but Kirk avoids it by throwing Daebak back against the ropes.
Daebak pushes Kirk back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Kirk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Daebak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kirk.
Nice body punch from Daebak.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kirk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daebak is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kirk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daebak can do to turn this around?
A right handed body shot lands from Daebak.
Daebak lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kirk or not.
Daebak struggles to land a body shot inside as Kirk controls his hands.
Kirk tries a body shot but Daebak blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daebak's elbow.
Daebak blocking some punches.
Daebak's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kirk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daebak tries to work over Kirk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kirk is trying to stall.
Daebak is trying to stall.
Kirk tries to throw a body punch but Daebak avoids it by throwing Kirk back against the ropes.
Daebak can't find room to land a body shot as Kirk controls the action.
Daebak struggles to land a body shot inside as Kirk controls his hands.
Kirk tries to throw a body punch but Daebak avoids it by throwing Kirk back against the ropes.
Daebak is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kirk prevents a body shot from Daebak.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirk misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.
Kirk is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kirk tries to work over Daebak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daebak is trying to stall.
Kirk prevents a body shot from Daebak.
Daebak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kirk avoids it.

Kirk manages to break the clinch.
Daebak misses with a two punch combination.
Kirk lands the left hand.
Kirk lands a lovely overhand right.
Kirk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kirk lands a head shot.

Kirk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kirk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kirk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daebak is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kirk is keeping busy.
Daebak looking to slow down the pace here.
Kirk misses with a punch to the body.
Kirk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Kirk.
Kirk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daebak scores a nice knee to the body.
Daebak works on Kirk's body with a couple of short punches.
Daebak tries to work over Kirk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kirk throws a punch but it's blocked by Daebak.
Kirk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kirk tries a body shot but Daebak blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Kirk dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kirk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Daebak is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Kirk connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Daebak out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Kirk!
James Kirk is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking James Kirk 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.