PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Bo Xiang Pao (ranked 4241 p4p, 17827 weight class) and Samuel Cooke (ranked 376 p4p, 463 weight class). Cooke has chosen Harm's Way - Warriors Will Reign as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Samuel Cooke will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Xiang Pao
vs
Cooke

170 cm
44
148
27 - 17 - 3

184 cm
37
160
22 - 25 - 1

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 3, fighting out of London, Bo Xiang Pao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Xiang Pao.
Cooke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Xiang Pao connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice defenses there by Cooke.
Xiang Pao lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cooke at a distance.
Xiang Pao throws a sloppy body shot
and Cooke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Xiang Pao misses with a hook
and Cooke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Xiang Pao lands a high kick!
Xiang Pao swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Cooke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cooke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Xiang Pao misses with a left hand
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xiang Pao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Xiang Pao misses with a straight left.
Cooke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Xiang Pao throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Bo Xiang Pao has been cut.
Xiang Pao misses with an uppercut
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
Xiang Pao lands a slapping body shot.
Good exchange - Xiang Pao coming out on top.
Cooke drops his hands momentarily and Xiang Pao takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Xiang Pao throws an off balance right hand
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
Xiang Pao throws an off balance right hand
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Xiang Pao throws a lazy right hand but Cooke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Xiang Pao gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooke slips a jab from Xiang Pao.
Cooke throws out a counter right but Xiang Pao avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Xiang Pao 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.
Xiang Pao throws an off balance right hand
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
Xiang Pao misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooke! But no joy.
Xiang Pao swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cooke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Xiang Pao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooke! But no joy.
Xiang Pao is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cooke slips a jab from Xiang Pao.
Cooke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Xiang Pao throws a right hand that misses
and Cooke counters with a straight right hand.
Cooke moves out of range of the strikes.
Xiang Pao scores with a jab to the head.
Cooke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Xiang Pao to score with a decent uppercut.
Cooke slips under a jab from Xiang Pao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Xiang Pao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Xiang Pao throws a right hand that misses
and Cooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Xiang Pao scores with the left hand. Cooke knows he should have avoided that one.
Xiang Pao misses with a body shot
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooke slips a straight right by Xiang Pao.
It seemed like Cooke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cooke has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Xiang Pao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cooke.
Xiang Pao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Xiang Pao throws a lazy uppercut
and Cooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Xiang Pao connects with a looping right hand.
Cooke might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xiang Pao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cooke's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiang Pao throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Cooke blocks a jab.
Cooke throws out a counter right but Xiang Pao avoids it with no problem.
Xiang Pao just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Xiang Pao misses.
Xiang Pao misses with a jab to the body
and Cooke counters with a straight right hand.
Cooke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cooke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Xiang Pao throws a lazy uppercut
and Cooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Xiang Pao misses with an uppercut. Cooke saw that one coming.
Cooke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cooke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao misses the jab.
Cooke throws out a counter right but Xiang Pao avoids it with no problem.
Xiang Pao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Xiang Pao gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cooke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Xiang Pao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooke! But no joy.
Xiang Pao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooke.
Cooke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Xiang Pao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cooke can do to turn this around?
Xiang Pao thumps Cooke with a low kick.
Xiang Pao misses with a left hand
and Cooke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Xiang Pao looks to land a right hand but Cooke moved out of range.
Cooke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Xiang Pao misses with a kick to the body.
Cooke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xiang Pao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Xiang Pao looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
It seemed like Cooke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Xiang Pao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooke.
Cooke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Xiang Pao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Cooke on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiang Pao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooke was well out of range. Poor timing from Xiang Pao.
Xiang Pao throws a lazy uppercut
and Cooke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Xiang Pao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooke! But no joy.
Xiang Pao misses with a left hand
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Xiang Pao misses with a shot to the body
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Xiang Pao looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Xiang Pao throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Cooke to counter with a crisp jab.
Xiang Pao throws a poor cross that misses
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.

Xiang Pao is rocked!
Xiang Pao throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooke counters with a straight right that drops Xiang Pao to the canvas! Will Xiang Pao beat the count? He's still wobbly and as the count reaches 7, he's still struggling to make it. 8...9...10. He's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Samuel Cooke!
Samuel Cooke decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.