PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Identify Winner (ranked 3315 p4p, 24486 weight class) and Jim Teagarden (ranked 366 p4p, 537 weight class). Jim Teagarden is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Winner
vs
Teagarden

201 cm
27
205
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
250
2 - 4 - 0

Brawler
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Determined

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Identify Winner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Teagarden!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teagarden throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Winner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jim Teagarden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teagarden connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab by Teagarden.
Teagarden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winner definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Teagarden throws a hook to the side of Winner's head but Winner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Winner appears to be looking for a big counter.
Winner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Teagarden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Teagarden misses with a few strikes there.
Teagarden connects with a crisp jab.
Teagarden dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Winner. That did some damage!
Teagarden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Winner slips a straight right by Teagarden.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Winner takes the fight into the clinch.
Winner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Teagarden wants to break free but Winner has control.

Teagarden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winner throws a body shot but no joy.
Teagarden is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Winner rushes Teagarden and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teagarden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Winner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Teagarden has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Teagarden has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Teagarden wants to get back to striking at distance but Winner won't allow it.
Teagarden has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Teagarden wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Teagarden is trying to break free.
Teagarden tries to break the clinch but Winner is controlling the position.

Teagarden breaks from the clinch.

Winner pushes Teagarden up against the ropes in a clinch.
Winner looking to stall.
Teagarden has had enough of the clinch but Winner keeps him there for the moment.

Winner manages to break the clinch.
Good shot there by Teagarden.
Winner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teagarden lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Teagarden throws a nice inside leg kick.
Winner tries to clinch there but Teagarden circles away.
Teagarden dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Winner. That did some damage!
Teagarden dips to his left and cracks Winner with an uppercut!
Teagarden lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Winner walks into a stiff left hand from Teagarden.
Winner walks into a jab.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teagarden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Teagarden lands a jab.
Winner staying out of range there.
Winner appears to be looking for a big counter.
Teagarden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teagarden fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Winner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Winner catches Teagarden with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Teagarden scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Teagarden sizes up Winner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Teagarden lands a leg kick that knocks Winner off balance momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Teagarden 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. This is the final round!

Winner dodges the punch combination from Teagarden.
Teagarden connects with the punch.
Teagarden lands a glancing blow to the side of Winner's head.
A shot to the liver by Teagarden. Beautiful body shot.
Winner tries to clinch there but Teagarden circles away.
Teagarden scores with a jab. Winner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Winner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Teagarden throws a good cross that connects.
A big left from Teagarden misses.
Jim Teagarden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Teagarden connects with a nice looking jab.
Teagarden scores with a one two! Winner had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Teagarden throws out a loose jab but Winner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teagarden misses the jab.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Teagarden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winner tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Teagarden manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Winner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Identify Winner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teagarden fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Teagarden lands a jab to Winner's midsection.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch but Teagarden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Winner drives through and clinches with Teagarden against the ropes.
Winner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Winner prevents Teagarden from breaking the clinch.
Teagarden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Teagarden wants to break free but Winner has control.

Teagarden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Teagarden lands with a thumping leg kick.
Teagarden lands with an uppercut that bounces Winner off the ropes and back into range.
Winner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Teagarden's jab looks to have found its range, popping Winner under the eye.
Teagarden loads up on a big right hand but Winner slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Winner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Winner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Teagarden misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Teagarden digs a good hook to Winner's body.
Teagarden thumps Winner with a low kick.
Teagarden connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Winner wants to clinch up but Teagarden keeps it at a distance.
Teagarden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winner is looking to counter punch.
Teagarden throws a looping overhand right but Winner ducks down to avoid it.
Teagarden scores with a jab to the jaw.
Teagarden jabs Winner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Teagarden throws a poor cross that misses

and Winner counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Winner.
The referee calls for Winner to work.

Teagarden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Teagarden misses.
Identify Winner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jim Teagarden is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Winner digs a good hook to Teagarden's body.
Jab by Teagarden.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Teagarden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Teagarden has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 18:20
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 18:20
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 18:20

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Teagarden!
Jim Teagarden spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.