PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Boon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Tszyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Boon
vs
Tszyu

174 cm
19
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Boon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Konstantin Tszyu!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tszyu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tszyu backs up against the cage.
Konstantin Tszyu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boon looks to land a left hand but Tszyu moved out of range nicely.

Boon clinches with his opponent.
Tszyu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tszyu prevents Boon from breaking the clinch.
Tszyu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tszyu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boon backwards.
Boon can't break the clinch.
Tszyu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tszyu misses with a body punch.
Boon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tszyu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tszyu taking a breather.
Boon blocks a body shot from Tszyu.
Boon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tszyu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tszyu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boon letting Tszyu take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Boon.
Tszyu prevents Boon from breaking the clinch.
Tszyu is trying to stall.
Boon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tszyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tszyu fails to land.
Tszyu works on Boon's body with a couple of short punches.
Tszyu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boon tries to score a body lock takedown but Tszyu shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tszyu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tszyu wants to stall.
Tszyu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boon has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tszyu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tszyu is leaning against Boon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Tszyu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu prevents Boon from breaking the clinch.
Tszyu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tszyu has a couple of punches blocked by Boon.
Boon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boon has had enough of the clinch but Tszyu keeps him there for the moment.
Tszyu has a couple of punches blocked by Boon.
Tszyu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tszyu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tszyu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tszyu working aggressively here.
Tszyu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boon blocks a body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu looking to stall.
Tszyu misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tszyu fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boon.
Tszyu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boon blocks a body shot from Tszyu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boon blocks a body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tszyu tries to stall but Boon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tszyu is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Boon has denied him.
Tszyu lands a nice uppercut.
Tszyu wants to stall.
Tszyu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Boon has had enough of the clinch but Tszyu keeps him there for the moment.
Tszyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tszyu misses with a punch on the inside.
Tszyu stalling in the clinch but Boon improves position.
Tszyu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boon stalling against the cage.
Tszyu tries a body shot but Boon blocks it.
Tszyu lands a nice uppercut.

Boon manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tszyu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boon counters with a two punch combo.
Boon misses with a double jab
and Tszyu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tszyu looks gassed!
Boon throws a low kick, looking for Tszyu's leg but Tszyu calmly moves out of range.
Boon throws a series of punches but Tszyu avoids them all with ease.
Tszyu misses with a double jab
and Boon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tszyu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Boon counters with a left to the body.
Tszyu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tszyu closes the distance but Boon moves to the side
and Boon counters with a straight right hand.
Tszyu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Boon is fending him off so far but Tszyu persists. Nope, Boon circles away and we're back to standing.
Boon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tszyu wants to clinch but Boon slips to the side

and Boon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boon.
A right hook to the body lands for Tszyu.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tszyu.
Tszyu throws a head punch that misses.
Boon wants to get back to striking at distance but Tszyu won't allow it.

Tszyu breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Boon will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Boon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tszyu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tszyu tries to clinch but Boon moves away

and Boon counters by moving into the clinch.
Tszyu tries to stall but Boon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tszyu.
Tszyu is trying to stall.
Boon blocking some punches.
Boon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tszyu has him pressed against the cage.
Boon letting Tszyu take a breather here.
Tszyu misses with a body punch.

Boon breaks from the clinch.
Boon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tszyu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tszyu tries to clinch
and Boon counters with a two punch combo.
Tszyu darts in trying to clinch
and Boon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tszyu misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boon closes the distance and clinches.
Tszyu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tszyu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boon backwards.
Tszyu keeps control of Boon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tszyu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boon backwards.
Tszyu avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from Tszyu fails to land.
Tszyu misses with the head strike.
Tszyu looking to slow down the pace here.
Tszyu working aggressively here.
Tszyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tszyu fails to land.
Tszyu working aggressively here.
Tszyu misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee calls for Tszyu to work.
Tszyu looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tszyu is breathing heavily.
Boon can't break the clinch.
Tszyu misses with a body punch.
Tszyu stalling in the clinch but Boon improves position.
Tszyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Tszyu.
Tszyu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boon.
Tszyu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tszyu misses with a punch to the body.
Tszyu tries a body shot but Boon blocks it.

Tszyu breaks the clinch.
Tszyu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Boon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boon.
Tszyu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boon tries to break the clinch but Tszyu is controlling the position.
Boon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tszyu has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Boon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boon blocks an uppercut.
Tszyu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tszyu misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tszyu.
Tszyu struggles to land a body shot inside as Boon controls his hands.
Tszyu stalling in the clinch but Boon improves position.
Boon is trying to break free.
Boon wants to get back to striking at distance but Tszyu won't allow it.
Tszyu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boon blocks a body shot from Tszyu.
Boon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tszyu struggles to land a body shot inside as Boon controls his hands.

Boon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James Boon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tszyu.
Boon fails to land with a series of punches.
Boon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Boon duly obliges.
Tszyu tries to clinch but Boon moves away

and Boon counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu misses with some punches.

Boon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boon misses with a body shot.
Tszyu will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Boon looks to land a combination. Tszyu sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tszyu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boon counters with a left to the body.
Boon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tszyu as he jumps to the side.
Tszyu misses with a combination
and Tszyu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Boon.
Tszyu will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Boon throws a combination that misses
and Tszyu counters with a nice uppercut.
Boon misses with a two punch combination.
Tszyu throws a leg kick but Boon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A combination from Tszyu does no damage.
Tszyu throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Boon stumbling backwards into the cage! Boon bounces back off the cage towards Tszyu, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Tszyu lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Tszyu celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Konstantin Tszyu!