PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Lotte Jansen (ranked 24976 p4p, 5817 weight class) and Joe Louis (ranked 530 p4p, 494 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jansen
vs
Louis

188 cm
19
185
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
201
4 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lotte Jansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Louis!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jansen misses with a looping left.
Louis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jansen throws a one two combo.
Jansen thuds a left hand into Louis's body.
Jansen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jansen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louis.
Louis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jansen in his tracks.
Jansen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louis circles away quickly and effectively.
Louis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jansen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Louis's head backwards.
Jansen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis misses with a body shot.
Jansen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Louis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jansen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louis moves away.
Louis throws a jab but it's blocked by Jansen.
Jansen misses with a straight right.
Louis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Louis tests Jansen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Louis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jansen.
Louis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Louis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Louis slips a jab from Jansen.
Jansen misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jansen. Louis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jansen misses with an uppercut.
Jansen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Louis throws out the jab.
Louis dips to his left and cracks Jansen with an uppercut!
Louis throws a hook but Jansen avoids it easily.
Jansen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Louis.
Louis throws out a counter right but Jansen avoids it with no problem.
Jansen misses with a looping left.
We've been told by Jansen's head coaches at Death By Snu Snu that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Louis moves out of range as Jansen strikes.
Louis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Louis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jansen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jansen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jansen duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jansen misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Louis misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jansen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jansen manages to avoid it.
Jansen fails to land with a series of punches.
Jansen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Louis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Louis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jansen lands with a right hand.
Jansen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Louis.
Louis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jansen.
Jansen throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis swings for the body but Jansen moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A left and a right from Jansen both land. Nice combination.
Jansen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lotte Jansen will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Louis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jansen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jansen misses the shot to the body.
Jansen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Louis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jansen.
Louis lands a jab.
A lazy left from Jansen finds it's target.
Lotte Jansen is winning the standup battle so far.
Louis scores with a punch to the head.
Jansen scores with a nice right hand.
Jansen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Louis dodges the punch combination from Jansen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Jansen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louis throws the left hand but Jansen avoids the punch easily.
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!
Jansen misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Louis takes a swing at Jansen's ribcage but misses.
Jansen misses with the combination.
Jansen lands with a shot to the body.
Louis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jansen circles away quickly and effectively.
Jansen misses the shot to the body.
Jansen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Jansen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jansen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A combination from Louis does no damage.
Good standup being displayed there by Jansen as he connects with a hook.
Jansen avoids the body shot from Louis.
Jansen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jansen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Louis's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jansen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jansen misses with a series of wild punches.
A little jabbing left from Louis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jansen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Louis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jansen looks to throw the jab but Louis is out of range.
Jansen clobbers Louis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lotte Jansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jansen throws a hook but Louis blocks it.
Louis slips a straight right by Jansen.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jansen.
An attempted straight right counter from Jansen misses the target.
Louis throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis jabs at Jansen's body.
Jansen throws a lazy right hand but Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Louis throws a lazy right hand but Jansen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Jansen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Louis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lotte Jansen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joe Louis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jansen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jansen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Louis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jansen throws out the jab.
Jansen lands a nice looking body shot.
Jansen slips under a jab.
Jansen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jansen.
Louis staying out of range there.
Louis lands a right hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Louis.
Jansen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Jansen.
Jansen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donk. Jansen catches Louis right on the button with a cross.
Louis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Jansen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jansen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis lands a nice shot to the body.
Louis takes a swing at Jansen's ribcage but misses.
Louis connects with a looping right hand.
Louis throws a right hand that misses
and Jansen counters with a stiff right hand.
Louis throws a body punch but Jansen moves out of range.
Louis ducks under a wild hook from Jansen.
Louis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jansen.
Louis misses the jab.
Louis misses with a double jab.
Jansen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jansen misses with a two punch combination.
Jansen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big right from Jansen misses.
Jansen throws an overhand right that lands on Louis's shoulder, as Louis tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jansen misses with a straight right.
Jansen throws an overhand right that lands on Louis's shoulder, as Louis tries to avoid the shot.
Jansen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Louis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louis throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Jansen counter with a right hand.
Louis takes a swing at Jansen's ribcage but misses.
Jansen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Louis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Louis misses with a double jab
and Jansen counters with a straight right hand.
Jansen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Louis throws out the jab.
Louis looks to score with a jab to the body but Jansen is just out of range.
Louis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jansen.
Louis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jansen lands with an overhand left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lotte Jansen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jansen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lotte Jansen!