PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Righteous Crusader (ranked 23147 p4p, 23338 weight class) and William Tate (ranked 586 p4p, 574 weight class). William Tate acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Crusader
vs
Tate

182 cm
35
200
8 - 28 - 2

180 cm
28
210
11 - 29 - 3

World class boxer
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Righteous Crusader !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 29 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Crusader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Tate clinches up against the ropes.
Crusader blocks the elbow strike.
Tate misses with a knee to the head.
Crusader being controlled against the ropes.
Crusader is trying to maintain a safe position but Tate gets an underhook and turns Crusader into the ropes.
Tate wants to get back to striking at distance but Crusader won't allow it.

Crusader escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tate closes the distance and clinches.

Crusader breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Crusader clinches up against the ropes.

Crusader manages to break the clinch.
Tate lands a glancing blow to the side of Crusader 's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crusader looking to slow down the pace here.
Tate stalling in the clinch but Crusader improves position.
Still in the clinch, Tate scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tate lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tate will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Crusader up against the ropes.
Tate misses with some punches.
Tate wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tate taking a breather.

Crusader 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Crusader misses the target.

Tate fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Crusader , pushing him back against the ropes.
Crusader is trying to stall.

Crusader 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crusader swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crusader lands a jab to Tate's midsection.
Crusader lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tate circles away quickly and effectively.
Tate looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Crusader definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Crusader gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crusader lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like William Tate has been cut.

Crusader breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tate misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crusader pushes Tate up against the ropes in a clinch.

Crusader breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Tate.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Crusader takes the fight into the clinch.
Crusader with a knee to the head.

Tate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate moves to clinch but Crusader breaks away
and Crusader counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Crusader closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tate displaying some good clinch control by pressing Crusader up against the ropes.
Crusader has Tate pressed against the ropes, preventing Tate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tate tries to break free but Crusader pushes him back against the ropes.

Crusader manages to break the clinch.
Tate changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Crusader is looking to clinch but Tate is avoiding it.
Tate scores with a sloppy right hand. Crusader should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Crusader moves into the clinch.

Crusader breaks the clinch.
Tate moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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 Righteous Crusader will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William Tate's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Crusader swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crusader wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Tate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crusader circles away quickly and effectively.
Crusader appears to be looking for a big counter.
Crusader tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tate counters with a straight right hand.
Tate tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Crusader manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Crusader pushes Tate up against the ropes in a clinch.

Crusader breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Crusader forces Tate back against the ropes and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crusader prevents Tate from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tate takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate letting Crusader take a breather here.

Crusader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tate lands a right hook to the body.
Crusader tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crusader on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crusader moves in looking to clinch but Tate pushes him off.
Tate tries to clinch but Crusader is having none of it.
Crusader clobbers Tate with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Crusader tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tate throws a counter combo.
William Tate seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Tate drives through and clinches with Crusader against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crusader 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate scores with a jab to the body.
Tate tries to clinch up but Crusader circles away and keeps his distance.

Tate rushes Crusader and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Crusader is pushing Tate up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A bit of stalling here from Crusader .
Tate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Crusader breaks from the clinch.
Crusader jabs Tate right on the nose. Tate blinks but takes it well.

That has opened up William Tate's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tate moves into range and clinches up with Crusader .
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tate as Crusader tries to tie him up.
Crusader doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate effectively controlling the action here.

Crusader 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate wants to clinch up but Crusader keeps it at a distance.
Tate wants to clinch.

Tate has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tate scores with a shot to the side of Crusader 's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Tate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Crusader .

Crusader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tate tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Crusader counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tate connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crusader 's hands.
Crusader scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crusader misses with a hook
and Tate cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crusader misses with a series of wild punches.
Crusader fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tate scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Righteous Crusader will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William Tate's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Crusader takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Crusader swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Crusader avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donk. Tate catches Crusader right on the button with a cross.
Tate has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crusader finds it's way round the side to connect with Tate's head.
Tate stalks Crusader and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Crusader 's face. Crusader staggers backwards, shaken.

Crusader drives through and clinches with Tate against the ropes.

Crusader breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tate wants to clinch.
Crusader showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusader circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crusader counters with a series of strikes. Tate will be more careful next time no doubt.
Crusader avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tate misses with a series of wild punches.
Tate wants to clinch up but Crusader keeps it at a distance.
Crusader throws a good cross that connects.

Crusader clinches.

Crusader manages to break the clinch.

Crusader takes the fight into the clinch.

Crusader breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Crusader 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Crusader misses with a double jab
and Tate counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crusader takes a swing at Tate's ribcage but misses.
Tate tries to clinch up.
A left and a right from Tate both land. Nice combination.
Crusader moves in looking to clinch but Tate pushes him off.
Tate lands a jab to Crusader 's midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tate wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate wants to clinch.
Crusader throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tate.
Tate throws a series of punches but Crusader avoids them all with ease.

Crusader instigates a clinch.
Tate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crusader looking to stall.
Tate wants to get back to striking at distance but Crusader won't allow it.
Tate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate is trying to break the clinch but Crusader is controlling him.
Crusader tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stalling in the clinch from Tate.
Tate is looking to break free of the clinch but Crusader has double underhooks.
Crusader is looking to control Tate's arms but Tate gets an underhook and turns him. Now Crusader has his back to the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Crusader breaks the clinch.

Tate lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Crusader goes down! The ref sends Tate to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Crusader is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
Tate dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tate swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
William Tate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tate scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Tate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Crusader has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... William Tate!