PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between John Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Giles
vs
Pan

165 cm
26
160 lbs
8 - 6 - 2

225 cm
26
168 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Powerful

Brute

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, John Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Pan!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giles tries to clinch there but Pan circles away.
Pan lands with a hook. Giles tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Giles throws a poor cross that misses
and Pan counters with a head kick. That will keep Giles thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sloppy strikes from Giles. Those never looked like landing.
Pan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Giles misses with a wild body shot.
Pan throws a sloppy head kick and Giles moves out of range easily.
Giles ducks under a wild hook from Pan.
Giles misses with the combination.
Giles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Giles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Giles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pan sizes up Giles with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pan misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles thows a body shot but no joy.
Giles closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Decent striking displayed by Pan there.
Pan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pan tries a head kick but it misses.
Pan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Giles throws a sloppy head kick
and Pan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Giles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Peter Pan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Giles in his tracks.
Pan connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pan. Giles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pan cracks a nice hook into Giles's ribs.
Jab from Giles.
Giles throws a combination that misses
and Pan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giles throws a right and a left that Pan avoids nicely.
Giles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pan blocks a head kick by Giles.
Pan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Giles.
Pan connects with a looping right hand.
Giles throws a sloppy head kick and Pan moves out of range easily.
Pan connects with a single shot there.
Pan lunges at Giles with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Giles's hand.
Giles digs a good body shot into Pan's ribs.
Pan lunges at Giles with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Giles's hand.
Giles throws a jab but it's blocked by Pan.
Pan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Giles momentarily.

Pan takes the fight into the clinch.
Pan tries to stall but Giles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pan lands a left hand.
Giles wants to break free but Pan has control.
Pan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Giless head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Giles tries to break the clinch but Pan is controlling the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pan.
Pan trying to land knees to the body.
Pan stalls.
A frustrated look appears on Giles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giles is looking to break free of the clinch but Pan has double underhooks.
Pan looking to stall.
Giles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pan has him pressed against the ropes.
Pan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Giles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pan lands a shoulder strike.
Pan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pan is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pan working aggressively here.
Giles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pan taking a breather.
Giles is trying to break the clinch but Pan has him pressed against the ropes.
Pan keeps control of Giles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Giles is trying to force a seperation but Pan has the dominant position.
Pan misses with a body punch.
Pan misses with a punch to the body.
Pan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Giles is trying to break the clinch but Pan is controlling him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pan pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Pan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Giles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Pan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Giles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pan throws a poor cross that misses

and Giles holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Giles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giles is looking to clinch but Pan is avoiding it.
Giles fails to land with a series of punches.
Pan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Giles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Giles is looking to clinch.

Giles forces Pan back against the ropes and clinches.
Giles has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pan just leaning against Giles, taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Pan.
Pan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Giles's efforts to push away.
Pan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pan tries to throw a body punch but Giles avoids it by throwing Pan back against the ropes.
Giles can't break the clinch.
Giles tries to break the clinch but Pan is controlling the position.
Pan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pan misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Giles has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pan lands with a short shot to the head.
Pan keeps control of Giles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Giles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Giles working hard to break the clinch.
Giles is looking to break free of the clinch but Pan has double underhooks.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Giles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Giles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giles tries to clinch up.
Giles moves forwards but Pan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pan is looking to land body kicks.
Pan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Giles.
A head kick misses from Pan.
Giles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Pan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Pan there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Giles 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Giles doesn't manage to clinch there - Pan circles away.
Pan misses with a wild combination.
Pan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peter Pan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giles sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pan throws a big shot that misses.

Giles clinches.
A short body shot lands from Pan as the two fighters clinch.
Giles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Giles is trying to break the clinch but Pan is controlling him.
Pan misses with a body punch.

Giles manages to break the clinch.
Giles throws a lazy head kick
and Pan counters with a left to the body.
Pan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles throws a body punch but Pan moves out of range.
Giles tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Pan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giles takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Giles on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pan throws a body punch but Giles moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pan.
Giles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pan lands a right hook to the body.
John Giles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Giles lands with a straight right. Pan didn't see that one coming.
Pan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Giles momentarily.
Pan moves out of range of the strikes.
Pan avoids the head kick by Giles.
Peter Pan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pan misses with a low kick.
Giles misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Good standup being displayed there by Pan as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giles avoids the body shot from Pan.
Giles dips to his left and cracks Pan with an uppercut!
Giles blocks a head kick by Pan.
Pan misses with a hook. Giles ducked under it nicely.
Giles moves in looking to clinch but Pan pushes him off.
Giles tries to clinch but Pan is having none of it.
Pan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pan, as that shot connected.
Giles throws a sloppy head kick and Pan moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pan tries to land a front kick but Giles steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pan keeps the fight on the outside.
Giles wants to clinch.
Pan ducks under a wild hook from Giles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Pan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Pan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Giles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Giles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Giles misses with a straight right.
Pan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pan lands a right hook to the body.
Pan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Giles throws out the jab.
Pan throws a head kick but Giles moves out of range.

Giles moves into the clinch successfully.

Giles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giles lands a nice looking body shot.
Pan swats away the attempt to clinch by Giles.
Giles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giles.
Pan misses with a wild body shot.
Giles scores with a nice strike.

Pan is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles misses the jab.
Pan is still on wobbly legs! Can Giles finish him?
Giles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Giles misses the jab.
Giles knocks out Pan with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Giles before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Giles picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Giles!
In his post fight interview, John Giles started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.