PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lazy Bones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quentin Clericuzio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bones
vs
Clericuzio

188 cm
25
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Big heart

Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lazy Bones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Quentin Clericuzio!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bones moves out of range as Clericuzio strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clericuzio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bones thumps Clericuzio with a low kick.

Bones rushes Clericuzio and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Bones takes a shot to the head.
Bones tries to land a knee to the head but Clericuzio blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Clericuzio as Bones tries to tie him up.
Clericuzio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clericuzio scores with a shot to the side of Bones's head.
Bones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clericuzio avoids it.
Clericuzio tries to throw a body punch but Bones avoids it by throwing Clericuzio back against the ropes.
Bones blocks an elbow strike from Clericuzio.
Bones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clericuzio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Clericuzio struggles to land a body shot inside as Bones controls his hands.
Bones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
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!
Clericuzio struggles to land a body shot inside as Bones controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Bones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bones scores with a hook to the body.
Bones looking to throw knees to the head but Clericuzio is blocking nicely.
Clericuzio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bones misses with a punch to the body.
Bones connects with a knee to the head.
Bones lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Bones.
Clericuzio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clericuzio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bones trying to control the position but instead, Clericuzio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bones into the ropes.
Bones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clericuzio backwards.
Clericuzio lands with a right to the head.
Bones lands a shot to the body.

Bones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clericuzio wants to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Clericuzio. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio avoids the body shot from Bones.
Quentin Clericuzio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bones tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Clericuzio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bones throws a lazy uppercut
and Clericuzio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bones lands a nice hook to Clericuzio's body. Clericuzio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Clericuzio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clericuzio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bones misses with an uppercut.
Clericuzio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bones paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Clericuzio rushes Bones and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Clericuzio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clericuzio.
Bones takes an elbow to the temple.
Clericuzio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bones misses with a punch on the inside.
Bones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bones stalling in the clinch but Clericuzio improves position.
Bones takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bones.
Bones is trying to break free.
Bones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clericuzio is trying to stall.
Bones dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Bones is breathing heavily.
Clericuzio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Clericuzio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clericuzio tries a body shot but Bones blocks it.
Bones is trying to force a seperation but Clericuzio has the dominant position.
Bones misses with some punches.
Clericuzio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clericuzio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bones missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Bones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clericuzio tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Bones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clericuzio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bones jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Clericuzio moves into the clinch successfully.
Bones wants to break free but Clericuzio has control.
Clericuzio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bones's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bones misses with some punches.
Clericuzio prevents Bones from breaking the clinch.
Bones blocks an elbow strike from Clericuzio.
Bones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bones letting Clericuzio take a breather here.
Clericuzio lands a right hand.
Bones is looking to break free of the clinch but Clericuzio has double underhooks.
Clericuzio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Clericuzio lands a right hand.
Bones misses with a punch on the inside.
Clericuzio lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bones misses with the head strike.
Clericuzio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bones backwards.
Clericuzio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clericuzio misses with the head strike.
Bones swings wildly with an uppercut but Clericuzio uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Quentin Clericuzio will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Clericuzio tries to clinch but Bones is having none of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Bones.
Clericuzio tries to clinch up.
Clericuzio throws a body punch but Bones moves out of range.
Bones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab by Bones.
Bones lands a really nice looking cross but Clericuzio seems unphased.
Clericuzio tries to clinch but Bones is having none of it.
Clericuzio misses with a hook. Bones ducked under it nicely.
Bones misses with an uppercut.
Clericuzio looks to score with a jab to the body but Bones is just out of range.
Clericuzio tries to clinch there but Bones circles away.
Clericuzio wants to clinch but Bones slips to the side
and Bones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clericuzio circles away from the clinch attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Clericuzio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clericuzio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clericuzio tries to clinch there but Bones circles away.
Clericuzio tries to clinch up.
Clericuzio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Clericuzio tries to clinch up.
Quentin Clericuzio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clericuzio is looking to clinch but Bones is avoiding it.
Bones keeps the fight on the outside.

Bones clinches up with Clericuzio and pushes him back against the ropes.
Clericuzio blocks the elbow strike.
Bones lands a nice elbow.
Bones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Clericuzio has him pressed against the ropes.
Clericuzio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Clericuzio lands a nice uppercut.
Bones lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clericuzio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clericuzio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clericuzio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bones lands a damaging elbow.
Clericuzio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Clericuzio digs a right hand into Bones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bones's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bones prevents a body shot from Clericuzio.
Bones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bones tries to throw a body punch but Clericuzio avoids it by throwing Bones back against the ropes.
Bones has had enough of the clinch but Clericuzio keeps him there for the moment.
Clericuzio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clericuzio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boness head.

Bones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bones gets tackled into the ropes by Clericuzio. Clericuzio maintains the clinch.
Bones lands with a short shot to the head.
Clericuzio misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clericuzio.
A head punch on the inside from Clericuzio fails to land.
Bones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Clericuzio digs a right hand underneath Bones's ribcage. Bones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hook to the body lands for Clericuzio.
Clericuzio is trying to maintain a safe position but Bones gets an underhook and turns Clericuzio into the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio scores with a shot to the side of Bones's head.
Still in the clinch, Clericuzio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clericuzio is pushing Bones up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bones takes an elbow to the temple.
Bones takes a shot to the head.
Clericuzio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Clericuzio misses with some punches.
Bones has had enough of the clinch but Clericuzio keeps him there for the moment.
Clericuzio taking a breather.
Clericuzio struggles to land a body shot inside as Bones controls his hands.
Clericuzio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bones's defenses.
Clericuzio lands with a left to the head.
Clericuzio misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clericuzio's brow.
Clericuzio is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bones is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bones pushes off an throws an elbow but Clericuzio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bones misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Clericuzio.
Bones can't break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Clericuzio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Clericuzio.
Clericuzio scores with a hook to the body.
Bones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Clericuzio.
Bones takes a shot to the head.
Clericuzio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clericuzio is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Clericuzio misses with a body punch.
Bones tries to break the clinch but Clericuzio is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Clericuzio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quentin Clericuzio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clericuzio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Clericuzio.
Nice defenses there by Clericuzio.
Clericuzio tries to clinch there but Bones circles away.
Clericuzio tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Bones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Clericuzio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clericuzio is looking to clinch but Bones is avoiding it.
Clericuzio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clericuzio wants to clinch.
A combination from Clericuzio does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clericuzio closes the distance but Bones moves to the side
and Bones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bones.
Clericuzio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clericuzio tries to move into range but Bones moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bones throws a looping overhand right but Clericuzio ducks down to avoid it.
Quentin Clericuzio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bones wants to clinch.

Clericuzio has Bones up against the ropes in a clinch.
Bones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Clericuzio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bones's defenses.
Bones looking to stall.
Bones blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bones.
Clericuzio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bones is trying to push Clericuzio away but Clericuzio has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Bones is looking to break free of the clinch but Clericuzio has double underhooks.
Bones is trying to force a seperation but Clericuzio has the dominant position.
Clericuzio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Clericuzio.
Clericuzio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bones takes an elbow to the temple.
Clericuzio is trying to maintain a safe position but Bones gets an underhook and turns Clericuzio into the ropes.
A short right from Clericuzio on the inside.
Bones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bones blocks an elbow strike.

Bones breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Clericuzio closes the distance and clinches.
Clericuzio working aggressively here.
Clericuzio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Clericuzio blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bones misses with an elbow strike.
Bones working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Clericuzio throws an elbow but misses.
Clericuzio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clericuzio leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Clericuzio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bones tries to break free but Clericuzio pushes him back against the ropes.
Quentin Clericuzio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clericuzio lands an uppercut.
Bones has had enough of the clinch but Clericuzio keeps him there for the moment.
Bones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Clericuzio is working Bones over against the ropes.
Clericuzio blocks the elbow strike.
Clericuzio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Clericuzio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clericuzio misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clericuzio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bones or not.
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!
Clericuzio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clericuzio lands a damaging elbow.
Bones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clericuzio stalling the fight.
Clericuzio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Clericuzio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bones takes a shot to the head.
Clericuzio lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Clericuzio.
Bones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice elbow from Clericuzio.
Bones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clericuzio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clericuzio prevents Bones from breaking the clinch.
Bones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Clericuzio missing with knees to the body.
Lazy Bones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clericuzio displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bones up against the ropes.
Bones misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Quentin Clericuzio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Clericuzio has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Quentin Clericuzio!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Quentin Clericuzio!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Quentin Clericuzio!

Quentin Clericuzio wins by unanimous decision!
Quentin Clericuzio was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.