PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Mini Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milan Simon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Me
vs
Simon

160 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
147 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Basic striking
Cuts easily

Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Dragon

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mini Me!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Milan Simon!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simon is looking to clinch.
Me will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Simon moves in looking to clinch but Me pushes him off.
Me misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Simon instigates a clinch.
Me throws a punch but it's blocked by Simon.
Me is looking to break free of the clinch but Simon has double underhooks.

Me breaks the clinch.
Me really is a fat lump.
Me throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Simon.
Simon dodges the punch combination from Me.
Simon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Simon is looking to clinch but Me is avoiding it.
Simon fails to land with a series of punches.
Me lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Simon backs up against the ropes.
Me misses with a series of wild punches.
Simon is looking to clinch.
Simon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Me attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Me.
Simon lands a jab-cross combination.
Me lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Me throws a low kick but it's checked well by Simon.
Simon scores with a leg kick.
Simon tries to clinch but Me moves out of range.
Simon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Me.
Me throws a right and a left that Simon avoids nicely.
Simon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Simon takes the fight into the clinch.
Me trying to stall but Simon improves his position.
Me is trying to push Simon away but Simon has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Me makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Me tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Me breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simon tries to clinch but Me is having none of it.
Me swinging wildly here.
Simon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Simon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Me will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Me misses with a straight left.
Simon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Simon tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Me manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Simon rushes Me and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Me.
Me working hard to break the clinch.
Me fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Me wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Me misses with a hook from the clinch.
Me is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Simon blocking some punches.
Simon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Simon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Simon prevents Me from breaking the clinch.

Simon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Me misses.
Me wants to slow Simon down by chopping away at his legs.
Simon is looking to clinch but Me is avoiding it.
Me throws a solid leg kick but Simon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Me.
Me throws a right hand that Simon ducks under and follows up with a left that Simon also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Me fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Simon throws a head kick that misses.
Simon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Me fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Simon is out of range.
Me misses with a two punch combination.

Me gets tackled into the ropes by Simon. Simon maintains the clinch.
Me is looking to control Simon's arms but Simon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Me has his back to the ropes.
Me looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Me is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Simon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Me's efforts to push away.
Me wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Simon has him pressed against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simon is trying to break the clinch but Me is controlling him.
Simon blocks an uppercut.

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

Mini Me dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Me's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Me duly obliges.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch but Me swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Me throws a right and a left that both miss.
Simon moves in looking to clinch but Me pushes him off.
Simon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Simon slips a jab and a cross from Me.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Me swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Simon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Simon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Me tries to break free but Simon pushes him back against the ropes.

Simon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simon lands a head kick. Me smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Simon wants to clinch up but Me keeps it at a distance.
Me circles away from the clinch attempt.
Me throws a right hand that Simon ducks under and follows up with a left that Simon also avoids with ease.
Me looks to land a combination but Simon avoids it well.
Me stalks Simon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Simon's face. Simon staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Simon counters with a big head kick but Me shrugs it off.
Simon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simon is looking to clinch.
Mini Me is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simon is looking to clinch but Me is avoiding it.
Me throws a right hand that Simon ducks under and follows up with a left that Simon also avoids with ease.
Me keeps the fight on the outside.
Me thows a body shot but no joy.
Simon is looking to clinch but Me is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simon.
Me is trying to force a seperation but Simon has the dominant position.
Simon is trying to maintain a safe position but Me gets an underhook and turns Simon into the ropes.

Simon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Simon darts in and clinches Me up against the ropes.
Me has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Me is trying to push Simon away but Simon has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me is trying to break the clinch but Simon is controlling him.

Me's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Simon checks a low kick from Me.
Simon tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Me manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Simon tries to clinch but Me moves out of range.
Me throws out a leg kick but Simon moves out of range and Me only half commits.

Me gets tackled into the ropes by Simon. Simon maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

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

Simon moves into the clinch.
Me is trying to push Simon away but Simon has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Me wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Simon is looking to break free of the clinch but Me has double underhooks.

Simon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Simon is looking to clinch but Me is avoiding it.
Simon tries to clinch but Me is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Me throws a series of punches but Simon avoids them all with ease.
Simon slips a jab and a cross from Me.
Me throws a series of punches but Simon avoids them all with ease.
Mini Me is winning the standup battle so far.
Simon tries to clinch but Me moves out of range.
Simon lands a jab to Me's midsection.
Me looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Me misses with a few strikes there.
Me lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Simon circles away quickly and effectively.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch but Me swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Simon avoids the head kick by Me.
No joy there for Me, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Me misses with a wild combination.
Simon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simon is looking to clinch but Me is avoiding it.
Simon tries to clinch there but Me circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Simon has Me up against the ropes in a clinch.
Me is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Me wants to get back to striking at distance but Simon won't allow it.

Simon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Me misses with a two punch combination.
Me swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Me. Those never looked like landing.
Simon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Me.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Me avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Me fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Me on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Simon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Me misses with a few strikes there.
Me pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Me tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Simon is able to avoid easily.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Me swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Me thows a body shot but no joy.
Simon tries to clinch there but Me circles away.
Me keeps the fight on the outside.
Me swats away the attempt to clinch by Simon.
Me connects with a solid leg kick.
Me throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Me throws a right and a left that Simon avoids nicely.

Simon drives through and clinches with Me against the ropes.

Simon breaks from the clinch.
Me connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Me throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A thudding body kick lands there by Simon!
Me misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Simon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simon tries to clinch but Me is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Me throws a leg kick

and Simon counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Simon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Me. Those never looked like landing.
Me circles away from the clinch attempt.
Simon is looking to clinch but Me is avoiding it.
Me fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Simon tries to clinch but Me is having none of it.
Me swats away the attempt to clinch by Simon.
Me misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Me. Those never looked like landing.
Me throws a right and a left that both miss.
Me rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Simon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Simon scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Me showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Simon.
Me lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Simon circles away quickly and effectively.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Me paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Simon has closed the distance and engaged Me in a clinch.
Simon stalling in the clinch but Me improves position.
Simon scores a nice knee to the body.
Simon trying to control the position but instead, Me has worked for underhooks and has pushed Simon into the ropes.
Me tries to circle away but Simon has him pinned against the ropes.
Milan Simon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Simon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Mini Me has been cut.
Me misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me wants to get back to striking at distance but Simon won't allow it.
Simon missing with knees to the body.
Me has a couple of punches blocked by Simon.
Knees to the body from Simon.

Simon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Me punishes Simon's body with a nice straight punch.
Me throws a nice looking combination but Simon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Me misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Simon is looking to clinch.
Simon moves in looking to clinch but Me pushes him off.
Me will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Simon throws a nice head kick!
Me throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Me.
Me fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Me swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Me.
Me swats away the attempt to clinch by Simon.

Simon forces Me back against the ropes and clinches.

Simon breaks the clinch.
Me keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheers as Simon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Me doesn't seem phased though.
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!
Simon tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Me manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Me swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Me showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Simon.
Simon is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Me tries to bum rush Simon with a series of wild strikes but Simon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Me throws a right and a left that Simon avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milan Simon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Simon 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milan Simon!