PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dan K (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Manuel Arboleda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). K comes to the ring accompanied by Albatross, Albatross, Albatross. Arboleda has chosen ASTAROTH - GUERRA DE METAL as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

K
vs
Manuel Arboleda

174 cm
26
143 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

165 cm
27
157 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan K !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humberto Manuel Arboleda!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
K circles away from the clinch attempt.
K scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Humberto Manuel Arboleda has been cut.
K looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice jab there from K .
Arboleda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Arboleda looks to land a body kick but K moved away.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but K is avoiding it.

Arboleda clinches up against the ropes.
Arboleda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
K lands with a short shot to the head.
K avoids a wild elbow strike from Arboleda.
Arboleda throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from K .
A head punch on the inside from K fails to land.
Arboleda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with K 's elbow.
K tries to work over Arboleda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arboleda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but K blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from K .
We've been informed that Arboleda has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
K throws a punch but it's blocked by Arboleda.
K is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arboleda is defending well for now.
K lands with a short shot to the head.
Arboleda looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
K throws a head punch that misses.
K stalls.
K throws an elbow but it misses.
Arboleda is looking to control K 's arms but K gets an underhook and turns him. Now Arboleda has his back to the ropes.
K throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Arboleda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but K blocks it with crossed arms.
Arboleda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Arboleda missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Arboleda fails to land.
K working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Arboleda pushes off an throws an elbow but K leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Arboleda throws an elbow that misses.
K lands a left hand.
Arboleda throws an elbow but it misses.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
K throws a head punch that misses.
K lands an elbow inside that Arboleda shrugs off.
Arboleda throws an elbow but it misses.
Arboleda lands a nice shot to the body.
K misses with some punches.
Arboleda blocks an uppercut.
K lands a left hand.
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!
K using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arboleda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. K is defending well for now.
K tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Arboleda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from K .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short body shot lands from K as the two fighters clinch.
K blocks a body shot from Arboleda.
K avoids the elbow strike from Arboleda, against the ropes.
K lands a shot to the body.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan K dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Arboleda tries to clinch but K is having none of it.
K circles away from the clinch attempt.
A good leg kick by Arboleda.
Arboleda misses with a body kick.

Arboleda gets a clinch.
K on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
K blocks an elbow strike.
K throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
K dodges an elbow strike from Arboleda.
K avoids the elbow strike from Arboleda, against the ropes.
K on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arboleda blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from K .
Dan K has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Arboleda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. K is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by K .
Arboleda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
K lands a knee to the body.
K cracks Arboleda with a nice body shot.
K looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
K misses with a punch on the inside.
K misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arboleda.
K lands with a left to the head.
K lands a hook that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
K wants to break the clinch but can't.
K misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from K .
K crunches a lovely knee into Arboleda's ribcage.
K tries to break free but Arboleda pushes him back against the ropes.
K managing to block the knees to the body from Arboleda.
Arboleda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but K has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arboleda misses with a punch to the body.
K makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
K digs a right hand underneath Arboleda's ribcage. Arboleda let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Arboleda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
K tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
K swings wildly with an uppercut but Arboleda uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
K working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by K .
Arboleda holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
K swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arboleda has a couple of punches blocked by K .
Arboleda prevents a body shot from K .
Arboleda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arboleda taking a breather.
Arboleda lands a knee to the head.
K looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for K .
Arboleda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan K dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Arboleda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Arboleda moves into the clinch.
Arboleda crunches a lovely knee into K 's ribcage.
Arboleda prevents a body shot from K .
Arboleda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

K breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arboleda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from K .
K misses with a low kick as Arboleda jumps back.
K moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Arboleda throws a shot from downtown. K moves away and avoids it.
Arboleda moves out of range of the body kick.
K scores with a shot to the body.

Arboleda rushes K and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Arboleda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
K unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

K breaks from the clinch.
K fakes the leg kick and cracks Arboleda in the body.
Arboleda throws a head kick but K moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Arboleda clinches.
K lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
K lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Arboleda.
K missing with knees to the body.
K gets through Arboleda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
K wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Arboleda has him pressed against the ropes.
K fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arboleda looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Arboleda throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Arboleda just misses with a elbow thrown towards K 's brow.
K lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Arboleda.
K dodges an elbow strike from Arboleda.
K scores with a shoulder strike.
K lands with a right to the head.
K avoiding damage as Arboleda throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from K .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arboleda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
K scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from K .
K throws a head punch that misses.
Arboleda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and K avoids it.
K gets through Arboleda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Arboleda avoiding damage.
K tries to land a knee to the head but Arboleda blocks with his arms.
Arboleda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
K tries to land knees in the clinch but Arboleda avoids the damage to the body.
Arboleda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arboleda blocks an uppercut.
K on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arboleda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from K .
A right hook to the body lands for K .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan K clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Arboleda doesn't manage to clinch there - K circles away.
Arboleda doesn't manage to clinch there - K circles away.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up but K swats him away and circles back towards the center.
K takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Arboleda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from K .
K throws a big shot that misses.
K throws a hook but Arboleda blocks it.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. K manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arboleda wants to clinch.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
K lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
K thows a left - swing and a miss!
K scores with a jab to the body.
Arboleda misses with a kick to the body.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but K is avoiding it.
Arboleda closes the distance but K moves to the side
and K connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
K misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Arboleda blocks the leg kick.
K is looking to score with low kicks.

Arboleda has K up against the ropes in a clinch.
K misses with a knee strike.
K unloads a knee to the mid-section.
K misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arboleda.
Arboleda blocks an uppercut.
K tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
K lands with a right to the head.
Arboleda trying to control the position but instead, K has worked for underhooks and has pushed Arboleda into the ropes.
K misses with some punches.
K stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Arboleda looking to throw knees to the head but K is blocking nicely.
K lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
K misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arboleda.
A head punch on the inside from Arboleda fails to land.
Arboleda has K pressed against the ropes.
Arboleda lands a nice knee to the body.
K looking to throw knees to the head but Arboleda is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from K .
K displaying some good clinch control by pressing Arboleda up against the ropes.
Arboleda trying to land knees to the body.
K pushes Arboleda back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but K avoids the damage to the body.
K tries to work over Arboleda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arboleda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
K scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arboleda misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan K had his way with Humberto Manuel Arboleda in that round.
The cut man is working on Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

K shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Arboleda gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Arboleda tries to clinch but K moves out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from K - that will leave a mark!
K with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
K throws a front kick that sends Arboleda stumbling back into the ropes.
Arboleda closes the distance looking to clinch
letting K counter with a right hand.
Arboleda wants to clinch.
Arboleda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. K manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Arboleda walks into a jab.
Arboleda doesn't manage to clinch there - K circles away.
K throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arboleda tries to clinch but K moves out of range.
Dan K is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Arboleda fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arboleda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arboleda tries to clinch up but K circles away and keeps his distance.
K avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arboleda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arboleda swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
K scores with a head kick.
Arboleda connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed K momentarily.
A clash of legs there as K blocks the low kick.
K looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Arboleda wants to clinch.
Arboleda tries to clinch but K is having none of it.
K throws a nice inside leg kick.
Arboleda tries to clinch but fails miserably
and K counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by K . K obviously looking to wear him down.
K keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
K is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
K throws a leg kick that misses.
Arboleda tries to clinch there but K circles away.
K swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.

Arboleda has closed the distance and engaged K in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
K dodges an elbow strike from Arboleda.
Arboleda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, K creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Arboleda lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arboleda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arboleda tries to land knees in the clinch but K avoids the damage to the body.
Arboleda misses with a knee strike.
K blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Humberto Manuel Arboleda.
Well K 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:46
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan K !
An out of breath Dan K thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.