PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Steven Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meat Chris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Rutherford has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rutherford
vs
Chris

183 cm
18
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
139 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Rutherford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Meat Chris!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutherford just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Rutherford there.
Rutherford looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rutherford moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chris looks to throw the jab but Rutherford is out of range.
Chris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rutherford scores with a punch to the head.
Rutherford misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Chris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Chris.
Rutherford scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A solid body kick from Chris.
A leg kick checked by Chris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut. Chris saw that one coming.
Rutherford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rutherford scores with a push kick.
Rutherford has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rutherford connects with an inside leg kick.
Rutherford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chris manages to avoid it.
Rutherford misses with an uppercut.
Nice body kick from Chris.
Chris throws a leg kick which misses Rutherford's front leg but catches the back leg as Rutherford tries to avoid it.
Chris thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rutherford if he has to take too many more of those.
Rutherford avoids the body shot from Chris.
Chris lands with a cross.
Rutherford missing with a left hand there. Chris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rutherford misses with a straight left.
Rutherford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chris moves away.
Chris blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice defenses there by Rutherford.
Chris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chris lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford missing with a left hand there. Chris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rutherford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chris throws a leg kick but Rutherford moved away.
Rutherford steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chris. That one must have hurt.
Chris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A bone on bone clash there as Rutherford blocks the leg kick.
Rutherford pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chris walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rutherford checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chris loads up on a big right hand but Rutherford slips the punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chris tries to score with a low kick but Rutherford moves his leg out of the way.
Rutherford thows a body shot but no joy.
Chris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rutherford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rutherford lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Steven Rutherford will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rutherford avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rutherford misses with a hook.
Rutherford looks to land a right hand but Chris moved out of range.
Chris throws a head kick that misses.
Rutherford sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Chris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chris lands a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Chris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chris has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Chris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rutherford throws a leg kick that misses.
Rutherford is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Chris - that will leave a mark!
Rutherford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chris.
Chris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rutherford throws a body punch but Chris moves out of range.
Rutherford misses with a leg kick.
Chris throws a leg kick
enabling Rutherford to counter with a crisp jab.
Chris throws a series of strikes that have Rutherford backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rutherford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chris throws out a leg kick but Rutherford moves out of range and Chris only half commits.
Good leg kick by Rutherford there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rutherford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rutherford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chris takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rutherford works the jab nicely.
Chris throws out a leg kick but Rutherford moves out of range and Chris only half commits.
Rutherford connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rutherford misses with a body shot.
Chris moves out of range as Rutherford strikes.
Steven Rutherford is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab from Rutherford.
Chris misses with a leg kick.
Rutherford is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rutherford scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford misses with a leg kick
and Chris counters with a solid body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rutherford throws a lazy right hand but Chris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rutherford takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rutherford takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rutherford misses with a body shot.
Rutherford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rutherford throws a leg kick but Chris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chris lands with a hook. Rutherford tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rutherford scores with a head kick. Chris tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Chris is rocked!
Rutherford lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chris is still on wobbly legs! Can Rutherford finish him?
Rutherford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chris.
Chris seems to have recovered his senses.
Rutherford will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rutherford stuns Chris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rutherford.
Chris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Rutherford dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rutherford throws the left hand but Chris avoids the punch easily.
Meat Chris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rutherford fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rutherford throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rutherford bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chris's head.
Chris fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rutherford is out of range.
Rutherford connects with a right hand. Chris shakes it off.
A good leg kick by Chris.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chris.
Rutherford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rutherford is able to avoid easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rutherford.
Chris throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rutherford throws the left hand but Chris avoids the punch easily.
Chris throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rutherford tries to score with a low kick but Chris moves his leg out of the way.
Chris walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rutherford scores with a punch to the head.
Steven Rutherford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rutherford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Chris takes one to the chin there.
Rutherford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rutherford. That did some damage!
Rutherford throws a nice looking combination but Chris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rutherford checks a low kick from Chris.
Rutherford feints and then cracks Chris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chris down.
Chris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rutherford is looking to slow Chris down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Rutherford. That snapped Chris's head back.
Chris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Chris throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chris fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rutherford is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chris checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chris throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rutherford.
Chris throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rutherford counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rutherford moves out of range of the body kick from Chris.
Rutherford scoring well with a low kick there.
Rutherford lands a jab to the head.
Chris throws a leg kick but Rutherford sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chris throws a leg kick but Rutherford checks it.
Rutherford connects with a crisp jab.
Rutherford connects with a body shot.
Chris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chris lands a really nice looking cross but Rutherford seems unphased.
Nice body kick from Rutherford.
Rutherford blocks the body kick.
Chris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Rutherford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rutherford 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Rutherford!