PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Antti Meijeri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Left Fist Of Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antti Meijeri has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Meijeri
vs
Fist Of Steel Penn

189 cm
20
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

225 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antti Meijeri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Left Fist Of Steel Penn!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meijeri slips a jab and a cross from Steel Penn.
A nice inside leg kick there by Meijeri. That's going to slow Steel Penn down.
Steel Penn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meijeri.
A low kick from Meijeri misses
and Steel Penn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Meijeri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Meijeri pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Steel Penn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Meijeri avoids a wild elbow strike from Steel Penn.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but Steel Penn blocks it.
Meijeri cracks Steel Penn with a nice body shot.

Steel Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel Penn blocks a head kick by Meijeri.

Steel Penn darts in and clinches Meijeri up against the ropes.
Steel Penn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meijeri lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Left Fist Of Steel Penn has been cut.
Meijeri tries to land a knee to the head but Steel Penn blocks with his arms.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Steel Penn is blocking nicely.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Steel Penn is blocking nicely.
Steel Penn wants to break free but Meijeri has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel Penn tries to land knees in the clinch but Meijeri avoids the damage to the body.
Meijeri misses with a knee to the head.
Steel Penn taking a breather.
Meijeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steel Penn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steel Penn tries to circle away but Meijeri has him pinned against the ropes.
Steel Penn tries to circle away but Meijeri has him pinned against the ropes.
Meijeri misses with a knee strike.
Steel Penn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Meijeri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Steel Penn breaks the clinch.

Steel Penn has Meijeri up against the ropes in a clinch.
Meijeri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steel Penn's efforts to push away.
Meijeri misses with a knee to the head.
Steel Penn looking to slow down the pace here.
Steel Penn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn looking to slow down the pace here.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Steel Penn scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Steel Penn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steel Penn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meijeri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steel Penn tries to land knees in the clinch but Meijeri avoids the damage to the body.
Steel Penn misses with a body punch.

Steel Penn manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meijeri misses with a head kick.
Meijeri throws a push kick but Steel Penn slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steel Penn avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Steel Penn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Steel Penn looking to throw knees to the head but Meijeri is blocking nicely.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
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 Antti Meijeri will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Left Fist Of Steel Penn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Steel Penn misses with a kick to the body.
Left Fist Of Steel Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steel Penn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Steel Penn clinches with his opponent.
Steel Penn is trying to break the clinch but Meijeri is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Meijeri.
Steel Penn is trying to force a seperation but Meijeri has the dominant position.
A right hand to the body from Meijeri.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meijeri with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Meijeri pushes Steel Penn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meijeri connects with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Steel Penn.
A knee to the head by Meijeri.
Steel Penn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meijeri landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Steel Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steel Penn is breathing heavily.
Steel Penn wants to stall.
Steel Penn tries to circle away but Meijeri has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Meijeri.
Steel Penn stalls.
I was talking to Meijeri's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Meijeri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel Penn blocks it with crossed arms.
Meijeri lands a knee to the body.
Meijeri working Steel Penn over with knees to the body.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but Steel Penn blocks it.
Meijeri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel Penn blocks it with crossed arms.
Meijeri landing knees to the body.
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!
Meijeri landing knees to the head.
Meijeri lands with a light punch inside.
Meijeri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel Penn blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Meijeri won't allow it.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meijeri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steel Penn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steel Penn tries to break the clinch but Meijeri is controlling the position.
Meijeri working Steel Penn over with knees to the body.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meijeri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel Penn blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel Penn lands a nice knee to the body.
Meijeri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel Penn backwards.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meijeri tries to land a knee to the head but Steel Penn blocks with his arms.
Meijeri avoids a wild elbow strike from Steel Penn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meijeri working Steel Penn over with knees to the body.
Steel Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Steel Penn taking a breather.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but Steel Penn blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Meijeri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Left Fist Of Steel Penn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Meijeri scores with a leg kick.
Steel Penn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Meijeri looks for the body kick but Steel Penn saw that one coming.
A solid body kick from Meijeri.
Steel Penn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Good work by Steel Penn as he checks the leg kick.
Meijeri cracks Steel Penn with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meijeri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steel Penn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Meijeri with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Meijeri rushes Steel Penn and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Meijeri using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Steel Penn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Meijeri looking to throw knees to the head but Steel Penn is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Meijeri tries to land a knee to the head but Steel Penn blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Steel Penn breaks from the clinch.
Antti Meijeri is winning the standup battle so far.

Steel Penn closes the distance and pushes Meijeri back into the ropes.
Meijeri throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steel Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Meijeri won't allow it.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steel Penn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Meijeri blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel Penn tries to break free but Meijeri pushes him back against the ropes.
Meijeri throws a knee to the head but misses.
Meijeri blocks a body shot from Steel Penn.
Steel Penn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meijeri.
Meijeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steel Penn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steel Penn can't find room to land a body shot as Meijeri controls the action.
Meijeri with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meijeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steel Penn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Meijeri tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steel Penn pushes Meijeri back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meijeri misses with a knee to the head.

Steel Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Antti Meijeri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steel Penn connects with a solid leg kick.
Steel Penn cracks the inside of Meijeri's front leg.
Left Fist Of Steel Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A clash of legs there as Steel Penn blocks the low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meijeri fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steel Penn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice body punch from Meijeri.
A nice inside leg kick there by Meijeri. That's going to slow Steel Penn down.
A head kick misses from Steel Penn.
Antti Meijeri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Meijeri tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Steel Penn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meijeri throws a leg kick that misses.
Meijeri fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Steel Penn checks it well.
Meijeri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steel Penn's sensitive parts.
Meijeri chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Steel Penn can pounce on him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Meijeri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Meijeri 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight for Antti Meijeri!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Antti Meijeri!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Antti Meijeri!

Antti Meijeri wins by unanimous decision!