PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Advantage's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drain the Blood. Summers has chosen Meatloaf: In The Land Of The Pigs as his entrance music. Dylan Summers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Advantage
vs
Summers

180 cm
35
172 lbs
18 - 19 - 1

178 cm
34
171 lbs
19 - 11 - 3

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rural Advantage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dylan Summers!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Advantage is looking to clinch but Summers is avoiding it.

Advantage has managed to clinch.
Summers blocks an uppercut.
Summers blocks an elbow strike.
Advantage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Advantage uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been hearing reports that Advantage has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Advantage prevents a body shot from Summers.
Advantage lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Advantage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Advantage wants to clinch.
Advantage tries to clinch up.
Summers connects with a body shot that sends Advantage's belly button to the back.
Advantage misses with an uppercut.
Summers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Summers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Advantage is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Advantage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Summers.
Advantage looks to land a combination but Summers avoids it well.
Summers throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Advantage instigates a clinch.
Summers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Advantage.
Summers struggles to land a body shot inside as Advantage controls his hands.
Summers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Summers scores with a shoulder strike.
Advantage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Summers cracks Advantage with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Advantage stalling in the clinch.

Advantage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Summers has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Advantage is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Advantage tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Summers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good shot there by Summers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Summers closes the distance and clinches.
Summers presses Advantage against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Summers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Summers struggles to land a body shot inside as Advantage controls his hands.
Advantage doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Summers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summers tries to work over Advantage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Advantage lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Summers misses with a knee to the head.

Advantage breaks the clinch.
Advantage fails with an attempt to clinch.

Advantage moves into the clinch.
Advantage wants to break free but Summers has control.

Advantage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt
and Summers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Advantage misses with an uppercut. Summers saw that one coming.
Advantage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Advantage tries to bum rush Summers with a series of wild strikes but Summers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Advantage looks to land a right hand but Summers moved out of range.
Advantage throws a right hand that Summers ducks under and follows up with a left that Summers also avoids with ease.
Summers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Summers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Advantage doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.

Summers takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Advantage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Advantage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Summers keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Summers. Beautiful body shot.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch but Summers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch but Summers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Summers throws a shot to the body.
Summers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Advantage misses with a few strikes there.
Summers throws the kick towards the body but Advantage avoids it.
Advantage wants to clinch but Summers slips to the side
and Summers counters with a three punch combo that has Advantage backing up. Advantage nods at Summers to acknowledge the strikes.

Advantage is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Summers staying out of range there.
Rural Advantage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Advantage moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.
Advantage doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Summers dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Summers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Advantage tries to clinch but Summers moves out of range.
Advantage throws a sloppy body shot
letting Summers counter with a right hand.

Advantage moves into the clinch successfully.
Summers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Summers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summers avoids a wild elbow strike from Advantage.
Advantage wants to break free but Summers has control.
Dylan Summers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Summers scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Advantage throws an elbow but misses.

Advantage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Advantage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Advantage tries to clinch up.
Advantage is looking to clinch but Summers is avoiding it.
Advantage misses with an uppercut. Summers saw that one coming.
Advantage is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers slips a jab and a cross from Advantage.
Advantage closes the distance but Summers moves to the side
and Summers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
No joy there for Summers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Advantage is looking to clinch but Summers is avoiding it.
Advantage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Summers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Summers rushes Advantage and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Advantage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage fails with an attempt to clinch.

Advantage instigates a clinch.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Advantage avoids it.
Summers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Summers working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers tries to work over Advantage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Advantage tries a body shot but Summers blocks it.
Summers tries to work over Advantage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Summers.
Advantage blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Summers.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Advantage blocking some punches.
Summers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Summers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Advantage backwards.
Advantage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Summers lands a shot to the body.
Advantage has had enough of the clinch but Summers keeps him there for the moment.

Advantage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage tries to clinch there but Summers circles away.
Nice defenses there by Summers.

Summers clinches up against the ropes.
Advantage content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers tries to work over Advantage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Summers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Advantage - that landed with a thud.
Advantage misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Summers misses with the head strike.
Summers pushes Advantage back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Advantage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summers takes an elbow to the temple.
Summers blocking some punches.
Summers struggles to land a body shot inside as Advantage controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Advantage.
Advantage can't break the clinch.
Advantage is trying to break the clinch but Summers has him pressed against the ropes.
Summers tries to work over Advantage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Advantage breaks from the clinch.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick and Advantage moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Advantage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Advantage. That snapped Summers's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Advantage tries to clinch up.
Advantage tries to clinch up.
Rural Advantage is winning the standup battle so far.
Advantage takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Summers just misses with a punch to the body.
Advantage slips a jab and a cross from Summers.

Advantage moves into the clinch successfully.
Summers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Advantage breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Advantage tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Summers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dylan Summers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Advantage tries to clinch but Summers moves away
and Summers counters with a nice uppercut.
Advantage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Summers keeps the fight on the outside.
Advantage just misses with a punch to the body.
Advantage moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.
Advantage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Advantage doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Summers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Advantage throws the left hand but Summers avoids the punch easily.
Advantage is looking to clinch.
Summers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Summers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Advantage is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers lands a front kick.
Advantage slips a jab and a cross from Summers.
Summers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Advantage looks to score with a jab to the body but Summers is just out of range.
Advantage doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
Summers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Advantage was well out of range. Poor timing from Summers.
Summers keeps the fight on the outside.
Advantage tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Advantage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good leg kick by Summers there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Advantage tries to clinch but Summers moves away
and Summers counters with a nice body shot.
Summers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Advantage rather than just go for the knockout.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Advantage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Advantage throws a right and a left that Summers avoids nicely.
Summers tried to score with a low kick but Advantage checks it.
Advantage throws a predictable looking body shot
and Summers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Advantage takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Summers scores with a crisp jab that stopped Advantage in his tracks.

Summers drives through and clinches with Advantage against the ropes.
A short right from Summers.
Advantage blocks an elbow strike.
Summers lands a left hand that snaps the head of Advantage backwards.
Summers scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Advantage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Summers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Advantage with a knee to the head.
Advantage managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Advantage seems to have got his legs back now.
Advantage trying to control the position but instead, Summers has worked for underhooks and has pushed Advantage into the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Summers.

Advantage manages to break the clinch.
Advantage throws a hook to the side of Summers's head but Summers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Summers is looking to land body kicks.
Advantage tries to clinch up.
Summers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Summers clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from Advantage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Summers.
Summers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Advantage manages to break the clinch.
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!
Summers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rural Advantage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with a jab, cross combination.
A cross from Advantage lands.
Rural Advantage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Advantage moves into range and clinches up with Summers.
Summers lands with a light punch inside.
Summers scores with a shoulder strike.
Advantage prevents a body shot from Summers.
Advantage throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Summerss head.
Summers is leaning against Advantage and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Summers.
Advantage working aggressively here.
Dylan Summers is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Advantage lands an elbow just above Summers 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Advantage misses with some punches.
Summers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Advantages head.
Summers lands a hook that snaps the head of Advantage backwards.
Advantage blocks a body shot from Summers.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dylan Summers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Summers 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dylan Summers!
Dylan Summers made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'no more k1 for me'.
Rural Advantage spoke after the fight, saying 'You got me this time, congrats to you.'.