PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Billy Joakim-Antrim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhu Yuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joakim-Antrim comes to the ring accompanied by زنده بمانی، . Yuan has chosen Swing as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Zhu Yuan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Joakim-Antrim
vs
Yuan

179 cm
20
151 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Joakim-Antrim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Zhu Yuan!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuan lands a leg kick that knocks Joakim-Antrim off balance momentarily.
Yuan closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Billy Joakim-Antrim has been cut.
Joakim-Antrim throws a leg kick which misses Yuan's front leg but catches the back leg as Yuan tries to avoid it.
Yuan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yuan dodges the punch combination from Joakim-Antrim.
Yuan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yuan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Joakim-Antrim.

Joakim-Antrim has closed the distance and engaged Yuan in a clinch.
Joakim-Antrim lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yuan lands a right hand.
Joakim-Antrim swings wildly with an uppercut but Yuan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yuan working hard to break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Joakim-Antrim as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joakim-Antrim cracks Yuan with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joakim-Antrim.
Yuan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yuan looking to throw knees to the head but Joakim-Antrim is blocking nicely.
Joakim-Antrim throws a head punch that misses.
Yuan is trying to break the clinch but Joakim-Antrim has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuan working hard to break the clinch.
Joakim-Antrim working aggressively here.
Joakim-Antrim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yuan backwards.
Yuan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yuan tries a body shot but Joakim-Antrim blocks it.
Yuan prevents a body shot from Joakim-Antrim.
Yuan misses with a body punch.
Joakim-Antrim misses with the head strike.
Joakim-Antrim lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Yuan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yuan blocks a body shot from Joakim-Antrim.
A shot in the inside from Joakim-Antrim.
Joakim-Antrim lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joakim-Antrim lands with a light punch inside.
Yuan blocking some punches.
Joakim-Antrim swings wildly with an uppercut but Yuan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joakim-Antrim scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joakim-Antrim lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yuan misses with the head strike.
Yuan working hard to break the clinch.
Joakim-Antrim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yuan backwards.
A hook to the body from Joakim-Antrim.
Yuan digs a right hand into Joakim-Antrim's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Joakim-Antrim's gas tank.
Joakim-Antrim takes a knee right on the jaw!
A shot in the inside from Joakim-Antrim.
Yuan wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Yuan.
Yuan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yuan tries to circle away but Joakim-Antrim has him pinned against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joakim-Antrim.
Joakim-Antrim keeps control of Yuan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Yuan fails to land.
Yuan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Joakim-Antrim pushes Yuan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Joakim-Antrim on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Joakim-Antrim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Joakim-Antrim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Joakim-Antrim's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Joakim-Antrim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Joakim-Antrim gets a clinch.
Yuan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joakim-Antrim lands a body shot.
Joakim-Antrim lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joakim-Antrim lands a right hand.
Joakim-Antrim lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yuan backwards.
Joakim-Antrim works on Yuan's body with a couple of short punches.
Joakim-Antrim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joakim-Antrim scores with a hook to the body.
Joakim-Antrim pushes Yuan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yuan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joakim-Antrim lands with a right to the head.
Joakim-Antrim lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Yuan is rocked!
Nice body punch from Joakim-Antrim - that landed with a thud.
Yuan is still on wobbly legs! Can Joakim-Antrim finish him?
Yuan is breathing heavily.
Joakim-Antrim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yuan backwards.
Joakim-Antrim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Joakim-Antrim creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuan misses with some punches.
Joakim-Antrim misses with a punch on the inside.
Yuan seems to have recovered his senses.
Yuan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Joakim-Antrim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Joakim-Antrim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joakim-Antrim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Joakim-Antrim breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Yuan with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Yuan looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Yuan get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Joakim-Antrim throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Yuan is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the ropes! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Billy Joakim-Antrim!
As Billy Joakim-Antrim got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: He's just another hooligan who was out to get me and failed, try again next time, see you 'cross the roads'.