PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Meiji Mutsuhito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karolaku Krawczaku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meiji Mutsuhito could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Karolaku Krawczaku's chin.

Mutsuhito
vs
Krawczaku

202 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Cuts easily

Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Machiavelli Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Meiji Mutsuhito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karolaku Krawczaku!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mutsuhito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Meiji Mutsuhito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Krawczaku moves into the clinch.
Mutsuhito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Krawczaku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Mutsuhito clinches up against the ropes.
Krawczaku has had enough of the clinch but Mutsuhito keeps him there for the moment.
Mutsuhito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krawczaku's defenses.

It looks like Karolaku Krawczaku has been cut.
Mutsuhito keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krawczaku's efforts to push away.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krawczaku.
Mutsuhito is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krawczaku is keeping busy.
Mutsuhito is pushing Krawczaku up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mutsuhito keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krawczaku's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutsuhito missing with knees to the body.
Krawczaku tries to break free but Mutsuhito pushes him back against the ropes.
Mutsuhito has a couple of punches blocked by Krawczaku.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutsuhito dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Mutsuhito tries to stall but Krawczaku uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mutsuhito is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krawczaku is defending well for now.

Krawczaku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krawczaku lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Meiji Mutsuhito has been cut.

Krawczaku pushes Mutsuhito up against the ropes in a clinch.
Krawczaku blocking some punches.
Mutsuhito's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Krawczaku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Krawczaku softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Mutsuhito throws a punch but it's blocked by Krawczaku.
Krawczaku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krawczaku wants to stall.
Mutsuhito is looking to control Krawczaku's arms but Krawczaku gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mutsuhito has his back to the ropes.
Mutsuhito has Krawczaku pressed against the ropes, preventing Krawczaku from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krawczaku is looking to break free of the clinch but Mutsuhito has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mutsuhito working Krawczaku over with knees to the body.
Krawczaku misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mutsuhito keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krawczaku's efforts to push away.
Krawczaku managing to block the knees to the body from Mutsuhito.
Mutsuhito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Krawczaku is trying to break the clinch but Mutsuhito is controlling him.
Mutsuhito is pushing Krawczaku up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krawczaku stalls.
Krawczaku is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mutsuhito takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
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 Meiji Mutsuhito will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mutsuhito throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Krawczaku.

Mutsuhito instigates a clinch.
Mutsuhito looking to slow down the pace here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mutsuhito unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krawczaku lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Krawczaku blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krawczaku taking a breather.
A short right from Mutsuhito.
Krawczaku is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mutsuhito is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutsuhito avoiding damage.
Mutsuhito misses with a punch to the body.
Mutsuhito is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Meiji Mutsuhito.
Mutsuhito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krawczaku swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Krawczaku closes the distance and clinches.
Mutsuhito trying to control the position but instead, Krawczaku has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mutsuhito into the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Krawczaku wants to break free but Mutsuhito has control.
Mutsuhito stalling in the clinch but Krawczaku improves position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mutsuhito.
Mutsuhito is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Meiji Mutsuhito.

Krawczaku rushes Mutsuhito and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Mutsuhito has Krawczaku pressed against the ropes.
Mutsuhito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mutsuhito's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mutsuhito wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutsuhito is trying to maintain a safe position but Krawczaku gets an underhook and turns Mutsuhito into the ropes.
Mutsuhito unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Krawczaku scores with a shoulder strike.
Mutsuhito looking to stall.
Mutsuhito trying to control the position but instead, Krawczaku has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mutsuhito into the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Meiji Mutsuhito.
Mutsuhito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krawczaku misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Mutsuhito has closed the distance and engaged Krawczaku in a clinch.
Krawczaku being controlled against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mutsuhito is trying to stall.
Krawczaku 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.

Meiji Mutsuhito dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mutsuhito darts in and clinches Krawczaku up against the ropes.
Mutsuhito trying to stall but Krawczaku improves his position.
Mutsuhito is trying to maintain a safe position but Krawczaku gets an underhook and turns Mutsuhito into the ropes.
Krawczaku blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krawczaku lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mutsuhito stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mutsuhito is trying to maintain a safe position but Krawczaku gets an underhook and turns Mutsuhito into the ropes.
Krawczaku can't find room to land a body shot as Mutsuhito controls the action.
Krawczaku wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Krawczaku throws a head punch that misses.
Krawczaku being controlled against the ropes.
Mutsuhito trying to stall but Krawczaku improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Meiji Mutsuhito.
Mutsuhito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krawczaku misses with a two punch combination.
Krawczaku tries a head kick but it misses.
Krawczaku throws a combination. Mutsuhito tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mutsuhito moves into the clinch.
Mutsuhito controlling the action here for a moment.
Mutsuhito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krawczaku is looking to break free of the clinch but Mutsuhito has double underhooks.
Mutsuhito stalling the fight.
Krawczaku can't break the clinch.
Krawczaku misses with an elbow strike.
Mutsuhito struggles to land a body shot inside as Krawczaku controls his hands.
Mutsuhito connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krawczaku's face.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mutsuhito is looking to control Krawczaku's arms but Krawczaku gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mutsuhito has his back to the ropes.
Mutsuhito unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mutsuhito is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mutsuhito is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutsuhito trying to control the position but instead, Krawczaku has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mutsuhito into the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Meiji Mutsuhito.

Mutsuhito pushes Krawczaku up against the ropes in a clinch.
Krawczaku misses with a punch to the body.

Krawczaku manages to break the clinch.
Mutsuhito takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Krawczaku throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Mutsuhito is rocked!
Crack! A monster head kick from Krawczaku and Mutsuhito falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Krawczaku!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Karolaku Krawczaku!