PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Koya Urabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urodzony By Przegrac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urodzony By Przegrac has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Urabe
vs
By Przegrac

178 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Very confident

Machiavelli Boutique

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Koya Urabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urodzony By Przegrac!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
By Przegrac circles away from the clinch attempt
and By Przegrac counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Urabe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Urabe throws a head kick but By Przegrac moves out of range.
By Przegrac circles away from the clinch attempt.

Urabe moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
By Przegrac throws an elbow but it misses.
Urabe blocking some punches.
Urabe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Urabe pressing his opponent against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
By Przegrac's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Urabe looking to throw knees to the head but By Przegrac is blocking nicely.
Urabe stalls.
A short right from By Przegrac on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for By Przegrac.
By Przegrac on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
By Przegrac misses with some punches.
Urabe stalling.
A short right from Urabe.
Urabe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Urabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but By Przegrac is keeping busy.
By Przegrac lands a knee to the body.
Urabe missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urabe.
A short uppercut from By Przegrac.
Urabe leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Urabe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
By Przegrac misses with a body punch.
By Przegrac lands a good knee to the midsection. Urabe won't want to take too many of those.
Urabe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from By Przegrac.
By Przegrac goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
By Przegrac misses with a punch to the body.
Urabe misses with a hook to the ribs.
By Przegrac pushes off an throws an elbow but Urabe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Urabe wants to stall.
By Przegrac looking to throw knees to the head but Urabe is blocking nicely.
By Przegrac misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Urabe lands a right hand that snaps the head of By Przegrac backwards.
Urabe lands a nice shot to the body.
By Przegrac tries to work over Urabe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
By Przegrac prevents a body shot from Urabe.
By Przegrac takes an elbow to the forehead.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Urabe is trying to maintain a safe position but By Przegrac gets an underhook and turns Urabe into the ropes.
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 Koya Urabe will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Urabe moves into the clinch.
Urabe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with By Przegrac's elbow.
By Przegrac on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
By Przegrac connects with a nasty looking knee right to Urabe's face.
By Przegrac takes a shot to the head.
Urabe is looking to control By Przegrac's arms but By Przegrac gets an underhook and turns him. Now Urabe has his back to the ropes.
Urabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Maybe Urabe would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
By Przegrac throws a head punch that misses.
By Przegrac avoids the elbow strike from Urabe, against the ropes.
Urabe is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Urabe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Urabe has a couple of punches blocked by By Przegrac.
Urabe avoids a wild elbow strike from By Przegrac.
By Przegrac looking to throw knees to the head but Urabe is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by By Przegrac.
By Przegrac goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urabe taking a breather.
By Przegrac lands with a right to the head.
Urabe controlling the action here for a moment.
A body shot lands from Urabe.
Urabe wants to stall.
By Przegrac tries to land knees in the clinch but Urabe avoids the damage to the body.
Urabe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
By Przegrac is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
By Przegrac misses with a hook from the clinch.
By Przegrac takes a shot to the head.
By Przegrac landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Urabe looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Koya Urabe.
Urabe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by By Przegrac.
Urabe wants to clinch up but By Przegrac keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from By Przegrac.
By Przegrac tries to land a leg kick but Urabe saw it coming and moves away.
A head kick misses from Urabe.
Urabe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and By Przegrac counters with a straight right hand.

Urabe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with By Przegrac, pushing him back against the ropes.
Urabe pressing his opponent against the ropes.
By Przegrac unloads a knee to the mid-section.
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!
Urabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A body shot lands from Urabe.
Urabe looking to throw knees to the head but By Przegrac is blocking nicely.
Urabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
By Przegrac misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Koya Urabe will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Urabe lands with a slapping head kick.
Urabe tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and By Przegrac counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
By Przegrac with a jab.
By Przegrac circles away from the clinch attempt.
By Przegrac connects with an inside leg kick.

Urabe gets a clinch.
By Przegrac fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
By Przegrac creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
By Przegrac looks to throw an elbow but misses.
By Przegrac lands an elbow just above Urabe 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for Urabe.
By Przegrac crunches a lovely knee into Urabe's ribcage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Urabe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
Come on Urabe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
By Przegrac tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, By Przegrac just misses with a elbow thrown towards Urabe's brow.
By Przegrac throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Urabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Urabe trying to land knees to the body.
By Przegrac tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Urabe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from By Przegrac.
By Przegrac with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
By Przegrac struggles to land a body shot inside as Urabe controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Urabe.
By Przegrac misses with a punch to the body.
Urabe lands a left hand.
Urabe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Urabe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Urabe tries to land knees in the clinch but By Przegrac avoids the damage to the body.
By Przegrac using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Urabe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Urabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but By Przegrac is keeping busy.
Urabe stalling in the clinch but By Przegrac improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
By Przegrac lands a right hand that snaps the head of Urabe backwards.
Urabe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
By Przegrac working aggressively here.
Urabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Urabe dodges an elbow strike from By Przegrac.
By Przegrac tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Urabe avoids it.
By Przegrac pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by By Przegrac as Urabe tries to tie him up.
Urabe tries to work over By Przegrac's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
By Przegrac tries a body shot but Urabe blocks it.
Urabe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
By Przegrac struggles to land a body shot inside as Urabe controls his hands.
Urodzony By Przegrac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koya Urabe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Urabe is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Urabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Urodzony By Przegrac.
I think Urabe has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koya Urabe!