PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Demitrious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mc Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Demitrious
vs
Steel Penn

200 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Excellent boxer
Determined

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Demitrious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mc Steel Penn!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Demitrious has Steel Penn up against the ropes in a clinch.
Steel Penn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steel Penn misses with the head strike.
Demitrious tries a body shot but Steel Penn blocks it.
Demitrious blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Demitrious breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Steel Penn.
Demitrious misses with a double jab.
Steel Penn swats away the attempt to clinch by Demitrious.
Steel Penn fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demitrious moves in looking to clinch but Steel Penn pushes him off.
Demitrious tries to clinch there but Steel Penn circles away.
Demitrious keeps the fight on the outside.
Steel Penn thuds a left hand into Demitrious's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demitrious avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Demitrious tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel Penn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steel Penn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Demitrious misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demitrious explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Demitrious closes the distance and clinches.
Steel Penn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel Penn.
Demitrious blocking some punches.

Demitrious breaks from the clinch.
Steel Penn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Demitrious takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Demitrious tries to clinch up but Steel Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Steel Penn misses with a body shot.
Demitrious avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demitrious throws a body kick that misses.
Demitrious avoids the body shot from Steel Penn.
Steel Penn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice shot lands for Steel Penn.
Demitrious lands a nice looking body shot.
Demitrious slips a jab from Steel Penn.
Demitrious tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steel Penn doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Steel Penn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Demitrious paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steel Penn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Demitrious lands a right hook to the body.
Steel Penn looks winded!
Steel Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Demitrious takes one to the chin there.
Demitrious misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little jabbing left from Steel Penn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn slips a jab and a cross from Demitrious.
Demitrious tries to bum rush Steel Penn with a series of wild strikes but Steel Penn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Demitrious throws a one two combo.

Demitrious instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demitrious.

Demitrious pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Demitrious gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Steel Penn misses with a hook from the clinch.

Demitrious breaks the clinch.
Demitrious misses with the combination.
Demitrious throws a head kick that half lands.
Steel Penn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Demitrious chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel Penn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Demitrious thinks about countering with a head kick.
Demitrious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel Penn manages to avoid it.
Steel Penn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Steel Penn lands with a cross.
Steel Penn misses with a hook.

Demitrious closes the distance and clinches.
Steel Penn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demitrious's elbow.
Demitrious is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steel Penn is defending well for now.

Demitrious's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel Penn is looking to clinch but Demitrious is avoiding it.
Demitrious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel Penn.
Demitrious is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Demitrious dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Demitrious wants to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Demitrious.
Steel Penn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Demitrious tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demitrious tries to clinch but Steel Penn moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel Penn slips a jab and a cross from Demitrious.
Alex Demitrious is winning the standup battle so far.
Steel Penn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Steel Penn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Demitrious drives through and clinches with Steel Penn against the ropes.
Steel Penn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel Penn misses with a punch to the body.

Demitrious's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel Penn misses with a wild combination.

Demitrious gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Demitrious pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Steel Penn coming out on top.
Demitrious misses with a combination
and Steel Penn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Demitrious thinking.
Demitrious tries to clinch but Steel Penn is having none of it.
Steel Penn cracks Demitrious with an open hand slap.
Demitrious bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Demitrious has closed the distance and engaged Steel Penn in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demitrious blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demitrious stalling in the clinch but Steel Penn improves position.

Demitrious's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel Penn cracks Demitrious with an open hand slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel Penn blocks a head kick by Demitrious.
Demitrious fails to land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Steel Penn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Steel Penn tries to clinch up.
Steel Penn throws a body punch but Demitrious moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Demitrious tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Demitrious has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Steel Penn finds it's way round the side to connect with Demitrious's head.
Demitrious cracks the inside of Steel Penn's front leg.
Demitrious throws a head kick that misses.

Steel Penn tries to keep at a distance but Demitrious has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steel Penn being controlled against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Demitrious's efforts to push away.
Steel Penn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Steel Penn on the inside.
Alex Demitrious has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Steel Penn tries to throw a body punch but Demitrious avoids it by throwing Steel Penn back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demitrious.
Demitrious blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Demitrious manages to break the clinch.

Demitrious has Steel Penn up against the ropes in a clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Demitrious here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Steel Penn misses with some punches.
Demitrious blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Demitrious uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel Penn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steel Penn misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel Penn.

Demitrious pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Demitrious is looking to clinch.

Demitrious moves into the clinch successfully.

Demitrious breaks from the clinch.
Steel Penn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Demitrious on the side of the head.
Demitrious doesn't manage to clinch there - Steel Penn circles away.
Demitrious throws a jab when Steel Penn was well out of range.
Steel Penn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steel Penn scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mc Steel Penn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Demitrious ducks under a wild hook from Steel Penn.

Demitrious closes the distance and pushes Steel Penn back into the ropes.
Steel Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steel Penn misses with the head strike.
Steel Penn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steel Penn lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steel Penn.
Demitrious tries to land a knee to the head but Steel Penn blocks with his arms.
Demitrious is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Demitrious blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel Penn working aggressively here.
Steel Penn misses with the head strike.
Demitrious wants to stall.
Demitrious effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel Penn misses with the head strike.

Demitrious breaks the clinch.
Steel Penn wants to clinch.
Good exchange - Steel Penn coming out on top.
Demitrious lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Demitrious.
Nice body kick from Demitrious.
Demitrious tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demitrious throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Steel Penn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Demitrious, pushing him back against the ropes.
Demitrious misses with a knee to the head.
Steel Penn working aggressively here.

Demitrious breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Demitrious takes one to the chin there.
Demitrious wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steel Penn circles away from the clinch attempt.

Demitrious rushes Steel Penn and presses him up against the ropes.

Demitrious's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Demitrious tries to clinch but Steel Penn moves out of range.
Demitrious lands a leg kick that knocks Steel Penn off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demitrious wants to clinch up but Steel Penn keeps it at a distance.
Steel Penn throws a shot from downtown. Demitrious moves away and avoids it.
Mc Steel Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steel Penn throws a body shot but no joy.
Demitrious just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Steel Penn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Demitrious is looking to wear down Steel Penn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Demitrious tries to clinch up.
Steel Penn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steel Penn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Demitrious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Demitrious throws a head kick that half lands.
Steel Penn scores with a punch to the head.
Steel Penn throws an off balance right hand
and Demitrious counters with a two punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steel Penn. Demitrious does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Steel Penn.
A head kick misses from Demitrious.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Steel Penn.
Steel Penn lands a head shot.
A punch lands to the side of Demitrious 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Steel Penn darts in and clinches Demitrious up against the ropes.

Demitrious escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Demitrious misses with a body shot.
Demitrious looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Steel Penn lunges at Demitrious with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Demitrious's hand.
Demitrious throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Demitrious takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steel Penn is looking to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mc Steel Penn.
I think Steel Penn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mc Steel Penn!