PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Toshiro Kami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Dangerous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dangerous is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: TNT - ACDC. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kami
vs
Dangerous

187 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Toshiro Kami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Dangerous!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dangerous steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kami. That one must have hurt.
Dangerous shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kami lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dangerous uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Toshiro Kami has been cut.
Kami is looking to slow Dangerous down with leg kicks.
Dangerous tries to work over Kami's front leg with a kick but Kami checks it.
Dangerous is looking to clinch but Kami is avoiding it.
Kami moves in looking to clinch but Dangerous pushes him off.
Dangerous waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kami.
Kami is looking to counter punch.
Dangerous wants to clinch.
Kami seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dangerous fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dangerous is looking to clinch.
Kami tries to counter by clinching up but Dangerous breaks away and moves out of range.
Kami buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kami tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dangerous was well out of range. Poor timing from Kami.
Dangerous fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kami looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kami misses with a hook.
Dangerous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kami paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kami explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slow jab from Kami misses its intended target.
Dangerous has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dangerous attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kami swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dangerous.
Dangerous throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kami sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dangerous throws a jab when Kami was well out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kami.
Dangerous steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kami.
Dangerous wants to clinch up but Kami keeps it at a distance.
Dangerous's corner calls for a 1-2. Dangerous obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dangerous loads up on a big right hand but Kami slips the punch.
Kami lands with a good body shot.
Kami swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dangerous counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kami throws a low kick but Dangerous moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous tries to clinch but Kami is having none of it.
Kami definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dangerous dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dangerous tries to clinch but Kami moves out of range.
Dangerous rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kami moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dangerous tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kami was well out of range. Poor timing from Dangerous.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dangerous.
Dangerous uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kami has time to react.
Dangerous thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dangerous keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kami.
Nice body kick there by Kami.

Dangerous moves into the clinch.
Dangerous trying to control the position but instead, Kami has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dangerous into the ropes.
Kami landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kami misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dangerous.
Kami using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dangerous has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dangerous blocks a body shot from Kami.
Kami has a couple of punches blocked by Dangerous.

Kami breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dangerous misses with a double jab.
Dangerous wants to clinch up but Kami keeps it at a distance.
Dangerous takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kami throws a looping overhand right but Dangerous ducks down to avoid it.
A head kick from Kami lands but Dangerous takes it in his stride.

It looks like Johnny Dangerous has been cut.

Dangerous drives through and clinches with Kami against the ropes.
Dangerous struggles to land a body shot inside as Kami controls his hands.
Dangerous blocking some punches.
Dangerous blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kami with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dangerous is trying to maintain a safe position but Kami gets an underhook and turns Dangerous into the ropes.
Dangerous's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kami misses with a knee strike.
Kami looking to slow down the pace here.
Dangerous's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kami escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the body from Dangerous misses
and Kami counters with a straight right hand.

Kami clinches up with Dangerous and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kami misses with a knee to the head.
Kami tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dangerous avoids it.
Kami lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dangerous backwards.
Kami utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Dangerous breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Kami dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dangerous tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kami swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kami.
Kami lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dangerous throws a leg kick but Kami moved away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kami - that will leave a mark!
Kami misses with a looping right.
Dangerous throws a shot from downtown. Kami moves away and avoids it.
Kami throws a hook but Dangerous avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Kami blocks the leg kick.
Kami connects with a solid leg kick.
Kami is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dangerous can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dangerous connects with the punch.
Dangerous fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kami manages to avoid it.
Kami cracks the inside of Dangerous's front leg.
Dangerous wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kami avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dangerous throws out a leg kick but Kami moves out of range and Dangerous only half commits.
Kami throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kami throws a wild body kick that Dangerous sees coming a mile off.
Kami fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dangerous has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sloppy strikes from Dangerous. Those never looked like landing.
Toshiro Kami is winning the standup battle so far.
Kami buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dangerous tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dangerous feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kamis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dangerous ducks under a wild hook from Kami.
Dangerous gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dangerous misses the shot to the body.
Dangerous misses with a hook to the body
and Kami counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kami ducks under a wild hook from Dangerous.
Dangerous tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dangerous rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kami counters with a good low kick that Dangerous was not able to check.
Dangerous takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dangerous tries to close the distance and clinch but Kami swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dangerous throws a leg kick but Kami checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Kami as he connects with a hook.
Kami moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kami slips a straight right by Dangerous.
Kami on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Toshiro Kami's cut is getting worse.
Dangerous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kami paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Dangerous clinches up with Kami and pushes him back against the ropes.
Dangerous tries to break free but Kami pushes him back against the ropes.
Dangerous tries to circle away but Kami has him pinned against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kami looking to slow down the pace here.
Kami tries a knee to the head but Dangerous blocks it.
Dangerous's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kami scores with a shoulder strike.
Dangerous leaning against his opponent.
A short left from Kami.

Dangerous manages to break the clinch.
Dangerous tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kami is looking to counter punch.
Kami lands with a nice body punch.
Dangerous walks into a straight right hand from Kami.
Kami throws a poor cross that misses
and Dangerous counters with a one-two to the body.
Kami swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dangerous.
Kami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dangerous.
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!
Dangerous lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kami circles away quickly and effectively.
Dangerous is looking to clinch but Kami is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Dangerous misses the target.
An attempted straight right counter from Kami misses the target.
Dangerous finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Kami. That snapped Dangerous's head back.
Dangerous throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kami counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kami.
Kami misses with a knee strike.
Dangerous presses Kami against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dangerous wants to stall.

Dangerous pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dangerous uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kami.

Kami gets a clinch.
A short right from Kami on the inside.
Kami struggles to land a body shot inside as Dangerous controls his hands.
Kami tries to stall but Dangerous uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toshiro Kami dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dangerous misses with a looping left.
A big right from Kami misses.
Kami lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kami's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dangerous connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kami scrambles back to his feet.
Kami walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dangerous has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kami.
Dangerous throws a hook but Kami avoids it easily.
Kami looks for the body kick but Dangerous saw that one coming.
Kami lands with a cross.
Dangerous on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kami. Kami obviously looking to wear him down.
Dangerous throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Kami counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kami walks into a straight right hand from Dangerous.
Kami throws a shot from downtown. Dangerous moves away and avoids it.
Kami throws a leg kick which misses Dangerous's front leg but catches the back leg as Dangerous tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kami misses with a wild body shot.
Kami scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kami connects with a right hand. Dangerous shakes it off.
Dangerous takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dangerous walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dangerous ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Dangerous cracks Kami with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Kami get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Kami looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!

Kami is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kami thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dangerous if he has to take too many more of those.
Oh Kami is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dangerous plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Kami to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Kami just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Johnny Dangerous!
Johnny Dangerous decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.