PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Astro Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Boy
vs
Warrior

178 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Dangerous knees
Intelligent

Ace of Spades Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Astro Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tiger Warrior!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy misses with a body kick.
Warrior wants to counter with a clinch but Boy pushes him away.
Boy throws a wild body kick that Warrior sees coming a mile off.

Boy moves into the clinch.
Warrior is looking to control Boy's arms but Boy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Warrior has his back to the ropes.
Warrior's coach down at Area51 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Warrior's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Boy misses with an elbow over the top.
Warrior dodges an elbow strike from Boy.
Warrior connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Astro Boy has been cut.
Warrior tries to land knees in the clinch but Boy avoids the damage to the body.
Boy lands an elbow inside.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms.
Warrior avoids the elbow strike from Boy, against the ropes.
Boy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Boy lands an elbow inside that Warrior shrugs off.
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Boy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Warrior utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boy misses with an elbow over the top.
Boy avoiding damage as Warrior throws knees to the body.
Boy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Warrior is pushing Boy up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Warrior lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Warrior looking to slow down the pace here.
Warrior is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Boy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Warrior's brow.
Boy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Warrior utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Warrior avoids a wild elbow strike from Boy.
Warrior dodges an elbow strike from Boy.
Warrior trying to land knees to the body.
Boy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Warrior blocks an elbow strike from Boy.
Boy pushes off an throws an elbow but Warrior leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Boy misses with an elbow over the top.
Warrior wants to stall.
Boy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior missing with knees to the body.
Boy managing to block the knees to the body from Warrior.
Warrior is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Boy throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Boy throws an elbow but misses.
Warrior tries to land knees in the clinch but Boy avoids the damage to the body.
Boy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Warrior with a knee to the head.
Boy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boy throws an elbow that misses.
Boy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Warrior tries to land knees in the clinch but Boy avoids the damage to the body.
Boy pushes off an throws an elbow but Warrior leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Boy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Warrior landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warrior takes an elbow to the temple.
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 Astro Boy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Astro Boy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Warrior moves in looking to clinch but Boy pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Warrior looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Warrior moves out of range of the body kick.

Boy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Boy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Warrior's brow.
Warrior trying to land knees to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boy throws an elbow but it misses.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boy avoids it.
Warrior lands a nice knee to the body.
Boy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warrior's defenses.
Warrior missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
Boy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Warrior crunches a lovely knee into Boy's ribcage.
Warrior trying to land knees to the body.
Boy throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior blocks the elbow strike.
Warrior blocks an elbow strike.
Warrior missing with knees to the body.
Boy throws an elbow that misses.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms.
Astro Boy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Warrior avoids a wild elbow strike from Boy.
Boy pushes off an throws an elbow but Warrior leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Warrior blocks an elbow strike from Boy.
Boy pushes off an throws an elbow but Warrior leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Boy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Warrior.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Warrior lands a good knee to the midsection. Boy won't want to take too many of those.
Boy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Boy misses with an elbow over the top.
Boy managing to block the knees to the body from Warrior.
Warrior putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boy throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Warrior trying to land knees to the body.
Warrior scores a nice knee to the body.
Warrior landing knees to the head.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Boy is blocking nicely.
Warrior tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Boy is blocking nicely.
Boy avoiding damage as Warrior throws knees to the body.
Warrior trying to land knees to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boy avoids it.
Boy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boy throws an elbow but it misses.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
Warrior is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Boy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Boy is blocking nicely.
Warrior is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Warrior lands a good knee to the midsection. Boy won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Warrior showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Astro Boy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Boy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Warrior avoids a kick to the body.
Warrior fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Warrior tries to get set, Boy tries to push him back and clinch up but Warrior manages to avoid the attempt.
Warrior wants to clinch.

Warrior darts in and clinches Boy up against the ropes.
Warrior crunches a lovely knee into Boy's ribcage.
Boy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boy throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warrior is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Boy throws an elbow that misses.
Boy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warrior's defenses.
Boy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Warrior connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boy's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Warrior missing with knees to the body.
Warrior throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms.
Boy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boy throws an elbow that misses.
Boy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warrior takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boy avoiding damage as Warrior throws knees to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but Boy blocks with his arms.
Warrior takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Warrior using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warrior takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boy misses with an elbow strike.
Warrior with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Warrior looking to throw knees to the head but Boy is blocking nicely.
Boy throws an elbow but it misses.
Warrior tries to land knees in the clinch but Boy avoids the damage to the body.
Warrior trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warrior takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Boy throws an elbow that misses.
Warrior scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Boy lands a nice elbow.
Boy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Warrior missing with knees to the body.
Boy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warrior tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Boy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Warrior's brow.
Warrior throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boy lands a nice elbow.
Boy avoiding damage as Warrior throws knees to the body.
Boy lands an elbow that stopped Warrior in his tracks for a moment.
Boy managing to block the knees to the body from Warrior.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Astro Boy.
I think Boy 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Astro Boy!