PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hunter Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JT Redman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Love the way you hate me . Redman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Breathe kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Thompson
vs
Redman

179 cm
44
195 lbs
19 - 8 - 3

184 cm
33
208 lbs
31 - 22 - 1

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Hunter Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 22 - 1, fighting out of London, JT Redman!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Thompson.

Thompson pushes Redman up against the ropes in a clinch.
Thompson just leaning against Redman, taking a breather.
Redman throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Redman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Redman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redman misses with a body punch.
Redman misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redman.
Redman misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson is trying to maintain a safe position but Redman gets an underhook and turns Thompson into the ropes.
Redman scores with a hook to the body.
Redman takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like JT Redman has been cut.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Redman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Thompson.
Redman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redman struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
Redman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson's elbow.
Redman trying to stall but Thompson improves his position.
Redman tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redman'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.
Redman has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Redman misses with a body punch.
Thompson tries to work over Redman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Redman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson gets through Redman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redman misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Redman misses with a punch to the body.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Redman.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Redman.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Redman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redman tries to stall but Thompson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
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 Hunter Thompson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on JT Redman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Thompson misses with a head kick.
Redman wants to clinch.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Redman saw that one coming.
Thompson throws the kick towards the body but Redman avoids it.
It seemed like Redman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Redman instigates a clinch.
Redman can't find room to land a body shot as Thompson controls the action.
Redman prevents a body shot from Thompson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Redman.
Redman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thompson or not.
Thompson throws an elbow but it misses.
Redman digs a right hand into Thompson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thompson's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redman can't find room to land a body shot as Thompson controls the action.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Redman.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Redman.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Redman lands a right hand.
The referee calls for Redman to work.
Redman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Redman tries to throw a body punch but Thompson avoids it by throwing Redman back against the ropes.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Redman.
Redman struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Redman.
JT Redman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thompson lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redman taking a breather.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Redman's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Redman as Thompson tries to tie him up.
The referee calls for Redman to work.
Redman misses with a punch to the body.
Redman tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Redman.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Redman's defenses.
Redman tries to stall but Thompson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but JT Redman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on JT Redman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Redman blocks a head kick by Thompson.
Redman avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Redman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thompson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Redman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Redman has closed the distance and engaged Thompson in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Redman.
A short right from Thompson on the inside.
Redman being controlled against the ropes.
Redman scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Redman.
Redman trying to control the position but instead, Thompson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Redman into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Thompson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Redman's brow.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thompson.
Redman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redman misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Redman's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Redman stalling against the ropes.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Redman.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Redman.
Redman has Thompson pushed against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Redman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Redman tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redman leaning against his opponent.
Redman can't find room to land a body shot as Thompson controls the action.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Redman misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to JT Redman.
I think Redman 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... JT Redman!
JT Redman tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.