PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Katsurou De La Bambasio (ranked 8053 p4p, 679 weight class) and Calvin Abueva (ranked 22269 p4p, 741 weight class). De La Bambasio comes to the ring accompanied by Steve James - Warrior feat. LIGHTS. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

De La Bambasio
vs
Abueva

187 cm
26
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

186 cm
29
193 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good knees
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katsurou De La Bambasio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Calvin Abueva!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Bambasio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Abueva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It seemed like Abueva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De La Bambasio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De La Bambasio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Abueva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De La Bambasio moves out of range as Abueva strikes.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch up but Abueva circles away and keeps his distance.
Abueva doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
De La Bambasio throws a jab when Abueva was well out of range.

De La Bambasio moves into the clinch.
De La Bambasio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Abueva blocks an uppercut.
De La Bambasio tries to land a knee to the head but Abueva blocks with his arms.
De La Bambasio tries to land a knee to the head but Abueva blocks with his arms.
De La Bambasio misses with a punch on the inside.
De La Bambasio has a couple of punches blocked by Abueva.
Abueva is trying to break free.
De La Bambasio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De La Bambasio has a couple of punches blocked by Abueva.

Abueva breaks from the clinch.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch up but Abueva circles away and keeps his distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abueva keeps the fight on the outside.
Abueva swats away the attempt to clinch by De La Bambasio.
Abueva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Abueva ducks under a wild hook from De La Bambasio.
Abueva cracks De La Bambasio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Bambasio tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Abueva counters with a nice body shot.
Abueva tests De La Bambasio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De La Bambasio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De La Bambasio throws a hook but Abueva avoids it easily.
De La Bambasio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abueva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot lands for Abueva.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Bambasio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abueva cracks De La Bambasio with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slow jab from De La Bambasio misses its intended target.
Abueva cracks De La Bambasio with an open hand slap.

De La Bambasio closes the distance and clinches.

Abueva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Bambasio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De La Bambasio avoids the body shot from Abueva.
De La Bambasio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De La Bambasio throws a hook but Abueva blocks it.
Abueva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Abueva lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Bambasio throws a hook to the side of Abueva's head but Abueva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De La Bambasio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abueva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - De La Bambasio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De La Bambasio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Calvin Abueva has been cut.
Jab from Abueva.
Good exchange - Abueva coming out on top.
De La Bambasio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Abueva doesn't seem bothered though.
Katsurou De La Bambasio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Bambasio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
De La Bambasio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abueva misses with a wild combination.
De La Bambasio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Abueva looks winded!
De La Bambasio looks to land a left hand but Abueva moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Bambasio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De La Bambasio on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abueva throws a body shot but no joy.
Abueva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De La Bambasio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De La Bambasio throws a jab when Abueva was well out of range.
De La Bambasio scores with a nice right hand.
De La Bambasio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Abueva.
Abueva moves out of range of the strikes.
De La Bambasio connects with a looping right hand.
De La Bambasio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Abueva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De La Bambasio wants to clinch
letting Abueva counter with a right hand.

De La Bambasio scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Abueva to his hands and knees! The ref pushes De La Bambasio away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Abueva got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Bambasio throws a lazy head kick
and De La Bambasio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De La Bambasio misses with a looping right.
De La Bambasio doesn't manage to clinch there - Abueva circles away.
A little jabbing left from Abueva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Abueva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De La Bambasio.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch up but Abueva circles away and keeps his distance.
De La Bambasio jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Abueva misses with an uppercut.
Abueva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De La Bambasio sizes up Abueva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Abueva is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abueva defending well as De La Bambasio loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abueva! But no joy.
De La Bambasio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abueva.

De La Bambasio takes the fight into the clinch.
Abueva is looking to break free of the clinch but De La Bambasio has double underhooks.

Abueva manages to break the clinch.
Nice cross by De La Bambasio.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch but Abueva is having none of it.
De La Bambasio moves out of range of the strikes.
De La Bambasio went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Abueva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De La Bambasio wants to clinch up but Abueva keeps it at a distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abueva! But no joy.
De La Bambasio misses with an uppercut.
Abueva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Abueva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abueva throws a body shot but no joy.
De La Bambasio wants to clinch up but Abueva keeps it at a distance.
De La Bambasio scores with a nice strike.
De La Bambasio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abueva.
De La Bambasio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Abueva ducks into a a hook from De La Bambasio and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsurou De La Bambasio takes that one as he scored multiple knockdowns. Calvin Abueva was lucky to get out of the first round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Abueva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

De La Bambasio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Bambasio doesn't manage to clinch there - Abueva circles away.
De La Bambasio lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Abueva is still on wobbly legs! Can De La Bambasio finish him?
Abueva ducks under a wild hook from De La Bambasio.
Abueva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Abueva seems to have recovered his senses.
De La Bambasio lands a really nice looking cross but Abueva seems unphased.
Abueva blocks a head kick by De La Bambasio.
Abueva doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
De La Bambasio misses with an uppercut. Abueva saw that one coming.
Abueva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
De La Bambasio with a hook.
Abueva keeps the fight on the outside.
Abueva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De La Bambasio.
A countering left hand to the body from Abueva misses.
Abueva lands a lovely overhand right.
Abueva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abueva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De La Bambasio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De La Bambasio throws a head kick but Abueva moves out of range.
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!
Abueva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Abueva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De La Bambasio misses the jab.
Abueva's jab looks to have found its range, popping De La Bambasio under the eye.
De La Bambasio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abueva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De La Bambasio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abueva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from De La Bambasio misses.
De La Bambasio wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abueva slips under a jab from De La Bambasio.
Jab from Abueva.
De La Bambasio tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Abueva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De La Bambasio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Abueva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De La Bambasio misses with an uppercut.
De La Bambasio wants to clinch up but Abueva keeps it at a distance.
Katsurou De La Bambasio is winning the standup battle so far.
Abueva connects with a single shot there.
Abueva jabs at De La Bambasio's body.
A cross from Abueva lands.
Abueva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abueva is looking for the big counter here.
Abueva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abueva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
De La Bambasio is looking to clinch.
A big left from Abueva misses.
Abueva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps De La Bambasio's head backwards.
De La Bambasio throws the left hand but Abueva avoids the punch easily.
A little jabbing left from Abueva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Abueva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy left from De La Bambasio finds it's target.
De La Bambasio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Abueva stalks De La Bambasio and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De La Bambasio's face. De La Bambasio staggers backwards, shaken.
Abueva throws a looping overhand right but De La Bambasio ducks down to avoid it.
De La Bambasio throws a hook but Abueva blocks it.
Abueva thuds a left hand into De La Bambasio's body.

Abueva walks into a straight right hand and goes down! De La Bambasio rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Abueva has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
De La Bambasio weaves into range and cracks Abueva right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Abueva goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! De La Bambasio is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Katsurou De La Bambasio!