PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ramon Dekkers (ranked 19899 p4p, 543 weight class) and Makunouchi Ippo (ranked 3837 p4p, 324 weight class). Dekkers comes to the ring accompanied by Rae Sremmurd - No Type. Ippo has chosen Indestructible as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Makunouchi Ippo enters the ring!

Dekkers
vs
Ippo

172 cm
25
159 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

173 cm
35
154 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Aspire Nutrition

Sully's Bar & Grill
Power Matrix Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Makunouchi Ippo!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ippo scores with a hook.
Ippo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dekkers 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.
Makunouchi Ippo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ippo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dekkers.
Ippo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dekkers at a distance.
A lazy left from Ippo finds it's target.

Ippo moves into the clinch.
Ippo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dekkers backwards.
Ippo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dekkers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ippo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ippo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ippo misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ippo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dekkers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ippo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ippo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dekkers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dekkers lands a body punch.
Dekkers can't find room to land a body shot as Ippo controls the action.
Ippo looking to throw knees to the head but Dekkers is blocking nicely.
Ippo lands a nice uppercut.
Ippo throws a punch but it's blocked by Dekkers.
Ippo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dekkers avoids it.
Ippo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ippo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo prevents a body shot from Dekkers.
Dekkers can't find room to land a body shot as Ippo controls the action.
Dekkers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ippo fails to land.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ippo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ippo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dekkers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ippo trying to land knees to the body.
Dekkers misses with a body punch.
Ippo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dekkers is defending well for now.
Ippo looking to throw knees to the head but Dekkers is blocking nicely.
Ippo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Ippo.
Ippo missing with knees to the body.
Dekkers struggles to land a body shot inside as Ippo controls his hands.
Dekkers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ippos head.
Dekkers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ippo's elbow.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Ippo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dekkers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ippo pushes Dekkers back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ippo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ippo scores a nice knee to the body.
Dekkers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dekkers tries a body shot but Ippo blocks it.
Dekkers misses with a body punch.
Dekkers cracks Ippo with a nice body shot.
Dekkers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ippo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dekkers avoids it.
Ippo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ippo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dekkerss head.
Ippo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dekkers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ippo trying to land knees to the body.
Ippo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ippo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ippo gets through Dekkers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dekkers avoiding damage as Ippo throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Dekkers.
Ippo lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Makunouchi Ippo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dekkers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ippo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ippo scores with a nice head shot.
Dekkers needs to keep his hands up - Ippo had a free shot at his head there.
Dekkers misses the shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Ippo.
Dekkers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dekkers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dekkers tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Ippo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ippo! But no joy.
Dekkers moves out of range as Ippo strikes.
Ippo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dekkers.
Dekkers misses with a wild body shot.
Ippo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dekkers.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dekkers. Ippo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ippo throws a hook but Dekkers blocks it.
Dekkers appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ippo throws a hook but Dekkers blocks it.
The fighters circling - Dekkers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dekkers misses with a low kick as Ippo jumps back.
Ippo blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo connects with a nice looking jab.
Dekkers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Ippo drives through and clinches with Dekkers against the ropes.
Dekkers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dekkers misses with a body punch.
Ippo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ippo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dekkers.
Ippo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dekkers backwards.
Dekkers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Ippo misses with a punch on the inside.
Ippo blocks a body shot from Dekkers.
Ippo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dekkers.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ippo lands with a right to the head.
Makunouchi Ippo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dekkers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Ippo.
Dekkers struggles to land a body shot inside as Ippo controls his hands.
Ippo scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Ippo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Dekkers.
Dekkers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Ippo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ippo blocks a body shot from Dekkers.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dekkers works on Ippo's body with a couple of short punches.
Ippo trying to land knees to the body.
Ippo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dekkers blocks it with crossed arms.
Dekkers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ippo.
Ippo misses with the head strike.
Dekkers tries a body shot but Ippo blocks it.
Dekkers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ippo is breathing heavily.
Dekkers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dekkers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ippo tries to land knees in the clinch but Dekkers avoids the damage to the body.
Dekkers tries to throw a body punch but Ippo avoids it by throwing Dekkers back against the ropes.
Dekkers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dekkers blocking some punches.
Ippo prevents a body shot from Dekkers.

Dekkers breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Makunouchi Ippo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ippo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice cross by Ippo.
Dekkers scores with a leg kick.
Ippo lands with a straight right. Dekkers didn't see that one coming.
Dekkers misses with a body punch
and Ippo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dekkers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dekkers slips under a jab from Ippo.
Dekkers throws a body punch but Ippo moves out of range.
Dekkers throws out a loose jab but Ippo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ippo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ippo just misses with a punch to the body.

Ippo takes the fight into the clinch.
Ippo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dekkers is defending well for now.
Dekkers avoiding damage as Ippo throws knees to the body.
Ippo working Dekkers over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dekkers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ippo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dekkers is defending well for now.
Ramon Dekkers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ippo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dekkers tries to work over Ippo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dekkers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dekkers misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Ippo.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ippo blocks a body shot from Dekkers.

Dekkers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dekkers swats away the attempt to clinch by Ippo.
A counter left hand to the body from Dekkers misses its target.
Ippo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ippo lunges at Dekkers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dekkers's hand.
Dekkers is looking to wear down Ippo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ippo with a jab.
A cross from Dekkers lands.
Dekkers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ippo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ippo gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers can't find room to land a body shot as Ippo controls the action.
Ippo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dekkers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Ippo.
Ippo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Ippo.
Ippo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ippo tries to land knees in the clinch but Dekkers avoids the damage to the body.
Ippo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dekkers won't want to take too many of those.
Dekkers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ippo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ippo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ippo tries to land knees in the clinch but Dekkers avoids the damage to the body.
Ippo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dekkers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dekkers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ippo or not.
Ippo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dekkers is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dekkers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dekkers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ippo trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Dekkers.

And that's the end of the fight!
Makunouchi Ippo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ippo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Makunouchi Ippo!
As Makunouchi Ippo got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I do believe I have properly earn my title shot'.