PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between John Mackenzie (ranked 7163 p4p, 533 weight class) and Leeroy Leering (ranked 7100 p4p, 530 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mackenzie
vs
Leering

180 cm
20
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

220 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Solid boxing
Good chin

Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Mackenzie !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leeroy Leering !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mackenzie keeps the fight on the outside.
Leering doesn't manage to clinch there - Mackenzie circles away.
Leering tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mackenzie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Leering gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mackenzie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mackenzie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Leering has had enough of the clinch but Mackenzie keeps him there for the moment.
Mackenzie is looking to break free of the clinch but Leering has double underhooks.
Leering struggles to land a body shot inside as Mackenzie controls his hands.
Mackenzie can't break the clinch.
Leering can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mackenzie holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Mackenzie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Leering lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mackenzie backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mackenzie taking a breather.
Mackenzie is trying to break the clinch but Leering has him pressed against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Leering throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leering .
Leering working hard to break the clinch.
Mackenzie is trying to break free.
Leering prevents Mackenzie from breaking the clinch.
Mackenzie is trying to push Leering away but Leering has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Leering misses with a hook to the ribs.

Leering pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A leg kick checked by Leering .
Despite the aggression on Leering 's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mackenzie tries a head kick but it misses.
Leering lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Mackenzie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Leering breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leering fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie throws a right hand that Leering ducks under and follows up with a left that Leering also avoids with ease.

Leering clinches with his opponent.

Leering pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leering misses with a few strikes there.

Mackenzie has Leering up against the ropes in a clinch.
Leering misses with a knee strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Leering breaks the clinch.
Mackenzie throws a series of punches but Leering avoids them all with ease.
Leeroy Leering seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mackenzie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mackenzie clinches up with Leering and pushes him back against the ropes.
Leering connects with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Leering throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leering has Mackenzie pressed against the ropes, preventing Mackenzie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Leering breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mackenzie misses with a kick to the body.
Leering misses with a few strikes there.
Leering avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leering is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mackenzie tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Leering manages to circle out of the way.

Mackenzie pushes Leering up against the ropes in a clinch.

Leering breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leering avoiding damage as Mackenzie throws knees to the body.
Mackenzie stalling.
Leering misses with some punches.
Leering is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leering tries to work over Mackenzie 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leering tries to break the clinch but Mackenzie is controlling the position.
Leering misses with a punch to the body.
Mackenzie trying to land knees to the body.
Mackenzie tries to break the clinch but Leering is controlling the position.
Mackenzie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Leering is trying to break the clinch but Mackenzie has him pressed against the ropes.
Leering has Mackenzie pressed against the ropes, preventing Mackenzie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mackenzie effectively controlling the action here.
Mackenzie is trying to break free.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leeroy Leering dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mackenzie tries to bum rush Leering with a series of wild strikes but Leering uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mackenzie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leering . Leering obviously looking to wear him down.
Mackenzie misses with a head kick.
Leering looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mackenzie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Leering gets tackled into the ropes by Mackenzie . Mackenzie maintains the clinch.
Leering misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leering doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leering misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mackenzie is trying to break the clinch but Leering is controlling him.
Leering fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leering wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mackenzie has him pressed against the ropes.
Leering wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mackenzie has him pressed against the ropes.
Leering is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leering can't break the clinch.

Leering breaks from the clinch.
That kick from Leering tenderised Mackenzie 's leg. Mackenzie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Leering tries to close the distance and clinch but Mackenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leering is looking to clinch but Mackenzie is avoiding it.
Mackenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leering wants to clinch up but Mackenzie keeps it at a distance.
Mackenzie keeps the fight on the outside.
Mackenzie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mackenzie misses with a wild body shot.
Mackenzie tries a low kick but Leering avoids it.
John Mackenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leering is looking to clinch but Mackenzie is avoiding it.
Leering fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Leering tries to clinch there but Mackenzie circles away.
Leering tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leering is looking to clinch but Mackenzie is avoiding it.
Leering is looking to clinch.
Leering blocks a head kick by Mackenzie .
Leering is looking to clinch but Mackenzie is avoiding it.
Leering tries to close the distance and clinch but Mackenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mackenzie tries to bum rush Leering with a series of wild strikes but Leering uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leering doesn't manage to clinch there - Mackenzie circles away.
Mackenzie throws a leg kick but Leering sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leering scores with a head kick.
John Mackenzie is winning the standup battle so far.
Leering moves in looking to clinch but Mackenzie pushes him off.
Mackenzie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leering .
Mackenzie throws a low kick but Leering moves out of range easily.
Leering is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Mackenzie drives through and clinches with Leering against the ropes.
Leering misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leering is trying to break the clinch but Mackenzie has him pressed against the ropes.
Mackenzie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Leering up against the ropes.

Leering breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leering lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mackenzie takes a step back to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Leering .
Leering tries to bum rush Mackenzie with a series of wild strikes but Mackenzie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mackenzie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A head kick by Mackenzie misses
and Leering counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Leering tries a head kick but it misses.
Leering is breathing heavily.
Mackenzie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mackenzie throws a lazy head kick
and Leering counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mackenzie thinking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mackenzie looks to land a body kick but Leering moved away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Leering ! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leering tries to close the distance and clinch but Mackenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Mackenzie was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Leering .
Mackenzie takes a swing at Leering 's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Mackenzie dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Mackenzie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Leering drives through and clinches with Mackenzie against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mackenzie .
A right handed body shot lands from Mackenzie .

Leering 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mackenzie throws a series of punches but Leering moves out of range.
Leering slips a jab and a cross from Mackenzie .
Mackenzie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mackenzie tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Mackenzie misses the target.
Leering tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Mackenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mackenzie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Leering is looking to clinch but Mackenzie is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leering darts in and clinches Mackenzie up against the ropes.
Mackenzie leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The referee calls for Mackenzie to work.
Leering can't break the clinch.

Leering pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Mackenzie . Those never looked like landing.

Mackenzie closes the distance and pushes Leering back into the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Leering misses with a knee to the head.
Leering is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leering tries a knee to the head but Mackenzie blocks it.
Leering misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mackenzie tries to break the clinch but Leering is controlling the position.
Leeroy Leering seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Leering wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mackenzie breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leering looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leering misses with a wild body shot.
Mackenzie fails to land with a series of punches.

Mackenzie has managed to clinch.
Leering misses with some punches.
Leering tries a body shot but Mackenzie blocks it.
Mackenzie is trying to break the clinch but Leering has him pressed against the ropes.
Leering wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mackenzie tries to break free but Leering pushes him back against the ropes.
Leering throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mackenzie .
Leering wants to get back to striking at distance but Mackenzie won't allow it.
Leering tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mackenzie trying to land knees to the body.
Mackenzie tries to break the clinch but Leering is controlling the position.
Mackenzie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Leering up against the ropes.
Leering can't break the clinch.
Mackenzie is trying to force a seperation but Leering has the dominant position.
Leering 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A right hand to the body from Mackenzie .
Leering landing knees to the head.
Leering tries to throw a body punch but Mackenzie avoids it by throwing Leering back against the ropes.
Leering takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leering can't find room to land a body shot as Mackenzie controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Leering .
Mackenzie prevents Leering from breaking the clinch.

Leering breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Mackenzie .
Leering unleashes a big counter combination but Mackenzie bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Leering takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Leering tries to clinch but Mackenzie is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leering misses with an uppercut. Mackenzie saw that one coming.
Mackenzie tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Mackenzie , who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Mackenzie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mackenzie 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Mackenzie !