Kikku 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Hanzo Hattori (ranked 2759 p4p, 24457 weight class) and Michael Yakamito (ranked 369 p4p, 812 weight class). Hattori's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Red Warrior. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hattori
vs
Yakamito

189 cm
17
194
3 - 0 - 0

191 cm
27
198
3 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hanzo Hattori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Yakamito!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hattori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yakamito.
Hattori looks to throw the jab but Yakamito is out of range.
Yakamito let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yakamito dips to his left and cracks Hattori with an uppercut!
Hattori takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yakamito connects with a body shot that sends Hattori's belly button to the back.
Yakamito throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Yakamito cracks Hattori with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Hattori get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Hattori looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!

Hattori is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hattori leaves his chin hanging out and Yakamito seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Hattori crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Yakamito!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
91%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Vinny Valentini (ranked 5248 p4p, 5002 weight class) and Darth Mauler (ranked 525 p4p, 506 weight class). Mauler has chosen Say something bout the Prequels bitch! as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Valentini
vs
Mauler

190 cm
18
240
0 - 0 - 0

207 cm
18
273
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
KO power

Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinny Valentini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darth Mauler!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mauler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mauler stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Valentini is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Mauler scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Vinny Valentini has been cut.
Mauler lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Mauler tries to work over Valentini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valentini trying to land knees to the body.
Mauler is working Valentini over against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Mauler.
Mauler struggles to land a body shot inside as Valentini controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mauler.
Mauler tries to throw a body punch but Valentini avoids it by throwing Mauler back against the ropes.
Mauler misses with a body punch.
Mauler is leaning against Valentini and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mauler works on Valentini's body with a couple of short punches.
Mauler is leaning against Valentini and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mauler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Mauler.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mauler lands a hook that snaps the head of Valentini backwards.
Valentini prevents a body shot from Mauler.
Mauler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mauler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Valentini.
Mauler gets through Valentini's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mauler scores with a shot to the side of Valentini's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Mauler as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mauler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Mauler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mauler pushes Valentini back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mauler lands a nice uppercut.
Mauler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mauler lands a hook to the side of the head.

Vinny Valentini's cut is getting worse.
Mauler tries to throw a body punch but Valentini avoids it by throwing Mauler back against the ropes.
Mauler lands with a short shot to the head.
Mauler managing to block the knees to the body from Valentini.
Mauler lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Valentini or not.
Mauler cracks Valentini with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mauler lands with a right to the head.
Mauler pushes Valentini back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Mauler is working Valentini over against the ropes.
A short right from Mauler.
Mauler tries to work over Valentini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mauler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mauler lands a body punch.
Mauler misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mauler.
Mauler lands a hook that snaps the head of Valentini backwards.
Mauler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mauler gets through Valentini's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mauler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mauler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mauler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Mauler.
Mauler lands a body punch.
Mauler lands a shot to the body.
Mauler lands a body shot.
Mauler lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mauler.
Good body shot from Mauler.
Mauler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mauler lands a nice uppercut.
Mauler digs a right hand underneath Valentini's ribcage. Valentini let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Mauler on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mauler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mauler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Vinny Valentini's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mauler lands a hook to the side of the head.

Valentini is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mauler.
Mauler lands an uppercut.
Oh Valentini is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mauler lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Mauler lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valentini backwards.
Mauler works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mauler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mauler lands a right hand.
Mauler creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Valentini crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Valentini face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Mauler takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Darth Mauler!
Darth Mauler decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
74%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dick Tator (ranked 5078 p4p, 5140 weight class) and Clubber Sang (ranked 514 p4p, 520 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tator
vs
Sang

192 cm
18
230
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
245
0 - 0 - 0

Brawler
Granite chin

Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Tator!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clubber Sang!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tator misses with a straight left.
Tator fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sang needs to keep his hands up - Tator had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Clubber Sang has been cut.
Nice body kick there by Sang.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sang.
Sang tries to clinch up but Tator circles away and keeps his distance.
A slow jab from Tator misses its intended target.
Sang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tator scores with a jab.
Sang throws a leg kick but Tator sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dick Tator seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tator connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Sang onto his butt! Sang bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.

Sang is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sang slips a jab from Tator.
Sang is still on wobbly legs! Can Tator finish him?
Sang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sang seems to have recovered his senses.
Tator cracks Sang with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dick Tator!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Paper Boi (ranked 5333 p4p, 5118 weight class) and Panagiotis Christoforou (ranked 532 p4p, 518 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Boi
vs
Christoforou

209 cm
18
240
0 - 0 - 0

203 cm
18
275
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paper Boi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Panagiotis Christoforou!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boi throws a right hand that misses

and Christoforou counters with a nice uppercut that drops Boi onto his backside! Boi bounces straight back to his feet before we have a chance to even start the count. He'll get the standing 8 count anyway before we get back underway.
Christoforou misses with a few strikes there.
Boi walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Christoforou! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Panagiotis Christoforou!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Molokai Built (ranked 4151 p4p, 20901 weight class) and KarateO Masuta (ranked 144 p4p, 186 weight class). Masuta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. We Can Dance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Molokai Built has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Built
vs
Masuta

169 cm
34
140
18 - 12 - 1

188 cm
29
203
8 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Molokai Built!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, KarateO Masuta !
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Built looks to land a combination. Masuta sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Masuta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Built.
Built appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Built.
Masuta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Built sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Built went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masuta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Built appears to be looking for a big counter.
Built misses with a jab, cross combination.
Masuta throws out a counter right but Built avoids it with no problem.
Built looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Masuta misses the body punch
and Built counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Built throws a sloppy head kick and Masuta moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Masuta .
Built throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Built looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Built throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little jabbing left from Masuta on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masuta swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Built counters with a series of strikes. Masuta will be more careful next time no doubt.
Masuta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Built moves away.
Masuta throws a lazy uppercut
and Built counters with a two punch combo.
Built throws a front kick that sends Masuta stumbling back into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masuta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Built at a distance.
Masuta misses the jab.
Masuta slips a jab and a cross from Built.
Masuta throws out a counter right but Built avoids it with no problem.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Masuta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Molokai Built dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Built throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masuta .
Built takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Built misses with a series of wild punches.
And Masuta responds with a good body kick, but Built manages to step out the way in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Built throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masuta dodges the punch combination from Built.
Built misses with the combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Masuta ! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Masuta scores with a jab to the body.
Built throws a right hand that Masuta ducks under and follows up with a left that Masuta also avoids with ease.
Masuta misses with a body shot.
Built seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Built is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Masuta can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Built misses with a head kick.
Masuta replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Built blocks it well.
Masuta avoids the head kick by Built.
Masuta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Built does no damage.
Masuta let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Built swinging wildly here.
Masuta looks like he wants to counter punch here.

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.
Masuta lands a right hook to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Masuta throws a leg kick
and Built counters with a two punch combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Molokai Built dominated that second round.
That's time! Built's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Masuta goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Masuta lands a front kick to the face, that drops Built to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
Built walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). KarateO Masuta !
KarateO Masuta very nearly forgot to thank na amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.