PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Brodie King (ranked 6550 p4p, 399 weight class) and Jiro Takahashi (ranked 3636 p4p, 309 weight class). King comes to the ring accompanied by Kanye West - Stronger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Takahashi

179 cm
19
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

173 cm
26
147 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Condemned

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brodie King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jiro Takahashi!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.

King rushes Takahashi and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Takahashi.
Takahashi working hard to break the clinch.
I was talking to King's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King has Takahashi pressed against the ropes, preventing Takahashi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Takahashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Takahashi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

King gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Takahashi tries to break free but King pushes him back against the ropes.
Takahashi avoids a wild elbow strike from King.
Takahashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Takahashi breaks from the clinch.

King darts in and clinches Takahashi up against the ropes.
Takahashi is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Takahashi blocks an uppercut.
Takahashi tries to stall but King uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Takahashi tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
Takahashi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King prevents Takahashi from breaking the clinch.
Takahashi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takahashi backwards.
King has Takahashi pressed against the ropes, preventing Takahashi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
King scores with a shot to the side of Takahashi's head.
Takahashi is trying to break free.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Takahashi.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takahashi's efforts to push away.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Takahashi is looking to control King's arms but King gets an underhook and turns him. Now Takahashi has his back to the ropes.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Takahashi wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Takahashi is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Takahashi tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the ropes.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King gets through Takahashi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Takahashi is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King misses with the head strike.
King lands a body punch.
Takahashi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takahashi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
King using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takahashi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takahashi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King misses with the head strike.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Takahashi is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
King lands with a light punch inside.
King is struggling to control the position.
Takahashi tries to break free but King pushes him back against the ropes.
King content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Takahashi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takahashi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Takahashi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie King dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Takahashi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and King counters with a nice uppercut.

King pushes Takahashi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Takahashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Takahashi.
Takahashi is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
Takahashi is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takahashi can do to turn this around?
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Takahashi gets an underhook and turns King into the ropes.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takahashi is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takahashi backwards.
A shot in the inside from King.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takahashi tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the ropes.
Takahashi is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
King prevents a body shot from Takahashi.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
Takahashi blocks an uppercut.
King prevents Takahashi from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Takahashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Takahashi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Takahashi blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Takahashi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King avoiding damage.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takahashi's efforts to push away.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King gets through Takahashi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
King misses with some punches.
King lands a nice uppercut.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Takahashi is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Takahashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Takahashi is trying to break the clinch but King is controlling him.
Takahashi tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
Takahashi wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Takahashi is trying to break free.
King tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Takahashi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Takahashis head.
Takahashi wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takahashi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King.
Takahashi trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takahashi into the ropes.
Takahashi tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie King dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

King gets a clinch.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takahashi's efforts to push away.
King stalling against the ropes.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Takahashi wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
King lands a right hand.
Takahashi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
King misses with some punches.
Takahashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Takahashi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the ropes.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takahashi's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King misses with the head strike.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takahashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Takahashi wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King keeps control of Takahashi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Takahashi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Takahashi is looking to control King's arms but King gets an underhook and turns him. Now Takahashi has his back to the ropes.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takahashi trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takahashi into the ropes.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Takahashi tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
Takahashi wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with the head strike.
Takahashi is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
Takahashi is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
Takahashi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King missing with knees to the body.
Takahashi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Takahashi is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the ropes.
King lands a nice uppercut.
King pushes Takahashi back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Takahashi tries to break free but King pushes him back against the ropes.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Takahashi has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
King lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Takahashi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Takahashi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Takahashi is trying to break free.
Takahashi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takahashi backwards.
Jiro Takahashi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takahashi trying to stall but King improves his position.
Takahashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brodie King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for King, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:24
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brodie King!