PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Peshek Fence (ranked 2722 p4p, 6485 weight class) and Luan Mabunda (ranked 156 p4p, 244 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fence
vs
Mabunda

166 cm
20
135
4 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
140
4 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Dangerous knees
Powerful

Conviction

Conviction
© Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peshek Fence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luan Mabunda!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mabunda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mabunda will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fence avoids the head kick by Mabunda.
Fence looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mabunda looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mabunda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fence avoids it.
Fence cracks Mabunda with a nice body shot.
Fence lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mabunda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fence is defending well for now.
Mabunda with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fence makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Mabunda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mabunda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fence tries to clinch but Mabunda is having none of it.
Fence throws a poor cross that misses
and Mabunda counters with a good low kick that Fence was not able to check.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mabunda lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fence has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fence and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mabunda lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fence scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Peshek Fence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fence lands a nice hook to Mabunda's body. Mabunda takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mabunda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fence.
Mabunda follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Fence ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Fence gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mabunda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mabunda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fence misses with some punches.
Fence stalling against the ropes.
Mabunda trying to control the position but instead, Fence has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mabunda into the ropes.
Mabunda lands a knee to the body.
Mabunda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fence lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Mabunda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fence throws a hook to the side of Mabunda's head but Mabunda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Fence clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Fence lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mabunda.
Fence swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mabunda lands a knee to the body.
Mabunda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fence is defending well for now.
Fence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mabunda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fence in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mabunda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mabunda missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Fence.
Fence has a couple of punches blocked by Mabunda.
Mabunda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Fence can't find room to land a body shot as Mabunda controls the action.
Mabunda tries to land knees in the clinch but Fence avoids the damage to the body.
Mabunda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mabunda trying to land knees to the body.
Fence lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mabunda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Peshek Fence will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fence misses with an uppercut. Mabunda saw that one coming.
Mabunda shapes to counter with a head kick.
Fence tests Mabunda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fence tries to clinch up but Mabunda circles away and keeps his distance.
Fence misses with a straight right.
Mabunda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fence is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Mabunda.
Mabunda staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Mabunda on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mabunda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mabunda fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fence is looking to clinch but Mabunda is avoiding it.
Mabunda fakes the leg kick and cracks Fence in the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mabunda loads up on a big right hand but Fence slips the punch.
A big right from Fence misses.
Mabunda circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mabunda counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fence's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fence is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mabunda.
Mabunda tries a quick counter leg kick but Fence is wise to it.
Mabunda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Mabunda.
Fence avoids the head kick by Mabunda.
Fence avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fence seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Fence thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fence tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mabunda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mabunda attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fence wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A jab from Fence misses.
Fence pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mabunda throws a lazy right hand but Fence sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mabunda throws a looping overhand right but Fence ducks down to avoid it.
Fence tries to counter by clinching up but Mabunda breaks away and moves out of range.
Mabunda blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fence checks a leg kick.
Fence connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mabunda. Mabunda circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mabunda walks into a jab.
Mabunda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Mabunda.
Mabunda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fence.
Mabunda ducks under a wild hook from Fence.
Fence stuns Mabunda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mabunda on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Fence has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mabunda stalling in the clinch but Fence improves position.
Fence softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Fence managing to block the knees to the body from Mabunda.
Fence avoiding damage as Mabunda throws knees to the body.
Fence stalling in the clinch but Mabunda improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Peshek Fence will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mabunda throws a low kick but Fence avoids it.
Jab by Fence.
Mabunda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fence checks a leg kick nicely.
Fence takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Peshek Fence has been cut.
Mabunda swats away the attempt to clinch by Fence.
Mabunda throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Fence has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mabunda displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fence up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fence on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fence presses Mabunda against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mabunda looking to throw knees to the head but Fence is blocking nicely.
Fence is working Mabunda over against the ropes.
Fence tries a body shot but Mabunda blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mabunda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fence blocks it with crossed arms.
Mabunda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fence avoids it.
Fence misses with a punch on the inside.
Mabunda misses with a knee to the head.
Mabunda missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fence just leaning against Mabunda, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Fence scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fence working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fence fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mabunda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fence is defending well for now.
Fence lands with a right to the head.
Mabunda misses with a knee strike.
Mabunda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mabunda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fence avoiding damage as Mabunda throws knees to the body.
Fence leaning against his opponent.
Fence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Fence.
Mabunda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mabunda tries to land a knee to the head but Fence blocks with his arms.
Mabunda tries to break free but Fence pushes him back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fence lands a shoulder strike.
Mabunda trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fence.
Fence lands a body shot.
Luan Mabunda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mabunda.
Fence fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mabunda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mabunda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mabunda has a couple of punches blocked by Fence.
Fence lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mabunda backwards.
Mabunda working Fence over with knees to the body.
Fence tries to work over Mabunda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Fence.
Fence lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fence scores with a shoulder strike.
Fence softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Fence on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mabunda misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peshek Fence showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fence, 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight for Peshek Fence!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Peshek Fence!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Peshek Fence!

Peshek Fence wins by unanimous decision!
Peshek Fence seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.