PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Harry Entei (ranked 4154 p4p, 2847 weight class) and Name Less (ranked 479 p4p, 344 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Entei
vs
Less

177 cm
32
155
31 - 23 - 4

178 cm
42
159
24 - 11 - 4

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 23 - 4, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Entei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Name Less!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Less gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Entei.
Entei misses with a head kick.
Less takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Entei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Less pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Entei throws a body punch but Less moves out of range.
Entei lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A swing and a miss from Entei.
Less tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Entei was well out of range. Poor timing from Less.
Entei looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Entei throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Less.
Name Less seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Less misses with an uppercut. Entei saw that one coming.
Less slips under a jab from Entei.
Entei cracks a nice hook into Less's ribs.
Less lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Entei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Less looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice straight punches there by Entei. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Entei.
Less lands with a cross.
Less throws a sloppy head kick and Entei moves out of range easily.
Less tries to clinch there but Entei circles away.
Entei checks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Less looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Less.
Entei lands with a kick to the temple. Less shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Entei clinches up against the ropes.
Less blocks a body shot from Entei.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Less.
Entei misses with a punch on the inside.
Less tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Less tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Entei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Entei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Entei misses with a body punch.
Entei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Less's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Less.

It looks like Harry Entei has been cut.
A short body shot lands from Entei as the two fighters clinch.
Less lands a left hand that snaps the head of Entei backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Less creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Less fails to land 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!
A short uppercut from Entei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Entei struggles to land a body shot inside as Less controls his hands.
Less creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Less throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Entei blocks it with crossed arms.

Entei manages to break the clinch.
Less avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Less cracks Entei with an open hand slap.
A swing and a miss from Entei.
Entei throws a hook but Less avoids it easily.
Entei swinging wildly here.
Less throws a wild body kick that Entei sees coming a mile off.
Entei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Less moves into range and connects with a jab.
Entei lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Entei throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Less tries to work over Entei's front leg with a kick but Entei checks it.
Less just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromEntei.
Less avoids the head kick by Entei.
Less steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Entei.
Less throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Entei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harry Entei's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Entei lands a jab.
Less misses with a leg kick.
Less throws a jab but it's blocked by Entei.
Entei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Entei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Less can do to turn this around?
Less throws a body kick that misses.
Less tries to clinch up but Entei circles away and keeps his distance.

Less has closed the distance and engaged Entei in a clinch.
Entei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Entei.
Less misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Entei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Entei takes an elbow to the temple.
Less throws a punch but it's blocked by Entei.
Entei 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.
Less tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Entei avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Less.
Name Less seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Entei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Less pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Less.
Less misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Entei tries to throw a body punch but Less avoids it by throwing Entei back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Entei.
Less scores with a nice hook to the head.
Less lands an elbow just above Entei 's eye.

Entei manages to break the clinch.
Entei moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Entei has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Less finds it's way round the side to connect with Entei's head.
Entei throws a hook but Less avoids it easily.

Entei gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Less throws a punch but it's blocked by Entei.
Less swings wildly with an uppercut but Entei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Less landing knees to the body.
Less lands an elbow just above Entei 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Entei lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Entei.
A short left from Less.
Less blocking some punches.
Less misses with an elbow strike.
Less is leaning against Entei and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Entei has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Entei throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lesss head.
Less blocks a body shot from Entei.
Entei blocks the elbow strike.
Less gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Less misses with an elbow strike.
Less prevents a body shot from Entei.
Less blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Less lands a left hand.
Less lands with a right to the head.
Entei can't find room to land a body shot as Less controls the action.
Entei prevents a body shot from Less.
Less lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Less has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Entei seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Less can turn it around.
Entei misses with a punch to the body.
Entei has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Entei avoids it.
Less pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Entei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Less misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Entei.
Less pushes off an throws an elbow but Entei leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Name Less showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Harry Entei's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Less throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Entei throws out a powerful jab.
Less tries to clinch up.
Less throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Less missing with a left hand there. Entei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Entei avoids the body shot from Less.
Entei slips under a jab.
Less slips a straight right by Entei.
Less looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Less displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Entei throws out the jab.
Less with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Entei to score with a decent uppercut.
Less fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Entei manages to avoid it.
Less ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Entei moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crunch! Less slams his shin into Entei's torso.
A looping hook to the body misses from Entei. Less does a little dance to reset his feet.

Entei clinches up against the ropes.
Entei lands a hook that snaps the head of Less backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Entei misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Entei.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Less scores with a nice short uppercut.
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Less.
Entei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Less blocks an uppercut.

Entei breaks the clinch.
Less lands with a cross.
Less loads up on a big right hand but Entei slips the punch.
Crunch! Less slams his shin into Entei's torso.
Entei looks to score with a jab to the body but Less is just out of range.
Less looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Less lands the left hand.
Less is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Entei scores with a crisp jab that stopped Less in his tracks.

Entei has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!
Less struggles to land a body shot inside as Entei controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Entei - that landed with a thud.
Entei can't find room to land a body shot as Less controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Entei throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lesss head.
Less lands an elbow that stopped Entei in his tracks for a moment.
Entei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Less misses with a punch to the body.
Less tries to land knees in the clinch but Entei avoids the damage to the body.
Entei blocks an elbow strike.
Less using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Entei has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Entei tries to throw a body punch but Less avoids it by throwing Entei back against the ropes.
Less's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Less lands an elbow inside that Entei shrugs off.
Entei tries to work over Less's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Less lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Less.
Less tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Less lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Entei lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Entei struggles to land a body shot inside as Less controls his hands.
Entei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Less working aggressively here.
Less pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Name Less just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Harry Entei's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Entei keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Less takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Entei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Less was well out of range. Poor timing from Entei.
Harry Entei is winning the standup battle so far.
Less turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Less.
Less steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Entei.
Entei moves out of range of the leg kick from Less.
Entei is looking to counter punch.
Less tries to score with a low kick but Entei moves his leg out of the way.
Entei is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Less.
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Less misses with an attempted mid kick.
Less tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Entei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Less was well out of range. Poor timing from Entei.
Less pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Less. That's going to slow Entei down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Entei misses its intended target.
Less throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Entei looks to land a body kick but Less moved away.
Less misses with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Entei darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Less buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Entei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice uppercut lands for Less. That snapped Entei's head back.
Entei moves away from the strike by Less.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Less has a couple of punches blocked by Entei.
Less gets through Entei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Less using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Entei has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Less prevents a body shot from Entei.
Less creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Entei's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Less.
Less scores with a shoulder strike.
Less with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Less softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Less misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Entei.
Less looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Entei lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Less.
Less blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Entei as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Entei.
Entei tries a body shot but Less blocks it.
Less blocks a body shot from Entei.
Entei blocks an elbow strike from Less.
Less fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Entei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Entei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Entei blocks an elbow strike from Less.
Entei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Entei dodges an elbow strike from Less.
A short right from Less on the inside.
Less has a couple of punches blocked by Entei.
Less misses with some punches.
Less is working Entei over against the ropes.

Entei manages to break the clinch.
Entei throws out a loose jab but Less uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Less 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 Entei has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Entei and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Name Less dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Harry Entei's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Entei looks to score with a jab to the body but Less is just out of range.
Entei misses with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Entei 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Less keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Entei lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Entei checks a low kick from Less.
Less throws the kick towards the body but Entei avoids it.
Less is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Entei on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Less. Less obviously looking to wear him down.
Entei throws a body punch but Less moves out of range.
Less looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Less throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Entei.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Less connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Entei misses with a wild body shot.
Entei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Less moves away.
Less avoids the body shot from Entei.
A head kick misses from Entei.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Less throws a shot from downtown. Entei moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less throws a quick inside leg kick.
Entei blocks a jab.
Less swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Less throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Entei throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Less misses.
Less cracks Entei with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Less throws the kick towards the body but Entei avoids it.
Entei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Less is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Entei is looking to slow Less down with leg kicks.
Entei has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Entei there as he acknowledges the shot.
Less connects with a good right hand that stumbles Entei. Entei circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slow jab from Less misses its intended target.
Less throws a lazy right hand but Entei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Entei getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Entei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Less.
Less swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Less tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Entei was well out of range. Poor timing from Less.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Less buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harry Entei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Entei checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Less. Entei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Less blocks a head kick by Entei.

Entei darts in and clinches Less up against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Less scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Less.
Entei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Entei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Less blocks a body shot from Entei.
Entei lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Entei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Less misses with some punches.
Less blocks an uppercut.
Entei lands with a short head shot on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Name Less.
I think Less has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 47:49
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a draw!