PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Choi Dajung (ranked 5623 p4p, 4930 weight class) and Duannis Frank (ranked 564 p4p, 530 weight class). Choi Dajung could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Duannis Frank's chin.

Dajung
vs
Frank

200 cm
18
283
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
17
214
1 - 0 - 0

Basic striking
Big right hand

Great elbows
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Choi Dajung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Duannis Frank!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Frank has managed to clinch.
Dajung misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dajung.
Dajung can't break the clinch.
Dajung wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Frank manages to break the clinch.
Choi Dajung seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dajung drives through and clinches with Frank against the ropes.
Dajung is trying to break the clinch but Frank has him pressed against the ropes.

Frank manages to break the clinch.
Dajung avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frank circles away from the clinch attempt
and Frank counters with a good low kick that Dajung was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank wants to clinch.
Dajung has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Frank.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frank moves into the clinch.

Frank manages to break the clinch.
Dajung tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice jab there from Dajung.

Frank instigates a clinch.
Frank throws a head punch that misses.
Dajung is trying to force a seperation but Frank has the dominant position.
Frank tries a body shot but Dajung blocks it.
Dajung misses with a body punch.
Dajung wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dajung tries to break the clinch but Frank is controlling the position.

Frank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Frank moves into the clinch successfully.
Dajung's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Frank breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dajung takes a swing at Frank's ribcage but misses.
Dajung backing away here, and Frank unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A nice leg kick from Frank, right into the meat of the thigh.

Frank has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dajung is trying to break the clinch but Frank is controlling him.
Frank misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dajung wants to get back to striking at distance but Frank won't allow it.
Frank pushes Dajung back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frank misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Frank takes a shot to the head.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frank moves in looking to clinch but Dajung pushes him off.
Dajung connects with a single shot there.
Frank has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

Frank clinches with his opponent.
Dajung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Frank.
Dajung wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frank has him pressed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Frank lands with a short shot to the head.
Dajung misses with a body punch.

Frank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frank misses with an uppercut. Dajung saw that one coming.
Frank moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Frank tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Dajung was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Frank.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dajung. Frank does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dajung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frank moves away.
Dajung misses with a body shot.
Dajung cracks a nice hook into Frank's ribs.

Frank rushes Dajung and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Frank lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dajung backwards.
Frank keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dajung's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dajung misses with a hook to the ribs.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dajung thuds a left hand into Frank's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frank scoring well with a low kick there.

Frank forces Dajung back against the ropes and clinches.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frank throws a hook to the side of Dajung's head but Dajung sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Frank tests Dajung's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dajung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frank moves away.
Dajung uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Frank.
Dajung is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dajung scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Frank tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dajung manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frank takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Frank gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Frank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Duannis Frank 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.

Dajung throws a sloppy body shot
and Frank counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dajung scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dajung is looking to wear down Frank with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Frank tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dajung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Dajung there.
Frank keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dajung misses the jab.

Dajung clinches up against the ropes.
Frank lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dajung is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Duannis Frank seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Frank working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dajung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Frank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Frank closes the distance and clinches.
Dajung tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Frank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dajung is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Frank moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Frank.
Dajung tries to break free but Frank pushes him back against the ropes.

Frank breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frank has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dajung misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Frank misses.
Dajung scores with a body shot.
Dajung fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Frank looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick misses from Frank.

Frank darts in and clinches Dajung up against the ropes.
Frank swings away with an uppercut that misses.

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

Dajung instigates a clinch.
Frank lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dajung lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Frank lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dajung is trying to break the clinch but Frank has him pressed against the ropes.

Frank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frank steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dajung.
Dajung is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dajung tries to clinch there but Frank circles away.
Frank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Dajung tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dajung looks to score with a jab to the body but Frank is just out of range.
Frank doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A punch lands to the side of Frank 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Choi Dajung is winning the standup battle so far.

Frank moves into the clinch.
Dajung fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Frank moves into the clinch.
Dajung looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frank lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dajung backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dajung struggles to land a body shot inside as Frank controls his hands.

Frank manages to break the clinch.
Frank takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dajung pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Frank tries to move into range but Dajung moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Frank takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Frank. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Dajung throws a body shot but no joy.

Frank clinches.
Dajung working aggressively here.
Dajung prevents a body shot from Frank.

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

Frank rushes Dajung and presses him up against the ropes.
Frank misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Frank.
Frank tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dajung tries to break free but Frank pushes him back against the ropes.
Dajung is trying to break the clinch but Frank has him pressed against the ropes.
Dajung is trying to break the clinch but Frank is controlling him.

Frank manages to break the clinch.

Frank has closed the distance and engaged Dajung in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Frank breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dajung. Frank does a little dance to reset his feet.
Frank avoids the body shot from Dajung.
Dajung lands with a shot to the body.

Frank clinches with his opponent.
Frank misses with the head strike.
Frank working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dajung tries a body shot but Frank blocks it.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Frank gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Duannis Frank showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Frank fails in his attempt to clinch.
Frank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Dajung drives through and clinches with Frank against the ropes.

Frank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dajung fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frank manages to avoid it.
Dajung throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Frank moves into the clinch successfully.
Frank misses with some punches.
Dajung lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dajung is trying to break the clinch but Frank is controlling him.
Dajung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dajung misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dajung taking a breather.
Dajung is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dajung misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dajung swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Frank.
Frank blocking some punches.
Dajung tries to break the clinch but Frank is controlling the position.

Frank breaks from the clinch.

Frank gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Frank prevents a body shot from Dajung.
A short right from Frank.
Dajung pushes Frank back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Frank breaks from the clinch.
Dajung throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Frank has closed the distance and engaged Dajung in a clinch.
Choi Dajung has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dajung tries a body shot but Frank blocks it.
Dajung misses with a hook to the ribs.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dajung throws a poor cross that misses
and Frank makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dajung ducks under a wild hook from Frank.
Dajung steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Frank. That one must have hurt.
Frank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dajung.
Jab, jab by Frank - just one landing.
Frank uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dajung.
A countering left hand to the body from Frank misses.
Frank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dajung.
Frank throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Frank closes the distance and clinches.

Frank breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frank tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dajung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Dajung on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank lands with a good body shot.
Dajung is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Frank was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Frank closes the distance and clinches.

Frank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Frank tries to clinch but Dajung moves out of range.
Dajung looks to score with a jab to the body but Frank is just out of range.
Duannis Frank is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dajung doesn't manage to clinch there - Frank circles away.

Frank has closed the distance and engaged Dajung in a clinch.
Frank lands a left hand.
Frank lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dajung is trying to force a seperation but Frank has the dominant position.
Dajung has a couple of punches blocked by Frank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dajung misses with a punch on the inside.
Dajung wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dajung can't find room to land a body shot as Frank controls the action.
Frank has Dajung pressed against the ropes, preventing Dajung from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Frank lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dajung tries to throw a body punch but Frank avoids it by throwing Dajung back against the ropes.
Frank prevents Dajung from breaking the clinch.
Dajung can't find room to land a body shot as Frank controls the action.
Frank keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dajung's efforts to push away.
Dajung lands a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duannis Frank comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Frank winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Duannis Frank!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Duannis Frank!
Judge David Hoff scores the fight for Duannis Frank!

Duannis Frank wins by unanimous decision!