PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Coochie Man (ranked 5386 p4p, 4587 weight class) and Kamaru Umuhoza (ranked 258 p4p, 244 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Man
vs
Umuhoza

225 cm
25
145
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
18
138
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Intelligent

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coochie Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kamaru Umuhoza!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umuhoza throws a low kick but Man avoids it.
Man throws a big counter combination but Umuhoza scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Man takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Umuhoza throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Umuhoza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Umuhoza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Man circles away quickly and effectively.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Umuhoza moves out of range easily.
Man avoids the head kick by Umuhoza.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Man lands with a kick to the temple. Umuhoza shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Umuhoza throws a looping overhand right but Man ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umuhoza throws a head kick that misses
and Man counters with a head kick.
Umuhoza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man is looking to clinch.
Man slips a jab and a cross from Umuhoza.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Umuhoza. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man tries to clinch up but Umuhoza circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Umuhoza.
Umuhoza throws a head kick but Man moves out of range.
Umuhoza lands a head shot.
Man tries a head kick but it misses.
Umuhoza looks for the body kick but Man saw that one coming.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Umuhoza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Umuhoza.
Umuhoza throws a push kick but Man slaps the foot to one side.
Man half committed to a counter leg kick.
A big right from Umuhoza misses.
Man was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Umuhoza takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Man seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Man goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Umuhoza wants to counter with a clinch but Man pushes him away.
Man tries to clinch
and Umuhoza counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umuhoza tries to work over Man's front leg with a kick but Man checks it.
Man checks a leg kick.
Man seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Umuhoza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Umuhoza keeps Man at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Umuhoza is looking to slow Man down with leg kicks.
Umuhoza misses with a head kick.
Umuhoza looks for the body kick but Man saw that one coming.
Man misses with a body shot.
Umuhoza looks to throw the jab but Man is out of range.
Umuhoza lands with a kick to the ribs.
Man tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Umuhoza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Man sets himself, and Umuhoza steps forward looking for the clinch! Man avoids it this time.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Man swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Man is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man avoids the head kick by Umuhoza.
Umuhoza throws a jab but it's blocked by Man.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Umuhoza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Umuhoza feints a jab promting Man to slip. Umuhoza then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Man slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Umuhoza throws a leg kick but Man moved away.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Umuhoza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Umuhoza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Umuhoza misses with a double jab.
Man seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Man tries to clinch up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Man crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Umuhoza - the referee stops the clock and Man gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Umuhoza. Man manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Man throws a half hearted mid kick.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umuhoza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man tries to clinch but Umuhoza is having none of it.
Umuhoza keeps the fight on the outside.
Umuhoza lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Man tries to clinch up.
Umuhoza fails to land with a series of punches.
Man seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Umuhoza throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
Man on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Umuhoza. Umuhoza obviously looking to wear him down.
Man wants to clinch up but Umuhoza keeps it at a distance.
Umuhoza tries a quick counter leg kick but Man is wise to it.
Man is looking to score with low kicks.
Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Umuhoza.
Umuhoza throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kamaru Umuhoza dominated that round.
That's time! Man's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Umuhoza misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Umuhoza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Umuhoza fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Man has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Umuhoza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Umuhoza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Umuhoza throws a solid leg kick but Man takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Umuhoza.
Umuhoza rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Man counters with a nice low kick that buckles Umuhoza's knee momentarily.
Man checks a low kick from Umuhoza.
Umuhoza bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umuhoza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Man looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Umuhoza.
Man wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Man.
Man moves out of range as Umuhoza throws a body kick.
Umuhoza lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Umuhoza is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Man chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Umuhoza can pounce on him.
Umuhoza jabs at Man's body.
Umuhoza throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Man throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Umuhoza.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Umuhoza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Man will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Man lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Umuhoza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umuhoza misses with the combination.
Man throws a quick counter head kick but Umuhoza was just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Umuhoza works the jab nicely.
Coochie Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Man takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Man tries to clinch up.
Umuhoza is trying to counter with his kicks.
Man is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Man blocks a head kick by Umuhoza.
Umuhoza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Umuhoza swats away the attempt to clinch by Man.
Umuhoza keeps the fight on the outside.
Man fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Umuhoza lands a head shot.
Umuhoza thows a leg kick but Man checks it
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Man throws a right and a left that Umuhoza avoids nicely.
Man throws a leg kick which misses Umuhoza's front leg but catches the back leg as Umuhoza tries to avoid it.
Umuhoza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Man checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Man really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Umuhoza uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Umuhoza misses with a double jab.
Man is looking to counter the offense by Umuhoza and move into the clinch.
Man tries a head kick but it misses.
Umuhoza throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man walks into a stiff left hand from Umuhoza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Umuhoza paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umuhoza shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Man eats them both and turns towards Umuhoza to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Man is rocked!
Umuhoza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oh Man is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Umuhoza scores with a big combo that sends Man crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Man flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Umuhoza jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kamaru Umuhoza!