PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Shiro Toushiro (ranked 4892 p4p, 5799 weight class) and Plebian Franco (ranked 522 p4p, 582 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Toushiro
vs
Franco

208 cm
26
270
9 - 2 - 1

205 cm
26
255
7 - 3 - 1

Great elbows
KO power

Good kicks
Granite chin

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 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shiro Toushiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Plebian Franco!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Franco clinches with his opponent.
Toushiro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Franco just misses with a elbow thrown towards Toushiro's brow.
Franco stalling in the clinch but Toushiro improves position.
Toushiro misses with a knee to the head.
Toushiro is trying to break the clinch but Franco is controlling him.
Franco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Toushiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Franco avoids the damage to the body.
Franco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Franco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Toushiro tries a body shot but Franco blocks it.
Franco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Toushiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Franco tries to work over Toushiro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franco trying to stall but Toushiro improves his position.
Toushiro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Toushiro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franco trying to land knees to the body.
Toushiro is looking to break free of the clinch but Franco has double underhooks.
Franco lands an uppercut.
Toushiro tries to circle away but Franco has him pinned against the ropes.
Toushiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Franco avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Franco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Toushiro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Franco blocks a body shot from Toushiro.
I was talking to Toushiro's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Toushiro is trying to break the clinch but Franco has him pressed against the ropes.
Toushiro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Franco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toushiro's elbow.
Toushiro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franco has him pressed against the ropes.
Franco trying to control the position but instead, Toushiro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Franco into the ropes.
Franco has a couple of punches blocked by Toushiro.
Franco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toushiro blocks it with crossed arms.
Franco unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Franco wants to stall.
Toushiro prevents a body shot from Franco.
Franco taking a breather.
Franco tries to land knees in the clinch but Toushiro avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Toushiro tries to break the clinch but Franco is controlling the position.
Franco missing with knees to the body.
Franco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Franco wants to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Toushiro obliges.
Toushiro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toushiro misses with a double jab.
Toushiro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Franco doesn't seem bothered though.

Toushiro instigates a clinch.
Toushiro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franco is defending well for now.
Toushiro lands a shot to the body.
Franco looks winded!
Good body shot from Toushiro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toushiro lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Toushiro breaks the clinch.
Toushiro throws a good cross that connects.
Franco walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Toushiro.

Franco moves into the clinch.

Toushiro manages to break the clinch.
Good shot there by Toushiro.
Toushiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toushiro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Franco tries a head kick but it misses.

Franco pushes Toushiro up against the ropes in a clinch.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toushiro throws a wild body kick that Franco sees coming a mile off.
Toushiro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Franco drives through and clinches with Toushiro against the ropes.

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

Toushiro closes the distance and clinches.
Franco has a couple of punches blocked by Toushiro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Toushiro.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Toushiro.
Franco steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Toushiro.

Toushiro has closed the distance and engaged Franco in a clinch.
Toushiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Toushiro wants to get back to striking at distance but Franco won't allow it.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toushiro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Toushiro pushes Franco up against the ropes in a clinch.

Toushiro breaks from the clinch.

Toushiro drives through and clinches with Franco against the ropes.
Toushiro misses with a body punch.
Franco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Toushiro working hard to break the clinch.
Franco working aggressively here.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toushiro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Toushiro checks a leg kick nicely.
An inside leg kick from Franco misses.
Toushiro throws a big counter combination but Franco scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Franco rushes Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shiro Toushiro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Franco has closed the distance and engaged Toushiro in a clinch.
Toushiro avoiding damage as Franco throws knees to the body.

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

Toushiro gets tackled into the ropes by Franco. Franco maintains the clinch.
Toushiro tries to break the clinch but Franco is controlling the position.
Franco looking to throw knees to the head but Toushiro is blocking nicely.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Toushiro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Franco throws a wild body kick that Toushiro sees coming a mile off.
Plebian Franco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Franco darts in and clinches Toushiro up against the ropes.
Franco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toushiro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Toushiro has had enough of the clinch but Franco keeps him there for the moment.
Franco tries a knee to the head but Toushiro blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franco presses Toushiro against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Toushiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franco moves out of range as Toushiro throws a body kick.
Toushiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Toushiro works over Franco's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franco slips a straight right by Toushiro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toushiro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Toushiro throws a big shot that misses.
Franco takes one to the side of the head.

Franco rushes Toushiro and presses him up against the ropes.
Franco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toushiro blocks it with crossed arms.
Franco pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Franco tries a knee to the head but Toushiro blocks it.

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

Toushiro rushes Franco and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Franco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toushiro avoids it.
Toushiro tries to break free but Franco pushes him back against the ropes.
Toushiro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toushiro takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Franco takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Toushiro lands an impressive looking overhand right. Franco doesn't seem phased though.
A head kick misses from Franco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Franco has taken the fight to the clinch.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body punch from Franco.
Shiro Toushiro is winning the standup battle so far.
Toushiro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toushiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Franco throws a body kick that misses.
Toushiro misses with a head kick.
Toushiro looks to land a body kick but Franco moved away.
Toushiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toushiro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Franco looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Toushiro thuds a left hand into Franco's body.
Franco throws a looping overhand right but Toushiro ducks down to avoid it.
Franco moves out of range as Toushiro throws a body kick.
Toushiro ducks under a wild hook from Franco.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Franco closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Toushiro tries to break free but Franco pushes him back against the ropes.
Franco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toushiro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Toushiro lands an elbow that stopped Franco in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Plebian Franco has been cut.
Toushiro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toushiro misses with a knee to the head.
Toushiro working hard to break the clinch.
Toushiro blocks a body shot from Franco.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Toushiro.
Toushiro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Toushiro tries to keep at a distance but Franco has taken the fight into the clinch.
Toushiro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toushiro blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco swings wildly with an uppercut but Toushiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Toushiro's efforts to push away.
Franco throws a knee to the head but misses.

Toushiro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franco misses the shot to the body.
Toushiro appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

Toushiro clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Toushiro just misses with a elbow thrown towards Franco's brow.
Toushiro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franco can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franco misses with a punch on the inside.
Toushiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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

Franco has Toushiro up against the ropes in a clinch.
Toushiro is trying to push Franco away but Franco has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Franco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franco is leaning against Toushiro and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Toushiro wants to break free but Franco has control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shiro Toushiro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Plebian Franco's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Franco looks to score with a jab to the body but Toushiro is just out of range.
Toushiro throws a push kick but Franco slaps the foot to one side.

Toushiro instigates a clinch.
Franco has a couple of punches blocked by Toushiro.
Franco managing to block the knees to the body from Toushiro.
Toushiro is trying to push Franco away but Franco has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Franco managing to block the knees to the body from Toushiro.

Toushiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franco misses with a low kick.
Toushiro throws a quick counter kick to the body but Franco avoids it.
Franco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Toushiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Franco avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toushiro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Toushiro avoiding damage as Franco throws knees to the body.

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

Franco gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Franco looking to throw knees to the head but Toushiro is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toushiro working hard to break the clinch.
Franco misses with a punch to the body.
Toushiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
Franco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Toushiro can't break the clinch.
Franco missing with knees to the body.
Franco takes an elbow to the temple.
Franco missing with knees to the body.
Toushiro is trying to force a seperation but Franco has the dominant position.
Toushiro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Toushiro can't break the clinch.
Toushiro blocks an uppercut.

Toushiro manages to break the clinch.
Franco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Franco rushes Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Franco blocks a body shot from Toushiro.

Toushiro breaks the clinch.
Toushiro throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Plebian Franco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shiro Toushiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toushiro scores with a head kick. Franco tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franco. Toushiro does a little dance to reset his feet.

Toushiro rushes Franco and presses him up against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Toushiro.
Franco takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Franco trying to land knees to the body.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toushiro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Toushiro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Franco.
Franco avoids the head kick by Toushiro.
Franco wants to counter the offense by Toushiro and move into the clinch position.
Franco on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Toushiro closes the distance and clinches.
Toushiro blocks an elbow strike from Franco.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Toushiro controls the action.
Franco missing with knees to the body.
Franco misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Franco.
Franco misses with the head strike.
Franco struggles to land a body shot inside as Toushiro controls his hands.
Toushiro is trying to break free.
Toushiro lands an uppercut.
Toushiro is trying to break free.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Toushiro controls the action.
Franco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toushiro avoids it.
Franco looking to throw knees to the head but Toushiro is blocking nicely.
Toushiro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Toushiro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Franco tries to land knees in the clinch but Toushiro avoids the damage to the body.

Toushiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franco takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Franco rushes Toushiro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Franco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toushiro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franco missing with knees to the body.
Franco looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Franco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Franco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Toushiro tries to break the clinch but Franco is controlling the position.

Toushiro breaks from the clinch.
Toushiro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Franco's hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toushiro slips a jab from Franco.
Toushiro lands a really nice looking cross but Franco seems unphased.

Franco closes the distance and pushes Toushiro back into the ropes.
Toushiro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shiro Toushiro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Toushiro, 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shiro Toushiro!
A victorious Shiro Toushiro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.