PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ivarr DeBoneless (ranked 23169 p4p, 23535 weight class) and Luis Santos (ranked 674 p4p, 707 weight class). Ivarr DeBoneless has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

DeBoneless
vs
Santos

188 cm
25
215
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
29
210
8 - 12 - 0

Brawler
Granite chin

Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 Tokyo, Ivarr DeBoneless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Santos!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

DeBoneless clinches with his opponent.
DeBoneless managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

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

DeBoneless moves into the clinch.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from DeBoneless.
Santos controlling the action here for a moment.
DeBoneless tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Santos breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

DeBoneless fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the ropes.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.

Santos breaks the clinch.

DeBoneless clinches.

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

DeBoneless forces Santos back against the ropes and clinches.
Santos leaning against his opponent.
Santos controlling the action here for a moment.
Nice body punch from Santos - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos stalling against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
DeBoneless managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

DeBoneless instigates a clinch.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from DeBoneless.

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

DeBoneless has managed to clinch.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

DeBoneless has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

DeBoneless closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Ivarr DeBoneless is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

DeBoneless moves into the clinch.
DeBoneless misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.

Santos breaks the clinch.

DeBoneless forces Santos back against the ropes and clinches.
DeBoneless tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.

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

DeBoneless moves into the clinch.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Santos breaks the clinch.

Santos tries to keep at a distance but DeBoneless has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeBoneless tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
DeBoneless tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos avoiding damage as DeBoneless throws knees to the body.
DeBoneless tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.

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

DeBoneless pushes Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivarr DeBoneless dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

DeBoneless takes the fight into the clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch.

DeBoneless instigates a clinch.
Santos stalls.

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

DeBoneless gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeBoneless missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
DeBoneless missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos manages to break the clinch.

DeBoneless clinches up against the ropes.
DeBoneless on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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

DeBoneless closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
Santos is trying to stall.
Santos trying to control the position but instead, DeBoneless has worked for underhooks and has pushed Santos into the ropes.

Santos breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

DeBoneless closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
Santos avoiding damage as DeBoneless throws knees to the body.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

DeBoneless moves into the clinch.
DeBoneless tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from DeBoneless.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

DeBoneless fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

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

DeBoneless has managed to clinch.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by DeBoneless.

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

DeBoneless has Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.

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

DeBoneless pushes Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

DeBoneless clinches.
DeBoneless crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

DeBoneless clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the ropes.
Santos wants to stall.
DeBoneless tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Santos tries to keep at a distance but DeBoneless has taken the fight into the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivarr DeBoneless dominated that second round.
That's time! DeBoneless's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

DeBoneless takes the fight into the clinch.
DeBoneless tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
DeBoneless tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
DeBoneless is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

DeBoneless closes the distance and clinches.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

DeBoneless gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

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

DeBoneless clinches.

Santos manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

DeBoneless has managed to clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

DeBoneless gets a clinch.
Santos is trying to stall.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Ivarr DeBoneless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

DeBoneless darts in and clinches Santos up against the ropes.

Santos breaks the clinch.

DeBoneless gets a clinch.

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

DeBoneless gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Luis Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to stall but DeBoneless uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santos throws an elbow that misses.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

DeBoneless has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.

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

DeBoneless moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

DeBoneless gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos trying to stall but DeBoneless improves his position.

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

DeBoneless closes the distance and clinches.
DeBoneless tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from DeBoneless.

Santos breaks from the clinch.

DeBoneless rushes Santos and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from DeBoneless.

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

DeBoneless has managed to clinch.

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

DeBoneless drives through and clinches with Santos against the ropes.
DeBoneless is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

DeBoneless clinches with his opponent.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

DeBoneless clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the ropes.
Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but DeBoneless avoids it by throwing Santos back against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but DeBoneless uses good head movement to avoid it.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Luis Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.

DeBoneless closes the distance and clinches.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivarr DeBoneless showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for DeBoneless, 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivarr DeBoneless!