PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Ren Hashimoto (ranked 3416 p4p, 6510 weight class) and Jingyi Chenhuang (ranked 186 p4p, 302 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Chenhuang's choice of entrance music: H2 Action. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Hashimoto
vs
Chenhuang

170 cm
18
135
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
135
0 - 2 - 0

Brawler
Cuts easily

Brawler
Intelligent

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ren Hashimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jingyi Chenhuang!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hashimoto jabs Chenhuang to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chenhuang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hashimoto throws a head kick that misses.
Hashimoto lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chenhuang takes a step back to recover.
Chenhuang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hashimoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Chenhuang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chenhuang swinging wildly here.
Hashimoto wants to clinch but Chenhuang slips to the side
and Chenhuang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hashimoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chenhuang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hashimoto's hands.
Hashimoto connects with a high kick.
Hashimoto doesn't manage to clinch there - Chenhuang circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Chenhuang motions for Hashimoto to come forward. Chenhuang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Chenhuang darts in and clinches Hashimoto up against the ropes.
Hashimoto is trying to force a seperation but Chenhuang has the dominant position.

Chenhuang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hashimoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hashimoto tries to clinch up but Chenhuang circles away and keeps his distance.

Chenhuang closes the distance and clinches.
Hashimoto lands a nice knee to the body.

Chenhuang breaks from the clinch.
Hashimoto doesn't manage to clinch there - Chenhuang circles away.
Chenhuang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hashimoto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Chenhuang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chenhuang prevents a body shot from Hashimoto.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chenhuang - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hashimoto is trying to stall.
Chenhuang lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hashimoto or not.
Hashimoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hashimoto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chenhuang has him pressed against the ropes.
Hashimoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Chenhuang has double underhooks.

Chenhuang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chenhuang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hashimoto manages to avoid it.
Hashimoto throws a sloppy head kick

and Chenhuang counters by moving into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jingyi Chenhuang dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hashimoto misses with an uppercut. Chenhuang saw that one coming.

Chenhuang moves into range and clinches up with Hashimoto.

Chenhuang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ren Hashimoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Chenhuang moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chenhuang missing with knees to the body.

Chenhuang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jingyi Chenhuang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hashimoto tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Chenhuang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hashimoto lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chenhuang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chenhuang misses with a looping right.

Chenhuang forces Hashimoto back against the ropes and clinches.
Chenhuang looking to slow down the pace here.
Hashimoto working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hashimoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Chenhuang won't allow it.
Chenhuang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hashimoto being controlled against the ropes.
Hashimoto is trying to push Chenhuang away but Chenhuang has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hashimoto is trying to maintain a safe position but Chenhuang gets an underhook and turns Hashimoto into the ropes.
Chenhuang has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chenhuang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hashimoto is defending well for now.
Chenhuang throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Chenhuang breaks the clinch.
Hashimoto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hashimoto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chenhuang circles away quickly and effectively.
Hashimoto doesn't manage to clinch there - Chenhuang circles away.
Hashimoto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Chenhuang moves into range and clinches up with Hashimoto.
Chenhuang looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Chenhuang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hashimoto throws a jab but it's blocked by Chenhuang.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Chenhuang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hashimoto taking a breather.
Hashimoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Chenhuang won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jingyi Chenhuang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hashimoto tries to clinch
and Chenhuang counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hashimoto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hashimoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chenhuang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Chenhuang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hashimoto seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Hashimoto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hashimoto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Chenhuang has managed to clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Chenhuang.
Chenhuang slowing the pace effectively.
Chenhuang keeps control of Hashimoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hashimoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Chenhuang won't allow it.
Hashimoto tries to break free but Chenhuang pushes him back against the ropes.
Hashimoto is trying to force a seperation but Chenhuang has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chenhuang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Hashimoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Chenhuang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hashimoto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hashimoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hashimoto throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Chenhuang counter with a right hand.
Hashimoto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hashimoto is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hashimoto tries to clinch but Chenhuang is having none of it.

Chenhuang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Chenhuang breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto looks to score with a jab to the body but Chenhuang is just out of range.
Hashimoto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chenhuang swats away the attempt to clinch by Hashimoto.
Chenhuang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hashimoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hashimoto throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Chenhuang rushes Hashimoto and presses him up against the ropes.
Hashimoto looking to stall.

Chenhuang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ren Hashimoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Chenhuang closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hashimoto is leaning against Chenhuang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jingyi Chenhuang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chenhuang has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jingyi Chenhuang!
A pretty intense looking Jingyi Chenhuang took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.