PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lucca Decker (ranked 4640 p4p, 4662 weight class) and Harry Swotter (ranked 542 p4p, 547 weight class). Lucca Decker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Decker
vs
Swotter

190 cm
18
192
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
181
1 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Self confident

Excellent MT
Determined

30th Century Beer Store

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucca Decker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Swotter!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Bruno Lombardi and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Swotter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swotter moves in looking to clinch but Decker pushes him off.
Swotter looks to land a combination. Decker sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Decker misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Swotter.
Swotter throws a nice looking combination but Decker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Decker is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Harry Swotter has been cut.
Swotter misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Decker misses the target.
Swotter wants to counter with a clinch but Decker pushes him away.
Swotter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decker.
Swotter tries to counter with a clinch but Decker shakes him off and moves away.
Swotter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Swotter wants to counter the offense by Decker and move into the clinch position.
Decker throws a hook but Swotter blocks it.
Swotter wants to counter with a clinch but Decker pushes him away.
Decker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Decker missing with a left hand there. Swotter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Swotter tries to counter with a clinch but Decker shakes him off and moves away.
Swotter tries to clinch there but Decker circles away.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Decker throws a hook but Swotter avoids it easily.
Swotter wants to counter with a clinch but Decker pushes him away.
Decker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swotter is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Swotter ducks under a wild hook from Decker.
Swotter steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Decker.
Decker misses with a body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Swotter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Decker.
Swotter wants to counter with a clinch but Decker pushes him away.
Swotter is looking to clinch but Decker is avoiding it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucca Decker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harry Swotter's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Decker misses the shot to the body.
Swotter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Swotter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decker.
Decker throws a looping overhand right but Swotter ducks down to avoid it.
Lucca Decker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decker throws a body punch but Swotter moves out of range.
Swotter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swotter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Decker.
Decker lands a body shot.
Decker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Swotter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Decker. Swotter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Swotter ducks under a wild hook from Decker.
Swotter is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lucca Decker is winning the standup battle so far.
Swotter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Swotter misses with a jab, cross combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Decker misses the target.
Swotter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Decker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Swotter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Swotter staying out of range there.
Decker sets himself, and Swotter steps forward looking for the clinch! Decker avoids it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swotter tries to clinch up but Decker circles away and keeps his distance.
Decker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Decker misses with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Swotter.
Swotter defending well as Decker loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Decker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Decker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucca Decker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harry Swotter's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Swotter ducks under a wild hook from Decker.
Decker lands with a good body shot.
Nice defenses there by Swotter.
Swotter throws a nice looking combination but Decker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swotter connects with a crisp jab.
Swotter tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Decker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swotter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Decker throws out the jab.
Swotter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decker.
Decker misses with a hook.
Swotter steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Decker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swotter throws a right hand that misses
and Decker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Swotter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Decker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Decker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swotter can do to turn this around?
Decker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Swotter is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Swotter is looking to clinch.
Decker misses with a looping right.
Swotter swinging wildly here.
Decker throwing a counter right hand but Swotter manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swotter tries to clinch but Decker moves out of range.
Swotter takes one to the side of the head.
Swotter blocks a jab.
Decker throws a body punch but Swotter moves out of range.
Swotter slips a straight right by Decker.
Swotter defending well as Decker loads up on a big left hand.
Swotter wants to counter the offense by Decker and move into the clinch position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Swotter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decker.
Swotter fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucca Decker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Decker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucca Decker!