PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Seung Joon (ranked 24491 p4p, 3301 weight class) and Keiran Ahearn (ranked 471 p4p, 329 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Joon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to BewhY (비와이) – 가라사대 (GOTTASADAE). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Joon
vs
Ahearn

181 cm
22
155
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
24
166
8 - 4 - 1

World class MT
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seung Joon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keiran Ahearn!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahearn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Joon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ahearn at a distance.
Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joon.
Ahearn tries to counter by closing the distance.
Joon misses with a hook.
Joon connects with a body shot that sends Ahearn's belly button to the back.
Joon jabs Ahearn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ahearn scores with a sloppy right hand. Joon should have avoided that one.
Ahearn moves forwards but Joon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Joon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A left lands for Joon.
Ahearn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ahearn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joon.
Joon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ahearn.
Ahearn drops his hands momentarily and Joon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ahearn connects with a right hand. Joon shakes it off.
Joon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Seung Joon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ahearn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ahearn lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Joon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahearn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ahearn's elbow.
Ahearn has a couple of punches blocked by Joon.
Ahearn digs a right hand underneath Joon's ribcage. Joon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ahearn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joon lands a nice shot to the body.
Ahearn blocks a body shot from Joon.
Ahearn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ahearn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ahearn lands a right hand.
Ahearn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joon swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joon prevents a body shot from Ahearn.
Ahearn lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Joon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ahearn fails to land.
Joon misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Joon.
Ahearn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Joon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joon swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Joon fails to land.
Ahearn lands with a right to the head.
Joon misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahearn blocking some punches.
Ahearn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Joon fails to land.
Ahearn misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joon throws a head punch that misses.
Ahearn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Joon fails to land.
Joon lands a right hand.
Ahearn struggles to land a body shot inside as Joon controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Keiran Ahearn will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Joon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Joon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ahearn looks to score with a jab to the body but Joon is just out of range.
Joon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ahearn's head backwards.
Joon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Joon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joon catches Ahearn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ahearn misses the jab.
Ahearn lands with a right hand.
Ahearn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ahearn misses with a looping left.
Joon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ahearn looks to land a left hand but Joon moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Joon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Joon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ahearn. That did some damage!
Ahearn blocks a jab.
Ahearn slips under a jab from Joon.
Joon ducks under a wild hook from Ahearn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Joon.
Joon throws out a powerful jab.
Joon throws a body punch but Ahearn moves out of range.
Ahearn ducks right into an uppercut from Joon.
Ahearn moves forwards but Joon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ahearn misses with an uppercut. Joon saw that one coming.

Ahearn has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahearn.
Ahearn lands a shot to the body.
Ahearn tries to throw a body punch but Joon avoids it by throwing Ahearn back against the ropes.
Ahearn misses with a punch on the inside.
Joon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joon gets through Ahearn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joon lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ahearn fails to land.
Ahearn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joon's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahearn lands with a right to the head.
Joon takes a shot to the head.
Ahearn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keiran Ahearn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Joon throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahearn.
Ahearn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn misses with the head strike.
Ahearn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ahearn blocking some punches.
Ahearn swings wildly with an uppercut but Joon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ahearn's elbow.
Joon lands with a right to the head.
Joon tries to work over Ahearn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seung Joon dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Joon cracks Ahearn with a good jab.
A big right from Joon misses.
Joon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ahearn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot by Joon.
Joon lands with a cross.
Joon scores with a leg kick.
Seung Joon is winning the standup battle so far.
Joon lands a right hook to the body.
Joon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ahearn misses with a looping left.
Joon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahearn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ahearn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ahearn throws the left hand but Joon avoids the punch easily.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Ahearn looks to score with a jab to the body but Joon is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ahearn sizes up Joon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A left lands for Joon.
Joon connects with a body shot.
Ahearn throws a body punch but Joon moves out of range.
Joon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Joon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Joon misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joon. Ahearn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joon lands with a nice body punch.
Joon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ahearn momentarily.
Joon scores with a nice right hand.
Ahearn takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ahearn staying out of range there.
Joon throws a sloppy body shot

and Ahearn counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ahearn misses with the head strike.
Ahearn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ahearn throws a head punch that misses.
Ahearn misses with the head strike.
Ahearn misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahearn blocking some punches.
Ahearn swings wildly with an uppercut but Joon uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joon.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahearn.
Joon lands a shoulder strike.
Ahearn blocks an uppercut.
Ahearn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahearn blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joon swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ahearn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joon backwards.
Ahearn lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seung Joon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Joon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seung Joon!
Our winner, Seung Joon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.