PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Louis Bowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamoru Takamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takamura has chosen Pay Money To My Pain - Weight of My Pride as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bowen
vs
Takamura

166 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Quark's

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Louis Bowen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mamoru Takamura!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takamura's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bowen under the eye.

Takamura clinches with his opponent.
Takamura tries a body shot but Bowen blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Bowen fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bowen.
Bowen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bowen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Takamura backwards.
Takamura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bowen tries a body shot but Takamura blocks it.
Takamura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bowen tries to throw a body punch but Takamura avoids it by throwing Bowen back against the ropes.
Takamura misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bowen.
Takamura blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takamura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bowen backwards.
Takamura scores with a shoulder strike.
Bowen slows down the pace here.
Bowen prevents a body shot from Takamura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Takamura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bowen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Takamura pushes Bowen back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bowen misses with a punch to the body.
Bowen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bowen misses with a body punch.
Takamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bowen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bowen lands a body punch.
Bowen pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Bowen struggles to land a body shot inside as Takamura controls his hands.
Takamura is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bowen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bowen throws a head punch that misses.
Bowen throws a punch but it's blocked by Takamura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura lands a shoulder strike.
Bowen tries a body shot but Takamura blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takamura.
Bowen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Takamura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Takamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bowen keeps control of Takamura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Takamura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bowen tries to stall but Takamura uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bowen lands an elbow that stopped Takamura in his tracks for a moment.
Takamura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takamura blocks an uppercut.
Takamura is trying to break the clinch but Bowen is controlling him.
Bowen has a couple of punches blocked by Takamura.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takamura.
Takamura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bowen blocks a body shot from Takamura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Louis Bowen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bowen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bowen struggles to land a body shot inside as Takamura controls his hands.
Louis Bowen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

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

Takamura moves into the clinch.
Takamura stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Takamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Takamura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bowen throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowen blocking some punches.
Bowen scores with a hook to the body.
Bowen looking to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takamura.
Bowen throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takamura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Takamura is trying to push Bowen away but Bowen has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takamura.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takamura.
Takamura working aggressively here.
Takamura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bowen scores with a shot to the side of Takamura's head.
Bowen misses with an elbow over the top.
Takamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takamura works on Bowen's body with a couple of short punches.
Bowen keeps control of Takamura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Takamura pushes Bowen back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bowen lands a right hand.
Takamura misses with the head strike.
Bowen throws a punch but it's blocked by Takamura.
Takamura wants to get back to striking at distance but Bowen won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takamura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Takamura.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowen prevents Takamura from breaking the clinch.
Bowen blocking some punches.
Bowen keeps control of Takamura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bowen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Bowen lands an elbow just above Takamura 's eye.
Takamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bowen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takamura working hard to break the clinch.
Bowen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Takamura is keeping busy.
Bowen tries to throw a body punch but Takamura avoids it by throwing Bowen back against the ropes.
Bowen misses with the head strike.
Takamura tries a body shot but Bowen blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mamoru Takamura will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bowen misses with a hook. Takamura ducked under it nicely.

Bowen moves into the clinch.
Bowen lands a nice shot to the body.
Bowen struggles to land a body shot inside as Takamura controls his hands.
Bowen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Takamura is trying to break the clinch but Bowen has him pressed against the ropes.
Bowen keeps control of Takamura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bowen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Takamura is looking to break free of the clinch but Bowen has double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bowen.
Bowen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takamura gets through Bowen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takamura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bowen's elbow.
Takamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bowen struggles to land a body shot inside as Takamura controls his hands.
Bowen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Takamura backwards.
A right hand to the body from Bowen.
Bowen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen throws an elbow but it misses.
Takamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takamura blocks an elbow strike.
Bowen blocks an uppercut.
Bowen throws a head punch that misses.
Bowen prevents a body shot from Takamura.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bowen.
Takamura throws a head punch that misses.
Bowen has Takamura pressed against the ropes, preventing Takamura from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bowen misses with a body punch.
Takamura lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bowen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Takamura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bowen scores with a shoulder strike.
Bowen avoiding damage.
A nice left hand lands by Takamura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bowen fails to land.
Takamura is trying to break the clinch but Bowen is controlling him.
Takamura is looking to break free of the clinch but Bowen has double underhooks.
Bowen blocking some punches.
Bowen blocks a body shot from Takamura.
Takamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takamura being controlled against the ropes.
Bowen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takamura takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Takamura's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Takamura's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bowen pushes Takamura back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Takamura lands with a left to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Louis Bowen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bowen 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Bowen!
An out of breath and clearly excited Louis Bowen thanked Quark's for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).