PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 1863 p4p, 241 weight class) and Ryu Boshi (ranked 3661 p4p, 422 weight class). Tamatso comes to the ring accompanied by The Storm by Bill Conti. Boshi has chosen Ryu's Theme Song as his entrance music. Ryu Boshi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tamatso
vs
Boshi

180 cm
54
191 lbs
32 - 14 - 0

176 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Boshi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tamatso takes the fight into the clinch.
Boshi misses with an elbow over the top.
Tamatso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tamatso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tamatso holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Boshi tries a body shot but Tamatso blocks it.
Tamatso avoids a wild elbow strike from Boshi.
Tamatso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tamatso blocks an elbow strike from Boshi.
Boshi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tamatso in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boshi tries to work over Tamatso's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boshi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tamatso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boshi taking a breather.
Boshi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boshi taking a breather.
Tamatso has Boshi pushed against the ropes.
Boshi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tamatso's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tamatso scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boshi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tamatso avoids the elbow strike from Boshi, against the ropes.
Boshi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boshi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boshi tries to land knees in the clinch but Tamatso avoids the damage to the body.
Boshi misses with a body punch.
Tamatso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boshi looking to throw knees to the head but Tamatso is blocking nicely.
Boshi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tamatso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boshi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tamatso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boshi is leaning against Tamatso and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boshi misses with the head strike.
Boshi throws a punch but it's blocked by Tamatso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boshi tries a knee to the head but Tamatso blocks it.
Tamatso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boshi throws a head punch that misses.
Tamatso is trying to stall.
Boshi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tamatso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boshi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tamatso holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Tamatso is trying to break the clinch but Boshi has him pressed against the ropes.
Boshi connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boshi obliges.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tamatso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boshi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tamatso avoids it.
Tamatso is trying to break the clinch but Boshi has him pressed against the ropes.
Boshi lands a right hand.
Boshi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tamatso is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso lands a shot to the body.
Tamatso blocks an elbow strike from Boshi.
Boshi's coach down at Savage Dojo KT Tokyo was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Boshi's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Tamatso stalling in the clinch but Boshi improves position.
Boshi tries to throw a body punch but Tamatso avoids it by throwing Boshi back against the ropes.
Boshi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tamatso's elbow.
Tamatso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tamatso avoids the elbow strike from Boshi, against the ropes.
Boshi wants to stall.
Boshi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tamatso avoids it.
Tamatso is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boshi.
Boshi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boshi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tamatso is defending well for now.
Boshi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso avoids a wild elbow strike from Boshi.
Boshi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tamatso is keeping busy.
Tamatso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tamatso lands with a light punch inside.
Tamatso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tamatso is looking to control Boshi's arms but Boshi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tamatso has his back to the ropes.
Boshi misses with a body punch.
Boshi tries a knee to the head but Tamatso blocks it.
Boshi misses with an elbow strike.
Tamatso scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boshi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tamatso stalling against the ropes.
Boshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tamatso scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Boshi missing with knees to the body.
Boshi missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Boshi.
Boshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boshi missing with knees to the body.
Tamatso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tamatso lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Boshi throws an elbow that misses.
Boshi wants to stall.
A body shot lands from Tamatso.
Boshi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boshi misses with some punches.
Boshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boshi.
Boshi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso works on Boshi's body with a couple of short punches.
Boshi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tamatso's face.
Tamatso is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Boshi is keeping busy.
Tamatso blocks a body shot from Boshi.
Boshi tries to land knees in the clinch but Tamatso avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Boshi.
A frustrated look appears on Tamatso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boshi misses with an elbow strike.
Boshi has a couple of punches blocked by Tamatso.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamatso pushes Boshi back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Boshi looks winded!
Boshi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tamatso cracks Boshi with a nice body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A frustrated look appears on Tamatso's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso taking a breather.
Tamatso blocks an uppercut.
Boshi taking a breather.
Boshi misses with a body punch.
Tamatso can't break the clinch.
Tamatso avoiding damage.
Boshi tries a body shot but Tamatso blocks it.
Tamatso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tamatso cracks Boshi with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boshi.
Boshi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boshi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boshi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tamatso.
Tamatso is trying to force a seperation but Boshi has the dominant position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Boshi misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boshi tries a knee to the head but Tamatso blocks it.
Tamatso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boshi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tamatso is keeping busy.
Boshi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boshi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tamatso's efforts to push away.
Boshi connects with a knee to the head.

Tamatso breaks the clinch.
Tamatso displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tamatso ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boshi throws a counter combo.
Boshi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boshi wants to clinch but Tamatso slips to the side
and Tamatso connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boshi doesn't manage to clinch there - Tamatso circles away.
Tamatso appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Tamatso fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boshi, pushing him back against the ropes.
Tamatso prevents a body shot from Boshi.
Tamatso is trying to break the clinch but Boshi is controlling him.
Boshi tries to throw a body punch but Tamatso avoids it by throwing Boshi back against the ropes.
A body shot lands from Tamatso.
Ryu Boshi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Tamatso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tamatso is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Boshi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boshi tries to clinch but Tamatso moves out of range.
As Boshi tries to get set, Tamatso tries to push him back and clinch up but Boshi manages to avoid the attempt.
Tamatso tries to bum rush Boshi with a series of wild strikes but Boshi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boshi moves in looking to clinch but Tamatso pushes him off.
Tamatso throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Boshi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boshi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryu Boshi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boshi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Ryu Boshi!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Ryu Boshi!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Ryu Boshi!

Ryu Boshi wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Ryu Boshi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.