PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dominic Rodgers (ranked 4440 p4p, 3224 weight class) and Asa Sharp (ranked 159 p4p, 52 weight class). Sharp is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Moneybagg Yo - Federal Fed Ft. Future. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rodgers
vs
Sharp

225 cm
23
300
9 - 4 - 0

183 cm
34
202
24 - 16 - 1

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Threads of HARDCORE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominic Rodgers !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Asa Sharp!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodgers misses with a few strikes there.
Sharp just misses with a punch to the body.
Rodgers wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sharp looks to throw the jab but Rodgers is out of range.
Good leg kick by Sharp.
Rodgers misses with a double jab.
Sharp looks to land a combination but Rodgers avoids it well.
As Sharp tries to get set, Rodgers tries to push him back and clinch up but Sharp manages to avoid the attempt.
A big left from Sharp misses.
Rodgers seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rodgers scores with a sloppy right hand. Sharp should have avoided that one.
Sharp connects with a jab.

Sharp moves into the clinch.
Sharp lands with a short shot to the head.
Sharp scores with a shot to the side of Rodgers 's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp tries a knee to the head but Rodgers blocks it.
Sharp digs a right hand underneath Rodgers 's ribcage. Rodgers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sharp lands with a light punch inside.
Sharp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rodgers or not.
Sharp slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sharp.
Sharp lands a left hand.
Sharp lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sharp is working Rodgers over against the ropes.
Rodgers is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Sharp.
Sharp lands with a left to the head.
Sharp lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rodgers backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sharp.
Sharp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rodgers or not.
Sharp presses Rodgers against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sharp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rodgers s head.

Sharp manages to break the clinch.
Rodgers gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodgers tries a head kick but it misses.
Sharp throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodgers throws a head kick but Sharp moves out of range.
A low kick lands for Sharp.

Sharp gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sharp lands with a right to the head.
Sharp scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sharp tries to work over Rodgers 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharp lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sharp lands with a light punch inside.
Rodgers wants to get back to striking at distance but Sharp won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sharp.
Sharp lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Sharp.
Sharp is working Rodgers over against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Sharp.

Rodgers is rocked!
Sharp breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Rodgers with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Rodgers looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Rodgers get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Asa Sharp!
As Asa Sharp got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Im a can CRUSHERRRR'.