PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jed Knight (ranked 3942 p4p, 7764 weight class) and Bang Pitung (ranked 464 p4p, 669 weight class). Pitung has chosen Madball - Born Strong as his entrance music. Pitung has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knight
vs
Pitung

182 cm
37
172
27 - 11 - 0

180 cm
36
187
35 - 20 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jed Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bang Pitung!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitung drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pitung steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knight.
Pitung throws a hook to the side of Knight's head but Knight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jed Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pitung looks winded!
Knight misses with a hook
and Pitung cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pitung avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An inside leg kick from Knight misses.
Knight lands a body shot.
Pitung misses with a right hand
letting Knight counter with a right hand.
Knight cracks Pitung with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Knight throws out a loose jab but Pitung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pitung swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knight bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Knight throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight connects with the punch.
Pitung takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
Knight tests Pitung's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knight scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitung doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knight lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Pitung was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knight slips under a jab.
Knight throws a quick counter kick to the body but Pitung avoids it.
Pitung moves out of range of the body kick from Knight.
Knight connects with a jab.
Pitung slips a straight right by Knight.
Pitung only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pitung moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
Pitung takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Knight misses with a kick to the body.
Knight listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Pitung is rocked!
Pitung takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pitung is still on wobbly legs! Can Knight finish him?
Knight throws a jab when Pitung was well out of range.
Knight scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Pitung as he checks the leg kick.
Pitung seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight looks to land a body kick but Pitung moved away.
Knight darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Knight throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Knight digs a good body shot into Pitung's ribs.
Knight with a nice calf kick.
Knight lands a nice hook to Pitung's body. Pitung takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pitung.
Pitung is looking for the big counter here.
Pitung uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knight.
Good leg kick by Knight.
Knight misses with a hook.
Pitung is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Knight with a body shot.
Knight throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pitung walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jed Knight!
Post fight, an emotional Jed Knight said 'i just want say thank you to all my sponsors, Aspire for making me feel at home here. On to the next one.'.