PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Brillo Pad (ranked 3876 p4p, 3365 weight class) and Panda Three (ranked 468 p4p, 413 weight class). Panda Three has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pad
vs
Three

191 cm
25
185
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
19
197
1 - 1 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brillo Pad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Panda Three!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pad tries to clinch up but Three circles away and keeps his distance.
Three throws a lazy right hand but Pad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pad seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Three misses with a straight right.
Pad lands with a nice body kick.
Pad lands with a kick to the temple. Three shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pad throws the kick towards the body but Three avoids it.
Three wants to counter the offense by Pad and move into the clinch position.
We've been informed that Three has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Three circles away from the clinch attempt.
Three blocks the body kick.
Three moves out of range as Pad strikes.
Good leg kick by Pad.
Three avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pad slips a jab and a cross from Three.
Pad lands a nice looking kick to the body. Three takes a step back to recover.
Three swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pad throws a push kick but Three slaps the foot to one side.

Three forces Pad back against the ropes and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Three bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pad's head backwards.
Three throws a jab when Pad was well out of range.

Three moves into the clinch successfully.
Pad is looking to break free of the clinch but Three has double underhooks.
Three scores with a shot to the side of Pad's head.
Pad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pad can't break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Three.
Three tries to throw a body punch but Pad avoids it by throwing Three back against the ropes.
Pad stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short left from Three.
Pad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Three.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Three throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Three prevents Pad from breaking the clinch.
Three gets through Pad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Three lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Three.
Good body shot from Three.
Pad is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Three.
Three lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pad backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Three.
Three should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Three is working Pad over against the ropes.
Three stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Three.
Three works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Three works on Pad's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Three.
Three working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Three lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pad backwards.
Three lands a body punch.
Pad takes a shot to the head.

Pad is rocked!
Three lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Pad is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Three scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Three cracks Pad with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Pad goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Pad wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Panda Three!