PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alexei Saganov (ranked 6232 p4p, 5569 weight class) and Morrison Dickson (ranked 590 p4p, 548 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Saganov
vs
Dickson

212 cm
25
269
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
283
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexei Saganov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Morrison Dickson!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dickson moves into the clinch.
Saganov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dickson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dickson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Saganov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dickson throws a punch but it's blocked by Saganov.
Saganov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saganov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dickson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dickson misses with the head strike.
Saganov blocks an elbow strike from Dickson.
Saganov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dickson tries to land knees in the clinch but Saganov avoids the damage to the body.
Saganov lands a knee to the head.
Dickson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Saganov is keeping busy.
Dickson wants to break free but Saganov has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Saganov up against the ropes.
Saganov lands a right hand.
Dickson blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saganov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dickson looking to slow down the pace here.
Saganov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dickson or not.
Dickson looks winded!
Saganov working Dickson over with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Saganov.
Saganov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees to the body from Saganov.
Saganov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saganov.
Knees to the body from Saganov.
Saganov struggles to land a body shot inside as Dickson controls his hands.
Saganov tries to land a knee to the head but Dickson blocks with his arms.
Saganov scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saganov looking to throw knees to the head but Dickson is blocking nicely.
Saganov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Saganov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dickson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saganov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Saganov is trying to maintain a safe position but Dickson gets an underhook and turns Saganov into the ropes.
Dickson taking a breather.
Saganov lands a hook that snaps the head of Dickson backwards.

Saganov drops Dickson with a big knee! Will Dickson beat the count? Yep, he's up already and we're only at 3... let's see if he's just faking it or if he's actually OK.

It looks like Morrison Dickson has been cut.
Dickson 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 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alexei Saganov!