PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Cesar Olivares (ranked 5090 p4p, 4587 weight class) and Drake Tillman (ranked 578 p4p, 535 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Olivares
vs
Tillman

190 cm
25
220
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
265
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Battle Hecs

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cesar Olivares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Drake Tillman!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tillman misses with a body shot.
Tillman throws a shot from downtown. Olivares moves away and avoids it.
Olivares misses with a head kick.
Olivares looks for the body kick but Tillman saw that one coming.
Olivares lands with a nice body punch.
Tillman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olivares is looking to chop away at Tillman's legs.
Olivares tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tillman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olivares takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Cesar Olivares has been cut.
Olivares avoids a kick to the body.
Olivares misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Tillman is predictable there
and Olivares counters with a two punch combo.
Olivares avoids a kick to the body.
Tillman lands with a nice body punch.
Olivares tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tillman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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!
A big right from Tillman misses.
Tillman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Olivares. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Olivares.
Olivares appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tillman throws the kick towards the body but Olivares avoids it.

Olivares has taken the fight to the clinch.
Olivares stalling.
Olivares tries to stall but Tillman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Olivares looking to slow down the pace here.
Good body shot from Olivares.

Olivares pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Olivares stalks Tillman and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tillman's face. Tillman staggers backwards, shaken.
Olivares checks a leg kick nicely.
Olivares tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tillman manages to circle out of the way.

Tillman connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Olivares onto his butt! Olivares bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tillman closes the distance and catches Olivares with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Olivares is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Olivares is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Olivares is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Tillman takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Drake Tillman!
Drake Tillman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.