PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jeppe Mahonen (ranked 4774 p4p, 4612 weight class) and Spankerdem Bitcheshard (ranked 576 p4p, 559 weight class). Bitcheshard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jeppe Mahonen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mahonen
vs
Bitcheshard

199 cm
20
200
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

Brawler
Intelligent

Excellent MT
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeppe Mahonen!
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, Spankerdem Bitcheshard!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahonen slips a jab and a cross from Bitcheshard.
Bitcheshard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bitcheshard defending well as Mahonen loads up on a big left hand.
Mahonen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bitcheshard.
Bitcheshard circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bitcheshard! But no joy.
No joy there for Bitcheshard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mahonen throws a jab when Bitcheshard was well out of range.
Mahonen misses with a double jab.

Bitcheshard tries to keep at a distance but Mahonen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mahonen tries to land a knee to the head but Bitcheshard blocks with his arms.
Bitcheshard managing to block the knees to the body from Mahonen.
A short uppercut from Mahonen.
Mahonen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mahonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Bitcheshard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Mahonen.
Bitcheshard prevents a body shot from Mahonen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mahonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mahonen misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Mahonen.
Mahonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bitcheshard.
Mahonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bitcheshard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mahonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bitcheshard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mahonen tries to land a knee to the head but Bitcheshard blocks with his arms.
Mahonen throws a head punch that misses.
Mahonen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bitcheshard working aggressively here.
Mahonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bitcheshard managing to block the knees to the body from Mahonen.
Bitcheshard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mahonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahonen throws an elbow that misses.
Bitcheshard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mahonen backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bitcheshard as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mahonen.
We've been hearing reports that Mahonen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mahonen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Bitcheshard.
A right hook to the body lands for Bitcheshard.
A right hand to the body from Bitcheshard.
Bitcheshard tries to work over Mahonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Mahonen.
Bitcheshard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bitcheshard.
Mahonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bitcheshard blocks it with crossed arms.
Mahonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mahonen is breathing heavily.
Mahonen has a couple of punches blocked by Bitcheshard.
Bitcheshard tries a body shot but Mahonen blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Mahonen fails to land.
Bitcheshard blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Bitcheshard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeppe Mahonen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bitcheshard lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Mahonen goes down! The ref sends Bitcheshard to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Mahonen is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

Mahonen is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Bitcheshard knocks Mahonen out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Spankerdem Bitcheshard!
Our winner, Spankerdem Bitcheshard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.