PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tom Louis (ranked 22662 p4p, 23326 weight class) and John Wick (ranked 566 p4p, 561 weight class). Tom Louis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Louis
vs
Wick

186 cm
31
195
19 - 14 - 1

186 cm
25
195
5 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Heavy handed

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 19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wick!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wick wants to clinch up but Louis keeps it at a distance.

Louis darts in and clinches Wick up against the ropes.
Louis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wick can't break the clinch.
Louis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wick avoids it.
Louis trying to stall but Wick improves his position.
Wick effectively controlling the action here.
Wick pushes Louis back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Our sources have told us that Louis has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Louis as Wick tries to tie him up.

Wick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wick misses with a hook.
Louis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Louis takes the fight into the clinch.

Wick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wick bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Tom Louis has been cut.
Wick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Louis.
Wick looks to score with a jab to the body but Louis is just out of range.
John Wick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wick gets through Louis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Wick avoids it by throwing Louis back against the ropes.
Wick can't break the clinch.

Wick manages to break the clinch.
Louis digs a good body shot into Wick's ribs.
Wick rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Louis counters with a nice body kick.
Nice jab there from Wick.
Wick blocks a head kick by Louis.
Wick has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Decent striking displayed by Louis there.
Louis blocks a jab.
A low kick from Louis is predictable there
and Wick counters with a right hand to the body.
Louis avoids the body shot from Wick.
An attempted straight right counter from Louis misses the target.
Wick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Louis.
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!
Wick scores with a nice strike.
Wick throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Louis is looking to counter punch.
Wick throws a jab but it's blocked by Louis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Louis throws a jab but it's blocked by Wick.
Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wick moves away.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wick misses with a series of wild punches.
Louis lands a high kick!
Wick throws a poor cross that misses
and Louis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Wick scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Louis to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.
Louis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wick.
Wick checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wick ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Louis scores with a jab to the head.
Louis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wick's hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, John Wick should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Tom Louis's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Louis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wick misses with a double jab.
Louis misses with a looping right.
Wick comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wick throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louis.
Wick cracks Louis with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Louis is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Louis is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Louis could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Wick!
During a confident post fight interview, John Wick thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Tom Louis had this to say: 'As much as I want to I just don't have the chin to keep going. I love you all but this is my last fight'.