PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between DJ Chavis (ranked 6240 p4p, 17934 weight class) and Joseph Telushikin (ranked 595 p4p, 609 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chavis
vs
Telushikin

179 cm
23
186
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
43
179
16 - 20 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DJ Chavis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph Telushikin!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Telushikin has managed to clinch.
Chavis blocking some punches.
Telushikin has a couple of punches blocked by Chavis.
Chavis connects with a knee to the head.
Chavis throws an elbow that misses.
Telushikin pushes Chavis back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chavis.
Telushikin misses with some punches.
Chavis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Telushikin's coach down at The Scrap Squad was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Telushikin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Chavis blocks an uppercut.
Telushikin throws a punch but it's blocked by Chavis.
A head punch on the inside from Chavis fails to land.
Chavis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chavis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Telushikin avoids it.
Telushikin lands a left hand.
Telushikin gets through Chavis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Telushikin misses with the head strike.
Telushikin throws a head punch that misses.
Chavis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Telushikin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Telushikin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Telushikin throws a punch but it's blocked by Chavis.
Telushikin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chavis.
Chavis lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavis lands a nice elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chavis.
Telushikin blocks an uppercut.
Telushikin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chavis backwards.
Telushikin keeps control of Chavis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Telushikin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chavis backwards.
Chavis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Telushikin.
Telushikin misses with the head strike.
Telushikin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chavis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chavis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Telushikin.
Chavis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Telushikin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chavis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Telushikin's elbow.
Chavis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Telushikin managing to block the knees to the body from Chavis.
Chavis lands a shoulder strike.
Telushikin avoids the elbow strike from Chavis, against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Telushikin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chavis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Chavis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chavis lands a good knee to the midsection. Telushikin won't want to take too many of those.
Telushikin looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Telushikin takes an elbow to the temple.
Chavis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chavis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Telushikin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Telushikin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chaviss head.
Telushikin has a couple of punches blocked by Chavis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chavis.
Telushikin blocks an uppercut.
Telushikin has a couple of punches blocked by Chavis.
Telushikin misses with the head strike.
Telushikin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chavis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Telushikin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Chavis.
Telushikin scores with a shoulder strike.
Chavis is trying to force a seperation but Telushikin has the dominant position.
Chavis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Telushikin blocks an elbow strike.
Chavis lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Joseph Telushikin has been cut.
Chavis misses with a punch on the inside.
Telushikin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chavis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that DJ Chavis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joseph Telushikin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chavis works Telushikin's body with a nice hook.
Telushikin walks into a stiff left hand from Chavis.
Chavis connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Telushikin's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Telushikin - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). DJ Chavis!