PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Joseph Telushikin (ranked 17584 p4p, 19930 weight class) and Kimmo Kallio (ranked 587 p4p, 597 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Telushikin
vs
Kallio

178 cm
45
179
18 - 22 - 0

177 cm
39
175
18 - 11 - 1

Excellent boxer
Very quick

World class 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 18 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph Telushikin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimmo Kallio!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kallio throws a nice inside leg kick.

Kallio looks low and kicks high, catching Telushikin right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!

It looks like Joseph Telushikin has been cut.
Telushikin moves out of range of the body kick from Kallio.
Telushikin is looking to clinch but Kallio is avoiding it.
Kallio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Telushikin tries to clinch there but Kallio circles away.
Telushikin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Telushikin misses with a combination
letting Kallio counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kallio has Telushikin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kallio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kallio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Telushikin is rocked!
A short left from Kallio.
Oh Telushikin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kallio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Telushikin throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Telushikin.
Kallio creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Telushikin crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Telushikin face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Kallio takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kimmo Kallio!
During a confident post fight interview, Kimmo Kallio thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.