PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Irlav Jarol (ranked 4423 p4p, 4424 weight class) and Serul Dathren (ranked 478 p4p, 479 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.

Jarol
vs
Dathren

180 cm
18
170
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
190
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irlav Jarol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Serul Dathren!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dathren listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dathren tries to clinch but Jarol moves out of range.
Jarol throwing a counter right hand but Dathren manages to avoid it.
Jarol connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dathren momentarily.
Jarol throws a nice looking combination but Dathren bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dathren tries to clinch but Jarol moves away
and Jarol counters with a stiff right hand.
Jarol throws a shot from downtown. Dathren moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarol tries to clinch but Dathren is having none of it.
Dathren looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dathren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dathren throws an overhand right that lands on Jarol's shoulder, as Jarol tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarol tries to clinch but Dathren is having none of it.
Jarol waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dathren.
Jarol getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dathren works Jarol's body with a nice hook.
Jarol cracks Dathren with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jarol wants to clinch up but Dathren keeps it at a distance.
Dathren staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarol has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jarol there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jarol with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dathren to score with a decent uppercut.
Jarol fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Jarol.
Dathren scores with a body shot.
Dathren looks to score with a jab to the body but Jarol is just out of range.
It looked like Jarol wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dathren misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Serul Dathren.
Well Dathren has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 10:10
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 10:10
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 10:9

The fight is ruled a majority draw!