PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rolly Blanco (ranked 5789 p4p, 4650 weight class) and Serul Dathren (ranked 530 p4p, 442 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blanco
vs
Dathren

177 cm
19
185
2 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
190
3 - 0 - 1

Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent boxer
Powerful

Northern Zombie
30th Century Beer Store

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rolly Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Serul Dathren!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco misses with a hook
and Dathren counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Rolly Blanco has been cut.
Blanco throws a body punch but Dathren moves out of range.
Blanco throws a hook but Dathren blocks it.

Blanco moves into the clinch successfully.
Blanco definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A body shot lands from Dathren.
Dathren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dathren connects with a knee to the head.
Dathren struggles to land a body shot inside as Blanco controls his hands.
Blanco tries to throw a body punch but Dathren avoids it by throwing Blanco back against the ropes.
Dathren throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blanco blocks it with crossed arms.
Blanco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dathren tries to land a knee to the head but Blanco blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dathren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dathren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blanco.
Dathren is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blanco is defending well for now.
Dathren avoiding damage as Blanco throws knees to the body.
Blanco wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco wants to break free but Dathren has control.
A short left from Dathren.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dathren.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blanco.
Dathren misses with some punches.
Dathren lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blanco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blanco wants to break free but Dathren has control.
Dathren misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dathren misses with a knee strike.
Dathren keeps control of Blanco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Dathren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blanco wants to break free but Dathren has control.
Dathren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blanco backwards.
Dathren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dathren lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dathren doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dathren scores a nice knee to the body.
Blanco is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dathren throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Dathren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dathren looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blanco avoiding damage as Dathren throws knees to the body.
Dathren scores with a shoulder strike.
Dathren works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dathren.
Dathren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blanco backwards.
Dathren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blanco or not.
A short left from Dathren.
Dathren presses Blanco against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dathren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dathren stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dathren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Dathren.
Dathren gets through Blanco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Blanco is rocked!
Dathren misses with the head strike.
Oh Blanco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dathren jerks Blanco to the side and lands a massive knee to the head that knocks him out cold! Blanco's lifeless body is proped up only by the ropes. Dathren steps back, hand raised, as the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Serul Dathren!
A very excited looking Serul Dathren made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.