PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Xander Allen (ranked 2269 p4p, 5051 weight class) and Lin Xiao (ranked 271 p4p, 473 weight class). Xander Allen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Allen
vs
Xiao

194 cm
26
215
5 - 0 - 0

179 cm
27
188
1 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xander Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lin Xiao!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Xiao throws a push kick but Allen slaps the foot to one side.
Allen lands with a straight right. Xiao didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Lin Xiao has been cut.

Allen takes the fight into the clinch.
Xiao is trying to break the clinch but Allen is controlling him.
Allen lands with a right to the head.
Allen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Allen lands a hook that snaps the head of Xiao backwards.
Xiao is trying to break the clinch but Allen has him pressed against the ropes.

Xiao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Allen forces Xiao back against the ropes and clinches.
Xiao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Xiao backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Allen.
Allen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Xiao looks winded!
Allen lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Allen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Allen.
Allen scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Allen.
Allen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Allen lands a nice uppercut.

Xiao is rocked!
Allen creates a bit of distance and cracks Xiao with a big uppercut! Xiao goes down! The referee pushes Allen away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Xiao make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Allen takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Xander Allen!
Xander Allen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.