PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tiberius Claudius (ranked 5100 p4p, 5801 weight class) and Tokita Ohma (ranked 479 p4p, 528 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Claudius
vs
Ohma

176 cm
18
200
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
187
0 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Self confident

Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tiberius Claudius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tokita Ohma!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ohma throws a series of punches but Claudius avoids them all with ease.
Ohma goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ohma pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Claudius gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Claudius lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Tokita Ohma has been cut.
Claudius lands an elbow inside.
Claudius definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Claudius lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Claudius.
Claudius lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ohma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohma takes an elbow to the forehead.
Claudius crunches a lovely knee into Ohma's ribcage.
Claudius lands an elbow just above Ohma 's eye.
Claudius lands an elbow inside.
Claudius lands a nice elbow.

Still in the clinch, Claudius cracks Ohma with a big elbow that drops him to the floor! Great elbow by Claudius! Will Ohma beat the count? 2,3,4,5 - he's back up on 5 and seems OK to continue. Back to the action!

Ohma is rocked!
Claudius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ohma.
Ohma is still on wobbly legs! Can Claudius finish him?

Claudius rushes Ohma and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Claudius lands an elbow inside that Ohma shrugs off.

That has opened up Tokita Ohma's cut even more.
Claudius creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ohma's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Claudius obliges.
Ohma looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Claudius.
Ohma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Claudius avoids the elbow strike from Ohma, against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Claudius.
Claudius unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ohma lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Claudius gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Claudius obliges.
Claudius connects with a knee to the head.
Claudius is holding Ohma round the back of the neck and unloading with elbows! Boom, boom, boom! 3 big elbows land right to the bridge of the nose and Ohma goes down! Oh, his nose is a mess! I'm not sure he's going to beat the count... 4,5,6,7,8,9,10. He's done! Claudius takes it and Ohma is going to the hospital to get that nose checked out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Tiberius Claudius!
Tiberius Claudius seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.