PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Shinji Takahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puff Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinji Takahara has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Takahara
vs
Dragon

188 cm
26
219 lbs
8 - 9 - 2

187 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 8 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Takahara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Puff Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahara tries a head kick but it misses.
Takahara tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dragon is able to avoid easily.
Dragon connects with a nice looking jab.
Takahara throws a body punch but Dragon moves out of range.
Dragon moves out of range of the body kick.
Dragon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Takahara throws a head kick that misses.
Dragon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Takahara is looking to score with low kicks.
Takahara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dragon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Takahara lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Puff Dragon has been cut.
Dragon lands with an uppercut that bounces Takahara off the ropes and back into range.

Dragon looks low and kicks high, catching Takahara 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!
Dragon scores with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Dragon.
Dragon cracks Takahara with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Takahara is rocked!
Dragon weaves into range and cracks Takahara right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Takahara goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Dragon is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Puff Dragon!