PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Kicker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray Kicker will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bird
vs
Kicker

170 cm
24
144 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

184 cm
26
140 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Bird!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Kicker!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kicker throws a sloppy head kick
and Bird counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bird looks to throw the jab but Kicker is out of range.
Kicker keeps Bird at a distance using the push kick.
Kicker tests Bird's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kicker misses with a wild body shot.
Bird avoids the head kick by Kicker.
Kicker takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Bird moves into the clinch.
Bird lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Kicker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bird's brow.
A short body shot lands from Kicker as the two fighters clinch.
Bird misses with a punch to the body.
Kicker tries to land knees in the clinch but Bird avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bird fails to land.
Bird lands a hook that snaps the head of Kicker backwards.
Nice body punch from Bird - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird lands a damaging elbow.
Kicker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bird blocks an elbow strike.
Bird lands an elbow that stopped Kicker in his tracks for a moment.
Bird blocks an elbow strike.
Kicker lands an elbow inside that Bird shrugs off.
Bird lands a shoulder strike.
Bird creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kicker's defenses.
Kicker with a knee to the head.
Bird throws an elbow but it misses.
Kicker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bird uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bird with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kicker crunches a lovely knee into Bird's ribcage.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kicker blocks a body shot from Bird.
Bird lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kicker pushes off an throws an elbow but Bird leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bird is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Bird.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kicker looking to throw knees to the head but Bird is blocking nicely.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kicker backwards.

Kicker is rocked!
Kicker landing knees to the body.
Kicker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bird avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Kicker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bird blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Bird.
Kicker is still on wobbly legs! Can Bird finish him?
Bird cracks Kicker with a nice body shot.
Kicker takes a shot to the head.
Kicker scores a nice knee to the body.
Bird is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kicker is defending well for now.
Bird lands a shot to the body.
Kicker lands a left hand.
Kicker seems to have recovered his senses.
Bird struggles to land a body shot inside as Kicker controls his hands.
Kicker throws an elbow but it misses.
Bird lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bird.
A nice left hand lands by Bird.
Bird on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bird dodges an elbow strike from Kicker.
Bird lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bird misses with the head strike.
Bird lands with a short shot to the head.
Kicker scores with a knee to the head.
Kicker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bird avoids it.
Bird tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kicker avoids it.
Kicker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bird misses with a punch to the body.
Bird lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bird misses with some punches.
Bird avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kicker tries to work over Bird's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird gets through Kicker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bird unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kicker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bird scores a nice knee to the body.
Kicker looks gassed!
Nice elbow from Bird.
Bird avoids the elbow strike from Kicker, against the ropes.
Kicker misses with a knee strike.
Bird lands with a right to the head.
Bird lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bird displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kicker up against the ropes.
Bird lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kicker backwards.
Bird on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bird landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kicker pushes off an throws an elbow but Bird leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bird misses with a punch to the body.
Kicker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bird working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Bird dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A lazy body kick from Bird
and Kicker counters with a nice leg kick.
Bird is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kicker.
Bird lands with a shot to the body.
Bird moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bird swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kicker counters with a head kick.
Bird connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kicker's hands.
Kicker fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bird is out of range.
William Bird seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bird throws a wild body kick that Kicker sees coming a mile off.
Kicker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kicker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kicker misses with a head kick.
Kicker throws a leg kick which misses Bird's front leg but catches the back leg as Bird tries to avoid it.
Kicker throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kicker connects with a solid leg kick.
Bird throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kicker swats away the attempt to clinch by Bird.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Bird.
Bird throws a leg kick that misses.
Kicker blocks a low kick nicely.

Bird clinches up against the ropes.
Bird lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kicker or not.
Bird throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bird lands a nice shot to the body.
Kicker struggles to land a body shot inside as Bird controls his hands.
Kicker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kicker is breathing heavily.
Bird landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kicker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bird lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Bird.
Nice body punch from Bird - that landed with a thud.
Bird creates a bit of distance and cracks Kicker with a big uppercut! Kicker goes down! The referee pushes Bird away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Kicker make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Bird takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). William Bird!
William Bird retains his bantamweight title!
Our winner, William Bird, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.