PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Xavier Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Bonjasky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonjasky has chosen -=Fried Day=- as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Armstrong
vs
Bonjasky

191 cm
28
223 lbs
16 - 7 - 2

190 cm
35
219 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

World class MT
Heavy handed

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « ↑ TRIPLE 160Q ®

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 16 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ernesto Bonjasky!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armstrong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bonjasky gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Armstrong.
Bonjasky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Armstrong pushes Bonjasky up against the ropes in a clinch.
Armstrong dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Bonjasky lands an uppercut.
Armstrong blocks a body shot from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Armstrong lands a right hand.
Armstrong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Armstrong.
Bonjasky lands an elbow that stopped Armstrong in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Xavier Armstrong has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Armstrong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bonjasky softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Armstrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Armstrong gets through Bonjasky's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong takes an elbow to the forehead.
Armstrong lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonjasky struggles to land a body shot inside as Armstrong controls his hands.
Armstrong misses with some punches.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bonjasky lands a knee to the body.
Bonjasky lands with a light punch inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Bonjasky.
Armstrong being controlled against the ropes.
Armstrong misses with a body punch.
Bonjasky lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
Bonjasky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Bonjasky avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the ropes.
Bonjasky avoiding damage as Armstrong throws knees to the body.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Bonjasky avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the ropes.
Bonjasky taking a breather.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonjasky controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Armstrong digs a right hand into Bonjasky's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bonjasky's gas tank.
Armstrong pushes Bonjasky back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Armstrong looking to throw knees to the head but Bonjasky is blocking nicely.
Armstrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Armstrong trying to land knees to the body.
Bonjasky wants to break free but Armstrong has control.
Armstrong lands with a left to the head.
Armstrong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Armstrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Armstrong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Armstrong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bonjasky is defending well for now.
Bonjasky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Armstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bonjasky tries a knee to the head but Armstrong blocks it.
Armstrong misses with a knee strike.
Bonjasky lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Armstrong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bonjasky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bonjasky looks gassed!
Armstrong has Bonjasky pushed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Armstrong blocks a body shot from Bonjasky.
Bonjasky trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Armstrong.
Armstrong taking a breather.
Armstrong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bonjasky is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Armstrong obliges.
Armstrong tries to throw a body punch but Bonjasky avoids it by throwing Armstrong back against the ropes.
Bonjasky swings wildly with an uppercut but Armstrong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Armstrong misses with a body punch.
Bonjasky managing to block the knees to the body from Armstrong.
A head punch on the inside from Armstrong fails to land.
Armstrong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bonjasky.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Armstrong is stalling here.
Bonjasky has a couple of punches blocked by Armstrong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ernesto Bonjasky has been cut.
Armstrong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bonjasky backwards.
Bonjasky managing to block the knees to the body from Armstrong.
Armstrong lands a nice knee to the body.
Armstrong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonjasky controls his hands.
Bonjasky takes a knee to the side of the body.
Armstrong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bonjasky is rocked!
Bonjasky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Armstrong tries a body shot but Bonjasky blocks it.
Armstrong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Armstrong.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Armstrong has Bonjasky tight in a Thai clinch... and there's a huge knee which drops Bonjasky to the floor. He's out cold!! I hope he's still got all his teeth!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Xavier Armstrong!
After winning the bout, Xavier Armstrong thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.