PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Didier Toure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Metta World Peace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). World Peace has chosen Champions as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Toure
vs
World Peace

195 cm
23
291 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

201 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous knees
Big heart

Great elbows
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Didier Toure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Metta World Peace!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toure is looking to clinch.
World Peace throws a right hand that Toure ducks under and follows up with a left that Toure also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
World Peace misses with a wild combination.
World Peace misses with a few strikes there.
World Peace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Toure slips a jab and a cross from World Peace.
World Peace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Toure avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from World Peace. Those never looked like landing.
Toure tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toure tries to close the distance and clinch up but World Peace swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Toure fails in his attempt to clinch.

Toure closes the distance and clinches.
World Peace is trying to force a seperation but Toure has the dominant position.
Toure connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Metta World Peace has been cut.

Toure has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops World Peace to the canvas! Can World Peace beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's going to allow it to continue!

World Peace is rocked!
World Peace looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Toure moves into the clinch.
Toure unloads an enormous knee to the head! That's knocked World Peace out cold! Holy cow, it was almost as if it lifted World Peace off his feet!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Didier Toure!