PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jesse Dardar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Hollyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dardar comes to the cage accompanied by Ride on. Evander Hollyfield will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dardar
vs
Hollyfield

185 cm
36
205 lbs
31 - 8 - 0

196 cm
29
218 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Dardar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evander Hollyfield!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollyfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Hollyfield misses with a looping right.
Dardar slips a jab and a cross from Hollyfield.
Hollyfield ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dardar throws an overhand right that lands on Hollyfield's shoulder, as Hollyfield tries to avoid the shot.
Dardar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hollyfield connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dardar momentarily.
Hollyfield throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hollyfield throws a push kick but Dardar slaps the foot to one side.

Dardar clinches with his opponent.

Dardar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dardar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hollyfield throws a combination. Dardar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dardar punishes Hollyfield's body with a nice straight punch.
Dardar thows a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hollyfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dardar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dardar throws a head kick that misses.
Donk. Dardar catches Hollyfield right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollyfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dardar.
Hollyfield moves out of range as Dardar throws a body kick.
Hollyfield displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hollyfield slips a jab and a cross from Dardar.
Dardar misses with a head kick.
Hollyfield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dardar.
Hollyfield fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dardar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hollyfield dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dardar. That did some damage!
Hollyfield throws a combination that misses
and Dardar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dardar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hollyfield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hollyfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dardar.
Hollyfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dardar moves away.
Dardar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hollyfield.

Hollyfield gets tackled into the cage by Dardar. Dardar maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Dardar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dardar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Evander Hollyfield has been cut.
Dardar lands a shot to the body.
Dardar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dardar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hollyfields head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dardar.
Dardar scores with a shot to the side of Hollyfield's head.
A short right from Dardar on the inside.
Hollyfield takes an elbow to the temple.
Dardar throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Dardar as the two fighters clinch.

Dardar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A clash of legs there as Hollyfield blocks the low kick.
Dardar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield throws a right and a left that Dardar avoids nicely.
Hollyfield blocks the body kick.

Dardar throws out a head kick that Hollyfield doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Hollyfield crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Hollyfield's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hollyfield tries a head kick but it misses.
Hollyfield checks a low kick from Dardar.
Dardar jabs at Hollyfield's body.
Hollyfield throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice cross by Dardar.
Hollyfield throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dardar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hollyfield looks winded!
Dardar lands with a good body shot.
Dardar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Hollyfield walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Dardar rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Hollyfield has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.

Hollyfield is rocked!
BAM! Dardar delivers a spinning backfist that drops Hollyfield like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Jesse Dardar!
Post fight, Jesse Dardar stared into the camera and said 'Gettin old but im enjoying getting back to my roots and polishing my skills in KT. You may not believe it but Im getting better everyday. That's why I'm not worrying about belts right now. I'll get the belt mind you but I'll take it when I feel prepared. Now, I need to get back to the gym.'.