PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Trent Crope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Tyson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Crope
vs
Tyson

191 cm
21
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

220 cm
25
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Cuts easily

Good kicks
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trent Crope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crope ducks right into an uppercut from Tyson.

It looks like Trent Crope has been cut.
Crope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crope throws a sloppy head kick and Tyson moves out of range easily.
Tyson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tyson moves out of range as Crope throws a body kick.
Tyson stalks Crope and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Crope's face. Crope staggers backwards, shaken.
Tyson is looking to clinch but Crope is avoiding it.

Tyson darts in and clinches Crope up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyson is looking to break free of the clinch but Crope has double underhooks.
Crope lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tyson.
Tyson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crope tries a knee to the head but Tyson blocks it.
Crope taking a breather.
Crope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tyson misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tyson.
Crope misses with some punches.
Tyson pressing his opponent against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crope has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tyson is looking to clinch but Crope is avoiding it.
Crope misses with a head kick.
Crope swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyson.
Tyson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tyson lands a jab to the head.
Crope tries to land a front kick but Tyson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tyson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Crope throws a head kick that misses.
Crope throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Crope does no damage.

Tyson connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Crope onto his butt! Crope bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.

Crope is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson misses with the combination.
Oh Crope is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyson moves out of range as Crope throws a body kick.
Crope throws a leg kick but Tyson moved away.
Crope seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Tyson engages and cracks Crope with a massive lead left hook - Crope tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Tyson is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Tyson!
Jack Tyson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.