PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Joshua Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diablo Mephisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diablo Mephisto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bradley
vs
Mephisto

177 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

177 cm
22
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Solid boxing
Intelligent

Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joshua Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diablo Mephisto!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley throws a one two combo.
Bradley lands a nice looking body kick.
Mephisto closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bradley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bradley needs to keep his hands up - Mephisto had a free shot at his head there.

Bradley is rocked!
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch but Mephisto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oh Bradley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bradley throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bradley seems to have got his legs back now.
Bradley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mephisto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Mephisto has Bradley up against the ropes in a clinch.
Mephisto has had enough of the clinch but Bradley keeps him there for the moment.
Mephisto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bradley has him pressed against the ropes.
Bradley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bradley swings wildly with an uppercut but Mephisto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mephisto working hard to break the clinch.
Bradley can't find room to land a body shot as Mephisto controls the action.
Bradley wants to break free but Mephisto has control.
Mephisto is trying to push Bradley away but Bradley has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Bradley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mephisto's efforts to push away.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mephisto tries to break free but Bradley pushes him back against the ropes.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Mephisto has him pressed against the ropes.

Mephisto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bradley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mephisto momentarily.
Mephisto throws a combination. Bradley tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley throws a combination that misses
and Mephisto counters with a right, followed by a huge uppercut that sends Bradley crashing to the mat! Bradley is trying to use the ropes to get back to his feet but he's all over the place - the referee has seen enough and has stopped the fight! Mephisto screams with a mixture of joy and relief, whilst celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Diablo Mephisto!