PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norman Vizcarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kveldulfsson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Moti Ragnarokum. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kveldulfsson
vs
Vizcarra

192 cm
23
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
214 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

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World class MT
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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Norman Vizcarra!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kveldulfsson is looking to land body kicks.
Vizcarra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vizcarra scores with a three punch combo!
Kveldulfsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vizcarra scores with a body shot.
Vizcarra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kveldulfsson.
A combination from Vizcarra does no damage.
Vizcarra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kveldulfsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Vizcarra clinches with his opponent.
Vizcarra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vizcarra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kveldulfsson's face.
Vizcarra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kveldulfsson is defending well for now.
Vizcarra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Vizcarra throws an elbow but misses.
Kveldulfsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kveldulfsson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Norman Vizcarra has been cut.
Vizcarra throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vizcarra looking to slow down the pace here.
Vizcarra throws an elbow that misses.
Kveldulfsson avoiding damage.
Vizcarra trying to stall but Kveldulfsson improves his position.
Vizcarra lands an elbow inside that Kveldulfsson shrugs off.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vizcarra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Vizcarra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kveldulfsson can't find room to land a body shot as Vizcarra controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson managing to block the knees to the body from Vizcarra.
Kveldulfsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kveldulfsson blocks an elbow strike from Vizcarra.
Vizcarra misses with an elbow strike.
Kveldulfsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Vizcarra throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vizcarra blocks an elbow strike from Kveldulfsson.
Vizcarra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kveldulfsson throws a head punch that misses.
Vizcarra misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Vizcarra throws an elbow but misses.
Vizcarra misses with an elbow over the top.
Vizcarra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kveldulfsson missing with knees to the body.
Kveldulfsson avoids the elbow strike from Vizcarra, against the ropes.
Vizcarra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vizcarra lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson has been cut.
Vizcarra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vizcarra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kveldulfsson avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vizcarra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kveldulfsson blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Vizcarra lands a good knee to the midsection. Kveldulfsson won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Vizcarra dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Vizcarra goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vizcarra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kveldulfsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Vizcarra cracks Kveldulfsson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vizcarra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vizcarra throws a head kick that misses.
Vizcarra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kveldulfsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Vizcarra.
Vizcarra throws a body kick that misses.
Kveldulfsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vizcarra circles away quickly and effectively.
Kveldulfsson scores with a jab to the body.
Kveldulfsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Vizcarra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kveldulfsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Vizcarra.

Vizcarra moves into the clinch.
Vizcarra throws an elbow but it misses.
Kveldulfsson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vizcarra up against the ropes.
Kveldulfsson managing to block the knees to the body from Vizcarra.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kveldulfsson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vizcarra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kveldulfsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norman Vizcarra seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vizcarra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kveldulfsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kveldulfsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kveldulfsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kveldulfsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Vizcarra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kveldulfsson taking a breather.
Vizcarra misses with an elbow over the top.
Kveldulfsson looking to slow down the pace here.
Kveldulfsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Vizcarra.
Kveldulfsson avoiding damage as Vizcarra throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vizcarra controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vizcarra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kveldulfsson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kveldulfsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Vizcarra gets an underhook and turns Kveldulfsson into the ropes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vizcarra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vizcarra misses with a knee to the head.
Kveldulfsson trying to control the position but instead, Vizcarra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kveldulfsson into the ropes.
Vizcarra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kveldulfsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Vizcarra.
Kveldulfsson managing to block the knees to the body from Vizcarra.
Kveldulfsson avoids the elbow strike from Vizcarra, against the ropes.
Vizcarra tries to land a knee to the head but Kveldulfsson blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Vizcarra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Kveldulfsson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vizcarra scores with a jab to the head.
Norman Vizcarra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vizcarra with a hook.
A head kick misses from Vizcarra.
Vizcarra blocks a head kick by Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kveldulfsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vizcarra.
Kveldulfsson lands a leg kick that knocks Vizcarra off balance momentarily.
Vizcarra misses with a body kick.
Kveldulfsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vizcarra finds it's way round the side to connect with Kveldulfsson's head.
Kveldulfsson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kveldulfsson moves out of range as Vizcarra strikes.
Nice body kick there by Kveldulfsson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kveldulfsson misses with a kick to the body.
Kveldulfsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vizcarra moves away from the strike by Kveldulfsson.
Vizcarra wants to clinch
and Kveldulfsson counters with a good low kick that Vizcarra was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vizcarra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vizcarra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kveldulfsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Vizcarra.
Kveldulfsson is looking to wear down Vizcarra with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Kveldulfsson lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Vizcarra goes down! The ref sends Kveldulfsson to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Vizcarra is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vizcarra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kveldulfsson throws a head kick but Vizcarra moves out of range.
Kveldulfsson throws a wild body kick that Vizcarra sees coming a mile off.
Vizcarra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vizcarra avoids the head kick by Kveldulfsson.
Vizcarra tries to clinch up but Kveldulfsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Vizcarra avoids the head kick by Kveldulfsson.
Kveldulfsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vizcarra throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kveldulfsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vizcarra throws a sloppy head kick and Kveldulfsson moves out of range easily.
Vizcarra lands a jab-cross combination.
Kveldulfsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kveldulfsson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kveldulfsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Kveldulfsson swinging wildly here.
Kveldulfsson throws a lazy head kick
letting Vizcarra counter with a right hand.
Kveldulfsson lands a body shot.
Kveldulfsson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That has opened up Norman Vizcarra's cut even more.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vizcarra crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kveldulfsson - the referee stops the clock and Vizcarra gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kveldulfsson. Vizcarra manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Vizcarra blocks the leg kick.
Kveldulfsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Kveldulfsson moves out of range of the body kick from Vizcarra.
Norman Vizcarra is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Kveldulfsson lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Vizcarra goes down! The ref sends Kveldulfsson to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Vizcarra is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

And that's the end of the fight!
Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Vizcarra has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:26
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:26
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson!
Our winner, Skallagrimur Kveldulfsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.