PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Craig Thomson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abreham Killyousovizh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abreham Killyousovizh has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Thomson
vs
Abreham Killyousovizh

202 cm
35
254 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

198 cm
39
280 lbs
30 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Knockout power

Hellraiser FightGear

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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Craig Thomson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abreham Killyousovizh!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Killyousovizh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomson cracks Killyousovizh with an open hand slap.
A swing and a miss from Killyousovizh.
Thomson thows a body shot but no joy.
Killyousovizh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thomson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Razor Sharp Training Systems [Hellraiser Inc.] in the buildup to the fight.
Killyousovizh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Killyousovizh jabs at Thomson's body.
Thomson lands a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Killyousovizh misses the shot to the body.
Thomson defending well as Killyousovizh loads up on a big left hand.
Killyousovizh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Killyousovizh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomson.
A shot to the liver by Thomson. Beautiful body shot.
Thomson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice straight punches there by Killyousovizh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Killyousovizh.
Killyousovizh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomson.
Killyousovizh delivers a nice body kick.
Thomson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Killyousovizh doesn't seem bothered though.
Thomson thuds a left hand into Killyousovizh's body.
Thomson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Killyousovizh.

Thomson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Killyousovizh, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Thomson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Killyousovizh throws a series of punches but Thomson moves out of range.
Thomson is looking to wear down Killyousovizh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Thomson tries to score with a low kick but Killyousovizh moves his leg out of the way.
Killyousovizh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donk. Killyousovizh catches Thomson right on the button with a cross.
Thomson misses with a kick to the body.
Killyousovizh looks to throw the jab but Thomson is out of range.
Thomson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Killyousovizh misses with a body kick.
Killyousovizh throws a lazy uppercut
and Thomson counters with a leg kick.
Killyousovizh looks winded!
Thomson moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thomson, as that shot connected.
Thomson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Killyousovizh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Decent striking displayed by Thomson there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thomson.
Thomson staying out of range there.
Thomson defending well as Killyousovizh loads up on a big left hand.

Thomson clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killyousovizh prevents Thomson from breaking the clinch.
Thomson tries to break the clinch but Killyousovizh is controlling the position.
Killyousovizh displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thomson up against the cage.

Thomson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Killyousovizh takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Killyousovizh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abreham Killyousovizh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Killyousovizh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomson.
Thomson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Killyousovizh circles away quickly and effectively.
Killyousovizh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomson throws a jab when Killyousovizh was well out of range.
Killyousovizh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Killyousovizh at a distance.
Good leg kick by Killyousovizh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thomson connects with a nice looking jab.
Thomson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Killyousovizh moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Killyousovizh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Killyousovizh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Killyousovizh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomson connects with a crisp jab.
Thomson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thomson tries to clinch up but Killyousovizh circles away and keeps his distance.
Thomson throws a shot to the body.
Killyousovizh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Killyousovizh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Thomson does no damage.
Thomson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thomson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thomson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Killyousovizh momentarily.
Thomson wants to clinch up but Killyousovizh keeps it at a distance.
Thomson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Killyousovizh lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Killyousovizh throws a push kick but Thomson slaps the foot to one side.

Killyousovizh walks into a big right hand from Thomson and goes down! The referee sends Thomson to a neutral corner as Killyousovizh gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Killyousovizh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thomson blocks a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Killyousovizh.
Killyousovizh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Killyousovizh avoids the head kick by Thomson.
Thomson lands a nice hook to Killyousovizh's body. Killyousovizh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thomson thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Thomson.
Thomson blocks a head kick by Killyousovizh.
Killyousovizh drops his guard momentarily, allowing Thomson to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Killyousovizh! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Thomson takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Craig Thomson!
After winning the bout, Craig Thomson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.