PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Niek Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vin Sear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sear has chosen Mo Money Mo Problems as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Groot
vs
Sear

193 cm
21
240 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
30
187 lbs
21 - 11 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem
BeastMode

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Niek Groot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vin Sear!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Groot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sear blocks a leg kick.
Groot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sear.
Sear is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sear moves in looking to clinch but Groot pushes him off.
Sear looks to clinch
and Groot counters with a body kick.

Sear has managed to clinch.
Groot comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Groot misses with a punch to the body.
Sear tries to land a knee to the head but Groot blocks with his arms.
Groot is trying to stall.
Groot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sear lands a nice elbow.
Sear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Groot misses with a punch to the body.
Sear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Groot working aggressively here.
Groot blocks an elbow strike from Sear.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sear is trying to stall.
Groot blocks an elbow strike from Sear.
Groot lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sear is looking to break free of the clinch but Groot has double underhooks.
Sear throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Groot looking to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Groot's brow.
Groot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Groot avoids the elbow strike from Sear, against the cage.
Groot displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sear up against the cage.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Groot's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Groot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sear lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sear throws an elbow that misses.
A knee to the head by Groot.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Groot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Groot avoids the elbow strike from Sear, against the cage.
Sear pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Groot content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Sear breaks from the clinch.
Groot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sear.
Niek Groot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sear tries to clinch there but Groot circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Groot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sear tries to clinch but Groot moves out of range.

Sear closes the distance and clinches.
Groot is leaning against Sear and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sear blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Groot lands an elbow inside that Sear shrugs off.
A nice left hand lands by Groot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Groot as Sear tries to tie him up.
Sear wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Groot with a knee to the head.
Sear creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Groot lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Groot looking to stall.
A short body shot lands from Groot as the two fighters clinch.
Sear managing to block the knees to the body from Groot.
Groot is looking to control Sear's arms but Sear gets an underhook and turns him. Now Groot has his back to the cage.
Sear throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hook to the body lands for Groot.
Groot takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.
Groot lands a left hand.
Groot controlling the action here for a moment.
Sear lands a good knee to the midsection. Groot won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sear lands a nice elbow.
Groot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Groot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sear lands an elbow inside that Groot shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sear missing with knees to the body.
Sear tries to land knees in the clinch but Groot avoids the damage to the body.
Groot has Sear pushed against the cage.
Groot working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Groot lands with a right to the head.
Sear lands an elbow that stopped Groot in his tracks for a moment.
Groot avoids the elbow strike from Sear, against the cage.
Sear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Groot avoids it.
Sear is trying to push Groot away but Groot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sear is looking to control Groot's arms but Groot gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sear has his back to the cage.
Groot scores with a shoulder strike.
Sear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sear lands an elbow inside that Groot shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Groot scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Groot lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sear backwards.
Groot takes an elbow to the temple.
Groot lands with a left to the head.
Groot trying to stall but Sear improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Niek Groot will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Groot is looking to chop away at Sear's legs.
Sear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Groot swats him away and circles back towards the center.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sear closes the distance and pushes Groot back into the cage.
Sear throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Groot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sear pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Groot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Groot.
Groot blocks an elbow strike from Sear.
Sear throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Groot creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sear's defenses.

It looks like Vin Sear has been cut.
A short uppercut from Groot.

Sear is rocked!
Sear wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sear tries to stall but Groot uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sear throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Groot blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Groot's brow.
Sear creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Groot scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Groot misses with the head strike.
Groot lands an elbow just above Sear 's eye.

Groot breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Sear with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Sear looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Sear get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Sear is still on wobbly legs! Can Groot finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sear tries to close the distance and clinch but Groot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Groot throws a lazy right hand but Sear sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Groot cracks Sear with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Sear is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Sear is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Sear blocks a head kick by Groot.
Groot avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sear is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Groot misses with a head kick.
Sear seems to have recovered his senses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Groot with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Groot misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Groot.
Sear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Groot throws a looping overhand right but Sear ducks down to avoid it.
Sear is looking to clinch but Groot is avoiding it.
A jab lands there for Groot.
Niek Groot is winning the standup battle so far.
Sear is looking to clinch but Groot is avoiding it.
Sear slips a jab and a cross from Groot.
Groot is looking to chop away at Sear's legs.
Sear wants to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Groot darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Groot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Groot dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Groot throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sear is breathing heavily.
Sear closes the distance looking to clinch
and Groot cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Groot swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sear.
Groot looks to land a left hand but Sear moved out of range nicely.
Groot throws a push kick but Sear slaps the foot to one side.

Groot looks low and kicks high, catching Sear right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sear moves in looking to clinch but Groot pushes him off.
Groot circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looks like Groot has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
A head kick misses from Groot.
Sloppy strikes from Groot. Those never looked like landing.
Groot is looking to chop away at Sear's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Groot rushes Sear and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Groot trying to control the position but instead, Sear has worked for underhooks and has pushed Groot into the cage.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Groot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Groot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Groot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sear's elbow.
Sear misses with an elbow strike.
Groot lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sear backwards.
Groot works on Sear's body with a couple of short punches.
Groot unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Groot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Groot taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Groot takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Groot lands a knee to the head.
Groot lands an uppercut.
Groot stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niek Groot takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Vin Sear's cut.
That's time! Groot's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Groot throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sear doesn't manage to clinch there - Groot circles away.
Sear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sear defending well as Groot loads up on a big left hand.
Groot tries to land a body kick
and Sear counters with a nice leg kick.
Vin Sear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sear forces Groot back against the cage and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sear as Groot tries to tie him up.
Groot pushes Sear back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Groot is defending well for now.
Sear is trying to break the clinch but Groot has him pressed against the cage.
Groot with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Groot lands a hook to the side of the head.
Groot stalls.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Groot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Groot lands a left hand.
Groot is stalling here.
Groot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Groot lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sear is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Groot is defending well for now.

Sear breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Groot motions for Sear to come forward. Groot throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Groot catches Sear napping and cracks him with a perfect head kick! Sear goes down! He's bigtime hurt! He's not going to make it back to his feet - the referee has called it off! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Niek Groot!
The defeated Vin Sear had this to say: 'Ok I lost but it's not the end.I'm still hungry and i'm still fighting till I get my belt.It's mine.'.