PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tyler Crain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce The Glow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crain's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Roots - Kool On. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crain
vs
The Glow

192 cm
25
242 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

190 cm
23
270 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Crain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce The Glow!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Glow avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Glow pushes Crain away with a front kick.
A head kick misses from The Glow.
An inside leg kick from Crain misses.
The Glow blocks a leg kick.
The Glow lands a head kick. Crain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Tyler Crain has been cut.
The Glow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Crain misses its intended target.
The Glow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Crain's head.
Crain catches The Glow with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Crain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crain fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Glow connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A telegraphed right hand from Crain misses the target.
Crain misses with a body kick.
Crain moves out of range as The Glow throws a body kick.
Crain is looking to chop away at The Glow's legs.
The Glow has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The Glow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Glow lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The Glow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Glow.
The Glow throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Crain is looking to clinch.
The Glow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crain can pounce on him.
A shot to the liver by The Glow. Beautiful body shot.
The Glow scores with a kick to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Glow misses with a kick to the body.

Crain moves into the clinch.
The Glow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crain backwards.
Crain misses with an elbow over the top.
The Glow working aggressively here.
Crain throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Glow lands with a left to the head.
The Glow blocks an uppercut.
Crain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The Glow digs a right hand underneath Crain's ribcage. Crain let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crain is breathing heavily.
The Glow misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Glow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Glow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crain misses with a knee strike.
The Glow misses with some punches.
The Glow throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Glow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crain avoids it.
Crain blocks an elbow strike from The Glow.
Crain lands an elbow that stopped The Glow in his tracks for a moment.
The Glow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crain creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from The Glow.
The Glow trying to land knees to the body.
The Glow lands a shoulder strike.
The Glow misses with an elbow strike.
Crain misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Glow throws a punch but it's blocked by Crain.
The Glow prevents a body shot from Crain.
Crain stalling in the clinch but The Glow improves position.
Crain lands a nice uppercut.
The Glow lands a good knee to the midsection. Crain won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce The Glow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Crain's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The Glow lands an overhand right.
Crain misses with a head kick.
Crain blocks a head kick by The Glow.
A good leg kick by The Glow.
The Glow scores with a push kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Glow was well out of range. Poor timing from Crain.
The Glow throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An inside leg kick from The Glow misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crain.
The Glow tries to score with a low kick but Crain moves his leg out of the way.
Crain scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crain wants to slow The Glow down by chopping away at his legs.
The Glow throws a nice head kick!

The Glow lands a head kick that bluckles Crain and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with The Glow no doubt looking to push for a finish!
The Glow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Glow checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Crain misses with a head kick.
Crain's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Crain duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Glow pushes Crain away with a front kick.
The Glow goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

The Glow rushes Crain and presses him up against the ropes.
The Glow blocks an elbow strike from Crain.
Crain tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Glow avoids it.
The Glow blocks an elbow strike from Crain.
A short right from The Glow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Glow scores with a shoulder strike.

Crain is rocked!
Crain lands a right hand.
A knee to the head by Crain.
Crain looking to throw knees to the head but The Glow is blocking nicely.
Crain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Glow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crain has a couple of punches blocked by The Glow.
The Glow missing with knees to the body.
The Glow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crain or not.
The Glow is trying to break free.
The Glow misses with the head strike.
The Glow lands a hook that snaps the head of Crain backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Glow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crain tries a body shot but The Glow blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crain.
The Glow misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crain.
Crain misses with an elbow over the top.
The Glow throws a head punch that misses.
The Glow digs a right hand underneath Crain's ribcage. Crain let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Glow scores with a shot to the side of Crain's head.
The Glow tries a body shot but Crain blocks it.
Crain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Glow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Glow throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Crain lands with a left to the head.
The Glow avoiding damage as Crain throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by The Glow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from The Glow.
Crain avoiding damage as The Glow throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crain.
The Glow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Glow lands a hook that snaps the head of Crain backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce The Glow takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Tyler Crain's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Crain slips a straight right by The Glow.
The Glow misses with a two punch combination.
Crain seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The Glow throws a sloppy head kick and Crain moves out of range easily.
The Glow throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Crain goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Crain on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crain throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Glow swings for the body but Crain moves out of range.
The Glow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crain.
Crain misses the shot to the body.
The Glow ducks under a wild hook from Crain.
The Glow lunges at Crain with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crain's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from The Glow.
The Glow misses with a body kick.
Crain lands with a kick to the temple. The Glow shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Glow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crain looks to land a right hand but The Glow moved out of range.
The Glow scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Glow defending well as Crain loads up on a big left hand.
The Glow lands an overhand right.
The Glow throws a sloppy head kick and Crain moves out of range easily.

The Glow throws out a head kick that Crain doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Crain crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Crain's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
Oh Crain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crain misses with a wild combination.
The Glow throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Crain crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bruce The Glow!
Bruce The Glow seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.