PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Craig Thomson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Wiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Reuben James . 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.

Thomson
vs
Wiki

202 cm
35
250 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

173 cm
34
182 lbs
25 - 15 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 23 - 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 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Wiki!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thomson.
Thomson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wiki manages to avoid it.
Thomson tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomson tries to bum rush Wiki with a series of wild strikes but Wiki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wiki misses with a shot to the body
and Thomson counters with a right hand to the body.
Thomson lands a glancing blow to the side of Wiki's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wiki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wiki misses with a wild body shot.
Thomson cracks Wiki with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Wiki is rocked!
Thomson connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Wiki's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Wiki - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Craig Thomson!
In his post fight interview, Craig Thomson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.