PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruce Eurburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Kuiper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Kuiper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eurburn
vs
Kuiper

188 cm
24
218 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

194 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce Eurburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Kuiper!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuiper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuiper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kuiper takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Bruce Eurburn has been cut.
A solid body kick from Eurburn.
Eurburn misses with a kick to the body.
Kuiper throws a lazy right hand but Eurburn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kuiper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuiper misses with a body kick.
Eurburn lands a nice hook to Kuiper's body. Kuiper takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Kuiper.

Kuiper has Eurburn up against the ropes in a clinch.

Kuiper manages to break the clinch.
Eurburn throws a nice head kick!
Kuiper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Eurburn. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuiper swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Kuiper looks low and kicks high, catching Eurburn 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!
Eurburn seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kuiper blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eurburn avoids the head kick by Kuiper.
Kuiper takes one to the chin there.
Kuiper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eurburn avoids the head kick by Kuiper.
Kuiper misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kuiper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Eurburn avoids the head kick by Kuiper.
Eurburn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kuiper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eurburn throws a lazy right hand but Kuiper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kuiper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Eurburn. That did some damage!
Kuiper throws a sloppy head kick and Eurburn moves out of range easily.
Eurburn misses with an uppercut. Kuiper saw that one coming.

Kuiper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Eurburn, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kuiper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Eurburn has him pressed against the ropes.

Kuiper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kuiper moves into the clinch.
Eurburn tries to land a knee to the head but Kuiper blocks with his arms.

Kuiper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eurburn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eurburn cracks the inside of Kuiper's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuiper throws a half hearted mid kick.
Eurburn misses with a head kick.

Eurburn has Kuiper up against the ropes in a clinch.
Eurburn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kuiper.
Kuiper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kuiper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eurburn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Kuiper.
Eurburn blocking some punches.
Kuiper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kuiper is looking to break free of the clinch but Eurburn has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eurburn has Kuiper pressed against the ropes, preventing Kuiper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kuiper with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Kuiper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuiper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Eurburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kuiper, right into the meat.
Kuiper swats away the attempt to clinch by Eurburn.
Eurburn tries to close the distance and clinch but Kuiper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kuiper moves into range and clinches up with Eurburn.
Kuiper misses with a punch to the body.
Eurburn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kuiper is defending well for now.

Kuiper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuiper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Eurburn closes the distance and pushes Kuiper back into the ropes.
Kuiper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kuiper is trying to break free.
Kuiper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Kuiper breaks from the clinch.
Kuiper throws a head kick but Eurburn moves out of range.

Kuiper clinches up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuiper wants to get back to striking at distance but Eurburn won't allow it.
Kuiper tries to circle away but Eurburn has him pinned against the ropes.
Eurburn stalling in the clinch but Kuiper improves position.

Kuiper breaks the clinch.
Kuiper scores with a nice body kick.
Kuiper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Eurburn's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kuiper connects with an inside leg kick.
Eurburn is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Kuiper.

Kuiper lands a front kick to the face, that drops Eurburn to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Kuiper will get the nod in that round, having scored multiple knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Bruce Eurburn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kuiper steps in and throws a big head kick that drops Eurburn to the mat! Eurburn looks in trouble, can he beat the count? Kuiper is bouncing in a neutral corner joining in with the referee '4,5,6' they both chant. 7,8,9... he's not going to make it! 10! He's out! Kuiper jumps onto the ropes and takes in the acclaim from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Sam Kuiper!
During a confident post fight interview, Sam Kuiper thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.