PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Christopher Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marques is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: mosh. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Rios
vs
Marques

190 cm
25
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

206 cm
25
265 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 The Island, Christopher Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fabio Marques!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marques pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rios thows a body shot but no joy.
Marques lands with a straight right. Rios didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Christopher Rios has been cut.
Marques misses with a double jab
and Rios counters with an inside leg kick.
Marques misses with a lunging right hand
and Rios counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Marques misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Marques misses.
Fabio Marques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rios lands a slapping body shot.
Marques throws a nice looking combination but Rios bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rios has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Marques swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marques jabs Rios right on the nose. Rios blinks but takes it well.
Good exchange - Marques coming out on top.
Rios has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Clean and Green in the buildup to the fight.
Marques misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rios counters with a nice uppercut.
Marques rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rios moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rios pushes Marques away with a front kick.
Marques looks winded!
Rios lands a jab to the nose.
Rios tries to clinch but Marques moves out of range.
Marques takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Fabio Marques has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios lands a leg kick that knocks Marques off balance momentarily.
Nice shot by Rios.
Rios feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marques's calf.
Rios tries to clinch up.
Rios turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marques throws a lazy right hand but Rios sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rios thuds a left hand into Marques's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rios throws a nice head kick!
Rios fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Marques looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rios throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rios lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Marques is rocked!
Rios throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Rios.
Marques misses with a hook. Rios ducked under it nicely.
Rios fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rios lands with a right hand.
Marques has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rios.
Rios bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rios connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marques.
Rios throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marques is still on wobbly legs! Can Rios finish him?
Marques takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marques ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rios moves away.
Marques seems to have recovered his senses.
Marques takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rios scores with a jab to the body.
Rios fakes the leg kick and cracks Marques in the body.
Rios clobbers Marques with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That has opened up Fabio Marques's cut even more.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rios.
A combination from Marques does no damage.
Marques takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marques's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rios keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rios turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marques drops his guard momentarily, allowing Rios to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Marques! 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! Rios takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Christopher Rios!
A victorious Christopher Rios thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.