PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Antonio Laborina Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laborina Lim comes into the arena with Hong Entrance Song blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Laborina Lim
vs
Bird

173 cm
33
158 lbs
24 - 6 - 0

170 cm
31
144 lbs
25 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Laborina Lim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bird!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laborina Lim tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bird is able to avoid easily.
Good leg kick by Bird there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laborina Lim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bird throws out the jab.
Laborina Lim attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Laborina Lim definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Good work by Bird as he checks the leg kick.
Laborina Lim lands a jab to the head.
Laborina Lim connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bird moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bird moves forwards but Laborina Lim connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Laborina Lim darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Bird is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bird throws a jab when Laborina Lim was well out of range.
Bird is still on wobbly legs! Can Laborina Lim finish him?
Laborina Lim cracks Bird with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Bird 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 Bird is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Bird could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Antonio Laborina Lim!
Antonio Laborina Lim is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Antonio Laborina Lim thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, William Bird stepped up to the mic, saying 'You proved you were the better fighter tonight.'.