PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Tony Chu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Chu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Chu
vs
Shepard

172 cm
29
147 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

180 cm
27
135 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Chu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Shepard!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shepard ducks right into an uppercut from Chu.
Chu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Shepard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chu tests Shepard's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Shepard is rocked!
Shepard misses with a body kick.
Shepard is still on wobbly legs! Can Chu finish him?
Chu throws a head kick but Shepard moves out of range.
Shepard seems to have recovered his senses.
Chu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shepard throws a series of punches but Chu avoids them all with ease.
Chu misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Chu misses the target.
Shepard walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chu avoids the head kick by Shepard.
Chu throws a leg kick which misses Shepard's front leg but catches the back leg as Shepard tries to avoid it.
Chu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shepard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Chu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shepard blocks a head kick by Chu.
Shepard looks to throw the jab but Chu is out of range.
Shepard scores with a three punch combo!
Chu misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard misses with a low kick.

Chu catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Shepard stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Shepard walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chu lands a nice looking body shot.
Chu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chu looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Chu backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Shepard's temple! It sends Shepard violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Chu celebrates and the doctors try to help Shepard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Tony Chu!
Tony Chu thanked the fans post fight for their support.