PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Gaston Means (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrick Skiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Means
vs
Skiter

189 cm
23
240 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
38
220 lbs
27 - 12 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gaston Means!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrick Skiter!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Skiter clinches with his opponent.
Skiter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Means throws a head punch that misses.
Means tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skiter lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Skiter.
A head punch on the inside from Means fails to land.
Skiter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Means backwards.
I was talking to Means's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Skiter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skiter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Skiter scores with a shot to the side of Means's head.
A body shot lands from Skiter.

Skiter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've been informed that Skiter has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Means slips under a jab from Skiter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Means wants to clinch
and Skiter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Means wants to clinch
and Skiter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Means wants to clinch
and Skiter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Skiter cracks Means with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Means 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 Means is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!

Means is rocked!
Skiter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oh Means is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skiter misses with a double jab.
Means seems to have got his legs back now.
Means darts in trying to clinch
and before Means has any time to reset, Skiter cracks him with a big right hand that drops him face first to the canvas! He's hurt! I don't think he's going to get back up from that one! He's trying but he's doing the chicken dance and has face planted into to ropes, causing the referee to bring this fight to an end! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rodrick Skiter!
An out of breath Rodrick Skiter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.