PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Daemon Blackfyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ollie Ritch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blackfyre comes to the ring accompanied by Mojo So Dope. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ollie Ritch enters the ring!

Blackfyre
vs
Ritch

191 cm
25
195 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

193 cm
30
202 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daemon Blackfyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ollie Ritch!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackfyre throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Blackfyre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ritch circles away quickly and effectively.
Blackfyre misses with a looping right.
Blackfyre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ritch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ritch throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blackfyre slips under a jab from Ritch.
Blackfyre throws a combination. Ritch tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ritch connects with a right hand. Blackfyre shakes it off.
Blackfyre throws a body punch but Ritch moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Blackfyre.
Blackfyre misses with a hook.
Blackfyre on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Ritch clinches with his opponent.
Blackfyre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ritch avoids it.
Ritch avoiding damage.
Ritch taking a breather.
Blackfyre pushes Ritch back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blackfyre has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ritch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritch blocks an uppercut.
Blackfyre tries to work over Ritch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Ritch scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blackfyre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ritch blocks a body shot from Blackfyre.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ritch.
Ritch dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Blackfyre misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blackfyre.
Blackfyre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blackfyre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ritch lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ritch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ritch taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ritch misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blackfyre throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ritchs head.
Blackfyre scores with a shot to the side of Ritch's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritch lands with a left to the head.
Ritch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blackfyre as Ritch tries to tie him up.
Blackfyre swings wildly with an uppercut but Ritch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blackfyre looking to throw knees to the head but Ritch is blocking nicely.
Ritch blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Ritch just leaning against Blackfyre, taking a breather.
Ritch takes a shot to the head.
Blackfyre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ritch avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blackfyre misses with a punch on the inside.
Blackfyre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blackfyre.
Blackfyre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daemon Blackfyre dominated that round.
That's time! Blackfyre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A punch combination from Blackfyre misses.
Blackfyre lands a right hook to the body.
Ritch pushes Blackfyre away with a front kick.
Blackfyre looks to land a right hand but Ritch moved out of range.
Blackfyre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Daemon Blackfyre has been cut.
Blackfyre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ritch avoids the body shot from Blackfyre.
Ritch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daemon Blackfyre is winning the standup battle so far.
Ritch lands with a shot to the body.
Blackfyre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blackfyre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ritch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blackfyre fails to land with a series of punches.
Ritch takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ritch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blackfyre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ritch. That did some damage!
Blackfyre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ritch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackfyre looks to score with a jab to the body but Ritch is just out of range.
Ritch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Blackfyre connects with a body shot that sends Ritch's belly button to the back.
Ritch throws a hook to the side of Blackfyre's head but Blackfyre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A left lands for Ritch.
Ritch slips a straight right by Blackfyre.
Decent striking displayed by Blackfyre there.
Ritch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackfyre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ritch scores with a sloppy right hand. Blackfyre should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blackfyre works over Ritch's head and body with a nice combination.
Ritch lands with a nice combination. Blackfyre backs away looking to recover.
Blackfyre thuds a left hand into Ritch's body.
Ritch has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Blackfyre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blackfyre throws a leg kick which misses Ritch's front leg but catches the back leg as Ritch tries to avoid it.
Blackfyre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackfyre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ritch was well out of range. Poor timing from Blackfyre.

Blackfyre closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Ritch crashing to the mat! Ritch uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Ritch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blackfyre.
Blackfyre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blackfyre lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blackfyre.
Blackfyre throws a head kick but Ritch moves out of range.
A lazy left from Blackfyre finds it's target.

Ritch is rocked!
Ritch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blackfyre.
Ritch is still on wobbly legs! Can Blackfyre finish him?
Blackfyre misses with a looping left.
Ritch seems to have recovered his senses.
Ritch misses with a combination

and Blackfyre counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Ritch onto his ass. He'll have to take the mandatory count from the referee but he's back on his feet and he seems OK to continue.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab lands there for Blackfyre.
Some bone on bone action there as Ritch checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blackfyre throws a series of punches but Ritch moves out of range.
Blackfyre throws a hook but Ritch blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daemon Blackfyre takes the second round thanks to the knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Daemon Blackfyre's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Blackfyre clips Ritch with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Ritch a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blackfyre with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ritch to score with a decent uppercut.
Blackfyre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ritch can do to turn this around?
Blackfyre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blackfyre takes one on the button.
Blackfyre blocks a head kick by Ritch.
Blackfyre throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Blackfyre bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ritch's head.
Blackfyre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ritch.
Blackfyre throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ritch.
Blackfyre connects with a right hand. Ritch shakes it off.
Blackfyre fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Blackfyre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ritch scores with a decent looking hook.
Blackfyre takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Blackfyre darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blackfyre avoids the head kick by Ritch.
Blackfyre cracks the inside of Ritch's front leg.
Ritch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackfyre swats away the attempt to clinch by Ritch.
Blackfyre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blackfyre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Ritch misses its intended target.
Daemon Blackfyre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blackfyre throws an overhand right that lands on Ritch's shoulder, as Ritch tries to avoid the shot.
Blackfyre lands a high kick!
A jab lands there for Blackfyre.
Blackfyre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ritch throws a sloppy head kick and Blackfyre moves out of range easily.
Ritch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blackfyre.
Ritch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blackfyre.
Blackfyre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ritch.
Ritch misses the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Blackfyre connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ritch's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ritch avoids the body shot from Blackfyre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ritch throws a sloppy head kick and Blackfyre moves out of range easily.
Blackfyre lands with a shot to the body.
Ritch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blackfyre scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ritch in his tracks.
Ritch tries to clinch up.
Blackfyre misses with an uppercut.
Ritch wants to clinch.

Blackfyre drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Ritch onto his butt! Ritch pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Ritch tries to clinch but Blackfyre is having none of it.
Blackfyre connects with a nice cross there... Ritch is looking wobbly and Blackfyre recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Ritch to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Blackfyre jumps onto the ropes to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Daemon Blackfyre!
Daemon Blackfyre decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.