PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Halfdan Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guran Gugeneshvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lodbrok comes to the ring accompanied by Killing in the name of.... Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lodbrok
vs
Gugeneshvili

180 cm
20
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

204 cm
25
211 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Great elbows
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Halfdan Lodbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Guran Gugeneshvili!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gugeneshvili throws a front kick aimed at Lodbrok's knee but Lodbrok avoids it well.
Lodbrok gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gugeneshvili.

Gugeneshvili has closed the distance and engaged Lodbrok in a clinch.
Lodbrok dodges an elbow strike from Gugeneshvili.
Gugeneshvili throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lodbrok connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Guran Gugeneshvili has been cut.
Lodbrok blocks an elbow strike.
Lodbrok utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lodbrok with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the ropes, Gugeneshvili throws an elbow but misses.
Gugeneshvili pushes off an throws an elbow but Lodbrok leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lodbrok.
Gugeneshvili takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hand to the body from Lodbrok.
Gugeneshvili looks winded!
Lodbrok lands with a short shot to the head.

Gugeneshvili is rocked!
Lodbrok breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Gugeneshvili with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Gugeneshvili looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Gugeneshvili get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Halfdan Lodbrok!
During a confident post fight interview, Halfdan Lodbrok thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.