PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jay Rome Banana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Van Der Sar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Banana comes to the ring accompanied by Watch out for that FIST!!!. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Rome Banana
vs
Van Der Sar

191 cm
20
250 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

212 cm
22
294 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Rome Banana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stefan Van Der Sar !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Van Der Sar checks a leg kick.
Van Der Sar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Banana.
Banana throws the left hand but Van Der Sar avoids the punch easily.
Banana connects with a body shot.
Banana misses with a hook
and Van Der Sar counters with a good, hard body kick but Banana shrugs it off.
Van Der Sar has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Banana misses with a hook
enabling Van Der Sar to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Jay Rome Banana has been cut.
Banana seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banana throws an off balance right hand
and Van Der Sar counters with a body kick that stops Banana in his tracks momentarily.
Banana throws an off balance right hand
and Van Der Sar counters with a body kick that stops Banana in his tracks momentarily.
Banana is breathing heavily.
Banana misses with a kick to the body.
Banana tests Van Der Sar 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jay Rome Banana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banana throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Der Sar counters with a good, hard body kick but Banana shrugs it off.
Banana misses with a right hand
and Van Der Sar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banana misses with a left hand
and Van Der Sar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Banana throws an off balance right hand
letting Van Der Sar counter with a right hand.
A head kick by Banana misses
and Van Der Sar makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Banana really felt that one!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banana swings widly with a right hand
and Van Der Sar counters with a body kick.
Banana rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Der Sar counters with a solid body kick.
Banana rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Van Der Sar counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Banana 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.
Banana finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Van Der Sar ducks under a wild hook from Banana.
Banana misses with a leg kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a solid body kick.
Banana throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Van Der Sar counters quickly with a head kick that drops Banana to the mat! The referee starts the count at 3 - will Banana be able to get back to his feet in time? 4,5,6, he's up. He looks OK so we'll continue the action!

Banana is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banana missing with a left hand there. Van Der Sar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Banana misses with an uppercut
and Van Der Sar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Banana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Banana throws a low kick, looking for Van Der Sar 's leg but Van Der Sar calmly moves out of range.
A big right from Banana misses.
Banana is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Van Der Sar 's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Banana throws a leg kick
and Van Der Sar makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Banana really felt that one!
Van Der Sar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banana.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A low kick from Banana misses
and Van Der Sar counters with a nice body kick.
Van Der Sar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Banana throws a leg kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a beautiful head kick that sends Banana crashing to the mat! Oh, he's out! He's out! Van Der Sar is jumping up and down like a maniac, spit streaming from his mouthpiece, shouting and screaming at his corner. Wow, this obviously means a hell of a lot to him! What an outpouring of emotion.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Stefan Van Der Sar !
Stefan Van Der Sar thanked the fans post fight for their support.