PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Edward Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Van Gundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Richtofen
vs
Van Gundy

190 cm
29
195 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

183 cm
32
189 lbs
28 - 9 - 1

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Granite chin

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Richtofen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Stan Van Gundy!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Gundy cracks the inside of Richtofen's front leg.
Van Gundy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Richtofen falls off balance throwing a combination

and Van Gundy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Gundy.
Richtofen is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Gundy gets an underhook and turns Richtofen into the ropes.
Richtofen gets through Van Gundy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Gundy throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Gundy.
Richtofen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richtofen misses with some punches.
Richtofen blocks a body shot from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy prevents a body shot from Richtofen.
Van Gundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Gundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Richtofen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Gundy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Richtofen fails to land.
Van Gundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Gundy blocking some punches.
Richtofen working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richtofen is trying to stall.
Richtofen avoiding damage as Van Gundy throws knees to the body.
Van Gundy just leaning against Richtofen, taking a breather.
Richtofen lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Gundy backwards.
Richtofen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Gundy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Van Gundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Richtofen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Richtofen misses with the head strike.
Van Gundy blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Van Gundy.

It looks like Edward Richtofen has been cut.
Richtofen pushes Van Gundy back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Richtofen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Gundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Richtofen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Gundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Gundy has a couple of punches blocked by Richtofen.
Van Gundy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Richtofen scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gundy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Richtofen backwards.
Richtofen throws a head punch that misses.
Richtofen lands an uppercut.
Van Gundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Richtofen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Richtofen.
Van Gundy lands with a right to the head.
Richtofen misses with a punch to the body.
Van Gundy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Van Gundy throws an elbow but misses.
Van Gundy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Richtofen backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Richtofen fails to land.
Richtofen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Gundy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Gundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Gundy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Gundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Gundy lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Edward Richtofen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edward Richtofen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Van Gundy blocks a head kick by Richtofen.
A thudding body kick lands there by Van Gundy!
Van Gundy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Van Gundy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richtofen's sensitive parts.
Van Gundy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Richtofen doesn't seem bothered though.
Van Gundy jabs Richtofen right on the nose. Richtofen blinks but takes it well.
Van Gundy connects with a body shot.
Van Gundy slips a jab from Richtofen.
A solid body kick from Van Gundy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gundy misses with an uppercut. Richtofen saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Gundy.
A slow jab from Richtofen misses its intended target.
An inside leg kick lands from Richtofen.
Richtofen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Gundy manages to avoid it.
Van Gundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richtofen.
Van Gundy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Richtofen throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Gundy.
Van Gundy moves out of range as Richtofen strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Van Gundy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Richtofen looks to land a left hand but Van Gundy moved out of range nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Van Gundy!
Van Gundy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Van Gundy ducks under a wild hook from Richtofen.
Van Gundy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Richtofen just misses with a punch to the body.
Richtofen scores with a nice head shot.
Van Gundy connects with a quick right hand that sends Richtofen tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stan Van Gundy!
Stan Van Gundy is the new middleweight champion!
Stan Van Gundy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.