PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Paul Bruens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruens comes to the ring accompanied by River Below. Paul Bruens could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Paul Chan's chin.

Bruens
vs
Chan

168 cm
41
170 lbs
32 - 20 - 1

180 cm
24
178 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Bruens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Chan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan scores with a spinning back kick!
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bruens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chan moves to clinch but Bruens breaks away

and Bruens holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bruens misses with a punch to the body.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Bruens avoiding damage.
Chan lands an elbow just above Bruens 's eye.
A frustrated look appears on Chan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bruens digs a right hand into Chan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chan's gas tank.
Chan wants to break free but Bruens has control.
Bruens lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Bruens.
Chan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Bruens avoids the damage to the body.
Chan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bruens is working Chan over against the ropes.
Chan working Bruens over with knees to the body.
Chan tries to break free but Bruens pushes him back against the ropes.
Bruens lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bruens is trying to maintain a safe position but Chan gets an underhook and turns Bruens into the ropes.
Bruens leaning against his opponent.
A knee to the head by Chan.

It looks like Paul Bruens has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chan tries to break the clinch but Bruens is controlling the position.
Bruens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruens tries to land knees in the clinch but Chan avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Chan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bruens displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chan up against the ropes.
Chan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bruens is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chan is trying to break the clinch but Bruens has him pressed against the ropes.
Bruens avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Chan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bruens.
Bruens working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bruens is stalling here.
Bruens stalling in the clinch but Chan improves position.
Bruens scores with a shoulder strike.
Chan wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bruens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bruens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chan crunches a lovely knee into Bruens's ribcage.
Chan tries to circle away but Bruens has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Chan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Bruens's cut.
That's time! Bruens's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bruens tries to bum rush Chan with a series of wild strikes but Chan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chan throws a head kick that half lands.
Bruens fails to land with a series of punches.
Bruens misses with the combination.
Chan moves away from the strike by Bruens.
Bruens swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bruens misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Bruens. Those never looked like landing.
Chan checks a leg kick.
Chan misses with a series of wild punches.
Chan throws a head kick but Bruens moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bruens swings for the body but Chan moves out of range.
Bruens throws a combination. Chan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Paul Chan has been cut.
Bruens connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Chan's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Chan - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Paul Bruens!
After winning the bout, Paul Bruens thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.