PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Robert Archer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Archer comes to the ring accompanied by Crysis. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Johnny Lawrence was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Archer
vs
Lawrence

205 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

201 cm
19
196 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Very strong

Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Archer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence wants to clinch but Archer slips to the side
and Archer counters with a good low kick that Lawrence was not able to check.
Lawrence tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Archer counters with a nice uppercut.
Archer misses with a low kick.
Lawrence ducks under a wild hook from Archer.
Lawrence tries to clinch there but Archer circles away.
Archer misses with a kick to the body.
Lawrence darts in trying to clinch
and Archer counters with a leg kick.
Lawrence tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Archer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lawrence tries to clinch but Archer moves away
and Archer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lawrence's knee momentarily.
Lawrence tries to close the distance and clinch but Archer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Archer scores with a nice right hand.
Lawrence moves to clinch but Archer breaks away
and Archer counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawrence tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Archer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lawrence tries to clinch up
and Archer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lawrence wants to clinch
and Archer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lawrence looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lawrence checks the leg kick nicely there.
Archer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lawrence closes the distance but Archer moves to the side
and Archer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lawrence tries to clinch up.
Archer throws a lazy right hand but Lawrence sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Archer tried to score with a low kick but Lawrence checks it.
Lawrence moves to clinch but Archer breaks away
and Archer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lawrence fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lawrence moves to clinch but Archer breaks away
and Archer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Archer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lawrence tries to clinch
and Archer counters with a nice uppercut.

Lawrence is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Archer engages and cracks Lawrence with a massive lead left hook - Lawrence tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Archer is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Robert Archer!
After the fight, Robert Archer was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.