PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Axl Dokken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dokken comes into the arena with Cherry Pie "Warrant" blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Dokken
vs
Chan

185 cm
23
181 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

180 cm
24
178 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

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 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Axl Dokken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Chan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dokken gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chan tries to break free but Dokken pushes him back against the ropes.
Chan tries to break free but Dokken pushes him back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
Dokken looking to stall.
Dokken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dokken managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Chan scores a nice knee to the body.
Chan tries to break free but Dokken pushes him back against the ropes.
Chan wants to get back to striking at distance but Dokken won't allow it.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Dokken blocks it.
Chan is trying to force a seperation but Dokken has the dominant position.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dokken.

Chan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chan moves into range and clinches up with Dokken.
Dokken makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Chan throws an elbow but misses.

Chan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dokken doesn't manage to clinch there - Chan circles away.
Dokken tries to clinch but Chan is having none of it.
Dokken tries to clinch up.
Chan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dokken tries to clinch there but Chan circles away.
Dokken tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dokken is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Chan manages to break the clinch.
Dokken fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dokken uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chan has time to react.

It looks like Paul Chan has been cut.
A head kick misses from Chan.
Chan blocks a head kick by Dokken.
Dokken tries to clinch there but Chan circles away.
Dokken with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chan scores with a head kick. Dokken tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Axl Dokken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan lands with a kick to the ribs.
A head kick misses from Chan.
Chan steps in and throws a big head kick that drops Dokken to the mat! Dokken looks in trouble, can he beat the count? Chan is bouncing in a neutral corner joining in with the referee '4,5,6' they both chant. 7,8,9... he's not going to make it! 10! He's out! Chan jumps onto the ropes and takes in the acclaim from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Paul Chan!