PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Versus The World (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauri Kunnas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The World comes to the ring accompanied by The lost vikings. Kunnas has chosen Jumal x10 Lavis - Jeesus as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

The World
vs
Kunnas

225 cm
32
300 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

205 cm
42
318 lbs
37 - 21 - 1

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Versus The World!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauri Kunnas!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The World moves into the clinch successfully.
The World with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kunnas stalling in the clinch but The World improves position.
With the fighters up against the ropes, The World throws an elbow but misses.
Kunnas avoids the elbow strike from The World, against the ropes.
The World throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kunnass head.
The World utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The World lands an elbow that stopped Kunnas in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Mauri Kunnas has been cut.
Kunnas looks winded!
Kunnas looking to slow down the pace here.
Kunnas misses with a punch on the inside.
The World landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The World unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kunnas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The World working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The World lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The World lands with a left to the head.
The World lands an elbow just above Kunnas 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The World.
With the fighters up against the ropes, The World throws an elbow but misses.
Kunnas connects with a nasty looking knee right to The World's face.

It looks like Versus The World has been cut.
The World connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kunnas's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The World landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by The World.
The World with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The World.
Kunnas takes an elbow to the temple.
Kunnas avoids the elbow strike from The World, against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that The World has been working on his elbows in the gym.
The World comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kunnas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The World crunches a lovely knee into Kunnas's ribcage.
The World works on Kunnas's body with a couple of short punches.
Kunnas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
The World landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kunnas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from The World.
Kunnas managing to block the knees to the body from The World.
Kunnas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The World works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The World lands an elbow just above Kunnas 's eye.
The World lands an elbow inside that Kunnas shrugs off.
The World lands an elbow inside that Kunnas shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from The World.
The World missing with knees to the body.
Kunnas avoiding damage as The World throws knees to the body.

The crowd are calling 'kneeees!' as The World has the Thai clinch. The World obliges, smashing a knee brutally into Kunnas's nose and sending him crashing to the canvas! Will be beat the count?! 3,4,5,6,7,8...9... and he's up on 9! Wow, that was close! The referee takes a long look and is going to allow it to continue!
Kunnas walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Versus The World!
A victorious Versus The World thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.