PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Andries Harald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Soulah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harald
vs
Soulah

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

220 cm
25
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good low kicks
Powerful

Island Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andries Harald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Amir Soulah!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soulah swings widly with a right hand
and Harald counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Soulah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harald cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Soulah with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Soulah lands a jab to the nose.
Soulah throws out a loose jab but Harald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harald pivots, looking for a leg kick but Soulah is out of range and Harald settles back down.
Harald dips to his left and cracks Soulah with an uppercut!
Harald slips a straight right by Soulah.
An inside leg kick from Soulah misses.
Soulah misses with a jab, cross combination.
Soulah scores with a kick to the body.
Soulah with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donk. Soulah catches Harald right on the button with a cross.
Harald clobbers Soulah with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Harald throws a sloppy head kick and Soulah moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harald throws a front kick that sends Soulah stumbling back into the cage.
Soulah misses with a two punch combination.
Soulah looks for the body kick but Harald saw that one coming.
Soulah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harald tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Soulah punishes Harald's body with a nice straight punch.
Soulah lands a jab to Harald's midsection.
Soulah tries to land a front kick but Harald steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Soulah moves out of range of the body kick.
Harald takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Harald throws a jab when Soulah was well out of range.
Harald looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Soulah lands a head shot.
Harald dodges the punch combination from Soulah.
Harald throws a body punch but Soulah moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soulah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harald.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soulah lands a glancing blow to the side of Harald's head.
Soulah throws a series of punches but Harald avoids them all with ease.
Harald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soulah misses with a few strikes there.
Soulah misses with an uppercut.
Soulah swings for the body but Harald moves out of range.
Harald takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Soulah throws a lazy right hand but Harald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harald attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Soulah looks to score with a jab to the body but Harald is just out of range.
Soulah takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Soulah misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soulah fails to land with a series of punches.
Soulah misses with a left hand
and Harald counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Soulah thinking.
Soulah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harald misses with a kick to the body
and Soulah counters with a body kick that stops Harald in his tracks momentarily.
Soulah lands a high kick!
Harald lands with a nice body punch.
Harald takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harald is breathing heavily.
Soulah misses with a kick to the body.
Harald moves out of range of the body kick.
Soulah connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harald. Harald circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harald takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Soulah pushes Harald away with a front kick.
We've been informed that Soulah has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soulah misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soulah takes a swing at Harald's ribcage but misses.
Soulah lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Harald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harald misses with a body kick.
Soulah digs a good hook to Harald's body.
Harald on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harald walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Harald is rocked!
Harald throws a head kick but Soulah moves out of range.
Soulah throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Harald misses.

Harald walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Soulah rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Harald has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Oh Harald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harald throws the kick towards the body but Soulah avoids it.
Harald seems to have got his legs back now.
Soulah takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Harald on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harald 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 5:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Amir Soulah!
Our winner, Amir Soulah, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.