PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Balmon Le Beau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Sykes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balmon Le Beau has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Le Beau
vs
Sykes

209 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Lethal high kicks
KO power

Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Island Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Balmon Le Beau!
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, Mark Sykes!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Beau looks for the body kick but Sykes saw that one coming.
Sykes tries a head kick but it misses.
Le Beau avoids the head kick by Sykes.
Le Beau jabs at Sykes's body.
Sykes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Le Beau lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Le Beau checks a low kick from Sykes.
Le Beau with a nice cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sykes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le Beau lands a body shot.
Le Beau looks for the body kick but Sykes saw that one coming.
Sykes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sykes connects with a solid leg kick.
Le Beau throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Le Beau loads up on a big right hand but Sykes slips the punch.
Sloppy strikes from Sykes. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sykes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le Beau swinging wildly here.
Le Beau throws a right hand that Sykes ducks under and follows up with a left that Sykes also avoids with ease.
Sykes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Beau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Le Beau lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sykes avoids the body shot from Le Beau.
Sykes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sykes thumps Le Beau with a low kick.
Sykes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Le Beau lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Le Beau has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The GYM (12 elite coaches on the Island) in the buildup to the fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sykes takes one to the side of the head.
Sykes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Le Beau lands the left hand.

It looks like Mark Sykes has been cut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sykes, right into the meat.
Sykes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le Beau swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le Beau staying out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Beau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sykes manages to avoid it.
Le Beau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sykes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Le Beau misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sykes pushes Le Beau up against the cage in a clinch.
Sykes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Sykes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sykes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sykes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Le Beau lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Le Beau lands a body shot.
Le Beau blocks a jab.
Le Beau throws a push kick but Sykes slaps the foot to one side.
Sykes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sykes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Le Beau is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Le Beau misses with a looping right.
Le Beau just misses with a punch to the body.
Sykes misses the shot to the body.
Le Beau keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sykes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Le Beau.
Le Beau checks a leg kick.
Sykes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice body punch from Le Beau.
Both fighters circling a little - Le Beau finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sykes looks winded!
Sykes throws a head kick that misses.
Le Beau is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Le Beau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sykes throws a low kick, looking for Le Beau's leg but Le Beau calmly moves out of range.
Le Beau lands a nice shot that snaps Sykes's head back.
Sykes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Le Beau is out of range and Sykes settles back down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Le Beau.

Sykes is rocked!
Le Beau really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sykes throws a head kick but Le Beau moves out of range.
Le Beau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sykes manages to avoid it.
Sykes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sykes is still on wobbly legs! Can Le Beau finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Beau's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Le Beau duly obliges.
Sykes misses with a leg kick.
Sykes 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 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Balmon Le Beau!
Balmon Le Beau thanked the fans post fight for their support.