PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Charles Menezes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belt Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menezes comes to the ring accompanied by Charlinho, o menino que só queria estudar - Hermes & Renato. Charles Menezes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Menezes
vs
Hunter

225 cm
33
300 lbs
19 - 21 - 1

198 cm
23
300 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Excellent boxer
KO power

Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Menezes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Belt Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter staying out of range there.
Menezes misses with the combination.
Menezes misses with the combination.
Hunter dodges the punch combination from Menezes.
Menezes misses with a double jab

and Hunter counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Menezes goes down! Will Menezes beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's up! No problem. Let's get back to the action!

It looks like Charles Menezes has been cut.
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!
A combination from Menezes does no damage.
Hunter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Menezes.
Menezes lands a two punch combo.
Menezes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hunter slips a jab from Menezes.
Menezes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hunter's head backwards.
Menezes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Menezes looks for the body kick but Hunter saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hunter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Menezes throws out the jab.
Menezes swinging wildly here.
Menezes looks to land a left hand but Hunter moved out of range nicely.
Menezes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hunter counters with a nice body shot.
Menezes is breathing heavily.
Menezes throws a right hand that Hunter ducks under and follows up with a left that Hunter also avoids with ease.
Menezes misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunter counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Menezes badly! He tries to strike back but Hunter puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Menezes out cold! Oh man, Menezes will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Belt Hunter!
After the fight, Belt Hunter 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.