PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Mr Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Bob The Hillbilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Tatum
vs
Bob The Hillbilly

181 cm
26
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mr Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jim Bob The Hillbilly!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hillbilly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tatum.
Tatum throws a series of punches but The Hillbilly avoids them all with ease.
Tatum throws a jab but it's blocked by The Hillbilly.
The Hillbilly is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tatum with a body shot.
Mr Tatum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Hillbilly looks to score with a jab to the body but Tatum is just out of range.
The Hillbilly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tatum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tatum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Hillbilly circles away quickly and effectively.
Tatum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tatum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tatum on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tatum scores with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Hillbilly. That's going to slow Tatum down.
Tatum with a nice cross.
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!
The Hillbilly blocks a jab.
The Hillbilly steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tatum.
Tatum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A right-left combo lands from Tatum.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hillbilly dodges the punch combination from Tatum.
The Hillbilly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tatum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Hillbilly replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Tatum blocks it well.
The Hillbilly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Hillbilly lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Mr Tatum has been cut.
Tatum blocks a head kick by The Hillbilly.
Tatum throws a body shot but no joy.
Tatum moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tatum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tatum shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. The Hillbilly eats them both and turns towards Tatum to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Hillbilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Hillbilly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Hillbilly throws a hook but Tatum avoids it easily.
Tatum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tatum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Hillbilly circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hillbilly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tatum.
The Hillbilly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Hillbilly misses with a head kick.
Tatum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Hillbilly throws a sloppy head kick and Tatum moves out of range easily.
It looked like Tatum was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from The Hillbilly.
Tatum avoids the head kick by The Hillbilly.
The Hillbilly drops his hands momentarily and Tatum takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Hillbilly misses with a leg kick.
The Hillbilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Hillbilly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The Hillbilly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tatum manages to avoid it.
The Hillbilly fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Hillbilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tatum.
The Hillbilly scores with a kick to the body.
The Hillbilly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Hillbilly connects with a jab.
Tatum cracks a nice hook into The Hillbilly's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hillbilly misses with a few strikes there.
The Hillbilly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tatum tries a low kick but The Hillbilly avoids it.
The Hillbilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Despite the aggression on The Hillbilly's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The Hillbilly dodges the punch combination from Tatum.
Tatum throws a body punch but The Hillbilly moves out of range.
The Hillbilly throws a head kick that misses.
The Hillbilly throws a head kick but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum throws a series of punches but The Hillbilly avoids them all with ease.
Tatum throws a leg kick but The Hillbilly checks it.
The Hillbilly lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Hillbilly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tatum goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tatum ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good work by The Hillbilly as he checks the leg kick.
The Hillbilly tries to counter by closing the distance.
The Hillbilly is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Hillbilly takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Hillbilly moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tatum fails to land with a series of punches.
The Hillbilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Hillbilly on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Hillbilly moves in looking to clinch but Tatum pushes him off.
Tatum lands a right hook to the body.
Tatum blocks a head kick by The Hillbilly.
Tatum tries to score with a low kick but The Hillbilly moves his leg out of the way.
Tatum swings for the body but The Hillbilly moves out of range.
The Hillbilly tries to counter by closing the distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Hillbilly.
The Hillbilly lands with a right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Hillbilly.
The Hillbilly throws a nice head kick!

Tatum is rocked!
Tatum looks to land a combination. The Hillbilly sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Oh Tatum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Hillbilly misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch lands to the side of Tatum 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A punch combination from Tatum misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Hillbilly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
The Hillbilly connects with a quick right hand that sends Tatum tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the cage, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jim Bob The Hillbilly!
Jim Bob The Hillbilly decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.