PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dark Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bird
vs
Killer

170 cm
35
144 lbs
30 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
210 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 30 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, William Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Dark Killer!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Killer moves in looking to clinch but Bird pushes him off.
Bird thinks about countering with a body kick.
Bird lets loose with a powerful body kick. Killer will feel that in the morning.
Killer tries to clinch but Bird is having none of it.
It looked like Bird wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Killer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bird makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bird connects with a nice looking jab.

Bird gets tackled into the cage by Killer. Killer maintains the clinch.
Killer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Killer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bird has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Killer is trying to stall.
Killer throws an elbow but it misses.
Killer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Killer wants to stall.

Bird breaks the clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bird!
Bird swats away the attempt to clinch by Killer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer tries to clinch up.
Killer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Killer tries to clinch but Bird moves out of range.
Bird throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bird scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Killer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bird manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bird was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bird smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Killer tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Bird to counter with a crisp jab.
Bird avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bird tried to counter with a leg kick but Killer avoided it.
Bird throws a body shot but no joy.
Bird lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Killer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bird.
Killer is looking to clinch but Bird is avoiding it.
Bird bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Killer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Killer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bird lands a right hand.
Killer pushes off an throws an elbow but Bird leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Killer backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bird lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Dark Killer has been cut.
Bird blocks an elbow strike.
Killer looking to throw knees to the head but Bird is blocking nicely.
Killer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bird lands a shoulder strike.
Bird lands a shoulder strike.
Bird lands a right hand.
Killer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Killer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bird has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Bird pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bird lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bird connects with a looping right hand.
Killer tries to clinch there but Bird circles away.
Bird misses with a body shot.
Killer is looking to clinch.
Killer tries to clinch but Bird is having none of it.
Bird circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Killer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bird paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Killer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Killer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bird comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Killer works on Bird's body with a couple of short punches.
Killer misses with an elbow strike.
Bird blocks a body shot from Killer.
Killer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Killer lands a shoulder strike.
Bird lands a right hand.

Bird's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bird thuds a left hand into Killer's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bird.
The fight stays on the outside here - Killer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bird tests Killer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Killer moves in looking to clinch but Bird pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird lets loose with a powerful body kick. Killer will feel that in the morning.
Bird throws a front kick that sends Killer stumbling back into the cage.
Bird buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Killer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bird is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bird thuds his shin into the meat of Killer's side.
Bird connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Killer tries to clinch but Bird is having none of it.
Bird connects with an inside leg kick.
Killer wants to clinch.
Bird lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bird lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bird lands a nice leg kick that just misses Killer's sensitive parts.
Killer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Bird dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dark Killer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bird swats away the attempt to clinch by Killer.
Bird keeps the fight on the outside.
Bird is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Killer can do to turn this around?
Bird connects with a body shot.
Bird swats away the attempt to clinch by Killer.
Killer wants to clinch
and Bird counters with a stiff right hand.
William Bird is winning the standup battle so far.
Bird circles away from the clinch attempt.
Killer is looking to clinch.
Bird lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bird circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Killer moves in looking to clinch but Bird pushes him off.
Bird connects with a single shot there.
Decent striking displayed by Bird there.
Bird pushes Killer away with a front kick.
Bird scores with a decent looking hook.
Bird fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bird scores with a jab to the jaw.
Killer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Killer is rocked!
Killer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bird counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Killer is still on wobbly legs! Can Bird finish him?
Bird cracks the inside of Killer's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bird, right into the meat.

Killer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bird cracks Killer with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Killer goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Killer wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). William Bird!
Post fight, William Bird took to the microphone: 'I am the greatest KT fighter of all time!'.