PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rashad Byers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Byers
vs
Pott

184 cm
26
202 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
240 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rashad Byers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roger Pott!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byers lands a really nice looking cross but Pott seems unphased.
Byers misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Pott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Byers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pott moves away from the strike by Byers.
Pott walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Byers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Byers has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
A head kick misses from Byers.
Pott's coach down at Foot Loves was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Pott's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Pott takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Pott misses the target.
Pott walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Byers misses with a body shot
letting Pott counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pott finds it's way round the side to connect with Byers's head.
Byers lands a nice hook to Pott's body. Pott takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Byers misses with a body shot.
Byers moves out of range as Pott strikes.
Byers swings for the body but Pott moves out of range.
Pott throws out a counter right but Byers avoids it with no problem.
Pott misses with a two punch combination.
Byers misses with a looping left.
Pott swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott slips a jab from Byers.
Donk. Pott catches Byers right on the button with a cross.
Byers throws a series of punches but Pott moves out of range.
Pott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Pott misses its intended target.
Byers cracks a nice hook into Pott's ribs.
Byers scores with a hook.
Pott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Byers paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Byers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pott.
Pott misses with a wild combination.
Byers tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pott manages to circle out of the way.
Byers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pott circles away quickly and effectively.
Pott is looking for the big counter here.
Byers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pott tries to move into range but Byers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pott tries to clinch but Byers moves out of range.
Byers is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott tries to clinch but Byers is having none of it.
Pott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pott throws out a counter right but Byers avoids it with no problem.
Byers misses with a body shot.
Byers throws the left hand but Pott avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot lands for Pott.
Byers keeps the fight on the outside.
Byers throws a solid leg kick but Pott takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Byers.
Pott checks a leg kick.
Byers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Byers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Byers finds it's way through Pott's defenses.
Byers misses with a body shot.
Byers tries a low kick but Pott avoids it.
Byers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pott's head.
Decent striking displayed by Byers there.
Byers lands a really nice looking cross but Pott seems unphased.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott checks a leg kick.
Pott might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Pott has closed the distance and engaged Byers in a clinch.
Pott has a couple of punches blocked by Byers.
Pott misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pott fails to land.
Nice body punch from Byers - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Pott.
A left hand lands to the body for Byers.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pott.
Pott lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pott misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byers.
Byers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pott blocks a body shot from Byers.
Byers tries to break free but Pott pushes him back against the cage.

Byers manages to break the clinch.
Byers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Byers is rocked!
Byers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pott.
Oh Byers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byers misses with a wild body shot.
Byers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pott was well out of range. Poor timing from Byers.
Byers seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Byers tries to land a leg kick but Pott saw it coming and moves away.
Pott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Byers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Pott on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Byers thuds a left hand into Pott's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Byers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Byers looks to score with a jab to the body but Pott is just out of range.
Byers throws a solid leg kick but Pott takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Byers.
Byers misses with a leg kick.
Byers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pott.
Byers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab from Byers finds it's way through Pott's defenses.
Pott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Byers.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Byers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pott moves away.
Pott just misses with a punch to the body.
Byers tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rashad Byers dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A big left from Pott misses.
Pott throws a hook to the side of Byers's head but Byers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Byers throws a big shot that misses.
Byers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pott lands a right and a left and another right! Byers goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roger Pott!
Roger Pott seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.