PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Carl Slager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balboa has chosen Rockys theme song as his entrance music. Carl Slager has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Slager
vs
Balboa

197 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
255 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carl Slager!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Slager can pounce on him.
Slager moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rocky Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slager throws a series of punches but Balboa avoids them all with ease.
Slager sets himself, and Balboa steps forward looking for the clinch! Slager avoids it this time.
Balboa scores with a jab to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Slager showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balboa.
Slager lands a really nice looking cross but Balboa seems unphased.

It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.
Balboa fails to land with a series of punches.
Slager dodges the punch combination from Balboa.
Balboa moves forwards but Slager connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Balboa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Slager counters with a leg kick.
Balboa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut lands for Slager. That snapped Balboa's head back.
Slager tries to score with a low kick but Balboa moves his leg out of the way.
Balboa tries to counter with a clinch but Slager shakes him off and moves away.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Slager moves out of range.
Slager fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balboa manages to avoid it.
Slager looks to land a right hand but Balboa moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slager connects with a solid leg kick.
Slager connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Balboa's hands.
Slager clobbers Balboa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Slager, right into the meat.
Balboa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slager just misses with a punch to the body.
Balboa tries to bum rush Slager with a series of wild strikes but Slager uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Slager lands a jab.
Slager works Balboa's body with a nice hook.
Slager misses the shot to the body.
Balboa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Slager counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Slager jabs at Balboa's body.
Balboa looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa misses with a wild body shot.
Slager fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Balboa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Slager scores with a jab to the jaw.
Balboa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Slager is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Good leg kick by Slager there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Balboa walks into a big right hand from Slager and goes down! The referee sends Slager to a neutral corner as Balboa gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.

Balboa is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slager ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Balboa out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Carl Slager!