PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyle Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enoch Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Rutherford
vs
Thompson

187 cm
19
210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Rutherford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enoch Thompson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutherford scores with a decent looking hook.
Rutherford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Rutherford connects with a single shot there.
Rutherford looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rutherford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thompson.
Rutherford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rutherford throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
Rutherford throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rutherford. Rutherford obviously looking to wear him down.
Rutherford misses with a wild body shot.
Rutherford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutherford manages to avoid it.
It appears Rutherford was looking to counter with a kick there.
Thompson's coach down at Evil Empire: †AWAKENING† was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Thompson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutherford lunges at Thompson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thompson's hand.
Rutherford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rutherford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rutherford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thompson lands with an overhand left.
Thompson cracks Rutherford with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Donk. Rutherford catches Thompson right on the button with a cross.
A head kick misses from Rutherford.
Thompson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rutherford with a body shot.
Rutherford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thompson manages to avoid it.
Thompson throws a hook but Rutherford avoids it easily.
Rutherford jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Thompson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thompson throws a body punch but Rutherford moves out of range.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Rutherford swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Thompson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rutherford attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rutherford throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Rutherford counters with an inside leg kick.
Thompson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rutherford defending well as Thompson loads up on a big left hand.
Thompson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thompson thuds a left hand into Rutherford's body.
Thompson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Thompson throws a lazy right hand but Rutherford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rutherford scores with a sloppy right hand. Thompson should have avoided that one.
Rutherford throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Thompson misses with a hook. Rutherford ducked under it nicely.
Rutherford lands a nice leg kick that just misses Thompson's sensitive parts.
Rutherford throws a head kick that half lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rutherford blocks a head kick by Thompson.
Rutherford is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Thompson throws a jab but it's blocked by Rutherford.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rutherford manages to avoid it.
Rutherford looks to land a right hand but Thompson moved out of range.
Thompson fails to land with a series of punches.
Thompson misses with a hook
and Rutherford counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Rutherford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rutherford.
Rutherford scores with a nice right hand.
Rutherford connects with a solid leg kick.
Thompson takes one to the side of the head.
Rutherford does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thompson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford lands a nice looking kick to the body. Thompson takes a step back to recover.
Rutherford throws a big shot that misses.
Rutherford throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Thompson throws a shot from downtown. Rutherford moves away and avoids it.
Thompson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Thompson scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson lands a lovely overhand right.
A leg kick checked by Rutherford.
Thompson defending well as Rutherford loads up on a big left hand.
Thompson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Thompson throws the left hand but Rutherford avoids the punch easily.
Rutherford throwing a counter right hand but Thompson manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rutherford walks into a straight right hand from Thompson.
Rutherford cracks Thompson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rutherford misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Rutherford dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rutherford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rutherford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rutherford was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
Rutherford avoids the body shot from Thompson.
It looked like Rutherford was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Thompson.
Rutherford lets loose with a powerful body kick. Thompson will feel that in the morning.
Rutherford slips a jab and a cross from Thompson.
Rutherford drops his hands momentarily and Thompson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rutherford misses the body punch
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rutherford backs up against the cage.
Rutherford cracks Thompson with an open hand slap.
Thompson misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Rutherford scores with the left hand. Thompson knows he should have avoided that one.
A big right from Thompson misses.
Rutherford digs a good body shot into Thompson's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson checks a low kick from Rutherford.
Thompson misses the shot to the body.
Thompson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rutherford can pounce on him.
Rutherford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thompson.
Thompson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rutherford throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Rutherford.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rutherford is just out of range.
Thompson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rutherford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rutherford scores with a sloppy right hand. Thompson should have avoided that one.
Rutherford takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rutherford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thompson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson moves out of range of the strikes.
Rutherford avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Rutherford throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rutherford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thompson.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Rutherford throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Thompson blocks the body kick.
Rutherford swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thompson throws a leg kick but Rutherford moved away.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big right from Thompson misses.
Thompson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rutherford throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thompson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rutherford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rutherford is looking to score with low kicks.
Rutherford throws a leg kick
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thompson misses with a right hand
and Rutherford counters with a leg kick.
Rutherford looks for the body kick but Thompson saw that one coming.
Rutherford connects with a leg kick. Thompson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thompson throws a series of strikes that have Rutherford backpedaling.
Rutherford misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutherford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thompson feints a counter leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Rutherford as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thompson doesn't seem bothered though.
Rutherford tried to score with a low kick but Thompson checks it.
Thompson scores with the left hand. Rutherford knows he should have avoided that one.
Rutherford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kyle Rutherford is winning the standup battle so far.
Thompson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rutherford counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thompson thinking.
Rutherford moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thompson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rutherford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thompson circles away quickly and effectively.
Rutherford moves out of range of the strikes.
Rutherford uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
A punch combination from Thompson misses.
Rutherford throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rutherford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Rutherford dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rutherford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rutherford fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thompson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rutherford misses the jab.
Thompson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Rutherford. That snapped Thompson's head back.
Rutherford lands with a right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thompson.
Rutherford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Rutherford swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rutherford fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rutherford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutherford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Thompson throws a leg kick but Rutherford checks it.
Thompson blocks a head kick by Rutherford.
Rutherford lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thompson backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rutherford. Thompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thompson thows a leg kick but Rutherford checks it
and Rutherford counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Thompson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Crunch! Rutherford slams his shin into Thompson's torso.
Thompson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rutherford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rutherford connects with a right hand. Thompson shakes it off.

Thompson is rocked!
Rutherford throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thompson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Thompson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rutherford walks into a straight right hand from Thompson.
Rutherford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rutherford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thompson can do to turn this around?
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rutherford.
Rutherford slips a straight right by Thompson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rutherford drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Thompson onto his butt! Thompson pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Rutherford finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford throws a quick inside leg kick.
Thompson misses with a double jab.

Rutherford scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Thompson to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Rutherford away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Thompson got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!
Rutherford fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Rutherford! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kyle Rutherford!