PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Cactus Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ewoud Roelof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ewoud Roelof has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jack
vs
Roelof

199 cm
28
199 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

198 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London
DC Unrivaled

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cactus Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ewoud Roelof!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack drops his hands momentarily and Roelof takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Roelof closes the distance and clinches.
Roelof utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roelof presses Jack against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roelof is defending well for now.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Roelof.
Jack pushes Roelof back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Roelof makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack avoiding damage as Roelof throws knees to the body.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Roelof uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roelof leaning against his opponent.
Roelof lands a body punch.
Jack working aggressively here.
Jack looking to slow down the pace here.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roelof avoiding damage as Jack throws knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roelof creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roelof.
Jack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Roelof is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Jack working aggressively here.
Roelof misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jack.
Roelof scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Roelof tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jack's elbow.
Roelof is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jack is trying to break the clinch but Roelof is controlling him.
A short left from Roelof.

Jack is rocked!
Jack working aggressively here.
Roelof lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Roelof on the inside.
Oh Jack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Roelof - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roelof stalls.
Roelof scores a nice knee to the body.
Roelof scores with a hook to the body.
Jack seems to have got his legs back now.
Roelof is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Jack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Roelof lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roelof softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roelof lands a left hand.
Roelof lands a knee to the body.
Jack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Roelof.
Jack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Roelof lands a knee to the body.
Roelof is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Roelof scores with a hook to the body.
Jack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Roelof.
Roelof lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jack.
Roelof stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jack's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roelof putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jack in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jack working aggressively here.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jack avoiding damage as Roelof throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roelof has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roelof gets through Jack's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roelof trying to land knees to the body.
Jack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack has a couple of punches blocked by Roelof.
Roelof lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Roelof.
Roelof cracks Jack with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Jack 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! Jack wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ewoud Roelof!
As Ewoud Roelof got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Tough challenges i am facing, but it is always good to come out on top of it. Nothing personal, but i needed this win for me and my run at the titel.'.