PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Roger Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Shinkwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pott's entrance music is I Luv It. A fine choice. Shinkwan has chosen Alesso ft. Roy English-Cool as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Pott
vs
Shinkwan

190 cm
20
240 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

212 cm
24
268 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Dangerous knees
Intelligent

Voodoo Nutrition

Urban Fighter

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Pott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Shinkwan!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pott is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shinkwan.
Akio Shinkwan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shinkwan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shinkwan tries to clinch
and Pott counters with a left to the body.

Shinkwan clinches up against the cage.
Pott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shinkwan blocking some punches.
Pott pushes Shinkwan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pott misses with a punch to the body.
Shinkwan prevents a body shot from Pott.
Pott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shinkwan misses with a knee to the head.
Shinkwan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinkwan blocks an uppercut.
Shinkwan looking to throw knees to the head but Pott is blocking nicely.
Pott takes an elbow to the temple.
Shinkwan missing with knees to the body.
Pott misses with the head strike.
Shinkwan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shinkwan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pott avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shinkwan backwards.
Pott lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pott works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Shinkwan blocks an uppercut.
Shinkwan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pott blocks it with crossed arms.
Pott misses with some punches.
Pott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pott cracks Shinkwan with a nice body shot.
Shinkwan looks winded!
Pott will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shinkwan up against the cage.
Shinkwan working Pott over with knees to the body.
Pott dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Shinkwan stalling in the clinch but Pott improves position.
Shinkwan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shinkwan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pott blocks it with crossed arms.
Shinkwan trying to stall but Pott improves his position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shinkwan missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinkwan trying to land knees to the body.
Pott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shinkwan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shinkwan blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Pott.
Shinkwan trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shinkwan as Pott tries to tie him up.
Shinkwan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shinkwan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shinkwan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shinkwan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pott gets through Shinkwan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pott lands with a left to the head.
Shinkwan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pott blocks it with crossed arms.
Pott avoiding damage as Shinkwan throws knees to the body.
Shinkwan trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott is working Shinkwan over against the cage.
Pott lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shinkwan backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shinkwan.
A short right from Pott on the inside.
Shinkwan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shinkwan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pott.
A nice left hand lands by Pott.
Pott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shinkwan is keeping busy.
Shinkwan trying to land knees to the body.
Pott lands a nice shot to the body.
Pott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shinkwan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pott gets through Shinkwan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pott lands a nice shot to the body.
Pott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shinkwan's elbow.
Pott lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pott.
Shinkwan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pott.
Shinkwan looking to stall.
Pott slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinkwan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shinkwan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pott is defending well for now.
Pott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pott makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Shinkwan is rocked!
Shinkwan trying to land knees to the body.
Shinkwan is still on wobbly legs! Can Pott finish him?
A left hand lands to the body for Pott.
Pott is pushing Shinkwan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Shinkwan seems to have recovered his senses.
Pott lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pott cracks Shinkwan with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Shinkwan 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! Shinkwan wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Roger Pott!
A relieved looking Roger Pott thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Akio Shinkwan had this to say: 'I will knock him out next time I forgot to drink my PED's haha!'.