PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Joe Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Risley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holyfield comes to the ring accompanied by X Gon' Give It To Ya. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Holyfield
vs
Risley

185 cm
41
218 lbs
29 - 20 - 0

189 cm
29
209 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
KO power

Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Holyfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hunter Risley!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Risley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Holyfield counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Risley misses with a straight right.
Holyfield has been working on his boxing with his coaches at TKO Boxing Super Gym $300 in the buildup to the fight.
Risley throws a body shot but no joy.
Risley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Risley duly obliges.

It looks like Joe Holyfield has been cut.
Risley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Holyfield misses the target.
Holyfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holyfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Risley.
Holyfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Holyfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Risley misses with a hook
and Holyfield counters with a nice body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holyfield cracks Risley with a nice body shot.

Holyfield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holyfield takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield connects with a body shot that sends Risley's belly button to the back.
Risley misses with a series of wild punches.
Holyfield's jab looks to have found its range, popping Risley under the eye.
Holyfield staggers Risley with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Risley looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! No! He's back down again! 9...10 - he's can't beat the count and Holyfield is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Joe Holyfield!
Joe Holyfield tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.