PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Alexander Korf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saxon Delafield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Korf
vs
Delafield

170 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexander Korf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Saxon Delafield!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korf misses with a hook.
Delafield tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Korf counters with a left and a right that stings Delafield.
Delafield falls off balance throwing a combination
and Korf counters with a straight right hand.
Delafield is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Delafield closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Korf is trying to maintain a safe position but Delafield gets an underhook and turns Korf into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Korf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Delafield breaks from the clinch.
Korf looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Delafield tries to close the distance and clinch but Korf swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Delafield tries to clinch but Korf moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delafield fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Korf, pushing him back against the ropes.
Korf misses with a punch to the body.

Delafield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Korf fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Delafield.
Nice jab there from Korf.
A good leg kick by Korf.
Delafield looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Delafield crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Korf - the referee stops the clock and Delafield gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Korf. Delafield manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Delafield tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab lands there for Korf.
Korf fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alexander Korf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delafield misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick from Delafield lands but Korf takes it in his stride.

It looks like Alexander Korf has been cut.
Korf lands with a straight right. Delafield didn't see that one coming.
Korf throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Delafield tries to clinch but Korf is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korf fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Delafield has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Korf throws a hook but Delafield avoids it easily.
Korf misses with a low kick.
Korf avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Delafield throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Korf counters with a straight right hand.
Delafield walks forward, straight into a front kick from Korf.
Korf is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Delafield is rocked!
Korf throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Delafield tries to counter with a clinch but Korf shakes him off and moves away.
Korf tries a head kick but it misses.
Delafield moves out of range as Korf strikes.
Korf sets himself, and Delafield steps forward looking for the clinch! Korf avoids it this time.

Delafield moves into range and clinches up with Korf.
Korf stalling in the clinch but Delafield improves position.

Korf breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Korf goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Korf dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Korf's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Korf throws a series of punches but Delafield avoids them all with ease.
Delafield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Korf.
Delafield takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Korf looks for the body kick but Delafield saw that one coming.
Delafield raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Delafield shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Korf lands a right hook to the body.
Korf throws a leg kick but Delafield sees it coming and moves out of range.
Korf throws a right hand that Delafield ducks under and follows up with a left that Delafield also avoids with ease.
Korf changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexander Korf is winning the standup battle so far.
Korf bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Delafield's head backwards.
Korf scores with a nice body kick.
Korf lands with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Korf tries to keep at a distance but Delafield has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Delafield's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Korf is pushing Delafield up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Delafield as Korf tries to tie him up.
Korf is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Korf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Delafield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Korf dips to his left and cracks Delafield with an uppercut!

Delafield has Korf up against the ropes in a clinch.
Korf is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korf avoiding damage as Delafield throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Delafield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Delafield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Korf cracks Delafield with a right hand to the side of the head.
It looks like Korf has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Korf tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Delafield was well out of range. Poor timing from Korf.
A solid leg kick lands there for Delafield.
Delafield checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Alexander Korf is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Korf scores with a sloppy right hand. Delafield should have avoided that one.
Delafield lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Delafield throws a head kick but Korf moves out of range.
Korf lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Delafield is still on wobbly legs! Can Korf finish him?
Delafield on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Delafield pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Korf dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Korf's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Delafield tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Delafield seems to have recovered his senses.
Saxon Delafield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Delafield wants to clinch.
Korf thinks about countering with a body kick.
Delafield takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Korf lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Delafield fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Korf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Delafield can do to turn this around?
Delafield keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Korf.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Delafield forces Korf back against the ropes and clinches.
Korf is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Korf breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Delafield tries to clinch but Korf moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Korf misses.
Delafield lands a nice looking kick to the body. Korf takes a step back to recover.
Korf throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Delafield sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Delafield clinches up against the ropes.
Korf is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Korf keeps control of Delafield as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Delafield taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Korf misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Korf.
Korf trying to stall but Delafield improves his position.
Delafield stalling.
Delafield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Korf tries to break free but Delafield pushes him back against the ropes.
Korf tries to circle away but Delafield has him pinned against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korf lands with a right to the head.
Korf tries to break free but Delafield pushes him back against the ropes.
Korf managing to block the knees to the body from Delafield.

Delafield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Korf.
Korf lands a nice leg kick that just misses Delafield's sensitive parts.
Delafield throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Korf misses the target.
Korf missing with a left hand there. Delafield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Korf scores with a nice body kick.
Korf avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Korf.
Delafield tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Korf counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Korf clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Korf's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Delafield blocks the body kick.
Delafield flicks out a counter leg kick but Korf steps away.
Korf fakes the leg kick and cracks Delafield in the body.
Delafield checks a low kick from Korf.
A head kick misses from Delafield.
Korf throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Delafield tries to close the distance and clinch up but Korf swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Delafield looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Korf pivots, looking for a leg kick but Delafield is out of range and Korf settles back down.
Despite the aggression on Delafield's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Korf tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delafield scoring well with a low kick there.
Delafield tries to clinch but Korf moves out of range.
Delafield fails in his attempt to clinch.
Delafield swings for the body but Korf moves out of range.

Delafield takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korf trying to stall but Delafield improves his position.

Delafield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Korf throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Delafield ducks right into an uppercut from Korf.
Korf lands a glancing blow to the side of Delafield's head.

Korf cracks Delafield with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Delafield is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Delafield is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Korf pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Korf closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Delafield crashing to the mat! Delafield uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!

Delafield moves into the clinch successfully.
Korf lands with a right to the head.
Korf is trying to force a seperation but Delafield has the dominant position.

Korf breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Delafield is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korf tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Korf scores with a spinning back kick!
Delafield tries to clinch but Korf moves out of range.
Delafield has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Korf.
Korf looks for the body kick but Delafield saw that one coming.

Delafield gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Delafield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Delafield tries to clinch but Korf is having none of it.
Delafield misses with a kick to the body
and Korf counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Delafield takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Delafield wants to counter with a clinch but Korf pushes him away.
Korf thows a body kick. Delafield tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Korf cracks Delafield with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Delafield get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Delafield looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some bone on bone action there as Delafield checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Korf sets himself, and Delafield steps forward looking for the clinch! Korf avoids it this time.
A bone on bone clash there as Delafield blocks the leg kick.
Korf looks for the body kick but Delafield saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

After the multiple knockdowns, Alexander Korf takes the final round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Korf's cut.
That's time! Korf's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Delafield clinches up with Korf and pushes him back against the ropes.

Delafield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Delafield takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
No joy there for Korf, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delafield has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Korf misses with a looping right.
Korf looks for the body kick but Delafield saw that one coming.
Korf works the jab nicely.
Delafield tries to clinch but Korf is having none of it.
Donk. Korf catches Delafield right on the button with a cross.
Korf buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delafield tries to clinch
and Korf counters with a massive combo! Right, left, right! Delafield goes down! He's out cold! The referee doesn't need to count him out here - this one was over before Delafield hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alexander Korf!
A relieved looking Alexander Korf thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.