PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Jimmy Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Schlemmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Page kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera. Jimmy Page could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Horst Schlemmer's chin.

Page
vs
Schlemmer

180 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Excellent MT
Determined

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Horst Schlemmer!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schlemmer throws out a loose jab but Page uses good head movement to avoid it.
Page throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Schlemmer.
Page blocks a jab.
Page is looking to land body kicks.
Page throws a right and a left that Schlemmer avoids nicely.
Good work by Schlemmer as he checks the leg kick.
Page looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Page feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Schlemmer's calf.
Page lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Page slips under a jab.
Page circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horst Schlemmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Page connects with a leg kick. Schlemmer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Page swings for the body but Schlemmer moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Schlemmer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Schlemmer is looking to clinch.
Page turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Page avoids the body shot from Schlemmer.
Schlemmer misses with an uppercut
and Page counters with an outside leg kick.
Schlemmer misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Page wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page staggers Schlemmer with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Schlemmer 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 Page is victorious!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jimmy Page!
During a confident post fight interview, Jimmy Page thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.