PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lenard Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abe Goldman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ellis
vs
Goldman

196 cm
23
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
45
190 lbs
50 - 26 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lenard Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 50 - 26 - 0, fighting out of London, Abe Goldman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ellis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Goldman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Goldman misses with a body kick.
Ellis lands a slapping body shot.
Goldman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ellis misses with a low kick.
Goldman misses with a head kick.
Goldman jabs Ellis right on the nose. Ellis blinks but takes it well.
Ellis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ellis throws the kick towards the body but Goldman avoids it.
Goldman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Goldman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Goldman throws the left hand but Ellis avoids the punch easily.
Ellis throws a big shot that misses.
Ellis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Goldman. That did some damage!
Ellis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ellis misses with a head kick.
Goldman appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ellis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ellis throws a leg kick but Goldman sees it coming and moves out of range.

Ellis lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Goldman goes down! The ref sends Ellis to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Goldman is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

Goldman is rocked!

It looks like Abe Goldman has been cut.
Goldman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ellis.
Goldman is still on wobbly legs! Can Ellis finish him?
Ellis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Goldman seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellis just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Goldman! But no joy.
Goldman is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Ellis doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Goldman crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Goldman's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lenard Ellis!
Lenard Ellis was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.