PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Viking Dalhberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Growler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Dalhberg
vs
Growler

187 cm
27
190 lbs
3 - 7 - 1

184 cm
24
219 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 3 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Viking Dalhberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greg Growler!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Growler scores with a decent looking hook.
Growler getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Growler throws a nice outside leg kick.
Growler throws a one two combo.
Dalhberg needs to keep his hands up - Growler had a free shot at his head there.
Dalhberg walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Growler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dalhberg stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dalhberg drops his hands momentarily and Growler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Growler clinches up with Dalhberg and pushes him back against the ropes.
Dalhberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dalhberg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Growler has him pressed against the ropes.
Growler digs a right hand into Dalhberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dalhberg's gas tank.
Growler gets through Dalhberg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Growler lands a shoulder strike.
Dalhberg is breathing heavily.

Growler breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Growler connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dalhberg. Dalhberg circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Growler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Growler scores with a nice strike.
Growler tries a head kick but it misses.
Dalhberg sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dalhberg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Growler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dalhberg's sensitive parts.
Growler connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice shot lands for Growler.
A shot to the liver by Growler. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Dalhberg walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Growler rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Dalhberg has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.

Growler cracks Dalhberg with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Dalhberg 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. Dalhberg looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!

Dalhberg is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Growler lands a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Growler.
Oh Dalhberg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Growler plants his feet and throws a devastating head kick! It connects square on Dalhberg's ear and has knocked him out cold! No need for a count here as the referee immediately tends to a stricken Dalhberg, crumpled in the corner! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Greg Growler!
An out of breath Greg Growler thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.