PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Mark Addison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basil Hastings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Addison comes to the ring accompanied by Retaliation. Hastings has chosen React - Not today as his entrance music. 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.

Addison
vs
Hastings

180 cm
25
197 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

181 cm
25
184 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Addison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Basil Hastings!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Addison throws the left hand but Hastings avoids the punch easily.
Hastings throws a push kick but Addison slaps the foot to one side.
Addison tries to clinch up.
Addison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hastings throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Addison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Addison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Addison keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Addison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hastings moves away.
Hastings misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Addison.
Addison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Addison scores with a decent looking hook.
Addison lands an overhand right.
Addison takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Danga de danga de dang - Hastings scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Mark Addison has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Hastings.

Addison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hastings lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Addison has a couple of punches blocked by Hastings.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings digs a right hand underneath Addison's ribcage. Addison let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hastings throws an elbow that misses.
Hastings told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Hastings misses with a punch on the inside.
Hastings lands an elbow just above Addison 's eye.
Hastings working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hastings.
Addison avoiding damage as Hastings throws knees to the body.
Hastings struggles to land a body shot inside as Addison controls his hands.
Hastings lands a shoulder strike.
Hastings connects with a knee to the head.
Hastings tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Addison avoids it.
Hastings has a couple of punches blocked by Addison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hastings is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hastings misses with a hook to the ribs.
Addison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hastings blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Addison.
Addison managing to block the knees to the body from Hastings.
Hastings misses with a short punch on the inside.
Addison takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hastings lands a damaging elbow.
Addison lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hastings misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Addison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Addison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hastings.
Hastings lands a nice elbow.

Mark Addison's cut is getting worse.
Hastings misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hastings lands a shoulder strike.
Hastings lands a nice uppercut.
Hastings can't find room to land a body shot as Addison controls the action.
Addison avoids a wild elbow strike from Hastings.
A head punch on the inside from Hastings fails to land.
Addison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hastings missing with knees to the body.
Hastings tries a body shot but Addison blocks it.
Hastings is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hastings blocks an uppercut.
Addison misses with the head strike.
Hastings lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Addison backwards.
Hastings is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Addison throws a punch but it's blocked by Hastings.
Hastings throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hastings trying to land knees to the body.
Hastings is struggling to control the position.
Hastings missing with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Addison managing to block the knees to the body from Hastings.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Basil Hastings dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Addison's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Addison with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Addison throws a right hand that misses
and Hastings cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hastings pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hastings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hastings connects with a leg kick. Addison looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hastings tries to clinch but Addison moves out of range.
Basil Hastings seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hastings checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slow jab from Addison misses its intended target.
Hastings throws a body shot but no joy.
Addison scores with a head kick. Hastings tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hastings throws a head kick that misses.
Hastings tries to clinch up.
Hastings misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Addison checks a low kick from Hastings.
Addison lands with a right hand.

Addison forces Hastings back against the ropes and clinches.
Hastings blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Addison throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hastings working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Addison lands a nice uppercut.
Hastings misses with a body punch.
Hastings using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Addison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Hastings breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Hastings.
Hastings slips under a jab.
Hastings shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Addison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Addison misses the shot to the body.
Addison takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hastings throws a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Addison.
Hastings throws a body shot but no joy.
Addison throws a leg kick that misses.
Hastings is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Addison with a body shot.
Hastings is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Addison rather than just go for the knockout.
Addison wants to clinch up but Hastings keeps it at a distance.
Addison scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Addison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Addison is looking to clinch but Hastings is avoiding it.
Addison avoids a kick to the body.
Hastings lands with a kick to the temple. Addison shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Addison doesn't manage to clinch there - Hastings circles away.
Hastings throws a half hearted mid kick.
Addison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hastings paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hastings cracks a nice hook into Addison's ribs.
A solid body kick from Hastings.
Hastings takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hastings lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hastings throws a leg kick that misses.
Hastings throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Addison throws a right hand that misses
and Hastings counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Addison is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jab from Addison.
Hastings cracks a nice hook into Addison's ribs.
Addison throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hastings misses with a hook.
Hastings bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hastings throws a body kick that misses.
Hastings misses with a series of wild punches.
Addison tries to clinch but Hastings moves away
and Addison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hastings misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hastings turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Addison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hastings fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hastings landing knees to the body.

Hastings breaks from the clinch.
Addison tries to clinch up.
Addison tries to close the distance and clinch but Hastings swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hastings pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hastings throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Addison gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Hastings.

Addison is rocked!
Hastings is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Oh Addison is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hastings lands an elbow inside that Addison shrugs off.
Hastings lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Hastings's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hastings connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hastings. That's going to slow Addison down.
Hastings lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hastings with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Addison leaves his chin hanging out and Hastings seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Addison crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Basil Hastings!
A very excited looking Basil Hastings made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Mark Addison stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congrats on beating me again. I need to get back in the gym and work hard to get better. '.