PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Xiomar Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbigniew Ciosek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xiomar Halo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zbigniew Ciosek's chin.

Halo
vs
Ciosek

205 cm
41
270 lbs
26 - 12 - 0

220 cm
45
277 lbs
30 - 28 - 1

World class boxer
KO power

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xiomar Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 28 - 1, fighting out of London, Zbigniew Ciosek!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut lands for Ciosek. That snapped Halo's head back.
Ciosek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Halo is looking to counter punch.
Ciosek finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Halo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ciosek connects with an inside leg kick.
Ciosek throws a shot from downtown. Halo moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Halo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Halo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Halo darts in and clinches Ciosek up against the ropes.
Ciosek gets through Halo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ciosek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ciosek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciosek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Halo scores a nice knee to the body.
Ciosek looks winded!
Halo lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Halo is leaning against Ciosek and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Halo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The referee calls for Halo to work.
Ciosek takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Zbigniew Ciosek has been cut.
Halo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ciosek avoids it.
Halo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ciosek.
Halo has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Halo stalling against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Halo.
Halo connects with a knee to the head.
Halo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ciosek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciosek working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Halo - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciosek lands a left hand.
Ciosek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Halo lands a nice knee to the body.
Halo lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Halo.
Halo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Halo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Halo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Halo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ciosek backwards.

That has opened up Zbigniew Ciosek's cut even more.
Halo lands a good knee to the midsection. Ciosek won't want to take too many of those.
Halo lands a shoulder strike.
Halo looking to slow down the pace here.
Ciosek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Halo blocks it with crossed arms.
Halo stalling against the ropes.
Halo is working Ciosek over against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Halo.
Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The referee calls for Halo to work.
Ciosek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Halo landing knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Halo as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Halo.
Halo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Halo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

The cut above Zbigniew Ciosek's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Halo digs a right hand into Ciosek's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ciosek's gas tank.
Halo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Halo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Halo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halo has Ciosek pressed against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ciosek as Halo tries to tie him up.
Halo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ciosek backwards.
Halo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Halo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciosek's elbow.
Ciosek prevents a body shot from Halo.
Halo tries a body shot but Ciosek blocks it.
Halo looking to throw knees to the head but Ciosek is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Halo.
Halo misses with a knee strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halo with a knee to the head.

Zbigniew Ciosek's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Zbigniew Ciosek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Xiomar Halo!
Xiomar Halo decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.