PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Colin Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Getzat Downe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Downe's choice of entrance music: Next Level. Getzat Downe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Monroe
vs
Downe

173 cm
19
141 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
147 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Colin Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Getzat Downe!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Downe is looking to clinch but Monroe is avoiding it.
Monroe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Downe at a distance.
Downe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Monroe has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Monroe throws a looping overhand right but Downe ducks down to avoid it.
Downe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Downe moves out of range of the strikes.
Downe has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Downe tries to clinch there but Monroe circles away.
Downe tries to close the distance and clinch but Monroe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Monroe lands a glancing blow to the side of Downe's head.
Downe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sloppy strikes from Downe. Those never looked like landing.
Downe lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Colin Monroe has been cut.
Downe swings widly with a right hand
and Monroe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Monroe circles away from the clinch attempt
and Monroe counters with a straight right hand.
Downe throws a head kick that misses
and Monroe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Monroe throws a lazy right hand but Downe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Downe is looking for the big counter here.
Monroe misses with a straight left.
Monroe throws a lazy right hand but Downe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downe closes the distance looking to clinch
and Monroe counters with a straight right hand.
Monroe lands a nice looking body shot.
Downe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Downe wants to clinch up but Monroe keeps it at a distance.
Downe throws a lazy head kick
and Downe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Downe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Monroe misses with a looping right.
A leg kick checked by Monroe.
Monroe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice jab there from Monroe.
Downe throws a head kick that misses
and Monroe counters with a left to the body.
Monroe cracks Downe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Monroe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Monroe jabs Downe right on the nose. Downe blinks but takes it well.
Monroe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Monroe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Downe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downe misses with a straight right.
Monroe went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Downe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Monroe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Downe falls off balance throwing a combination
and Monroe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Downe lands a jab-cross combination.
Downe misses with a head kick.
Downe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Monroe is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Monroe jabs at Downe's body.
Downe throws a series of punches but Monroe avoids them all with ease.
Monroe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Downe looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Downe throws a head kick that misses
and Monroe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Downe takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Monroe throws a good cross that connects.
Downe throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Monroe counter with a right hand.
Monroe lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Monroe lands a nice hook to Downe's body. Downe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Downe takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Downe tries to land a leg kick but Monroe saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monroe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Downe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Downe tries to clinch but Monroe moves away
and Monroe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Monroe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Downes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Monroe misses with a series of wild punches.
Downe throws a series of punches but Monroe avoids them all with ease.
Monroe swinging wildly here.
Downe throws a poor cross that misses
and Monroe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Downe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Monroe lands a really nice looking cross but Downe seems unphased.
Monroe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Monroe lands with an overhand left.
Downe wants to clinch but Monroe slips to the side
and Monroe counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Monroe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Monroe is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Monroe walks forward, straight into a front kick from Downe.
Downe lands a nice looking kick to the body. Monroe takes a step back to recover.
Downe connects with a leg kick. Monroe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Downe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Downe tries a head kick but it misses.
Downe throws the kick towards the body but Monroe avoids it.
Monroe was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Monroe misses with a wild body shot.
Downe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Monroe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Downe throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Monroe darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Monroe there.
Monroe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Downe throws a right and a left that both miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Monroe.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Downe wants to clinch but Monroe slips to the side
and Monroe counters with a straight right hand.
Monroe lands a nice hook to Downe's body. Downe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Monroe is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Downe thows a leg kick but Monroe checks it
and Monroe counters with a stiff right hand.
Downe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Monroe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Monroe blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Monroe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colin Monroe's cut.
That's time! Monroe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Downe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Downe is looking to clinch.
Monroe scores with the left hand. Downe knows he should have avoided that one.
Monroe connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice uppercut there from Monroe.
Downe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Downe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Monroe counter with a right hand.
Getzat Downe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Downe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Downe. Monroe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Monroe misses with a few strikes there.
Downe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Monroe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Downe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Downe moves into the clinch.

Monroe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Downe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Monroe scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Monroe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Monroe throws a lazy right hand but Downe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Monroe lands a really nice looking cross but Downe seems unphased.
Monroe loads up on a big right hand but Downe slips the punch.
No joy there for Downe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Monroe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Monroe works Downe's body with a nice hook.
Downe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Downe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Monroe is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Downe.
Downe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It looked like Monroe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Monroe misses with a two punch combination.
Monroe scores with a decent looking hook.
Monroe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Downe tries to close the distance and clinch but Monroe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Downe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Monroe.
An attempted straight right counter from Monroe misses the target.
Monroe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Downe can do to turn this around?
Downe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Monroe to counter with a crisp jab.
Downe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Monroe counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downe throws a head kick that misses
and Monroe counters with a nice uppercut.
Colin Monroe is winning the standup battle so far.
Downe tries to clinch
and Monroe counters with a nice body shot.
Downe is breathing heavily.
Monroe's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Monroe duly obliges.
Downe closes the distance looking to clinch
and Monroe counters with a three punch combo that has Downe backing up. Downe nods at Monroe to acknowledge the strikes.
Downe darts in trying to clinch
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Monroe counters with a series of strikes. Downe will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nice shot by Monroe.
Downe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Monroe jabs Downe to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Downe throws a head kick but Monroe moves out of range.
No joy there for Monroe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Downe misses with a left hand
and Monroe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Monroe lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Monroe scores with a jab to the body.
Downe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Downe lands with a nice combination. Monroe backs away looking to recover.
Monroe throws a body shot but no joy.
Downe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Downe misses with a combination
and Monroe counters with a series of strikes. Downe will be more careful next time no doubt.
Monroe blocks a head kick by Downe.
Downe looks to throw a body kick
and Monroe counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Downe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Monroe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Downes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A punch combination from Downe misses.
Downe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A cross from Monroe lands.
Downe tries to clinch
and Monroe counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monroe lands with a cross.

Downe is rocked!
Downe misses with a double jab
and Monroe counters with a series of strikes. Downe will be more careful next time no doubt.
Downe is still on wobbly legs! Can Monroe finish him?
Downe falls off balance throwing a combination
and before Downe has any time to reset, Monroe cracks him with a big right hand that drops him face first to the canvas! He's hurt! I don't think he's going to get back up from that one! He's trying but he's doing the chicken dance and has face planted into to ropes, causing the referee to bring this fight to an end! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Colin Monroe!
Getzat Downe was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you for showing me where my training is lacking. I will be back, stronger, faster and more humble for the experience.'.