PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Egek Mumba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Kriesher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mumba
vs
Kriesher

185 cm
18
288 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Brawler
KO power

Excellent MT
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Egek Mumba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerald Kriesher !
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kriesher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kriesher pushes Mumba away with a front kick.
Kriesher looks to land a body kick but Mumba moved away.
Kriesher wants to clinch up but Mumba keeps it at a distance.
Mumba swats away the attempt to clinch by Kriesher .
Mumba throws a big counter combination but Kriesher scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kriesher tries to close the distance and clinch but Mumba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kriesher moves in looking to clinch but Mumba pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriesher throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mumba holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mumba works on Kriesher 's body with a couple of short punches.
Kriesher looks winded!
Kriesher is trying to force a seperation but Mumba has the dominant position.
Mumba is trying to break free.
Mumba lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kriesher keeps control of Mumba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mumba tries to break free but Kriesher pushes him back against the cage.
Mumba wants to break free but Kriesher has control.
Kriesher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Mumba breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Kriesher with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Kriesher looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Kriesher get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!
Mumba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mumba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mumba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kriesher avoids it.
Kriesher avoiding damage as Mumba throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Mumba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mumba is stalling here.
Mumba tries to break free but Kriesher pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mumba tries to land knees in the clinch but Kriesher avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mumba keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kriesher 's efforts to push away.
Mumba is trying to push Kriesher away but Kriesher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Mumba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mumba can't break the clinch.
Mumba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mumba keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kriesher 's efforts to push away.
Mumba stalling in the clinch.
Mumba stalls.
Mumba scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriesher letting Mumba take a breather here.
Kriesher tries to break free but Mumba pushes him back against the cage.
Kriesher is trying to force a seperation but Mumba has the dominant position.

Mumba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kriesher moves in looking to clinch but Mumba pushes him off.
Mumba misses with a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Kriesher misses.

Mumba darts in and clinches Kriesher up against the cage.
Kriesher dodges an elbow strike from Mumba.
Mumba has Kriesher pressed against the cage.
Kriesher working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mumba tries to break free but Kriesher pushes him back against the cage.
Mumba missing with knees to the body.
Kriesher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kriesher has Mumba pressed against the cage, preventing Mumba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kriesher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kriesher tries to circle away but Mumba has him pinned against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kriesher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kriesher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mumba lands a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kriesher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egek Mumba should take that round, based on the knockdown.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mumba drives through and clinches with Kriesher against the cage.
Mumba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kriesher is looking to break free of the clinch but Mumba has double underhooks.
Mumba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kriesher can do to turn this around?
Kriesher keeps control of Mumba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A frustrated look appears on Mumba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mumba is trying to push Kriesher away but Kriesher has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriesher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mumba stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kriesher fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kriesher is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mumba is keeping busy.
Kriesher seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kriesher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mumba's elbow.
Egek Mumba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mumba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kriesher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mumba tries to break the clinch but Kriesher is controlling the position.
Mumba is trying to force a seperation but Kriesher has the dominant position.
Mumba is trying to force a seperation but Kriesher has the dominant position.
Mumba throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kriesher s head.
Mumba lands with a left to the head.
Kriesher is looking to break free of the clinch but Mumba has double underhooks.
Mumba avoiding damage.
Mumba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mumba breaks from the clinch.
Mumba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mumba gets a clinch.
Mumba displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kriesher up against the cage.
Kriesher is trying to break free.
Mumba blocking some punches.
Mumba working hard to break the clinch.
Mumba is struggling to control the position.
Mumba lands a body shot.
Kriesher is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Kriesher fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mumba pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mumba has Kriesher pushed against the cage.
Kriesher avoiding damage as Mumba throws knees to the body.
Mumba tries to land knees in the clinch but Kriesher avoids the damage to the body.
Mumba lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mumba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Mumba creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Kriesher crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!

Kriesher is rocked!

Mumba drives through and clinches with Kriesher against the cage.
Kriesher is still on wobbly legs! Can Mumba finish him?
Mumba taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kriesher seems to have recovered his senses.
Kriesher tries to throw a body punch but Mumba avoids it by throwing Kriesher back against the cage.
Mumba works on Kriesher 's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kriesher stalling in the clinch but Mumba improves position.

Mumba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mumba throws a series of punches but Kriesher avoids them all with ease.
Kriesher walks straight into a big right, left combination from Mumba and drops to the floor! Oh, he's out cold! He's out cold! Wow, that finish was brutal! Congratulations to Mumba as he moves his way up the rankings!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Egek Mumba!