PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyal Ma Aung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daedalus Michaelides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ma Aung comes to the ring accompanied by myanmar Funny. Michaelides comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wrong Side of Heaven kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kyal Ma Aung
vs
Michaelides

177 cm
24
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyal Ma Aung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daedalus Michaelides!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaelides bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ma Aung's head.
Nice shot lands for Michaelides.
Ma Aung throws a right and a left that Michaelides avoids nicely.
Ma Aung takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Daedalus Michaelides has been cut.

Michaelides tries to keep at a distance but Ma Aung has taken the fight into the clinch.

Ma Aung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ma Aung takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Michaelides throws a shot to the body.
Ma Aung fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A slow jab from Ma Aung misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ma Aung tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaelides was well out of range. Poor timing from Ma Aung.
Michaelides misses with the combination.
Ma Aung misses with a double jab.
Michaelides misses with an uppercut. Ma Aung saw that one coming.
Ma Aung displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Michaelides throws out the jab.
Ma Aung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Michaelides circles away quickly and effectively.
Ma Aung falls off balance throwing a combination
and Michaelides counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ma Aung throws a shot from downtown. Michaelides moves away and avoids it.
Michaelides cracks Ma Aung with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ma Aung on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michaelides steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ma Aung.
Ma Aung dodges the punch combination from Michaelides.
Michaelides lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ma Aung misses with a two punch combination.
Michaelides stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ma Aung scores with a nice right hand.

Ma Aung rushes Michaelides and presses him up against the ropes.
Michaelides tries to break the clinch but Ma Aung is controlling the position.
Michaelides can't break the clinch.
Michaelides gets through Ma Aung's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ma Aung misses with a punch to the body.

Ma Aung manages to break the clinch.
Ma Aung is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ma Aung misses with a hook
and Michaelides counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ma Aung throws a shot to the body.
Michaelides scores with a jab.

Ma Aung moves into the clinch successfully.
Ma Aung lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Ma Aung's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ma Aung throws a good cross that connects.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ma Aung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michaelides might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ma Aung closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Michaelides lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Michaelides tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ma Aung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kyal Ma Aung will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daedalus Michaelides's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Michaelides uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ma Aung.
Michaelides is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Michaelides tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ma Aung was well out of range. Poor timing from Michaelides.
Michaelides connects with a crisp jab.
Michaelides defending well as Ma Aung loads up on a big left hand.
Ma Aung with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Michaelides to score with a decent uppercut.
Michaelides misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Ma Aung instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Ma Aung.
Michaelides misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Michaelides.
Michaelides tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Ma Aung - that landed with a thud.
Michaelides misses with a punch on the inside.
Ma Aung lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michaelides stalling in the clinch but Ma Aung improves position.
Michaelides lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Michaelides takes an elbow to the temple.
Ma Aung misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ma Aung keeps control of Michaelides as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Ma Aung breaks from the clinch.

Ma Aung scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Michaelides to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.

Michaelides is rocked!
Kyal Ma Aung is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ma Aung throws out a loose jab but Michaelides uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michaelides is still on wobbly legs! Can Ma Aung finish him?
Ma Aung is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michaelides can do to turn this around?
Michaelides getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Michaelides misses with a looping right.
Michaelides seems to have recovered his senses.

Ma Aung pushes Michaelides up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kyal Ma Aung has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ma Aung misses with an elbow strike.
Ma Aung breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Michaelides with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Michaelides looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Michaelides get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Kyal Ma Aung!
A relieved looking Kyal Ma Aung thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.