PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Niklas Wiener (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaac Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Wiener might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Die Woodys - Fichtl's Lied. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wiener
vs
Battle

168 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Big heart

Brawler
Tends to cut

Urban Fighter
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Lion Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Niklas Wiener !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Isaac Battle!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiener misses with a left hand

and Battle counters by clinching up.
Wiener swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Battle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wiener scores a nice knee to the body.
Wiener misses with some punches.
Battle scores with a shoulder strike.
Battle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wiener misses with some punches.
Wiener tries a knee to the head but Battle blocks it.
Wiener working aggressively here.
Wiener could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Battle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wiener tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Battle avoids it.
Wiener fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiener tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Battle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Battle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wiener backwards.
Wiener throws a punch but it's blocked by Battle.
Nice body punch from Battle - that landed with a thud.
Wiener throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiener 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Wiener fails to land.
Wiener misses with a knee strike.
Battle lands a left hand.
Battle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiener or not.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Battle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Wiener is rocked!
Wiener with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Battle creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Wiener 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!
Oh Wiener is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Battle has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Battle.
Nice body punch from Battle - that landed with a thud.

Battle creates a bit of space and cracks Wiener with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Wiener is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!

Battle closes the distance and pushes Wiener back into the ropes.
Battle scores with a hook to the body.
Wiener is breathing heavily.
Battle lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Battle.
A right hook to the body lands for Battle.
Wiener seems to have got his legs back now.
Battle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Battle digs a right hand into Wiener 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wiener 's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Battle.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Battle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wiener takes a shot to the head.
Battle pushes Wiener back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Battle breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Wiener with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Wiener looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Wiener 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 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Isaac Battle!