PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Michel De Haven (ranked 8215 p4p, 371 weight class) and Eric Russell (ranked 9984 p4p, 427 weight class). Russell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bitches Aint Shit. Eric Russell will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

De Haven
vs
Russell

164 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michel De Haven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Russell!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Russell moves away from the strike by De Haven.
Russell misses with a two punch combination.
Russell thuds his right hand into De Haven's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
De Haven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Russell.
Russell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Michel De Haven has been cut.
De Haven dodges the punch combination from Russell.
Russell swings for the body but De Haven moves out of range.

De Haven moves into the clinch.
De Haven scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from De Haven.
De Haven throws a head punch that misses.
Russell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Haven pushes Russell back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
De Haven lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Haven lands a body shot in the clinch.
De Haven works on Russell's body with a couple of short punches.
De Haven lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Haven lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Russell backwards.
De Haven gets through Russell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Russell is rocked!

De Haven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Russell is still on wobbly legs! Can De Haven finish him?
De Haven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Russell's calf.
De Haven is looking to slow Russell down with leg kicks.
De Haven plants his feet and throws a devastating head kick! It connects square on Russell's ear and has knocked him out cold! No need for a count here as the referee immediately tends to a stricken Russell, crumpled in the corner! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Michel De Haven!
Our winner, Michel De Haven, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.