PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Drwalewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomasz Drwalewicz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

King
vs
Drwalewicz

197 cm
23
198 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

198 cm
21
217 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomasz Drwalewicz!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to clinch but Drwalewicz is having none of it.
King clobbers Drwalewicz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
King moves out of range as Drwalewicz throws a body kick.
King tries to clinch but Drwalewicz moves out of range.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Drwalewicz moves out of range easily.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Drwalewicz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drwalewicz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
King slips a jab and a cross from Drwalewicz.
Drwalewicz lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like John King has been cut.
Drwalewicz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Drwalewicz moves into the clinch successfully.
King blocks an uppercut.
Drwalewicz lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drwalewicz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King blocks an uppercut.
Drwalewicz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Drwalewicz scores with a shot to the side of King's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Drwalewicz scores with a nice short uppercut.
King is trying to stall.
King lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from King.
Drwalewicz avoiding damage.
Drwalewicz lands a shoulder strike.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Drwalewicz scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Drwalewicz.

King is rocked!
Drwalewicz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kings head.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drwalewicz.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Drwalewicz as King tries to tie him up.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drwalewicz throws an elbow that misses.
Drwalewicz avoids the elbow strike from King, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Drwalewicz works on King's body with a couple of short punches.
Drwalewicz swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drwalewicz misses with a punch on the inside.
Drwalewicz misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drwalewicz.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drwalewicz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
King is breathing heavily.
Drwalewicz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drwalewicz throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
King misses with an elbow strike.
Drwalewicz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drwalewicz working aggressively here.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Drwalewicz gets an underhook and turns King into the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Drwalewicz.
A short left from Drwalewicz.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drwalewicz.
Drwalewicz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drwalewicz cracks King with a big uppercut, right up the middle and King goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! King wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tomasz Drwalewicz!
Tomasz Drwalewicz seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
John King spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm humble in victory or defeat. This means that I need to go back, train & get better. I won't stand still. I'll be back!'.