PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Yuri Naharis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Pridham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pridham has chosen Tamale- Tyler, the Creator as his entrance music. Yuri Naharis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Naharis
vs
Pridham

176 cm
20
143 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

165 cm
26
130 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Great low kicks
Very strong

Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Venom Combat Sports

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Naharis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Pridham!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naharis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice jab there from Naharis.

Pridham instigates a clinch.
Naharis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Naharis throws a punch but it's blocked by Pridham.
Naharis throws a head punch that misses.
Naharis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Pridham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Naharis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pridham needs to keep his hands up - Naharis had a free shot at his head there.
Pridham pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naharis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Naharis.
Naharis connects with a leg kick. Pridham looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice uppercut there from Naharis.
A nice inside leg kick there by Naharis. That's going to slow Pridham down.
Naharis with a hook.
Pridham tries to bum rush Naharis with a series of wild strikes but Naharis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Naharis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Naharis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Pridham was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A solid body kick from Naharis.
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!
Naharis scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Naharis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Naharis.
Pridham walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Pridham is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yuri Naharis!
Yuri Naharis bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Jonathan Pridham was interviewed post fight and said 'well I tried'.