PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hard Hitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Neeson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hitter
vs
Neeson

199 cm
20
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
21
213 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Urban Fighter

Venom Combat Sports

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hard Hitter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Neeson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neeson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Neeson scores with a decent looking hook.
Hitter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Hitter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hitter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Neeson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neeson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hitter lands with a short shot to the head.
Hitter lands a hook that snaps the head of Neeson backwards.
Neeson misses with the head strike.
Hitter tries to work over Neeson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Neeson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hitter presses Neeson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Neeson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hitter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Neeson's efforts to push away.
Hitter lands a shot to the body.
Neeson looks winded!
Hitter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitter lands a right hand.
Neeson throws a head punch that misses.
Neeson can't break the clinch.
Hitter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hitter lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hitter.
Neeson lands an uppercut.
Hitter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Neeson scores with a hook to the body.
Neeson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hitter misses with a punch to the body.
Hitter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hitter can't find room to land a body shot as Neeson controls the action.
Neeson blocks a body shot from Hitter.
A short right from Hitter on the inside.
Hitter trying to stall but Neeson improves his position.
Neeson working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Neeson.
A nice left hand lands by Hitter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hitter can't find room to land a body shot as Neeson controls the action.
Hitter throws a punch but it's blocked by Neeson.
Neeson has had enough of the clinch but Hitter keeps him there for the moment.
Hitter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neeson's elbow.
Neeson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neeson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neeson misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Neeson.
Neeson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hitter trying to stall but Neeson improves his position.
Hitter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Neeson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Neeson lands a nice uppercut.
Hitter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neeson's elbow.
Hitter blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Neeson as Hitter tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hard Hitter dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hitter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Neeson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hitter lands a jab to the nose.
Hitter slips a straight right by Neeson.
Neeson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hitter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neeson can do to turn this around?

Hitter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hard Hitter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hitter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Neeson is working Hitter over against the ropes.
Neeson taking a breather.
Hitter misses with some punches.
Neeson blocking some punches.
Neeson prevents a body shot from Hitter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neeson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hitter lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Liam Neeson has been cut.
Hitter looking to slow down the pace here.
A short left from Hitter.
Neeson blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Neeson or not.
Neeson is breathing heavily.
A short right from Hitter on the inside.
Hitter is trying to stall.
Hitter works on Neeson's body with a couple of short punches.
Hitter scores with a shot to the side of Neeson's head.
Hitter misses with a body punch.
Hitter tries to stall but Neeson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hitter tries a body shot but Neeson blocks it.
Hitter lands a body punch.
Hitter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hitter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neesons head.
Hitter lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Neeson is rocked!
Hitter trying to control the position but instead, Neeson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hitter into the ropes.
Hitter lands an uppercut.
Neeson is still on wobbly legs! Can Hitter finish him?
Hitter lands a right hand.
Hitter lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hitter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Neeson backwards.
Hitter cracks Neeson with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Neeson 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! Neeson wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hard Hitter!