PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Frank West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Finn Balor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

West
vs
Balor

178 cm
21
163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Powerful

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Finn Balor!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balor throws a hook to the side of West's head but West sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Balor.
Balor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Balor keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Balor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balor lands a head shot.
Balor dips to his left and cracks West with an uppercut!
Balor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by West!
Balor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but West moves away.
West throws a lazy right hand but Balor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
West has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Juicy Culture in the buildup to the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Balor.
Balor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
West throws a right hand that misses
and Balor counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West lands a leg kick that knocks Balor off balance momentarily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Balor working aggressively here.
West prevents a body shot from Balor.
Balor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balor lands with a light punch inside.
West lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balor looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by West.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balor takes a knee right on the jaw!
West misses with a punch to the body.
Balor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from West.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balor pushes West back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
West misses with a punch on the inside.
West misses with a knee strike.
Balor looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balor can't break the clinch.
Balor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Balor.
Good body shot from West.
West scores with a hook to the body.
Balor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Balor lands a body punch in the clinch.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Balor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
West takes a shot to the head.
Balor throws a punch but it's blocked by West.
Balor misses with a knee strike.
Balor misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, West scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balor digs a right hand into West's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on West's gas tank.
Balor misses with a punch on the inside.
West blocks a body shot from Balor.
West is working Balor over against the ropes.
Balor takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Finn Balor will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from West. Those never looked like landing.

West closes the distance and clinches.
West blocks an uppercut.
West has a couple of punches blocked by Balor.
Balor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Balor.
A body shot lands from West.
West lands with a left to the head.
West misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by West.
Balor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
West lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balor backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by West.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Balor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balor scores with a nice strike.
Balor throws a hook but West blocks it.

West clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balor tries a body shot but West blocks it.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Balor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Frank West has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
West has Balor pressed against the ropes, preventing Balor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
West lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balor backwards.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
West lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short left from West.
Balor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balor's defenses.
Balor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
West misses with some punches.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.
West presses Balor against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Balor fails to land.
West works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balor has a couple of punches blocked by West.
Balor struggles to land a body shot inside as West controls his hands.
Balor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balor swings wildly with an uppercut but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
West lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, West creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Balor can't break the clinch.
Balor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
Balor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
West lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from West.
West presses Balor against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
West lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balor backwards.
A short left from Balor.
Balor managing to block the knees to the body from West.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for West.
Knees to the body from West.
Balor is breathing heavily.
West takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balor lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balor has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
A left hand lands to the body for West.
West working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Balor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
West scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank West dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Balor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Balor dodges the punch combination from West.
Finn Balor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Balor defending well as West loads up on a big left hand.
Balor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Balor misses with a hook. West ducked under it nicely.
Balor misses with a hook
and West counters with a good low kick that Balor was not able to check.
Balor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wests jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Balor misses the shot to the body.
Balor throws an off balance right hand
and West cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Balor's head backwards.

Balor is rocked!
Balor misses with a hook

and West holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Balor is still on wobbly legs! Can West finish him?
West pushes Balor back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
West lands with a left to the head.
West creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Balor crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Balor face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! West takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Frank West!
Our winner, Frank West, 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.