PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Strategos Themistokles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tearrius George (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tearrius George struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Themistokles
vs
George

187 cm
30
210 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

186 cm
29
227 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Amped Performance

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 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Strategos Themistokles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tearrius George!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
George scores with a sloppy right hand. Themistokles should have avoided that one.
George pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Themistokles is looking to counter punch.

Themistokles rushes George and presses him up against the ropes.
George stalling in the clinch but Themistokles improves position.
Our sources have told us that Themistokles has been working on his elbows in the gym.
George lands a shot to the body.
George manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Themistokles is trying to break free.

Themistokles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Themistokles doesn't manage to clinch there - George circles away.
Themistokles misses with a two punch combination.
Themistokles wants to clinch.
George is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Themistokles chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before George can pounce on him.
George is looking to land body kicks.
George fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Themistokles looks to land a combination but George avoids it well.
Themistokles misses with a hook
and Themistokles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Themistokles rushes George and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Themistokles with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Themistokles tries to land a knee to the head but George blocks with his arms.
Themistokles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
George can't find room to land a body shot as Themistokles controls the action.

Themistokles manages to break the clinch.
Themistokles is looking to clinch.
George looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
George lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
George scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Themistokles does it's job there.

It looks like Tearrius George has been cut.

Themistokles lands a front kick to the face, that drops George to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
This has been an exciting period of action!
George scores with a jab to the body.
Themistokles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from George.
Themistokles misses with a wild combination.
Themistokles gets off balance looking for a body kick
and George counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

George tries to keep at a distance but Themistokles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Themistokles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but George has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Themistokles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
George thuds a left hand into Themistokles's body.

Themistokles has George up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
George tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
George misses with a body punch.
George fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
George is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
George lands a hook to the side of the head.
Themistokles trying to land knees to the body.
George is trying to maintain a safe position but Themistokles gets an underhook and turns George into the ropes.

Themistokles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've been informed that George has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
George works the jab nicely.
George misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Themistokles. George does a little dance to reset his feet.
George keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Themistokles.
Themistokles wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
George throws a chopping leg kick but Themistokles manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
George slips a jab and a cross from Themistokles.
Themistokles misses with a hook
and George counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tearrius George will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tearrius George's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Themistokles is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
George tried to score with a low kick but Themistokles checks it.
Themistokles tries to clinch but George moves away
and George counters with a straight right hand.
Themistokles lands with an uppercut that bounces George off the ropes and back into range.
Themistokles scores with a hook.

That has opened up Tearrius George's cut even more.
George throws a low kick, looking for Themistokles's leg but Themistokles calmly moves out of range.
George misses with a few strikes there.

Themistokles has George up against the ropes in a clinch.
Themistokles throws a head punch that misses.
Themistokles blocks a body shot from George.
Themistokles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Themistokles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but George blocks it with crossed arms.
Themistokles tries to land a knee to the head but George blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Themistokles is trying to push George away but George has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
George lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Themistokles.
George tries a body shot but Themistokles blocks it.
Themistokles with a knee to the head.
George misses with some punches.

Themistokles breaks from the clinch.
Themistokles fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
George misses with an uppercut.
Tearrius George seems to be getting the better of the standup.
George throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Themistokles stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A head kick by Themistokles misses
and George counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
George ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
George throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Themistokles takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Themistokles tries to clinch up
and George counters with a good low kick that Themistokles was not able to check.
George lands with a right hand.
A shot to the liver by George. Beautiful body shot.
Themistokles misses with an uppercut. George saw that one coming.
Good shot there by George.

Themistokles is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
George scores with a shot to the body.
George keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Themistokles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
George circles away from the clinch attempt.
George looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
George pulls out of a head kick attempt.
George lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Themistokles wants to clinch up but George keeps it at a distance.
George turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
George buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Themistokles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
George tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Themistokles misses with a body shot
and George counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Themistokles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Strategos Themistokles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Themistokles takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Themistokles seems to have got his legs back now.
George cracks a nice hook into Themistokles's ribs.
George scores with a hook to the body. Themistokles takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Themistokles falls off balance throwing a combination
and George counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Themistokles drops his guard momentarily, allowing George to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Themistokles! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! George takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tearrius George!
Tearrius George decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Strategos Themistokles spoke after the fight, saying 'Ill be back'.