PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Harold Zoid (ranked 7370 p4p, 770 weight class) and Stedson Harrow (ranked 6802 p4p, 741 weight class). Stedson Harrow will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Zoid
vs
Harrow

187 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Zoid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stedson Harrow!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrow slips a jab from Zoid.
Harrow tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Zoid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zoid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zoid misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Zoid misses its intended target.
Zoid misses with a straight right.
Harrow walks into a jab.
Zoid misses with a body shot.
Harrow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zoid throws a right hand that misses
and Harrow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harrow tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Zoid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zoid misses with an uppercut.
Zoid swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrow.
Harrow throws a head kick that misses
and Zoid counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zoid has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Total Impact MMA/KT in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrow misses with a few strikes there.

Zoid instigates a clinch.
Harrow tries to land a knee to the head but Zoid blocks with his arms.
Zoid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoid lands with a left to the head.
Zoid lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zoid tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Zoid has double underhooks.
Zoid misses with the head strike.

Zoid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harrow tries to clinch
and Zoid counters with a stiff right hand.
Zoid throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harrow replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Zoid blocks it well.
Harrow finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zoid swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrow moves out of range of the strikes.
Zoid takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harrow throws a leg kick
and Zoid counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zoid.
Zoid keeps the fight on the outside.
Zoid throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Harrow tries to keep at a distance but Zoid has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zoid lands an uppercut.
Harrow is trying to break the clinch but Zoid has him pressed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrow tries to stall but Zoid uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zoid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Zoid creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Harrow is rocked!
Harrow trying to land knees to the body.
Harrow is still on wobbly legs! Can Zoid finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zoid.
Zoid cracks Harrow with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Harrow 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! Harrow wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Harold Zoid!
During a confident post fight interview, Harold Zoid thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.