PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Hamish Blackhall (ranked 6972 p4p, 114 weight class) and Odogwu Agrinya (ranked 7080 p4p, 119 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Blackhall
vs
Agrinya

190 cm
18
232 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hamish Blackhall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Odogwu Agrinya!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blackhall closes the distance and pushes Agrinya back into the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Agrinya as Blackhall tries to tie him up.
Agrinya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Agrinya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blackhall's efforts to push away.
Agrinya looking to throw knees to the head but Blackhall is blocking nicely.
Blackhall looking to stall.
Agrinya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Blackhall.
Agrinya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Blackhall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Agrinya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blackhall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blackhall looking to slow down the pace here.
Agrinya missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Agrinya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blackhall is defending well for now.
A short right from Blackhall on the inside.
Blackhall lands an uppercut.
Agrinya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blackhall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Agrinya is keeping busy.
Blackhall avoiding damage as Agrinya throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackhall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Agrinya tries to land a knee to the head but Blackhall blocks with his arms.
Blackhall throws a punch but it's blocked by Agrinya.
Blackhall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blackhall prevents a body shot from Agrinya.
Agrinya landing knees to the body.
Blackhall looking to stall.
Agrinya scores a nice knee to the body.
Agrinya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Agrinya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blackhall.
Nice body punch from Agrinya.
A short left from Blackhall.

It looks like Odogwu Agrinya has been cut.
Blackhall misses with some punches.
Agrinya trying to control the position but instead, Blackhall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Agrinya into the ropes.
Agrinya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blackhall avoids it.
Blackhall lands a body shot in the clinch.
Agrinya looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackhall lands a hook that snaps the head of Agrinya backwards.
Blackhall looking to slow down the pace here.
Agrinya looking to throw knees to the head but Blackhall is blocking nicely.
Agrinya working aggressively here.
Blackhall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Agrinya throws a head punch that misses.
Agrinya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blackhall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blackhall gets through Agrinya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blackhall lands a left hand that snaps the head of Agrinya backwards.
Blackhall lands a nice uppercut.

Agrinya is rocked!
Blackhall is trying to maintain a safe position but Agrinya gets an underhook and turns Blackhall into the ropes.
Blackhall creates a bit of distance and cracks Agrinya with a big uppercut! Agrinya goes down! The referee pushes Blackhall away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Agrinya make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Blackhall takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hamish Blackhall!