PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Red Devolver (ranked 21624 p4p, 816 weight class) and Gegard Mousasi (ranked 8423 p4p, 731 weight class). Mousasi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Future - Mask Off. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Devolver
vs
Mousasi

185 cm
23
177 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Red Devolver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gegard Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Devolver checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A shot to the body from Devolver misses
and Mousasi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mousasi throws a sloppy head kick and Devolver moves out of range easily.
Devolver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mousasi throws a nice looking combination but Devolver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mousasi is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mousasi throws a head kick that half lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mousasi.

Devolver lands with a right, followed by a left to the temple and Mousasi goes down! The ref sends Devolver to a neutral corner so he can begin the count. 3,4,5,6 and Mousasi is back to his feet. He seems a little groggy but the referee thinks he's OK to continue, so we're back to the action!

It looks like Gegard Mousasi has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mousasi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Devolver has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Devolver cracks Mousasi with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Mousasi is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Mousasi is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Mousasi could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Red Devolver!