PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ludvik Olaussen (ranked 21224 p4p, 757 weight class) and Brandon Baldwin (ranked 22369 p4p, 781 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Olaussen
vs
Baldwin

181 cm
22
182 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
178 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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, Ludvik Olaussen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Baldwin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baldwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Olaussen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baldwin moves away.
Baldwin avoids the body shot from Olaussen.
Olaussen swings widly with a right hand
and Baldwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baldwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olaussen circles away quickly and effectively.
Baldwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olaussen circles away quickly and effectively.
A thudding body kick lands there by Baldwin!
Olaussen throws out a loose jab but Baldwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olaussen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Baldwin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baldwin misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Olaussen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Olaussen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olaussen connects with the punch.
Olaussen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baldwin.
Baldwin unleashes a big counter combination but Olaussen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Baldwin slips under a jab.
Olaussen 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.
Olaussen lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olaussen misses with an uppercut. Baldwin saw that one coming.
Olaussen scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldwin throws a right and a left that Olaussen avoids nicely.
Baldwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olaussen circles away quickly and effectively.
Olaussen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baldwin doesn't seem bothered though.
Olaussen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Baldwin slips a straight right by Olaussen.
Baldwin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Baldwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olaussen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baldwin falls off balance throwing a combination

and Olaussen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Olaussen.

Baldwin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Olaussen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baldwin moves away.
Baldwin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Baldwin misses with the combination.
Olaussen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baldwin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Olaussen. Baldwin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baldwin looks to land a combination. Olaussen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Olaussen is rocked!
Olaussen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baldwin catches Olaussen napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Olaussen crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Baldwin raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brandon Baldwin!
Brandon Baldwin 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.