PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Aaron Buchanan (ranked 5394 p4p, 549 weight class) and Berto Kin (ranked 23053 p4p, 724 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Buchanan
vs
Kin

186 cm
30
189 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aaron Buchanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Berto Kin!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kin throws a poor cross that misses
and Buchanan counters with a nice uppercut.
Buchanan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kin.
Kin throws a series of punches but Buchanan avoids them all with ease.
Buchanan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Buchanan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hazzard County Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Buchanan circles away quickly and effectively.
Berto Kin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buchanan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Buchanan feints and then cracks Kin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kin down.
Kin throws a lazy right hand but Buchanan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Buchanan takes the fight into the clinch.
Buchanan lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buchanan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kin tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Kin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Buchanan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buchanan blocks a body shot from Kin.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kin backwards.
Buchanan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kin.
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kin tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Kin tries to throw a body punch but Buchanan avoids it by throwing Kin back against the ropes.
Buchanan blocks a body shot from Kin.
Buchanan lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan digs a right hand into Kin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kin's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Buchanan.
Buchanan lands with a light punch inside.
Buchanan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Kin is rocked!
Buchanan pushes Kin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kin is still on wobbly legs! Can Buchanan finish him?
Buchanan digs a right hand underneath Kin's ribcage. Kin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kin looks winded!
Buchanan breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Kin with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Kin looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Kin get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Aaron Buchanan!