PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rick Thomas (ranked 21234 p4p, 662 weight class) and Niklaus Heuler (ranked 21740 p4p, 697 weight class). Thomas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pop Evil - Ways To Get High . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Thomas
vs
Heuler

198 cm
25
258 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

200 cm
23
270 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Niklaus Heuler!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heuler misses the jab.
Thomas misses with a hook. Heuler ducked under it nicely.
Heuler misses the jab.
Heuler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thomas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Niklaus Heuler has been cut.
Thomas scores with a jab. Heuler acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Heuler throws the left hand but Thomas avoids the punch easily.
Heuler missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Niklaus Heuler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Heuler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A good leg kick by Thomas.
A jab from Heuler misses.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Heuler avoids them all with ease.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Heuler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas works the jab nicely.
Heuler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
Heuler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Heuler cracks Thomas with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Thomas 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 Thomas is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Heuler throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Thomas moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Heuler misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Heuler.
Heuler connects with a nice looking jab.
A big left from Heuler misses.
Thomas lands with a nice body punch.
Thomas scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Heuler throws the left hand but Thomas avoids the punch easily.
Thomas is looking to counter with a body kick.
Thomas is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Heuler steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Thomas. That one must have hurt.
Heuler looks winded!
Thomas lands a jab.
Thomas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Thomas cracks Heuler with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Heuler get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Heuler looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Thomas connects with a quick right hand that sends Heuler tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rick Thomas!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rick Thomas made sure he mentioned Red Light Coffeeshop, along with how happy he was to win his fight.