PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rick Rude (ranked 3270 p4p, 124 weight class) and Muhammad Khalil (ranked 8195 p4p, 143 weight class). Rude comes to the ring accompanied by Beautiful people-by MARILYN MANSON. Rick Rude had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Rude
vs
Khalil

199 cm
26
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Good chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Muhammad Khalil!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalil throws a lazy right hand but Rude sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rude throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Khalil counter with a right hand.
Rude uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khalil.
Rude throws a big counter combination but Khalil scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rude definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rude lands a two punch combo.
Khalil jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rude tries to counter by clinching up but Khalil breaks away and moves out of range.
Rude throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khalil sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rude connects with a looping right hand.
Khalil misses with a wild body shot.
Rude throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khalil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khalil changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khalil misses with a looping right.
Khalil tries to clinch there but Rude circles away.
Khalil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rude.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khalil! But no joy.
Khalil fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rude staying out of range there.
Rude is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalil.
Rude slips under a jab.
Rude scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalil swings widly with a right hand
and Rude counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khalil thinking.

Rude closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Rude lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rude swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Rude.
A short left from Rude.
Rude lands a hook that snaps the head of Khalil backwards.
Rude lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Rude fails to land.
Rude is trying to break the clinch but Khalil is controlling him.
Rude lands a body punch.
Khalil looks winded!
Rude lands a hook that snaps the head of Khalil backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rude.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rude lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khalil backwards.
Rude lands a right hand.
Rude just leaning against Khalil, taking a breather.
Rude scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rude tries to break the clinch but Khalil is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Rude breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Rude finds it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Rude. Those never looked like landing.
Rude pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Khalil back to the ropes. Rude follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rude lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Khalil is rocked!
A punch combination from Rude misses.
Khalil throws out a counter right but Rude avoids it with no problem.
Rude swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khalil.
Khalil is still on wobbly legs! Can Rude finish him?
Rude throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khalil throws out a counter right but Rude avoids it with no problem.
Khalil seems to have recovered his senses.

Rude closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Khalil crashing to the mat! Khalil uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!

Rude cracks Khalil with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Khalil 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 Khalil is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
A combination from Rude does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khalil! But no joy.
Rude scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Rude clinches.
Rude lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Rude scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rude stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rude softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Rude scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khalil takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Rude - that landed with a thud.
Rude working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rude lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khalil takes a shot to the head.
Rude wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rude scores with a shot to the side of Khalil's head.
Rude lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Rude.
Rude lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rude lands a hook that snaps the head of Khalil backwards.
Rude cracks Khalil with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Khalil goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Khalil wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rick Rude!