PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Leroy Hugo (ranked 3629 p4p, 369 weight class) and Salah Ad Din (ranked 22458 p4p, 624 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hugo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eminem - Lose Yourself. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hugo
vs
Ad Din

174 cm
25
176 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

177 cm
21
169 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Solid boxing
Very strong

Excellent boxer
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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leroy Hugo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Salah Ad Din!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hugo is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hugo tries to bum rush Ad Din with a series of wild strikes but Ad Din uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hugo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hugo throws a nice looking combination but Ad Din bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Ad Din clips Hugo with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Hugo a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Hugo walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Hugo is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Salah Ad Din!
After the fight, Salah Ad Din was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Leroy Hugo spoke after the fight, saying 'It is not about how many times you win, but about how many times you can come back for more.'.