PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Jones (ranked 2217 p4p, 37 weight class) and Francisco Baltazar (ranked 5833 p4p, 217 weight class). Baltazar has chosen Noypi by Bamboo as his entrance music. John Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jones
vs
Baltazar

193 cm
26
193 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

209 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Great elbows
Powerful

BEAST

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Francisco Baltazar!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baltazar sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like John Jones has been cut.
Baltazar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baltazar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jones with a body shot.

Baltazar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Baltazar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Baltazar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baltazar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baltazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones tries to break free but Baltazar pushes him back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baltazar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baltazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Baltazar creates a bit of space and cracks Jones with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Jones is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!

Jones is rocked!
Jones glances at the clock... BAM! Baltazar nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Jones crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Jones is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francisco Baltazar!
Francisco Baltazar is the new super heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Francisco Baltazar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.