PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Lord King (ranked 6877 p4p, 576 weight class) and Pedro Scherer (ranked 5322 p4p, 523 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Scherer

190 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
18
173 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lord King !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Scherer!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King tries to keep at a distance but Scherer has taken the fight into the clinch.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Scherer.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Scherer's efforts to push away.
King lands an uppercut.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Scherer can't break the clinch.
Scherer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Scherer tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the ropes.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Scherer's efforts to push away.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scherer backwards.

Scherer is rocked!
Scherer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scherer is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
King working aggressively here.
Scherer seems to have recovered his senses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Scherer is trying to break the clinch but King is controlling him.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
Scherer is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
King slowing the pace effectively.
Scherer tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the ropes.
King lands a left hand.
King working aggressively here.
Scherer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but King is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from King .
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Scherer.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scherer backwards.
A short left from King .
King stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scherer being controlled against the ropes.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Scherer.
King working aggressively here.
King lands a nice uppercut.

King creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Scherer crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
A big left from King misses.

King has managed to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King blocks an uppercut.
Scherer is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
Scherer tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lord King should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Scherer clinches up against the ropes.
Scherer is trying to break free.
A short left from King .
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scherer is trying to stall.
King lands with a right to the head.
A short right from King .

Scherer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Scherer.
Scherer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Scherer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from King .
Scherer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King .
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
King breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Scherer with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Scherer looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Scherer 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 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Lord King !
Lord King thanked the fans post fight for their support.