PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Pettis (ranked 3341 p4p, 78 weight class) and Michael Kimura (ranked 20380 p4p, 144 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Pettis
vs
Kimura

167 cm
37
143 lbs
36 - 18 - 1

168 cm
34
157 lbs
9 - 13 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 36 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Pettis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettis lands with a nice combination. Kimura backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Michael Kimura has been cut.
Pettis fails to land with a series of punches.
Pettis tries to bum rush Kimura with a series of wild strikes but Kimura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Kimura misses.
Pettis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Pettis does no damage.
Pettis throws a right hand that Kimura ducks under and follows up with a left that Kimura also avoids with ease.
Pettis misses with a two punch combination.
Kimura fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pettis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pettis lands a right and a left and another right! Kimura goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Anthony Pettis!
A very excited looking Anthony Pettis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.