PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Olivier Louise (ranked 7492 p4p, 133 weight class) and Higor Pereira (ranked 22564 p4p, 137 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Higor Pereira enters the ring!

Louise
vs
Pereira

166 cm
26
140 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

168 cm
28
129 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Olivier Louise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Higor Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louise scores with a sloppy right hand. Pereira should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pereira. Louise does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louise connects with a body shot that sends Pereira's belly button to the back.
Pereira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Louise misses with a wild body shot.
Louise ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Louise stuns Pereira with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Louise throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Louise to counter with a crisp jab.
Pereira has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pereira there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pereira throws an off balance right hand
and Louise connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louise lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pereira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pereira throws a combination that misses
and Louise counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pereira misses with a leg kick
and Louise counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Louise stuns Pereira with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Louise is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pereira just misses with a punch to the body.
Olivier Louise is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pereira takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Louise uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Pereira is rocked!
Louise changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pereira is still on wobbly legs! Can Louise finish him?
Pereira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pereira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pereira swings widly with a right hand
and Louise counters with a right hand to the body.
Pereira seems to have recovered his senses.
Louise digs a good body shot into Pereira's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louise punishes Pereira's body with a nice straight punch.
Louise swings for the body but Pereira moves out of range.
Louise throws a body punch but Pereira moves out of range.
Louise lands a nice shot to the body.
Pereira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pereira gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pereira looks to land a combination but Louise avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pereira. Louise does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louise scores with a jab.
Pereira misses with a lunging right hand
and Louise counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pereira throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Louise makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Louise scores with a jab to the body.
Pereira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Louise is looking to wear down Pereira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Louise scores with a jab.
Louise checks a low kick from Pereira.
Louise jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Louise.
Louise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pereira misses with a hook to the body
and Louise counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pereira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Louise swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws the left hand but Louise avoids the punch easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pereira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Louise cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Louise fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pereira looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pereira has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pereira there as he acknowledges the shot.
Louise scores with a jab to the body.
Pereira takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Louise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pereira.
Pereira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louise.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pereira! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louise just misses with a punch to the body.
Louise throws a body shot but no joy.
Louise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pereira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olivier Louise dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pereira throws out a loose jab but Louise uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olivier Louise is winning the standup battle so far.
Louise scores with a hook to the body. Pereira takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Louise throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pereira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pereira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Louise comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pereira doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Louise scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pereira doesn't seem bothered though.
Louise wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Louise counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab from Louise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louise moves out of range of the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Louise as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louise lands with a hook. Pereira tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pereira will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pereira avoids the body shot from Louise.
Pereira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Louise throws a body shot but no joy.
Louise takes a swing at Pereira's ribcage but misses.
Louise slips a jab and a cross from Pereira.
Louise fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Louise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pereira! But no joy.
Louise throws a body punch but Pereira moves out of range.
Pereira throws a looping overhand right but Louise ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pereira was well out of range. Poor timing from Louise.
Pereira misses with a body shot.
Louise throws a body shot but no joy.
Louise moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Louise just misses with a punch to the body.
Pereira misses with a double jab
and Louise counters with a right hand to the body.
Louise thuds a left hand into Pereira's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pereira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Louise swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Louise lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pereira at a distance.
Louise lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louise comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Louise is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pereira can do to turn this around?
Louise digs a good hook to Pereira's body.
Louise dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pereira on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pereira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Louise's corner calls for a 1-2. Louise obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pereira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pereira throws a lazy body kick
and Louise counters with a straight right hand.
Pereira throws a combination that misses
and Louise counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pereira has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Louise connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Louise. That snapped Pereira's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louise manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Louise.
Louise takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Louise scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pereira in his tracks.
Louise cracks Pereira with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Pereira 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 Pereira is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Pereira could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Olivier Louise!