PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Olivier Louise (ranked 23112 p4p, 547 weight class) and Mehmed Tasdemir (ranked 2630 p4p, 290 weight class). Mehmed Tasdemir will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Louise
vs
Tasdemir

166 cm
26
140 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

178 cm
25
157 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mehmed Tasdemir!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tasdemir takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Louise works the jab nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tasdemir pushes Louise back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Louise takes a shot to the head.
Tasdemir scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tasdemir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Louise takes a shot to the head.
Tasdemir stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tasdemir misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tasdemir lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tasdemir lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Tasdemir on the inside.
Tasdemir lands with a light punch inside.
Tasdemir misses with the head strike.
Tasdemir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Louise is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tasdemir.
Oh Louise is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tasdemir misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Louise.
Louise blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasdemir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tasdemir throws a punch but it's blocked by Louise.
Tasdemir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tasdemir.
Louise blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tasdemir.
Tasdemir throws a punch but it's blocked by Louise.
Tasdemir misses with a punch on the inside.
Louise blocking some punches.
Louise is looking to break free of the clinch but Tasdemir has double underhooks.
Tasdemir throws a punch but it's blocked by Louise.
Tasdemir misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tasdemir.
Louise seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice left hand lands by Tasdemir.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tasdemir.
Tasdemir lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Louise.
Tasdemir swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Louise's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tasdemir misses with a short punch on the inside.
Louise's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tasdemir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tasdemir creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Louise crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Louise face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Tasdemir takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mehmed Tasdemir!
A very excited looking Mehmed Tasdemir rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.