PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Gunther Fux (ranked 5098 p4p, 157 weight class) and Dru Quick (ranked 5161 p4p, 160 weight class). Quick has chosen DNA- Kendrick Lamar as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fux
vs
Quick

210 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

203 cm
18
267 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Very strong

Excellent MT
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gunther Fux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dru Quick!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Quick ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dru Quick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quick paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fux throws a series of punches but Quick moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quick. Fux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quick shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice body punch from Quick.
Quick is looking to clinch but Fux is avoiding it.
Quick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Quick tries to score with a low kick but Fux moves his leg out of the way.
Fux has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Quick finds it's way round the side to connect with Fux's head.

Fux closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Quick can't break the clinch.
Fux prevents Quick from breaking the clinch.
Fux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quick misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick lands with a right to the head.
Fux will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Quick up against the ropes.
Fux unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Fux breaks from the clinch.
Quick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fux misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Quick darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Quick slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fux avoids the head kick by Quick.
Quick misses with a looping left.
Quick avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Fux moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Quick's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Fux manages to break the clinch.
Fux takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Quick lands with a shot to the body.
Fux misses with a head kick.

Quick gets tackled into the ropes by Fux. Fux maintains the clinch.
Quick is trying to stall.
Fux misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quick.
Quick can't break the clinch.
Fux tries to land knees in the clinch but Quick avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fux's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fux keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quick's efforts to push away.
Quick is trying to break the clinch but Fux has him pressed against the ropes.
Quick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quick has a couple of punches blocked by Fux.
Quick avoids a wild elbow strike from Fux.
A knee to the head by Fux.

It looks like Dru Quick has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fux as Quick tries to tie him up.

Fux's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dru Quick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Fux.

Quick gets tackled into the ropes by Fux. Fux maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick looking to throw knees to the head but Fux is blocking nicely.

Fux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quick scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fux pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Quick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Quick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fux shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fux misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fux takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fux paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Fux darts in and clinches Quick up against the ropes.
Quick stalling in the clinch but Fux improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dru Quick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dru Quick's cut.
That's time! Fux's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fux rushes Quick and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Quick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fux has him pressed against the ropes.
Fux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gunther Fux has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Quick.
Quick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fux has Quick pressed against the ropes.
Quick tries to break the clinch but Fux is controlling the position.

Fux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Fux.
Quick tries to clinch up.
Quick moves in looking to clinch but Fux pushes him off.

Fux instigates a clinch.

Fux manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Fux gets a clinch.
Quick is looking to break free of the clinch but Fux has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Quick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Come on Fux - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Quick struggles to land a body shot inside as Fux controls his hands.
Fux stalling the fight.

Fux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fux fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Quick, pushing him back against the ropes.
Fux stalls.

Fux breaks from the clinch.
Quick connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fux closes the distance and clinches.
Quick working hard to break the clinch.
Quick misses with the head strike.
Quick letting Fux take a breather here.
Fux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Quick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fux backwards.
Quick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Quick tries to break the clinch but Fux is controlling the position.
Quick is trying to break free.
Fux tries to throw a body punch but Quick avoids it by throwing Fux back against the ropes.
Fux stalling the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quick tries to break the clinch but Fux is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fux blocks an uppercut.
Quick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Quick working aggressively here.
Quick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fux has him pressed against the ropes.

Fux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quick connects with a right hand. Fux shakes it off.

Fux moves into the clinch.
Quick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fux leaning against his opponent.
Quick wants to break free but Fux has control.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Fux just misses with a elbow thrown towards Quick's brow.
Quick wants to break free but Fux has control.
Fux taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick is trying to break the clinch but Fux has him pressed against the ropes.
Quick is looking to break free of the clinch but Fux has double underhooks.
Quick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Fux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quick throws the kick towards the body but Fux avoids it.
Quick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fux.
Dru Quick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A clash of legs there as Fux blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fux. Quick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quick lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fux fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A low kick from Quick is predictable there

and Fux moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fux avoiding damage as Quick throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Quick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gunther Fux will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dru Quick's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Quick moves out of range of the body kick.

Quick tries to keep at a distance but Fux has taken the fight into the clinch.
Quick pushes Fux back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Fux keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quick's efforts to push away.
Quick is looking to control Fux's arms but Fux gets an underhook and turns him. Now Quick has his back to the ropes.
Fux landing knees to the body.
Fux has Quick pressed against the ropes, preventing Quick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Fux breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fux misses with an attempted mid kick.
Quick tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Fux manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Fux was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Quick takes one on the button.
Fux throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick thuds his right hand into Fux's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Quick cracks Fux with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Fux 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 Fux is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!

Fux is rocked!
Fux fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quick blocks a head kick by Fux.
Fux looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fux on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fux looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fux wants to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Fux blocks the leg kick.
Quick swings for the body but Fux moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fux takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Quick scores with a jab to the head.

Fux closes the distance and clinches.
Fux keeps control of Quick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Quick has had enough of the clinch but Fux keeps him there for the moment.
Fux trying to control the position but instead, Quick has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fux into the ropes.
Quick is looking to break free of the clinch but Fux has double underhooks.
Fux on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quick prevents a body shot from Fux.
Fux on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Fux breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fux throws a series of punches but Quick moves out of range.
Quick cracks Fux with an open hand slap.
Oh Fux is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quick plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Fux swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Fux face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dru Quick!