PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Charlie River (ranked 5466 p4p, 420 weight class) and Valdeci Sobrinho Campos (ranked 5026 p4p, 403 weight class). Sobrinho Campos has chosen Greennin - AMENOSTORM 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.

River
vs
Sobrinho Campos

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

163 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Great elbows
Very confident

Dr Zoidberg Office

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charlie River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Valdeci Sobrinho Campos!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
River throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sobrinho Campos on the side of the head.
Sobrinho Campos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
River scores with a punch to the head.
Sobrinho Campos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

River gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sobrinho Campos stalling in the clinch but River improves position.
A body shot lands from River.
Sobrinho Campos tries a body shot but River blocks it.
Sobrinho Campos trying to control the position but instead, River has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sobrinho Campos into the ropes.
Sobrinho Campos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
River lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sobrinho Campos.
River lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sobrinho Campos.
River lands a body shot.
Sobrinho Campos looking to slow down the pace here.

River breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sobrinho Campos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

River clinches.
Nice body punch from River - that landed with a thud.
Sobrinho Campos trying to stall but River improves his position.
River avoids a wild elbow strike from Sobrinho Campos.
A nice right hand lands inside from River.
River lands with a left to the head.
River lands a shoulder strike.
River lands a hook to the side of the head.
River lands with a left to the head.

Sobrinho Campos is rocked!
River softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Sobrinho Campos is still on wobbly legs! Can River finish him?
River breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Sobrinho Campos with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Sobrinho Campos looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Sobrinho Campos 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 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Charlie River!
After the fight, Charlie River was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated Valdeci Sobrinho Campos had this to say: 'I jizzed on his neck a little bit'.