PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Darnell Nurse (ranked 22764 p4p, 23928 weight class) and Dick Doss (ranked 573 p4p, 565 weight class). Dick Doss is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nurse
vs
Doss

202 cm
25
270
5 - 0 - 0

212 cm
35
286
36 - 19 - 0

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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darnell Nurse!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Doss!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doss lands with a cross.

It looks like Darnell Nurse has been cut.
Doss ducks under a wild hook from Nurse.
Doss uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nurse.
Doss keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doss lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nurse's sensitive parts.
Nurse slips under a jab from Doss.
Doss on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Doss moves out of range as Nurse strikes.
Doss fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nurse pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nurse ducks under a wild hook from Doss.
Nurse swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Doss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nurse.
Nurse swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Doss was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nurse throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Doss throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nurse punishes Doss's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Nurse misses the target.
Doss throws a right hand that misses
and Nurse counters with a stiff right hand.
Nurse avoids a kick to the body.
Nurse appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Doss misses with a hook
and Nurse counters with a straight right hand.
Nurse misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse ducks under a wild hook from Doss.
Nurse gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Doss.
Doss keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nurse.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Doss moves forwards but Nurse connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nurse blocks a jab.
Nurse misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Doss scores with a punch to the head.
Doss misses with a hook
and Nurse counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nurse misses with an uppercut. Doss saw that one coming.
Nurse jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nurse connects with a looping right hand.
Doss doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big left from Doss misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Doss.
Nurse was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nurse lands a really nice looking cross but Doss seems unphased.
Doss might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A telegraphed right hand from Doss misses the target.
Doss takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nurse lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss misses with a looping right.
Doss throws a wild body kick that Nurse sees coming a mile off.
Nurse connects with a single shot there.
Nurse throws a jab when Doss was well out of range.
Doss takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nurse bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nurse went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Doss keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doss takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nurse thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nurse thuds a left hand into Doss's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nurse, as that shot connected.
Nurse takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Darnell Nurse's cut is getting worse.
A big left from Doss misses.
It looked like Nurse wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nurse scores with the left hand. Doss knows he should have avoided that one.
Nurse clobbers Doss with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nurse seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Doss ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurse moves away.
Nurse swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nurse misses with an uppercut.
Doss slips a jab from Nurse.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darnell Nurse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darnell Nurse's cut.
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.

Nurse moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nurse throws a jab when Doss was well out of range.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nurse takes a swing at Doss's ribcage but misses.
Nurse steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Doss.
Nurse looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nurse misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Nurse misses the target.
Doss lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Doss throws a lazy right hand but Nurse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nurse waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doss.
Doss throws a body punch but Nurse moves out of range.
Nurse shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurse displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nurse throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Doss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Nurse - just one landing.
Nurse slips under a jab from Doss.
Nurse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doss.
Doss throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Nurse counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doss catches Nurse with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big left from Doss misses.
Nurse takes one on the button.
Doss misses with an uppercut. Nurse saw that one coming.
Nurse misses the shot to the body.
Doss defending well as Nurse loads up on a big left hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nurse.
Doss keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nurse.
Nurse lands a body shot.
Doss throws a hook but Nurse avoids it easily.
Nurse throws a poor cross that misses

and Doss counters with a perfectly timed counter left hook that drops Nurse to the mat, face first! Doss goes to the neutral corner and waits for the referee to start the count. Nurse is back to hise feet already though and looking to continue the bout! Exciting stuff!

Nurse is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurse lands with an overhand left.
Doss throws a big shot that misses.
Doss misses with a wild body shot.
Nurse lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Doss circles away quickly and effectively.
A slow jab from Doss misses its intended target.
Doss lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oh Nurse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Darnell Nurse's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Doss misses with a straight right.
Nurse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nurse is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Doss doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Nurse crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Nurse's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dick Doss! Dick Doss retains his heavyweight title!
After the big win, Dick Doss made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Big Chief Nutrition & Laundry Services (80%) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.