PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Patrick Turgeon (ranked 5968 p4p, 5464 weight class) and San Diego Maradona (ranked 113 p4p, 87 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turgeon
vs
Maradona

190 cm
19
228
4 - 0 - 0

197 cm
19
251
3 - 1 - 0

Solid boxing
Very strong

Good kicks
Good gas tank

FF Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Patrick Turgeon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, San Diego Maradona!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maradona uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turgeon.
Maradona tries to counter by closing the distance.
Maradona slips a jab from Turgeon.
Maradona lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Patrick Turgeon has been cut.
Turgeon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turgeon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turgeon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turgeon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maradona counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters circling a little - Maradona finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Maradona bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Maradona takes a swing at Turgeon's ribcage but misses.
Turgeon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turgeon throws a lazy right hand but Maradona sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maradona looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Maradona drives through and clinches with Turgeon against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Turgeon fails to land.
A short uppercut from Maradona.
Turgeon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maradona prevents a body shot from Turgeon.
Turgeon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Maradona lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maradona lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turgeon backwards.
Nice body punch from Maradona.
Maradona cracks Turgeon with a nice body shot.
Maradona blocks an uppercut.
Turgeon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maradona misses with the head strike.
Turgeon lands a shoulder strike.
Turgeon taking a breather.
Turgeon blocks a body shot from Maradona.
Turgeon blocks an uppercut.
Maradona lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short body shot lands from Maradona as the two fighters clinch.
Maradona lands a left hand.
Turgeon looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maradona swings wildly with an uppercut but Turgeon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maradona lands with a right to the head.
Turgeon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turgeon tries to work over Maradona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turgeon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maradona misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maradona misses with some punches.
Turgeon lands with a short shot to the head.
Turgeon tries a body shot but Maradona blocks it.
Turgeon misses with a punch on the inside.
Maradona struggles to land a body shot inside as Turgeon controls his hands.
Maradona scores with a shot to the side of Turgeon's head.
Turgeon misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turgeon working aggressively here.
Turgeon struggles to land a body shot inside as Maradona controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turgeon.
Turgeon throws a punch but it's blocked by Maradona.
Maradona scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

San Diego Maradona dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Turgeon's cut.
That's time! Turgeon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Turgeon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Maradona has closed the distance and engaged Turgeon in a clinch.
Maradona makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turgeon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turgeon.
Maradona scores with a shot to the side of Turgeon's head.
Turgeon blocks a body shot from Maradona.
Maradona blocks an uppercut.
Maradona misses with a body punch.
Turgeon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Maradona.
Turgeon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Maradona - that landed with a thud.
Turgeon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maradona working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maradona lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Turgeon is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maradona misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maradona lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Turgeon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maradona.
Turgeon blocking some punches.
Maradona throws a head punch that misses.
Maradona throws a punch but it's blocked by Turgeon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turgeon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maradona's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turgeon.
Turgeon misses with a punch to the body.
Turgeon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maradona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turgeon seems to have got his legs back now.
A short left from Maradona.
Turgeon lands a body punch.
San Diego Maradona seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Maradona creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maradona misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Maradona.
Turgeon scores with a shoulder strike.
Maradona prevents a body shot from Turgeon.
Turgeon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Turgeon throws a head punch that misses.
Turgeon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turgeon pushes off an throws an elbow but Maradona leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Maradona blocks a body shot from Turgeon.
Maradona digs a right hand into Turgeon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Turgeon's gas tank.
Turgeon presses Maradona against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Turgeon misses with an elbow over the top.
Maradona doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maradona tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maradona.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maradona.
Turgeon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Turgeon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turgeon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turgeon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turgeon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turgeon misses with the head strike.
Turgeon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turgeon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maradona tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turgeon's elbow.
Maradona tries a body shot but Turgeon blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maradona.
Turgeon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turgeon throws a punch but it's blocked by Maradona.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maradona.
A short right from Maradona.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maradona working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Maradona.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

San Diego Maradona showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Patrick Turgeon'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.

Maradona misses with a straight left.
Turgeon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maradona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turgeon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turgeon is looking to counter the offense by Maradona and move into the clinch.

Turgeon walks into a big right hand from Maradona and goes down! The referee sends Maradona to a neutral corner as Turgeon gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Turgeon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maradona wants to counter the offense by Turgeon and move into the clinch position.
Maradona connects with a quick right hand that sends Turgeon tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). San Diego Maradona!
San Diego Maradona was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.