PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ao Kuang (ranked 20179 p4p, 18016 weight class) and Steel Penn Jr (ranked 686 p4p, 670 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kuang
vs
Penn Jr

197 cm
31
213
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
34
215
10 - 9 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ao Kuang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steel Penn Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn Jr throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kuang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penn Jr lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Ao Kuang has been cut.
Penn Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses

and whilst Penn Jr still has his hands down, Kuang counters with a perfectly aimed head kick that sends Penn Jr crashing to the mat! Will he recover? 3,4,5,6,7 - he's back up! The referee looks into his eyes and asks him to walk forwards. He's going to allow this one to continue but will Penn Jr be able to survive another onslaught?
Kuang lands a leg kick that knocks Penn Jr off balance momentarily.
Kuang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuang chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Penn Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Kuang should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kuang lands a nice shot to the body.
Kuang misses with a shot to the body
letting Penn Jr counter with a right hand.
Kuang misses with a low kick as Penn Jr jumps back.
Penn Jr looks to land a left hand but Kuang moved out of range nicely.
Kuang jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Kuang attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As Kuang backs off Penn Jr throws a huge counter combo but Kuang manages to avoid it all.
Kuang lands a nice looking kick to the body. Penn Jr takes a step back to recover.
Kuang misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang tests Penn Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Penn Jr throws a nice looking combination but Kuang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kuang catches Penn Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Penn Jr is rocked!
Kuang weaves into range and cracks Penn Jr right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Penn Jr goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Kuang is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ao Kuang!