PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between James King (ranked 22299 p4p, 4174 weight class) and Vaai Kolone (ranked 615 p4p, 444 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kolone's choice of entrance music: URSO O INVENCÍVEL. Vaai Kolone has the eye of the tiger tonight.

King
vs
Kolone

170 cm
25
161
6 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
168
3 - 0 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vaai Kolone!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kolone takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kolone takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kolone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donk. King catches Kolone right on the button with a cross.
A big right from King misses.
Kolone thumps King with a low kick.
King looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kolone scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kolone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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!
Kolone misses with a low kick.
Kolone tries to score with a low kick but King moves his leg out of the way.
Kolone looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A head kick misses from Kolone.
King on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by King.
Kolone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
King throws a head kick but Kolone moves out of range.
Kolone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kolone's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King looks to throw the jab but Kolone is out of range.
Kolone gets cracked there but stands up to it.
King fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kolone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kolone sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kolone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
Crunch! King slams his shin into Kolone's torso.
Kolone looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Kolone lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like James King has been cut.
Kolone tries a head kick but it misses.
King connects with the punch.
King scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Kolone.
King fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kolone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
King gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A low kick lands for King.
King lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kolone's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kolone misses with a low kick as King jumps back.
Kolone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kolone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kolone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kolone needs to keep his hands up - King had a free shot at his head there.
Kolone motions for King to come forward. Kolone throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kolone misses with a double jab.
Kolone misses with a double jab
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kolone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King scores with a decent looking hook.
Kolone steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from King. That one must have hurt.
Kolone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
Kolone misses with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James King will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James King's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Kolone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
King uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kolone has time to react.
Kolone throws a leg kick but King sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kolone misses with a double jab.
Kolone defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
Kolone catches King napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends King crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Kolone raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Vaai Kolone!
Vaai Kolone decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.