PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ao Kuang (ranked 20414 p4p, 18256 weight class) and Steel Penn Jr (ranked 675 p4p, 649 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kuang
vs
Penn Jr

197 cm
32
213
5 - 0 - 0

186 cm
35
215
10 - 11 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steel Penn Jr!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuang throws a right hand that misses
and Penn Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Penn Jr has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kuang sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kuang throws an off balance right hand
and Penn Jr counters with a low kick, right behind Kuang 's knee.
Kuang keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kuang lands a nice looking kick to the body. Penn Jr takes a step back to recover.
Kuang scores with a three punch combo!
Kuang just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn Jr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circling - Kuang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kuang.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn Jr checks a low kick from Kuang.
Kuang throws a leg kick which misses Penn Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as Penn Jr tries to avoid it.
Penn Jr scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuang throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Penn Jr stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kuang connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuang scores with a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Penn Jr.
Kuang throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Penn Jr swings for the body but Kuang moves out of range.
Kuang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Penn Jr misses with a hook.
Kuang has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Penn Jr lands a jab.
Kuang scores with a nice strike.
An inside leg kick lands from Kuang.
Kuang lands a jab to the nose.

Penn Jr is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuang explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kuang throws a hook but Penn Jr blocks it.
Penn Jr takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Penn Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Kuang finish him?
Kuang ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Penn Jr out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ao Kuang!