PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ladislav Novak (ranked 5268 p4p, 5359 weight class) and Seth Mansour (ranked 620 p4p, 625 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Novak
vs
Mansour

189 cm
18
185
2 - 0 - 0

201 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ladislav Novak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Mansour!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansour swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Novak misses the target.
Mansour scores with a hook.
Mansour takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Seth Mansour has been cut.
Mansour lands with a good body shot.
Novak throws a combination that misses
and Mansour cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mansour jabs at Novak's body.
Mansour's corner calls for a 1-2. Mansour obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Novak wants to clinch
and Mansour counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mansour misses with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Novak is looking to clinch.
Mansour lands a glancing blow to the side of Novak's head.
Novak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Mansour was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mansour uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Novak has time to react.
Mansour looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Mansour.

Novak scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Mansour to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.
Seth Mansour seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mansour with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mansour connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Novak has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mansour finds it's way round the side to connect with Novak's head.
A slow jab from Novak misses its intended target.
Mansour keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Novak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mansour connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mansour pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Novak closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Novak misses with a body punch.
Mansour lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mansour.
Novak lands with a left to the head.
Mansour is looking to break free of the clinch but Novak has double underhooks.
A short right from Novak.
Nice body punch from Novak - that landed with a thud.
Novak lands a nice uppercut.
Mansour misses with a body punch.
Novak struggles to land a body shot inside as Mansour controls his hands.
Novak tries a body shot but Mansour blocks it.
Novak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mansour scores with a nice short uppercut.
I was talking to Novak's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mansour swings wildly with an uppercut but Novak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Novak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Novak lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mansour backwards.
Novak tries a body shot but Mansour blocks it.
Mansour misses with some punches.
Novak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Novak tries a body shot but Mansour blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mansour.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novak tries to work over Mansour's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Novak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Novak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mansour lands a shoulder strike.
Mansour prevents a body shot from Novak.
Mansour lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Mansour breaks the clinch.
Novak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mansour.
Mansour cracks Novak with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mansour lands a right hook to the body.

Mansour scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Novak to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.
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!
Mansour connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Novak's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Novak - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Seth Mansour!
Seth Mansour seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.