PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Raheem Holmes (ranked 5934 p4p, 5599 weight class) and Jihadi John (ranked 555 p4p, 536 weight class). John has chosen Ali-A as his entrance music. Jihadi John told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Holmes
vs
John

203 cm
20
230
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
33
276
11 - 13 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raheem Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Jihadi John !
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes misses the jab.
John takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Holmes jabs John to the body, keeping him at a distance.
John takes a shot to the body in his stride.
John throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
John lands a slapping body shot.
Holmes lands a lovely overhand right.
Holmes misses with a straight left.
Holmes sets himself, and John steps forward looking for the clinch! Holmes avoids it this time.
Holmes swings for the body but John moves out of range.
Holmes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holmes lands with an uppercut that bounces John off the ropes and back into range.
John throws a hook to the side of Holmes's head but Holmes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Holmes does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Holmes.

It looks like Jihadi John has been cut.
John throws a hook but Holmes blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Holmes misses the target.
Holmes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Holmes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Holmes cracks John with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes looks to land a combination but John avoids it well.
John throws a half hearted mid kick.
Holmes scores with a jab to the head.
Holmes scores with a nice right hand.
John on the wrong end of a nice hook.

John is rocked!
Holmes connects with a quick right hand that sends John 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 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Raheem Holmes!
Jihadi John spoke after the fight, saying ' Al Akhbar '.