PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between TyQuinton Babers (ranked 5711 p4p, 3024 weight class) and Cecil Lightning (ranked 576 p4p, 379 weight class). TyQuinton Babers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cecil Lightning's chin.

Babers
vs
Lightning

192 cm
26
219
10 - 2 - 0

199 cm
20
210
14 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
KO power

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Carnage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, TyQuinton Babers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cecil Lightning!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babers wants to clinch up but Lightning keeps it at a distance.
Lightning let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Babers throws a head kick that misses.
Babers feints and then cracks Lightning's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lightning down.
Babers lands with a straight right. Lightning didn't see that one coming.
Lightning looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lightning throws a head kick but Babers moves out of range.
Babers misses with a wild body shot.
Lightning connects with a high kick.
Lightning swings for the body but Babers moves out of range.
Lightning throws a head kick that misses.
Babers blocks a jab.
Babers is looking to counter with a body kick.
Babers misses with a hook.
Babers takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Babers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Babers misses with a head kick.
Lightning lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lightning lands a high kick!

It looks like TyQuinton Babers has been cut.

Babers rushes Lightning and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lightning blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Babers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lightning's brow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Babers throws an elbow but misses.
Babers misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightning tries to circle away but Babers has him pinned against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Lightning.
Babers takes a shot to the head.
Babers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Babers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lightning misses with a hook to the ribs.
Babers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Babers lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Lightning.
A short right from Lightning.
A short left from Lightning.
Lightning tries to break the clinch but Babers is controlling the position.
Babers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Lightning's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lightning takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Babers takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Lightning lands a front kick to the face, that drops Babers to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!

Babers is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lightning throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Babers crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cecil Lightning! Cecil Lightning retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Cecil Lightning, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.