PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Plebian Franco (ranked 5557 p4p, 24255 weight class) and Maurice Blow (ranked 555 p4p, 610 weight class). Blow has chosen life goes on as his entrance music. Maurice Blow will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Franco
vs
Blow

205 cm
26
255
7 - 2 - 1

205 cm
26
270
4 - 4 - 0

Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good kicks
Determined

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 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Plebian Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maurice Blow!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Franco.
Blow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blow throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Franco counters by clinching up.
Franco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blow blocks it with crossed arms.
Franco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blow tries to break free but Franco pushes him back against the cage.
Blow managing to block the knees to the body from Franco.
Franco looking to throw knees to the head but Blow is blocking nicely.
Blow wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franco has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franco stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Franco tries to work over Blow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franco misses with an elbow over the top.
Franco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Franco has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Franco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Franco tries a knee to the head but Blow blocks it.
Franco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Franco scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Maurice Blow has been cut.
Blow looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blow dodges an elbow strike from Franco.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Blow controls the action.
Blow blocks an elbow strike.
Blow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Franco landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Blow controls the action.
Franco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Franco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franco lands an elbow inside that Blow shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Franco just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blow's brow.
A frustrated look appears on Blow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Franco missing with knees to the body.
Blow working hard to break the clinch.
Franco lands a good knee to the midsection. Blow won't want to take too many of those.
Blow is trying to force a seperation but Franco has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco looking to throw knees to the head but Blow is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Blow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Franco is stalling here.
Franco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blow blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Franco takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Franco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franco taking a breather.
Franco using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Franco trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco throws an elbow but it misses.
Blow wants to break free but Franco has control.
Franco lands a left hand.
Franco misses with a knee to the head.
Blow dodges an elbow strike from Franco.
Blow avoids the elbow strike from Franco, against the cage.
Franco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blow's elbow.
Blow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Franco pushes Blow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blow is trying to break free.
Franco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Plebian Franco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maurice Blow's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Franco lands an overhand right.
Franco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blow can do to turn this around?
Franco cracks Blow with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Franco moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Franco.
Franco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blow manages to avoid it.
Franco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blow looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blow checks a low kick from Franco.
Blow takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A cross from Blow lands.

It looks like Plebian Franco has been cut.

Blow catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Franco stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Franco walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blow weaves into range and cracks Franco right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Franco goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Blow is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Maurice Blow!