PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Marvin Vettori (ranked 2781 p4p, 2576 weight class) and Bartholomäus Wolff (ranked 349 p4p, 332 weight class). Vettori's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Police On My Back- The Rocketz. Marvin Vettori looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Vettori
vs
Wolff

183 cm
41
177
36 - 20 - 1

202 cm
37
180
28 - 9 - 1

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Good gas tank

Mile High

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marvin Vettori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bartholomäus Wolff!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolff misses with a hook.
Wolff is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice uppercut lands for Wolff. That snapped Vettori's head back.

Wolff cracks Vettori with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Vettori is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Vettori is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wolff, as that shot connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vettori tries to close the distance and clinch but Wolff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Wolff misses.
A quick step to the side and Vettori tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Vettori walks into a big right hand from Wolff and goes down! The referee sends Wolff to a neutral corner as Vettori gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.

Vettori is rocked!
Wolff throws a hook but Vettori blocks it.
Vettori looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Oh Vettori is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wolff misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Vettori wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wolff throws a leg kick that is checked
and Vettori counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vettori seems to have got his legs back now.
A bone on bone clash there as Vettori blocks the leg kick.
Vettori appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wolff ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Vettori out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bartholomäus Wolff!
An out of breath Bartholomäus Wolff thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.