PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Darnell Nurse (ranked 22016 p4p, 23672 weight class) and Tom Obama (ranked 249 p4p, 766 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nurse
vs
Obama

202 cm
31
270
15 - 11 - 0

190 cm
24
265
15 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darnell Nurse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Obama!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurse scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nurse seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nurse fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Obama misses with a wild body shot.
Obama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nurse.
Obama lands with a shot to the body.
Obama slips a straight right by Nurse.
It seemed like Obama was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Obama lands with a nice body punch.
Obama pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nurse back to the ropes. Obama follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Darnell Nurse has been cut.
Nurse throws a shot from downtown. Obama moves away and avoids it.
Obama ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nurse staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nurse.
Obama moves away from the strike by Nurse.
Nurse lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nurse lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Obama circles away quickly and effectively.
Obama misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Nurse.
Obama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nurse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nurses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Obama just misses with a punch to the body.
Nurse throwing a counter right hand but Obama manages to avoid it.
Obama takes one to the side of the head.
Obama scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nurse misses with a right hand
and Obama counters with a straight right hand.
Obama throws a big shot that misses.
Donk. Nurse catches Obama right on the button with a cross.
Obama ducks right into an uppercut from Nurse.
Nurse is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A telegraphed right hand from Obama misses the target.
A shot to the liver by Nurse. Beautiful body shot.
Nurse fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nurse misses the shot to the body.
Obama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Obama just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Nurse throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nurse uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Obama.
Nurse scores with a hook to the body. Obama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Obama misses.
Obama misses with a body kick.
Darnell Nurse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nurse missing with a left hand there. Obama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nurse stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Obama.
Nurse scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Obama doesn't seem bothered though.
Obama lands a nice looking body shot.
Nurse on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Obama lands a lovely overhand right.
Obama throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Obama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurse moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Nurse.
Obama misses with a shot to the body
and Nurse counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nurse connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Obama's hands.
Obama gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nurse.
Nurse throws the left hand but Obama avoids the punch easily.
Obama is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nurse rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama just misses with a punch to the body.
Obama throws a leg kick which misses Nurse's front leg but catches the back leg as Nurse tries to avoid it.
Nurse throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Obama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nurse misses with a body shot.
Obama looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Obama throws an overhand right that lands on Nurse's shoulder, as Nurse tries to avoid the shot.
Obama misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nurse misses with a jab to the body
and Obama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nurse missing with a left hand there. Obama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nurse steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Obama.
Obama looks to land a combination but Nurse avoids it well.
Nurse ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Obama looks to land a left hand but Nurse moved out of range nicely.
Nurse throws a hook but Obama avoids it easily.
A left lands for Nurse.
Nurse misses the shot to the body.
Obama lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurse misses with a lunging right hand
and Obama counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Darnell Nurse's cut is getting worse.
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!
Obama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nurse cracks Obama with a good jab.
Nurse slips a straight right by Obama.
Nurse moves away from the strike by Obama.
Obama slips a jab from Nurse.
Nurse throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nurse.
It seemed like Obama was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nurse throws a right and a left that Obama avoids nicely.
Nurse throws an overhand right that lands on Obama's shoulder, as Obama tries to avoid the shot.
Nurse misses with a hook.
Nurse checks a low kick from Obama.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Obama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Obama misses with an uppercut. Nurse saw that one coming.
Nurse misses with a straight left.
Nurse connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Darnell Nurse will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darnell Nurse's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nurse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obama.
Darnell Nurse is winning the standup battle so far.
Obama lands with a straight right. Nurse didn't see that one coming.
Obama looks for the body kick but Nurse saw that one coming.
Obama takes a swing at Nurse's ribcage but misses.
Nurse misses with a straight right.
Obama throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nurse.
Nurse misses with a looping right.
Obama stuns Nurse with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nurse is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A right-left combo lands from Nurse.
Obama throws a lazy right hand but Nurse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Obama thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurse avoids the body shot from Obama.
A swing and a miss from Nurse.
Obama looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nurse misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Obama! But no joy.
A slow jab from Nurse misses its intended target.
Nurse swings widly with a right hand
and Obama counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nurse lands with an overhand left.
Nurse moves out of range of the body kick from Obama.
Nurse swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Obama throws a jab but it's blocked by Nurse.
Obama ducks under a wild hook from Nurse.
Obama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nurse.
An attempted straight right counter from Nurse misses the target.
Nurse throws a jab when Obama was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nurse. Obama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Obama looks to throw the jab but Nurse is out of range.
Nurse scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nurse throws a shot to the body.
Obama throws a shot from downtown. Nurse moves away and avoids it.
Nurse misses the shot to the body.
Obama doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Obama thuds his shin into the meat of Nurse's side.
Nurse connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Obama misses the shot to the body.
Obama throws a hook but Nurse avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Nurse misses the target.
Nurse throws a lazy uppercut
letting Obama counter with a right hand.
Obama misses with an uppercut
and Nurse counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nurse loads up on a big right hand but Obama slips the punch.
Nurse throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Obama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Nurse there.
Nurse lands a nice hook to Obama's body. Obama takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nurse waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obama.
A little jabbing left from Obama on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Obama throws a chopping leg kick but Nurse manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fighters circling - Obama throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Obama throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nurse on the side of the head.

Darnell Nurse's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nurse swings widly with a right hand
and Obama counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Obama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Obama on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Nurse misses.
Obama swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nurse counters with a three punch combo that has Obama backing up. Obama nods at Nurse to acknowledge the strikes.
Nurse throws a right hand that misses
and Obama counters with a stiff right hand.

Nurse is rocked!
Obama connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Nurse's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Nurse - 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 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tom Obama!
After winning the bout, Tom Obama thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.