PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Patrick Sto (ranked 4948 p4p, 5863 weight class) and Brian Ripper (ranked 586 p4p, 649 weight class). Patrick Sto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brian Ripper's chin.

Sto
vs
Ripper

192 cm
25
220
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
266
1 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good kicks
Intelligent

Battle Hecs

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Patrick Sto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brian Ripper!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sto misses the shot to the body.
Ripper lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sto's sensitive parts.
Ripper lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ripper throws a nice outside leg kick.

Sto clinches up with Ripper and pushes him back against the ropes.
Ripper wants to get back to striking at distance but Sto won't allow it.
Sto lands a body shot.
Sto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sto lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Sto.
Ripper looks winded!
Ripper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sto has him pressed against the ropes.
Ripper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rippers head.
A short right from Sto.
A short body shot lands from Sto as the two fighters clinch.
Sto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Sto.
Sto definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sto lands an uppercut.
Sto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sto works on Ripper's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Sto.
Sto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rippers head.
Sto pushes Ripper back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Sto is leaning against Ripper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sto.
Sto lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Sto.
Sto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ripper or not.
Sto scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Sto - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Sto.
Sto pushes Ripper back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sto lands an uppercut.
Sto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ripper backwards.
Nice body punch from Sto.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sto.
Sto lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Sto.
Sto digs a right hand underneath Ripper's ribcage. Ripper let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sto lands with a left to the head.
Ripper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sto lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Sto.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sto.
Sto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ripper.
Sto digs a right hand underneath Ripper's ribcage. Ripper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sto lands a body shot.
Sto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Good body shot from Sto.
Sto digs a right hand into Ripper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ripper's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Sto.
Sto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sto scores with a nice hook to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sto is leaning against Ripper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ripper should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sto scores with a shot to the side of Ripper's head.
Sto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Sto.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Sto dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sto moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sto.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Sto here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Sto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sto digs a right hand into Ripper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ripper's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Sto.

Sto breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Ripper with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Ripper looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Ripper get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? Yes, he's struggled back up to his feet and seems OK to continue. The referee agrees so we're back to the action!

It looks like Brian Ripper has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ripper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sto closes the distance and catches Ripper with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Ripper is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Ripper is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Ripper is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Sto takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Patrick Sto!
A very excited looking Patrick Sto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.